Reloading Assistant vs IR Searcher
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.
IR Searcher
This tool enables night vision capabilities for various outdoor activities and professional uses. It allows users to capture images and videos, control devices remotely, and share files instantly to social media platforms.
- Outdoor night vision
- Law enforcement tool
- Search and rescue aid
- Animal observation
- Remote device control
- One-click file sharing
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IR Searcher App is a mobile application tool for flexible use in outdoor night vision, police law enforcement, outdoor search and rescue, animal observation, personal safety and many other application scenarios. Through wireless connection with the device, the users can obtain images and videos from the device, realize remote device control and one-click file sharing to social media.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IR Searcher at 100% against Reloading Assistant's 28%. IR Searcher also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.9). Reloading Assistant's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). On 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
IR Searcher is free to download; Reloading Assistant costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
IR Searcher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reloading Assistant has 17 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of IR Searcher's.
Reloading Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, IR Searcher every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reloading Assistant | IR Searcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| 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 | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polycompsol LLC | 保锋 朱 |
Customer experience
Reloading Assistant
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In-app purchases
Reloading Assistant
No in-app purchases
IR Searcher
No in-app purchases
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