Comparison

Leupold Control 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

Leupold Control

This app serves as a digital command center for select Leupold optics, offering customizable tools and advanced ballistic calculations. It adapts to your shooting and hunting needs, providing real-time data for confident decision-making in the field.

Highlights
  • Customizable home screen
  • Advanced ballistic calculations
  • Live wind-aware shooting data
  • Backcountry navigation
  • Waypoint pinning
  • Device data syncing
Features
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Leupold Control is the digital command center for select Leupold optics, designed to adapt to how you shoot, hunt, and prepare in the field. The new customizable home screen lets you build your own command view, placing the tools and data you use most—ballistics, wind, ranging, weather, and device controls—exactly where you want them. Whether you’re a backcountry hunter or a precision shooter, Leupold Control now works the way you do. Advanced ballistic tools, including Hornady® 4DOF®, deliver physics-based firing solutions that account for real-world variables like wind, environmentals, and shooting angle. Create detailed firearm and ammo profiles, range and pin waypoints, and sync critical data directly to compatible Leupold devices for fast, confident decisions when it matters most. USE IT FOR: • Customizable ballistic and ranging workflows • Advanced ballistic calculations and firing solutions • Live wind-aware shooting data • Backcountry navigation and waypoint pinning • Preseason scouting and target setup USE IT WITH: • Compatible Leupold® rangefinding optics (RX-5000 & BX-6 Range HD) • Calypso™ wind device (for live wind integration)

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

Leupold Control4 screens
Hornady Reloading Guide3 screens

Verdict

The call

Leupold Control and Hornady Reloading Guide both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Leupold Control's written reviews are positive against 32% of Hornady Reloading Guide's. Leupold Control also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Hornady Reloading Guide's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 13). On price, rating, 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

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. Leupold Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Leupold Control against 4.6 for Hornady Reloading Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hornady Reloading Guide has 17K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Leupold Control's written reviews are positive against 32% of Hornady Reloading Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Leupold Control versus Hornady Reloading Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeupold ControlHornady Reloading Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (13 ratings) — better4.6 (17K ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better31.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1317K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size347 MB71 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLeupold & Stevens, Inc.Hornady

Customer experience

Leupold Control

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Hornady Reloading Guide

All ratings16,899 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews268 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral9.7%
Negative58.6%

Bugs and requests

Leupold Control

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

Leupold Control

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 Leupold Control free?
Leupold Control 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, Leupold Control or Hornady Reloading Guide?
Leupold Control is rated higher. Leupold Control averages 4.7 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Hornady Reloading Guide averages 4.6 from 17K ratings.
Do Leupold Control or Hornady Reloading Guide have ads?
Neither Leupold Control nor Hornady Reloading Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leupold Control or Hornady Reloading Guide?
Leupold Control ships an update every 2 months, and Hornady Reloading Guide every 2 months. Most recently, Leupold Control was updated on October 18, 2026 and Hornady Reloading Guide on October 20, 2026.

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