Comparison

ZEISS Hunting vs RO Buddy

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

Head to head
About

ZEISS Hunting

This app provides hunters with essential tools like a ballistics calculator, hunting maps, and a weather forecast. It allows users to connect ZEISS devices for enhanced functionality and manage hunting grounds, equipment, and diary entries. Share your successes and stay updated with news and promotions.

Highlights
  • Ballistics calculator
  • Hunting maps
  • Hunting diary
  • Weather forecast
  • Connect ZEISS devices
  • Manage hunting grounds
  • Record equipment
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ZEISS Hunting – By hunters for hunters With hunting maps, ballistics calculator, hunting diary, hunting weather and much more! Connect your ZEISS thermal imaging camera, clip-on or rangefinder to the app via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi and use the wide range of app features. - Ballistics: Calculations tailored to your ZEISS riflescope and even to riflescopes from other brands - Hunting Grounds: Create your hunting grounds and manage them together with fellow hunters - Newsfeed: Receive ZEISS news and promotions and share content with your friends - Hunting Diary: Document your trips and successes - My Products: Easily record your equipment and important data - Connected Products: Conveniently connect your ZEISS products to the app where you can easily use various product features - Weather: Hourly weather data and 5-day forecast ZEISS Hunting features in detail: Ballistics Calculator: Calculate the ballistics for your long-range or angled shot – precisely tailored to your ZEISS Terra/Victory/Conquest riflescope and your reticle or ASV/ASV+. Get your results in imperial and metric units as tables and reticles, including ASV data. For riflescopes from other manufacturers, use the ballistics table. Atmospheric data ensures the correct calculation for your on-target long-range shot. For even more precision, simply calculate the ballistic coefficients for your ammunition. Save ballistic profiles to have them at hand any time. Sharing: Keep your friends up-to-date about your hunting successes, ballistics and equipment by sharing your entries with them. News: Keep track of all shared entries from you and your friends, like and comment on your friends' posts and stay up-to-date with ZEISS product news and promotions. Hunting Grounds: Draw the borders of your hunting ground, mark no-go areas and define points of interest on your ground map such as raised hide, high seat, feeding point and many more. Set the permissions for fellow hunters on the hunting ground. They can also use your hunting ground maps, support you with management or add diary entries to the hunting ground. Configure your map settings and use practical map features such as your current position in the area and geo-fencing to support you during the hunt. Assign your diary entries to your hunting grounds for administration. Hunting Diary: Choose from an extensive type list and note down the weight, sex and age. This can also be used for comparing with the shooting plan. Easily mark kill, shot and sighting position and other incidents on the hunting ground map using GPS. My Products: Record your equipment in the app and have all important information at hand, such as invoices, traders, serial numbers and manuals. Connected Products: Connect to your thermal imaging camera ZEISS DTI 6 via Bluetooth to conveniently manage your device settings and set up configuration profiles. Take photos and videos in the live stream via Wi-Fi and have your recordings available at a glance in your gallery. Connect your thermal imaging clip-on ZEISS DTC 3 via Bluetooth and ZEISS DTC 4 via Wi-Fi to use the digital zeroing assistant for creating zeroing profiles. Easily adjust the device settings for your clip-on in the app. Thanks to the Wi-Fi connection, the app also offers you a live stream and a practical gallery feature for your ZEISS DTC 4. Watch the live stream for your ZEISS DTI 1, DTI 3 and DTI 4 via Wi-Fi and easily manage your images and videos in the app gallery or share them on social media. Settings for your ZEISS DTI 3 GEN 2 and ZEISS DTI 4 can be conveniently made in the app. Easily configure your ZEISS Victory RF in the app via Bluetooth. By synchronizing with your ballistic profiles, your rangefinder will provide you with calculations that are precisely tuned to your ballistics. Weather Forecast: Detailed 5-day forecast, additionally providing wind direction, wind strength and air pressure as well as the daily moon and solar cycle.

About

RO Buddy

This precision timer app is designed for shooting competitors in IPSC, PRS, and DMR events. It helps track Range Officers' timers and alerts, signaling timeouts with vibrating and auditory cues. Optimized for clarity and ergonomic usability during competitions.

Highlights
  • Precision Range Officer timer tracking
  • Vibrating and sound timeout alerts
  • Automatic engagement upon signal
  • Ergonomic design for visibility
  • iOS and watchOS compatibility
  • Optimized for shooting positions
Features
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RO Buddy is a precision timer app compatible with IOS and watchOS. Designed by shooters for shooting competitors engaged in IPSC, PRS, and DMR events, it facilitates tracking Range Officers' timers and alarms as time runs out, signaling timeouts with vibrating and auditory alerts. The app smoothly engages post-Range Officer signal, prioritizing ergonomic usability and visibility for adult male and female users. Optimized for clarity on all specified devices during competitions, it caters to various shooter positions. The mission of RO Buddy is to elevate the shooting competition experience by delivering a user-friendly and ergonomic timer application with a precise sound alarm feature for participants in disciplines such as IPSC, PRS, and DMR. Features: The RO Buddy app offers a wide set of features designed to enhance the shooting competition experience: Precisely tracks Range Officers' timers to ensure accurate timing during shooting competitions. Provides vibrating and sound alarms for timely alerts on remaining time and timeouts, enhancing participant awareness. Engages automatically upon receiving the Range Officer's signal, streamlining the competition process. Fully ergonomically designed for clear visibility and usability, catering to both adult male and female users. Compatible with Apple iOS and watchOS, offering a smooth experience across different devices. Focuses on clear visibility, ergonomic usability, and precise tracking to significantly improve the overall competition experience. Improves the efficiency of shooting competitions with accurate timing features, automatic engagement, and a user-friendly design.

Screenshots

ZEISS Hunting4 screens
RO Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ZEISS Hunting at Free against RO Buddy's $14.99. ZEISS Hunting also leads on ratings volume (407 vs 1). RO Buddy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 66%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

ZEISS Hunting is free to download; RO Buddy costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RO Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ZEISS Hunting has 407 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of ZEISS Hunting's written reviews are positive against 100% of RO Buddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZEISS Hunting ships an update every 6 weeks, RO Buddy every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ZEISS Hunting versus RO Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZEISS HuntingRO Buddy
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating4.4 (407 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings407 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size281 MB32 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCarl Zeiss AGEMIL KORSIAN

Customer experience

ZEISS Hunting

All ratings404 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive65.6%
Neutral10.2%
Negative24.2%

RO Buddy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ZEISS Hunting

No in-app purchases

None

RO Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZEISS Hunting free?
ZEISS Hunting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RO Buddy free?
RO Buddy costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZEISS Hunting or RO Buddy?
RO Buddy is rated higher. ZEISS Hunting averages 4.4 out of 5 from 407 ratings, while RO Buddy averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ZEISS Hunting or RO Buddy have ads?
Neither ZEISS Hunting nor RO Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZEISS Hunting or RO Buddy?
ZEISS Hunting ships an update every 6 weeks, and RO Buddy every 2 months. Most recently, ZEISS Hunting was updated on November 6, 2026 and RO Buddy on October 30, 2026.

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