Leupold Control vs Dark30
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)
Dark30
Control thermal imaging devices remotely from your mobile or tablet. Stream real-time video and manage pan and tilt functions for precise adjustments.
- Mobile/tablet connectivity
- Thermal imaging control
- Real-time video streaming
- Pan tilt rotation control
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Dark30 is an app that provides mobile or tablet connectivity for thermal imaging pan tilt control. Through this app, real-time video flow control and pan tilt rotation can be achieved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dark30 at 5.0 against Leupold Control's 4.7. Dark30 also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). Leupold Control's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Dark30 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leupold Control has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Leupold Control ships an update every 2 months, Dark30 every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leupold Control | Dark30 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 347 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Leupold & Stevens, Inc. | Sellmark Corporation |
Customer experience
Leupold Control
Dark30
In-app purchases
Leupold Control
No in-app purchases
Dark30
No in-app purchases
