Bust A Cap Firearm Utility vs Ballistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bust A Cap Firearm Utility
This app helps firearm owners meticulously track their firearms and accessories. Log round counts, maintenance schedules, and accessory battery life. Easily access online manuals and videos through tappable links within notes.
- Track round count per firearm
- Log cleaning and maintenance history
- Monitor accessory battery life
- Create tappable links to online resources
- Automated sorting of firearm list
- Scheduled cleaning and battery change reminders
- Email backup and restore functionality
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Say hello to my little friend! BustACap is like a little black book you can use to keep track of your firearms and accessories. -Have you ever wondered how many rounds you've shot through a particular firearm? -Do you refer to online user's manuals or demonstration videos when cleaning or performing maintenance? Do you search for this information before performing these tasks? -Do you use a red dot, scope, or light on a firearm? If so, do you know the last time you changed the battery or when the battery needs to be changed? -Have you encountered firearm malfunctions when using a particular magazine or ammunition type? Over the years I've tried to keep track of information like this in my head, in a notebook, and in a spreadsheet. But what I really wanted was an app on my smartphone or tablet that would keep track of this information for all my firearms and accessories. My goal was to make BustACap practical and easy to use. I ended up developing this app and use it regularly. I hope you find it useful too! BustACap makes it easy to track the round count, cleaning, and maintenance history for all of your firearms. You can add notes, shooting, cleaning, and maintenance entries for your firearms. BustACap displays a summary page for each firearm that shows the total round count, malfunction count, last cleaning date, and last maintenance date. You can tap on "View History" to view the notes, shooting, cleaning, and maintenance entries for a firearm. Firearm entries with notes have a notes icon next to them so they can be quickly identified. You can put web URLs within a notes field. Doing so will create tappable links which can be used to conveniently access information for your firearm. Simply tap on a link in the notes field to look at a firearm's online user manual or watch a cleaning or maintenance demonstration video! Firearm history entries with tappable links have a link icon next to them so they can be found quickly. BustACap displays a list of all your firearms. It can automatically sort your firearms based on their Rounds Fired, Last Fired Date, Last Cleaned Date, or Last Maintenance Date. If enabled, BustACap will remind you with an alert each day at 8:01 AM when a firearm needs to be cleaned. BustACap also keeps track of battery changes for your firearm accessories such as red dots, scopes, lights, and lasers. If enabled, BustACap will remind you with an alert each day at 8:00 AM when a battery needs to be changed for an accessory. BustACap has an email backup feature that makes it easy to create backups of application data, restore data, or transfer data to a different device. BustACap has an App Feedback menu for users to provide feedback and suggestions on app improvements.
Ballistics
This app provides advanced ballistics calculations for riflemen, featuring multiple calculation methods, a comprehensive bullet database, and real-time adjustment updates. It offers custom virtual meters for environmental data and supports unlimited rifle/ammo configurations.
- Multiple ballistics calculation methods (Point Mass, Siacci, Pejsa)
- Comprehensive bullet database (3500+ entries)
- Real-time elevation/windage adjustment updates
- Custom virtual meters (Anemometer, Inclinometer, etc.)
- Unlimited rifle/ammo configuration storage
- Airgun mode with muzzle energy input
- Stadiametric reticles with aiming pointers
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Every smart rifleman needs Ballistics... Nimoh® Ballistics is unique across the entire smartphone marketplace in terms of practical features not found in any other ballistics application in the world and a professional smartphone user interface unrivalled in versatility. Aside from all of the standard features expected of a ballistics application, all the following unparalleled features included: 1. All three main modern ballistics methods – Point Mass, Siacci, and Pejsa, implemented correctly and accurately 2. Single System Console where all important data variables, turret adjustments, and sight picture are displayed 3. Custom virtual meters for input variables, beautifully crafted, including Anemometer, Wind Direction Indicator, Inclinometer, Compass and Hygrometer/thermometer 4. Up-to-date, 3500+ strong Bullet Database, all from manufacturer’s catalogues only – stored with manufacturer’s catalogue numbers and manufacturer only data – no spurious information from unofficial sources 5. Number selection dials for quick and easy input of numerical data – no cumbersome text boxes 6. Airgun mode which amongst other things, allows for muzzle energy input, accounting for the subsequent change in muzzle velocity, and allow when pellet is changed to another of a differing weight 7. Full user enable/disable help documentation available from all primary application pages to ensure correct operation 8. Instant elevation/windage adjustment value updates in real-time when any input variable is changed – no clumsy, extra-step ‘Done’, ‘OK’ or ‘Calculate’ etc. buttons 9. Instant saving of all variables to the application database – no inconvenient ‘Save’, ‘Close’, or ‘Store’ etc. buttons to be remembered. When the application is started, it starts where last left 11. Store an unlimited number of rifle/ammo configurations 12. Inline reformatting of range table plot intervals to facilitate easy reading – long range shooters can set intervals up to 500 yards or metres – air gunners as low as 1 yard or metre 13. Supports both portrait and landscape mode with neat navigable layout! 14. Aiming pointers on (low-cost, in-app purchased) stadiametric reticles for real-time target acquisition. Don’t simply take our word for it – try it! After all it’s free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bust A Cap Firearm Utility at 86% against Ballistics's 45%. Bust A Cap Firearm Utility also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Ballistics's advantage is ratings volume (60 vs 10). 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. Bust A Cap Firearm Utility sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ballistics sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bust A Cap Firearm Utility holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ballistics has 60 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Bust A Cap Firearm Utility's written reviews are positive against 45% of Ballistics's.
Bust A Cap Firearm Utility ships an update every 3 weeks, Ballistics every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bust A Cap Firearm Utility | Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10 ratings) — better | 4.5 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 60 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Carleton | Nimoh Scientific |
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Bust A Cap Firearm Utility
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In-app purchases
Bust A Cap Firearm Utility
- Upgrade to Disable Ads$3.99
Ballistics
- Primary Arms$2.99
- Generic$2.99
- Burris Optics$2.99
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- Leupold & Stevens$2.99
- SWFA SS$2.99
- Vortex Optics$2.99
- Hawke Optics$2.99
- Nightforce$2.99
- Athlon Optics$2.99
- Sightron USA$2.99
- Vector Optics$2.99
- Zeiss$2.99
- Schmidt & Bender$2.99
- Steiner$2.99
- March$2.99
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