Hornady Reloading Guide vs Arken Ballistics
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.
Arken Ballistics
This utility app provides accurate ballistic calculations with an easy-to-use interface. It's designed for users who need precise trajectory data for projectiles.
- Accurate ballistic calculations
- Easy-to-use interface
- Projectile trajectory data
- Utility app
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A ballistic algorithm APP that is easy to use and has accurate calculations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arken Ballistics at none against Hornady Reloading Guide's 3. Arken Ballistics also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 31%). Hornady Reloading Guide's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 10) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). 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
Both are free to download. Hornady Reloading Guide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Arken Ballistics asks for nothing beyond the download.
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 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Hornady Reloading Guide's written reviews are positive against 50% of Arken Ballistics's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hornady Reloading Guide ships an update every 2 months, Arken Ballistics every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hornady Reloading Guide | Arken Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17K ratings) — better | 4.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hornady | Hunan Pangu Optical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Hornady Reloading Guide
Arken Ballistics
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
Arken Ballistics
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
Arken Ballistics
No in-app purchases
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