Hornady Reloading Guide vs Rifle Shot Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Rifle Shot Timer
This utility app provides a versatile shot timer for various shooting drills, including single shot, multi-shot, par time, and split time exercises. It offers customizable start delays and optional countdowns with adjustable sensitivity levels.
- Single shot drills
- Multi shot drills
- Par time drills
- Split time drills
- Start delays
- Optional countdown
- Adjustable sensitivity
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- Single shot drills - Multi shot drills - Par time drills - Split time drills - Start delays - Optional countdown - Sensitivity levels and much more. Leave a review with any drills or features you would like to see added!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hornady Reloading Guide at 4.6 against Rifle Shot Timer's 3.0. Hornady Reloading Guide also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). Rifle Shot Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Hornady Reloading Guide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and Rifle Shot Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hornady Reloading Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hornady Reloading Guide has 17K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Hornady Reloading Guide's written reviews are positive against 0% of Rifle Shot Timer's.
Hornady Reloading Guide ships an update every 2 months, Rifle Shot Timer every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hornady Reloading Guide | Rifle Shot Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.4% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hornady | Daniel Yaakob |
Customer experience
Hornady Reloading Guide
Rifle Shot Timer
Bugs and 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
Rifle Shot Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hornady Reloading Guide
- Reloading Guide Subscription$19.991 Year
- Hornady Point$0.99
- 20 Hornady Points$19.99
Rifle Shot Timer
- ShotTimer Premium$6.99
Questions
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