Bushnell Ballistics vs RoughScore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bushnell Ballistics
Calculate precise firing solutions for your firearms using current atmospheric conditions. Build custom gun profiles, create targets, and generate range cards for accurate shooting. Seamlessly integrates with Bushnell rangefinders and riflescopes.
- Ballistics solver
- Atmospheric condition calculations
- Build gun profiles
- Custom target creation
- Range card generation
- Emailed range cards
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Welcome to the new Bushnell® Ballistics Application powered by Applied Ballistics®. It is a full-featured ballistics solver to use with your Bushnell rangefinders and riflescopes to calculate firing solutions. It allows you to use current atmospherics to calculate the holds and display the ranges at each subtension on your reticle. With this application, you can build and modify gun profiles, create a custom target, show a range card and calculate firing solutions based on your exact scope and ammunition. Additionally, range cards may be emailed to yourself or a friend.
RoughScore
Estimate the gross score of whitetail deer by uploading a photo or manually entering measurements for any big game animal. This app works offline, making it ideal for remote hunting locations.
- Photo-based score estimation
- Manual measurement input
- Offline functionality
- Supports big game animals
- Quick score calculation
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Estimate the gross score of your whitetail deer in seconds by uploading a single photo. No wifi or data needed, this app will work regardless of how remote your hunting spot is. Or manually enter measurements to calculate a rough score for any big game animal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RoughScore at every 4 days against Bushnell Ballistics's every 2 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.1 for Bushnell Ballistics against 2.0 for RoughScore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 25 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 15% of Bushnell Ballistics's written reviews are positive against 8% of RoughScore's.
Bushnell Ballistics ships an update every 2 months, RoughScore every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bushnell Ballistics | RoughScore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (14 ratings) — better | 2.0 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.9% of reviews — better | 7.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nVisti | TACS Development |
Customer experience
Bushnell Ballistics
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In-app purchases
Bushnell Ballistics
No in-app purchases
RoughScore
No in-app purchases
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