Comparison

MilDrills vs 97Tracker

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MilDrills

Track drill pay, active duty orders, and retirement points for National Guard and Reserve members. This app helps you monitor earnings, ensure a "Good Year," and securely store your financial and service data.

Highlights
  • Drill pay tracking
  • Active duty orders logging
  • Retirement point monitoring
  • DTS reimbursement tracking
  • Pay earned vs. paid comparison
  • Fiscal year comparison
  • Note and document attachment
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MilDrills — Drill & Retirement Tracker for Guard and Reserve Stop guessing what you’re owed. MilDrills helps National Guard and Reserve members track drill pay, active duty orders, retirement points, and DTS reimbursements — all in one place. * Log IDTs, AT, AFTPs, orders, and vouchers * Track retirement points and ensure a “Good Year” * Monitor pay earned vs. paid * Compare fiscal years instantly * Attach notes and document screenshots Know exactly: - How much you’re owed - What you’ve been paid - Your projected annual earnings - Your retirement point totals Supports Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Built by a fellow Reservist who got tired of spreadsheets and missed pay. Your data stays on your device — private, secure, and never shared. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

97Tracker

This app helps National Guard and Reserve members track drill, pay, and retirement points across all branches. It features a calendar for unit schedules, easy logging of duty types, and progress tracking towards retirement goals.

Highlights
  • Track drill, pay, and retirement points
  • Log all duty types (UTA, RUTA, training, active duty)
  • Mark periods as paid or points only
  • Build retirement points toward good year
  • Estimate drill, BAS, BAH, and pay
  • Track PT-test and aircrew currency
  • Export duty log to CSV
Features
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97Tracker is the simple way for National Guard and Reserve members to stay on top of drill, pay, and retirement points. Every branch is supported: Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. See your unit's UTA schedule and events on one calendar, log the periods you work in seconds, mark them when the money posts, and watch your progress toward a good retirement year. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Log every duty type: UTA and RUTA, flying and ground training periods (AFTP and AGTP), ET, ATP, RMP, FHD, and full-day active duty (Annual Tour, ADST, ADOS, ADT, Title 10/32) • Log one slot, both halves of a day at once, or quick-mark a whole month of UTAs onto your drill weekend • Mark periods paid as the money posts, and chase the ones still owed • Worked something for points only with no pay? Mark it Points only and it still earns the point • Build retirement points toward the 50-point good year, scored over your anniversary year or the fiscal year, with past years kept on record • Track your 15 annual tour days and your flying-versus-ground training split • Estimate drill, BAS, BAH, leave accrual, and aviation incentive pay from the 2026 tables, for short tours and long orders • Track PT-test and aircrew checkride currency, worked out from the dates you enter, with waiver types respected • Add TDY, exercise, and deployment banners across your calendar • Use Airline Mode to block out civilian work trips so they never clash with your military duty • See federal holidays on the calendar automatically • Log your duty offline and have it sync to your account the moment you reconnect • Rearrange and collapse your dashboard cards, switch to dark mode, and set a retirement or separation countdown • Export your whole duty log to CSV in one tap A NOTE ON ACCURACY 97Tracker is a personal tracking aid, not an official system of record. Unit schedules are maintained by volunteer moderators, and pay marks are self-reported. Always reconcile against your official points statement and pay records.

Screenshots

MilDrills4 screens
97Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 97Tracker at none against MilDrills's 2. 97Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). MilDrills's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 2). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MilDrills sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. 97Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

97Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MilDrills has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MilDrills ships an update monthly, 97Tracker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MilDrills versus 97Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMilDrills97Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (32 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNORTHERN HANGAR LLCHUNTER DAVID JEFFERY ESP

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MilDrills

Subscriptions1
  • Full Version$0.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Full Version$4.99
None

97Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MilDrills free?
MilDrills is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 97Tracker free?
97Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MilDrills or 97Tracker?
97Tracker is rated higher. MilDrills averages 4.7 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while 97Tracker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do MilDrills or 97Tracker have ads?
Neither MilDrills nor 97Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MilDrills or 97Tracker?
MilDrills ships an update monthly, and 97Tracker every 9 days. Most recently, MilDrills was updated on September 14, 2026 and 97Tracker on July 17, 2026.

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