Kestrel LiNK Ballistics vs ShotView™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kestrel LiNK Ballistics
Manage your connected Kestrel Ballistics device to enhance shooting accuracy. Create and store gun profiles, access extensive bullet libraries, and view shooting solutions remotely. The app also facilitates firmware updates for your device.
- Gun profile management
- Access bullet libraries
- Remote target viewing
- Custom target creation
- Printable range cards
- Firmware updates
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The Kestrel LiNK® Ballistics App gives you the ability to manage key features and functions of your connected Kestrel Ballistics device to maximize convenience and boost your shooting performance. Quickly and easily create, upload, download, and store gun profiles and access the Applied Ballistics and Hornady libraries of lab-tested bullet parameters and profiles for use in your Kestrel Ballistics Meter using the Gun Profile Manager(1). Place your Kestrel in the vane mount on a tripod (sold separately) to view solutions remotely from your shooting position on your mobile device using Single Target Mode. Create and send up to 10 custom targets to your Kestrel or export a printable range card using Target Card Mode(2). The Kestrel LiNK Ballistics app also allows you to easily update the firmware in any LiNK-enabled Kestrel Ballistics meter or HUD so you always have the latest features and improvements. * Kestrel 5700 Elite Weather Meter with Applied Ballistics, Kestrel 5700 with Hornady 4DOF, Kestrel 5700 Ballistics Weather Meter, 2700 Ballistics Weather Meter, and Kestrel HUD Heads Up Display (1) Kestrel 5700 Elite Weather Meters with Applied Ballistics can access Applied Ballistics G1 & G7 BCs and AB Custom Drag Models. Kestrel 5700 and 2700 Ballistics Weather Meters can access Applied Ballistics G1 & G7 BCs. Kestrel 5700 Ballistics Weather Meters with Hornady 4DOF can access Hornady G1 & G7 BCs and Hornady Bullet Files. (2) Target Card Mode available on Kestrel 5700 Elite Models only.
ShotView™
Connect to your chronograph to view live shooting sessions with real-time data. Organize your shooting platforms and ammunition with custom profiles. Analyze detailed ballistic data, export it, and exclude outliers for accurate calculations.
- Live session viewing with velocity charts
- Customizable platform and ammunition profiles
- Detailed ballistic data analysis
- Export raw data to CSV
- Exclude cold bore shots and outliers
- Cloud backup and multi-device access
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Use the ShotView™ app to connect to your Xero® chronographs, and ArcheryX compatible devices. Connected to a C2 you can view live sessions with realtime muzzle velocity chart, resume any session and swap between live sessions. Edits in the session name and shot list will be synced between C2 and app. Organize your platform and ammunition by creating configurable custom profiles and attach them to your sessions. After a shooting session is completed, see your ballistic data on the app, where it is organized and easy to interpret. Analyze shot data, including speed, deviation, extreme spread, kinetic energy and more - and export the raw data to CSV format. Exclude cold bore shots and other outliers from session calculations as desired. Create custom names for each session, add notes for specific shots, and mark clean bore and cold bore attributes for each shot. Filter by weapon type to quickly access specific sessions for review. View ArcheryX session cards and detailed session insights, complete with shot lists and session-type filters. Navigate to the Charts tab to view comparison and individual charts, and analyze Aim Path and Float Analysis data on the Shots tab. Edit and group shots, review performance statistics, and access Help pages for additional guidance. The ShotView™ app can send and save your recorded shot and session data to the cloud. You can access and use saved data on other phones or back up your data for future use. A Garmin account is required to store your data in the cloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShotView™ at 4.5 against Kestrel LiNK Ballistics's 2.9. ShotView™ also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 24%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Kestrel LiNK Ballistics's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ShotView™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShotView™ has 358 ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Kestrel LiNK Ballistics's written reviews are positive against 65% of ShotView™'s.
Kestrel LiNK Ballistics ships an update every 3 months, ShotView™ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kestrel LiNK Ballistics | ShotView™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (63 ratings) | 4.5 (358 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.1% of reviews | 64.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63 | 358 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nielsen-Kellerman Co. | Garmin |
Customer experience
Kestrel LiNK Ballistics
ShotView™
In-app purchases
Kestrel LiNK Ballistics
No in-app purchases
ShotView™
No in-app purchases
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