Comparison

Accufire 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

Accufire

This digital night vision scope features a smart range finder, auto-ballistics, and HD recording. Its compact design allows for traditional mounting options and quick-detachable mounts, enabling users to maintain zero when switching optics.

Highlights
  • Smart range finder
  • Color correction technology
  • Auto-ballistics
  • Intuitive menu
  • HD recording and streaming
  • Traditional mounting options
  • Recoil rating
Features
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Accufire Technology's new optic offers a compact digital night vision scope with traditional mounting options allowing the end-user to utilize all of Accufire's built-in technology, including smart range finder, color correction tech, auto-ballistics, intuitive menu, unparalleled recoil rating, and a plethora of HD recording and streaming options to record your hunt. Accufire's compact optic form factor allows the scope to be mounted on a majority of quick-detachable mounts and return-to-zero mounts, providing the shooter with their choice of not only optic heights but also the ability to switch optics quickly while maintaining zero.

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

Accufire4 screens
Hornady Reloading Guide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Accufire at 67% against Hornady Reloading Guide's 31%. Accufire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Hornady Reloading Guide's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (17K vs 4). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Hornady Reloading Guide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Accufire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hornady Reloading Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hornady Reloading Guide has 17K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Accufire's written reviews are positive against 31% of Hornady Reloading Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Accufire ships an update every 2 weeks, Hornady Reloading Guide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Accufire versus Hornady Reloading Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAccufireHornady Reloading Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)4.6 (17K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better31.4% of reviews
Number of ratings417K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB71 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer旭 王Hornady

Customer experience

Accufire

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Hornady Reloading Guide

All ratings16,899 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive31.4%
Neutral10.0%
Negative58.7%

Bugs and requests

Accufire

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

Accufire

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 Accufire free?
Accufire is free to download, 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, Accufire or Hornady Reloading Guide?
Hornady Reloading Guide is rated higher. Accufire averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Hornady Reloading Guide averages 4.6 from 17K ratings.
Do Accufire or Hornady Reloading Guide have ads?
Neither Accufire nor Hornady Reloading Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Accufire or Hornady Reloading Guide?
Accufire ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hornady Reloading Guide every 2 months. Most recently, Accufire was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hornady Reloading Guide on October 27, 2026.

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