E vs LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
E
Easily create and edit dope cards for display on a smart card. This application utilizes NFC technology to transfer your custom data for permanent viewing.
- Create dope cards
- Edit drop tables
- NFC data transfer
- Permanent display on smart card
- iOS compatible
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Now available for iOS, The E-Dope application allows easy creation of dope cards using the DRS E-Dope SmartCard. The user can create and edit drop tables and the application uses NFC to send the data for permanent display on the E-Dope card.
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
This app is a comprehensive tool for shooters, offering ballistics solving, reloading management, and range day assistance. It caters to beginners and experienced users with guided lessons, load development tools, and data tracking. Features include group plotting, custom DOPE cards, and data import/export options.
- G1/G7 ballistics solver
- Reloading workspace with load development methods
- Range day group plotting and statistics
- Beginner Mode with guided lessons
- Data import (photo, CSV, Excel) and export
- Wearable device companion apps
- Optional AI features for data import and search
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LoadOut takes you from the bench to the target. It is a ballistics solver, a reloading workspace, and a range day companion in one app, built for three kinds of shooters: the one picking up a rifle for the first time, the reloader chasing single digit SDs, and the competitor who wants a better score next month than last. DIAL A SOLUTION YOU CAN TRUST A free G1/G7 ballistics solver on industry standard exterior ballistics math, with spin drift, aerodynamic jump, and Coriolis when you want them. Measured drag curves (CDM/DSF) ship free for hundreds of factory bullets and apply the moment you pick a factory load. Get your holds in MOA, mils, or clicks, build a DOPE card, and read your holdovers straight off your own reticle in the Scope View, with 55 reticles in the library. LEARN IT PROPERLY New to precision shooting, or to reloading? Beginner Mode hides the advanced fields and walks you through the process. Learn has step by step lessons, guided walk-throughs on the real screens, a searchable reloading glossary, and plain language guides to every tool in the app. Nobody is assumed to know what CBTO means on day one. WORK UP A LOAD LIKE A PRO Five load development methods, including OCW, ladder, and velocity node tests, with per charge statistics that tell you what your chronograph string actually means. Track velocity over time and see which load earned its place in your match ammo. (Pro) RANGE DAY AND MATCH DAY Plot your groups on the target, get group statistics, and keep every session tied to the rifle and the load. On match day, stage cards carry your holds per target, and the Apple Watch, Wear OS, and Garmin companions put them on your wrist. BRING YOUR DATA WITH YOU Import a notebook page by photo (the on device reader does the work, and no image leaves your phone), spreadsheets by CSV or Excel, chronograph sessions from a Garmin Xero, and share a load with a friend by QR code. Reference catalogs for cartridges, powders, bullets, primers, brass, and firearms ship in the app and update over the air. VOICE AND AI, ON YOUR TERMS Ask Siri for your next hold with the phone in your bag. iPhone and Apple Watch read your firing solution out loud, in a Standard voice you can download and that runs on your device. AI Smart Import cleans up a messy photo import and semantic search finds a load by what you mean, not the exact words (Pro). Every AI feature is off until you turn it on. In 15 languages. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything lives on your device. No LoadOut server ever sees your reloading data, we don't sell it, and we don't train on it. Sign in is optional. Cloud backup and sync (Pro) go to your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or OneDrive, encrypted on your device with a passphrase LoadOut never sees. SAFETY LoadOut's ballistics and pressure predictions are estimates, not load data. Always work up from a current published load manual and verify against your own rifle. No calculator — ours included — can tell you what is safe in your chamber. PRO Free covers the tracker and the whole base ballistics workflow: the solver, measured drag curves, the Scope View, cartridge dimension diagrams, Match Day, spoken firing solutions, and every import path. Pro adds live weather, hit probability and full analytics, Garmin chronograph import, the pressure and velocity predictor, structured load development, AI Smart Import, encrypted cloud backup and sync, photorealistic scope backdrops, connected weather meters and shot timers, and no limit on rifles and profiles. 14 day free trial, then a subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. The LoadOut team support@johnsondigitalsystems.com Terms of Use: https://loadout-precision-reloading.web.app/legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://loadout-precision-reloading.web.app/legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading at 100% against E's 29%. LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 months). E's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (14.4 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. E asks for nothing beyond the download.
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of E's written reviews are positive against 100% of LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading's.
E ships an update every 8 months, LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | E | LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Down Range Systems LLC | Johnson Digital Systems LLC |
Customer experience
E
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
In-app purchases
E
No in-app purchases
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
- LoadOut Pro – Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- LoadOut Pro – Yearly14 Days trial$34.991 Year
- LoadOut Pro – Lifetime Founder$89.99
- LoadOut Pro – Lifetime$119.99
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