Leupold Control vs Hornady Security
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable home screen
- Advanced ballistic calculations
- Live wind-aware shooting data
- Backcountry navigation
- Waypoint pinning
- Device data syncing
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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)
Hornady Security
Monitor your safe's lock and unlock status remotely. This app provides a detailed activity log, showing the date and time your safe was accessed. It connects via Bluetooth and WiFi for convenient security management.
- Monitor lock/unlock status
- Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity
- Detailed activity log
- Timestamped access records
- Remote security monitoring
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Derived from extensive testing by Hornady Manufacturing Company, the Hornady Security app allows users to monitor the lock and unlock status of their RAPiD® Safe Ready Vault. This app utilizes Bluetooth technology as well as WiFi and offers a detailed activity log for users to reference at any time to evaluate the date and time their safe was locked or unlocked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Leupold Control at 75% against Hornady Security's 0%. Leupold Control also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Leupold Control holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Leupold Control's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hornady Security's.
Leupold Control ships an update every 2 months, Hornady Security every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leupold Control | Hornady Security |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) — better | 1.0 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 347 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leupold & Stevens, Inc. | Hornady |
Customer experience
Leupold Control
Hornady Security
In-app purchases
Leupold Control
No in-app purchases
Hornady Security
No in-app purchases
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