Comparison

Reloading Assistant vs Hornady Reloading Guide

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

Head to head
About

Reloading Assistant

This app helps reloaders calculate ammunition costs and track reloading recipes. It allows users to record load data, rate performance, and manage custom calibers. Access a vast library of recipes from popular manufacturers.

Highlights
  • Reloading cost calculator
  • Component cost breakdown
  • Load data viewer and tracker
  • Custom load creation
  • Performance rating and tracking
  • Chronograph data integration
  • Custom caliber support
Features
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Reloading Assistant is the perfect companion for your ammo reloading needs. The reloading calculator is used to determine the cost to reload each round, breaking each component down and displaying its cost. The reloading recipe viewer/tracker/journal is used to get load data (or recipes) for hundreds of different calibers. You can also add custom loads, as well as track how well each round performed by rating the accuracy and power of the load. Additionally, the reloading journal allows you to keep track of every round that your reload as well how well the load performed by providing automatic calculations from chronograph data. Customize even more by selecting your preferred units of measurements and adding custom calibers. Featuring over 31,000 recipes from: Accurate, Alliant, Hodgdon, Somchem, and Vihtavuori.

About

Hornady Reloading Guide

Access comprehensive reloading data for hundreds of cartridges and bullets, based on extensive testing. Purchase individual data sets, the entire current edition, or subscribe for continuous updates and full access to all data on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Reloading data for 200+ cartridges
  • Data for 300+ bullets
  • Safe data based on controlled testing
  • Purchase individual cartridge data
  • Purchase full handbook edition
  • Subscription for all data and updates
Features
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Derived from extensive testing by Hornady Manufacturing Company, this app includes reloading data for over 200 cartridges and 300 bullets. Under carefully controlled conditions using the components and test equipment specified, we report only data that proved safe in our research. Users have the ability to purchase data for individual cartridges, purchase the whole current edition of the handbook, or subscribe and receive the entire handbook plus more. Subscription provides access to all handbook data on your mobile device and real updates for all new data without waiting for the new handbook publication to be produced.

Screenshots

Reloading Assistant2 screens
Hornady Reloading Guide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hornady Reloading Guide at Free against Reloading Assistant's $3.99. Hornady Reloading Guide also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (16K vs 17). Reloading Assistant's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, 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

Hornady Reloading Guide is free to download; Reloading Assistant costs $3.99 up front. Hornady Reloading Guide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Reloading Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hornady Reloading Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hornady Reloading Guide has 16K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Reloading Assistant's written reviews are positive against 32% of Hornady Reloading Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reloading Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, Hornady Reloading Guide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Reloading Assistant versus Hornady Reloading Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReloading AssistantHornady Reloading Guide
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (17 ratings)4.6 (16K ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews31.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1716K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB71 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPolycompsol LLCHornady

Customer experience

Reloading Assistant

All ratings17 ratings
Positive29.4%
Neutral35.3%
Negative35.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral33.3%
Negative38.9%

Hornady Reloading Guide

All ratings15,123 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews263 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative58.6%

Bugs and requests

Reloading Assistant

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Hornady Reloading Guide

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Purchased data disappearing or inaccessible
  • Unable to log in or access account
  • Blank screens and unknown errors
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline access to data
  • Improved range log with more details
  • Seamless integration with in-app purchases
  • Support for more powder and bullet options

In-app purchases

None

Reloading Assistant

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hornady Reloading Guide

Subscriptions1
  • Reloading Guide Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Hornady Point$0.99
  • 20 Hornady Points$19.99

Questions

Is Reloading Assistant free?
Reloading Assistant costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hornady Reloading Guide free?
Hornady Reloading Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reloading Assistant or Hornady Reloading Guide?
Hornady Reloading Guide is rated higher. Reloading Assistant averages 2.9 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Hornady Reloading Guide averages 4.6 from 16K ratings.
Do Reloading Assistant or Hornady Reloading Guide have ads?
Neither Reloading Assistant nor Hornady Reloading Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reloading Assistant or Hornady Reloading Guide?
Reloading Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hornady Reloading Guide every 2 months. Most recently, Reloading Assistant was updated on September 17, 2026 and Hornady Reloading Guide on September 25, 2026.

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