Gun Vault Tools vs Guns Locker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gun Vault Tools
Log and track your firearm training, gun collection, and licenses. Includes range tools, drills, and safety tips to improve shooting skills and manage your firearm inventory. Offers data backup and export features.
- Range training log
- Firearm and ammo inventory
- License tracking with expiration alerts
- Shot timer and buzzer
- Random target drills
- Data backup and export
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Log and track your gun range training! Useful range tools and drills! Save & email your gun & ammo list, license list, and range logs! Improve your target shooting at the gun range using the firearm drills while tracking range & gun usage. This app has the tools you need to safely & efficiently train and practice your firearm technique, all in one place. Carrying a firearm or keeping one at home for family protection is a great responsibility. Whether you have a CCW license, live in a Constitutional Carry State, or just keep one at home to protect your family’s residence, it is incumbent upon you to frequently train and be familiar with your firearm(s). It makes sense to track your range usage, not only for your own knowledge, but as evidence if ever involved in a self-defense scenario. It is also helpful for an easy one-stop-location to track your firearms (including cost, serial #, and date of purchase) and your Conceal Carry licenses. You can match up your firearm to the range sessions, and track the number of rounds fired. You also can set up early warnings for when your CCW license(s) are about to expire or have expired. Dashboard – Quick statistics about your Range Trips, Licenses, and Firearms. Shot Timer – Log your shots fired from buzzer to last shot. Can set a delay for solo practice. Can also be set to time shots in dry fire practice. Buzzer – Can set to a random delay for solo practice and dry fire practice. Random Target Buzzer - Fully configurable. Can be set to call out random targets at random intervals for Figure 8 and other drills that need an element of surprise. Range Log – Track your range sessions, including firearm used, rounds fired, location, date, time spent, and more. Save the address, GPS and picture of the range. Firearm Log – Track your firearm purchases, serial #, date purchased, price paid, rounds fired, and pictures. Keep this useful data in one place if the firearms are ever lost or stolen. License Log – Track your CCW (Conceal Carry) Licenses, date acquired, date expiring, license number, picture, and other notes. Provides warning on homepage of licenses that are near expiration and ones that have expired. Ammo Log - Track your ammo purchases and use. Training Log - Track your firearms training. Misc. Log - Track your firearm accessories and related products. Dry Fire Drills – Instructions and information on various dry-fire drills (including random drill selector). Live Fire Drills – Detailed instructions, tips, and pictures of several popular target drills. Includes random drill selector if you want to rotate your drills of the day. Gun Safety - Basic tips to remember from trusted organizations. Security – App can be locked to your password or your fingerprint Backup & Import - Ability to Import / Export data across devices, backup old data, and email data to yourself or other apps. This app includes future updates (with more tools, drills, and exciting features) for free. No subscription fee or ongoing charge. Now includes Auto feature to manage your ammo inventory when you log your range trips. Know how many rounds you have available of each caliber at a glance. Disclaimer: Gun safety is a paramount concern for any shooter. Only use a firearm if you are an experienced shooter, or under the direct supervision of an experienced shooter. There is no substitute for following safe gun handling and target shooting techniques at all time. By downloading or using this app, you agree to hold the app authors and owners harmless and without liability. You are responsible for abiding by all applicable laws. Please see full Disclaimer on Developer Website (below).
Guns Locker
Manage your firearm collection, including guns, ammunition, and accessories. Track range sessions, maintenance, permits, and spending with detailed reports and automatic reminders.
- Detailed gun inventory
- Accessory tracking
- Ammo database and usage tracking
- Range session logging
- Gun cleaning reminders
- CCW permit management
- Spending reports
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Guns Locker helps you keep track of your Firearms, Ammo, Accessories, Range Sessions, CCW Permits — and more. GUNS LOCKER FEATURES ** Gun Inventory keeps detailed inventory data about each gun. Includes multiple filtering, sorting and reporting options. Also provides the ability to keep track of sold guns. ** Accessories are tracked for each gun and include purchase info such as where purchased, date purchased, cost, value, and photo options. ** Unattached Accessories for tracking shared gun equipment (tools, safes, range gear). ** Notes provide a place where you can keep various records about events related to your gun, such as cleaning and maintenance records, receipts and general information. ** Photo Gallery lets you keep an unlimited number of photos for each inventory gun. The photo viewer lets you swipe through your photos with ease. You may also share your photos with others (text, email, print, etc). ** Ammo database keeps track of your ammo by caliber and gun type. It automatically tracks ammo usage and costs while providing accurate and up to date quantity-on-hand totals. When used with the Range Sessions feature, the ammo database is automatically updated with the ammo used and rounds spent, thus providing accurate Qty-On-Hand totals. The ammo database can also be used as a stand-alone database without using the Range Sessions feature. ** Range Sessions & the Range Analysis Tool helps you keep track of your range visits, range costs, which guns were used, and what ammunition was used for each gun. You can save and share multiple photos of your targets for each range gun. The Range Analysis Tool digs even deeper to show all ammo used by a specific range gun as well as show all range guns that used specific ammo. ** Gun Cleaning List & Automatic Gun Cleaning Notifications. Each gun has a "Needs Cleaning" flag that gets updated when a gun is added to a range session (you can also manually add a gun to the Gun Cleaning List). The number of guns on the Cleaning List appears on the Dashboard under “Alerts” & Reminders”. You can access the Cleaning List from the Dashboard to mark guns as Cleaned. Automatic cleaning notifications are also sent to your phone and/or watch. ** Conceal Carry Permits allow you to keep all your CCW permit and related information safe and secure in one place. The CCW database includes front and back photos of your permit, date issued and expiration date, and comments. Gun Locker will automatically remind you when the CCW expiration date is approaching using Notifications and appearing on the Dashboard screen. ** War Chest provides a place to store information about non-firearm related items. Keep records for your knives, swords, axes, non-lethal defensive items, tools, etc.. Keeps track of the total count and value for all items. ** Spending Report allows you to see where and how much spending has occurred for any date range by Guns, Ammo, Accessories, Range costs, War Chest. SUBSCRIPTIONS PRICING & TERMS Guns Locker is FREE to Download and Try for 7-Days. If you cancel before the end of the 7-Day Free Trial, nothing will be billed. After the 7-Day Free Trial, you'll automatically be charged each renewal period which will be on a monthly, 6-month, or yearly basis, depending on the subscription terms chosen, unless you cancel at least 24 hours prior to the renewal date. Subscriptions can be managed in your Account Settings after purchase. CUSTOMER SUPPORT Contact us at info@AlpineSoftwareCreations.com if you have any questions, issues, likes and dis-likes. Your feedback is appreciated! TERMS OF USE https://www.alpinesoftwarecreations.com/gun-locker-tos PRIVACY POLICY https://www.alpinesoftwarecreations.com/gun-locker-privacy-policy We take your privacy and security seriously!!! All the data you enter into the app is ONLY stored on your device. We do not collect or store any of the information you add to the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Guns Locker at 100% against Gun Vault Tools's 32%. Guns Locker also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.6). Gun Vault Tools's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and chart position (#178 vs unranked). On 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
Guns Locker is free to download; Gun Vault Tools costs $0.99 up front. Guns Locker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Gun Vault Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guns Locker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Gun Vault Tools's written reviews are positive against 100% of Guns Locker's.
Gun Vault Tools ships an update every 4 months, Guns Locker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gun Vault Tools | Guns Locker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Workman Consulting LLC | George M Jones |
Customer experience
Gun Vault Tools
Guns Locker
In-app purchases
Gun Vault Tools
No in-app purchases
Guns Locker
- Guns Locker Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Guns Locker Pro7 Days trial$12.996 Months
- Guns Locker Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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