Reloading Assistant vs Element Ballistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Reloading cost calculator
- Component cost breakdown
- Load data viewer and tracker
- Custom load creation
- Performance rating and tracking
- Chronograph data integration
- Custom caliber support
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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.
Element Ballistics
This app offers precise firing solutions with a user-friendly interface. Create custom rifle profiles, select from a vast bullet database, and calibrate ballistics for accuracy. It also provides weather reports and integrates with smart devices.
- Create ballistic profiles for rifles
- Extensive bullet database with drag profiles
- Calibrate ballistics (BC, Muzzle Velocity)
- View ballistic data graphs and tables
- Predicted point of impact in reticle view
- Obtain local weather reports
- Connect with smart devices
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Element Ballistics provides accurate and reliable firing solutions through a friendly user interface. -Create ballistic profiles for different rifles. -Choose bullets from an extensive database featuring Doppler-verified drag profiles. -Calibrate BC, Muzzle Velocity and more using the “true” feature, and choose from a variety of drag functions (G1, G7, GA, RA4) -View graphs and tables with ballistic data, and export/import profiles. -View predicted point of impact in a reticle view (FFP and SFP). -Obtain weather reports for your location. -Connect with smart devices like the Element HYPR-7 and Element Rangefinders to synchronise profiles & preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Element Ballistics at Free against Reloading Assistant's $3.99. Element Ballistics also leads on rating (3.6 vs 2.9). Reloading Assistant's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Element Ballistics is free to download; Reloading Assistant costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Element Ballistics holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Reloading Assistant's written reviews are positive against 25% of Element Ballistics's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Reloading Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, Element Ballistics every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reloading Assistant | Element Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (17 ratings) | 3.6 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polycompsol LLC | Element Optics |
Customer experience
Reloading Assistant
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In-app purchases
Reloading Assistant
No in-app purchases
Element Ballistics
No in-app purchases
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