The Omni is Target’s answer to the camera scoring systems that have taken off with home players. It looks like a dartboard ring light, and it is one, but tucked into its frame are four cameras that watch every dart land and send the score to the DartCounter app in under a second. Target launched it at CES in January 2025.
The idea is that nobody at the oche has to add up a visit again. You throw, the Omni reads the darts, and the app keeps the score, the checkout routes and your averages.
Key Specifications
The Omni is a single frame that lights the board and scores it, held in place by four magnetic legs.
- Scoring
- Four HD cameras; Target claims 99.7% accuracy and scores in under a second
- Bounce-outs
- Detected and recorded
- Lighting
- Shadow-free ring of bright white LEDs
- App
- DartCounter (iOS and Android), three months of Premium included
- Connection
- Wi-Fi; Target advises a strong internet connection
- Fitting
- Four magnetic legs; fits standard dartboards, including the Target TOR
- Power
- Mains, 3m cable with UK, EU, US, AU and JP adapters; 0.4m MOD power cable included
- Warranty
- Two years
- Price band
- High End
Who It Suits
| If you... | Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Want every dart scored for you | Good | Four cameras read each dart and send it to the app |
| Want to play people online from your own board | Good | DartCounter runs online matches against other players |
| Own a standard bristle board | Good | Target lists it for standard dartboards, including the TOR |
| Have no Wi-Fi where the board is | Poor | It scores through the DartCounter app over Wi-Fi |
| Want to avoid ongoing subscriptions | Partial | Three months of DartCounter Premium are included, then the full features are paid |
| Already own a dartboard light | Partial | The Omni has its own LED ring, so it replaces a separate light |
| Are working to a tight budget | Poor | It sits in the High End price band |
The Omni makes most sense for someone who plays at home most nights and wants the scoring, statistics and online games without a scorer standing by the board. If you only want the board lit, the Target Corona Vision does that job on its own, and if you just want to stop doing sums with friends, our free Darts Scorer keeps the score on a phone.
Target names its own board as compatible, so the Target TOR is worth a look if you are choosing a board to go with it. Our guide on how to set up a dartboard covers height and oche distance before you add any electronics.
What Owners Say
The Omni scores 4.2 out of 5 from 172 reviews on its main UK retail listing, and those reviews are split. Around seven in ten give it five stars, while about one in eight give it one star, with little in between. One independent comparison found it needed few manual corrections even after months of use, but noted that the DartCounter app had shortcomings.
The happy owners talk about how accurate it is, how quickly the magnetic legs go on, and how much more fun practice becomes once the scoring looks after itself. The unhappy ones describe the system crashing mid-game and needing a restart, trouble with the app during online matches, and in one case a fault that dimmed the lights and threw the scoring off.
What owners consistently praise
- Scores accurately, with few corrections needed
- Magnetic legs make fitting quick
- Takes the mental maths out of practice and matches
- Lights the board as well as scoring it
Common criticisms
- Some owners report crashes mid-game that need a restart
- The DartCounter app draws complaints, especially in online play
- The full app features need a subscription after the first three months
- An expensive buy, which raises the stakes when something goes wrong
How the Scoring Works
The four cameras sit in the frame around the board and watch each dart as it lands. The Omni works out where it scored and passes that to DartCounter over Wi-Fi, where the app does the rest: subtracting the score, suggesting checkouts and building your statistics. Target says the cameras also catch bounce-outs, so a dart that falls out is recorded rather than lost.
Why the Wi-Fi matters
The Omni does not keep score on its own. Every dart goes through the DartCounter app, so the system is only as dependable as the connection at your board. A garage or shed at the far end of the garden with a weak signal is the setup most likely to cause trouble, so check the Wi-Fi there before you buy.
What’s in the Box
- Omni ring light
- Processing box
- Four magnetic legs
- Mains power supply on a 3 metre cable, with UK, EU, US, Australian and Japanese adapters
- 0.4 metre MOD power cable
- Ten M4 screws and a 2.5mm Allen key
- Three months of DartCounter Premium
Target backs the Omni with a two-year warranty, which matters more than usual for a product with cameras and a processor inside it.
The Consensus
Most owners think the Omni is a brilliant addition to a home setup. The scoring is accurate, the fitting is easy, and the app turns solo practice into something closer to a match. The negative reviews are few but serious: crashes, app trouble and the odd hardware fault on an expensive product.
The questions to ask yourself are practical ones. Is the Wi-Fi strong where your board hangs, and are you happy to pay for DartCounter once the free three months end? If both answers are yes, the reception suggests you are likely to be pleased with it.
How we compile this page
We don’t test every product ourselves. Instead we gather the manufacturer’s published specifications and weigh up the reception from owners and independent reviewers, then flag where they disagree so you can make up your own mind. Where a headline rating comes from manufacturer-hosted reviews, we say so, because those tend to skew positive.