Features & Capabilities

Range Buddy is the all-in-one firearms training app for shooters who want better shooting drills, on-video shot scoring, a smarter training tracker, and real competition. Connect a shot timer, record and score your shooting on video, track scores, build training regimens, follow training standards, and compete in head-to-head duels or group challenges—all in one app built for serious practice.

Range Buddy helps firearms enthusiasts and shooters find the right shooting drills fast. Browse a comprehensive drill library sorted by target type, drill category, and skill focus so you can train with purpose, measure progress, and improve performance over time.

Record, Score, and Share Your Shooting Hit record and Range Buddy captures your run on video, then overlays your shot times, splits, and scored hits onto the clip—save to your camera roll and share in seconds. Pick a target overlay (B-8, IPSC, USPSA, IDPA) or free-shoot with no target at all.

Shot Timer—Bluetooth or Your Phone Pair a Bluetooth shot timer such as the AMG Commander, Special Pie, RangeTech, or Shooters Global to pull live shot data into your drills and videos. No timer? Range Buddy detects your shots from your phone's mic—capturing your draw, splits, and total time for live fire or dry fire. Tune the audio sensitivity for quiet dry-fire trigger presses, and see your shots on screen in real time.

Train From Your Wrist Pair an Apple Watch or Wear OS smartwatch to start drills, advance steps, and see shots hands-free.

Instructor Marketplace Connect responsible gun owners with reputable instructors. Users can post custom training requests and invite instructors to apply directly with them.

First and Only Virtual Instructor - randomize your training, keep it fun and upbeat.

Features: -Bluetooth shot timer integration—pair AMG Commander, Special Pie, RangeTech, or Shooters Global Timer Go. -Phone-as-shot-timer—detect shots straight from audio for live fire or dry fire, no buzzer required. -Record your shooting and auto-overlay shot times, splits, and hits onto a shareable video. -Real-time shot data on screen while you record. -Adjustable audio sensitivity with a dry-fire mode for quiet trigger presses. -Target overlays (B-8, IPSC, USPSA, IDPA) or free-shoot mode. -Apple Watch and Wear OS companion to run drills and see shots from your wrist. -Save and share scored videos straight to your camera roll. -160+ shooting drills, searchable and sorted by required target. -Skill filters for focused practice, including draw to first shot, reloads, movement, and more. -Step-by-step drill breakdowns with requirements and stage setup. -Integrated practice and training tracker with target-specific scoring systems. -Shooting drill performance tracking to measure improvement over time. -Training regimens to help structure repeatable practice plans. -Training standards to benchmark progress and performance. -Head-to-head duels for direct competitive training. -Group challenges that make practice more social and motivating. -Shot calling tool to support better analysis and feedback during training. -Random drill picker based on your selected target. -Drill-specific leaderboards so you can compare scores with other shooters. -Individual training log with session details, notes, time, date, and location. -Favorites list for quick access to your go-to drills. -Community drills so users can add and share their own drills. -Dry Fire Tool and Tracker for structured dry-fire practice.

Range Buddy combines shooting drills, on-video shot scoring, Bluetooth and built-in shot timers, scorekeeping, leaderboards, training logs, training regimens, and competitive features into one focused firearms training app. Whether you are working on dry fire, live fire, standards, or match prep, Range Buddy gives you the tools to train with structure, compete with purpose, and keep improving.

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App
By:
Practical Defense Training, LLC
Rating:
4.80
(19)
Version:
6.1.0 Last updated: 2026-06-12
Version code:
886662452
Creation date:
2023-03-09
Compatible devices:
Size:
192.71MB
URLs:
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Source:
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Data ingested on:
2026-06-13
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Website:
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User Reviews

UPDATE. I would like to update my review. Apparently the developers took note of the issues and found a problem which they have acknowledged and updated. Update 5.2.5 appears to solve the problem with being unable to access drills and other content without a paid subscription. I have checked and can personally access these things now. I will give credit where credit is due. The developers apparently take this app seriously and want to make sure it offers what they promise. I would say at this time the free app is definitely worth it, however, I have not tested any of the subscription based services. To the developers, I’d like to say thank you for listening, and proving that your customer base matters! ———————————Despite their claims, you have to pay a $2.99 monthly subscription to have access to any drills (except for 4 ASP drills and a monthly drill). Multiple sections always say “coming soon”, and I can find no “groups” despite multiple searches. Really the only free content is the ability to search for some instructors contact info, but nothing else. I suppose It may be a nice app if you buy into yet another subscription plan. But not enough free content to even make a good judgement call on that. Plenty of free drills can be found elsewhere, so I’ll be moving on from this app.
by Vi*****, 2026-04-20

It’s a great library but the logging functions could use some work. Some drills don’t include penalties when ranking on the leader board. Others don’t seem to have “submit” buttons. And I submitted one community drill that I’d like to edit, but it seems to be out of my hands.
by Jo*****, 2025-06-13

I like this app so far. I just can’t figure out on the Williams Drill why or how to submit points. I did the only way I could see and it shows zero points. How do I do this?
by ro*****, 2023-10-26
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