Africa's Bowhunter vs ArrowMetrics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Africa's Bowhunter
This digital magazine caters to bowhunters and archery enthusiasts, focusing on news and articles relevant to Southern Africa. It offers a yearly subscription for access to its content.
- Bowhunting news and articles
- Southern African hunting focus
- Archery enthusiast content
- Digital magazine format
- Yearly subscription
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AFRICA's BOWHUNTER is the magazine for the bowhunter, archery enthusiast and game farmer. We mainly publish news and articles of interest to the bowhunter in Southern Africa and any bowhunter in the world who hunts or plans to hunt in Southern Africa. ================================== The magazine offers a yearly (26.99€/29.99$) auto-renewable subscription - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase ================================== This magazine is proudly powered by PressPad. Privacy Policy: https://presspadapp.com/terms-apps/ Terms of Use https://www.presspadapp.com/terms/
ArrowMetrics
Calculate and compare arrow builds before investing time and money. The free version offers essential calculations for weight, FOC, kinetic energy, momentum, speed, and spine. Future updates will introduce advanced features for subscribed users.
- Arrow build calculation
- Front of Center (FOC) evaluation
- Kinetic energy and momentum calculation
- Arrow speed and spine analysis
- Pre-build planning tool
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A one stop app to calculate, evaluate and compare arrow builds. It’s an intuitive tool where you can plan your arrow build before you spend the time and money to build it. Currently, the free version helps with total arrow weight, Front of center, kinetic energy, momentum, speed and spine calculations. The subscribed version is planned to have predictability of FOC and arrow build comparisons in the most critical metrics and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ArrowMetrics at none against Africa's Bowhunter's 11. ArrowMetrics also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Africa's Bowhunter's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Africa's Bowhunter sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $21.99 per year. ArrowMetrics asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Africa's Bowhunter against 5.0 for ArrowMetrics. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ArrowMetrics has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Africa's Bowhunter's written reviews are positive against 100% of ArrowMetrics's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Africa's Bowhunter | ArrowMetrics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PressPad Sp. z o.o. | The Arrow Bro LLC |
Customer experience
Africa's Bowhunter
ArrowMetrics
In-app purchases
Africa's Bowhunter
- Africas Bow Hunter$21.991 Year
- Issue #9$1.99
- Issue #10$1.99
- Issue #14$1.99
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- Issue #15$1.99
- Issue #16$1.99
- Issue #17$1.99
- Issue #20$1.99
- Issue #21$1.99
- Issue #27$1.99
- Issue #22$1.99
ArrowMetrics
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Africa's Bowhunter free?
Is ArrowMetrics free?
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