Reloading Assistant vs Arken 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.
Arken Ballistics
This utility app provides accurate ballistic calculations with an easy-to-use interface. It's designed for users who need precise trajectory data for projectiles.
- Accurate ballistic calculations
- Easy-to-use interface
- Projectile trajectory data
- Utility app
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A ballistic algorithm APP that is easy to use and has accurate calculations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Arken Ballistics at Free against Reloading Assistant's $3.99. Arken Ballistics also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.9) and review sentiment (50% vs 28%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Arken 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.
Arken Ballistics holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Reloading Assistant's written reviews are positive against 50% of Arken Ballistics's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reloading Assistant | Arken Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (17 ratings) | 4.3 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Polycompsol LLC | Hunan Pangu Optical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Reloading Assistant
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In-app purchases
Reloading Assistant
No in-app purchases
Arken Ballistics
No in-app purchases
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