Comparison

SC vs Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SC

This app simplifies shot plotting for target shooting competitions. It offers traditional and plot-o-matic styles, allowing users to easily record shot impacts and scope adjustments. Export your session data to CSV for detailed analysis.

Highlights
  • Traditional and plot-o-matic plotting
  • Easy shot entry by tapping aim and impact points
  • MOA scope adjustment tracking (1/4 and 1/8 click)
  • Support for US, UK, and International targets
  • Export session details to CSV
  • Statistical analysis of shot data
Features
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In target shooting competitions it's common to plot your shots for record keeping. Plot-o-matic style plotting is becoming more and more popular, as it shows what the wind is doing to your shots during the course of fire and helps you make better judgements on the conditions. SC: Plotter lets you switch seamlessly between a traditional plot and Plot-o-matic. Entering a shot is as simple as tapping your aim point, tapping the point of impact and tapping save. Adjust the scope settings in the app as you adjust your turrets and you'll always be in sync with your plot. New in Version 2 • iPhone – the app now runs on iPhone as well as iPad, in portrait or landscape, with layouts designed for the phone in your pocket at the range. • iCloud sync – your sessions, shots and targets sync between your devices through your own iCloud account. Plot on your phone at the range and review on your iPad at home. • Mil scopes – choose 0.1 or 0.05 mil clicks as well as 1/4 or 1/8 MOA. The steppers, target grid, shot list, graphs, group sizes and export all work in mils. • Your own targets – create your own target faces, or duplicate one of the built-in faces as a starting point. Hide the targets you never shoot to keep your list tidy. • Previous elevation – start a new session on a target you've shot before and the app offers the elevation you finished on last time. • Notes on any shot – add or edit a note on a shot after you've saved it. • Dark mode, Split View and resizable windows on iPad, and the target name and distance in the CSV export. Features • Plot-o-matic or traditional plotting, switchable at any time • Many UK, US and international targets, including Bisley, ICFRA, NRA, DCRA, ISSF and IBS faces – or make your own • Sighters, brackets and notes against individual shots • Elevation and wind graphs across the course of fire, taking your scope settings and aim point into account • Group size (extreme spread) in MOA or mils, and in inches and centimetres • Your final windage and elevation for every session, ready for the next time you shoot that distance • Export to CSV (for Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets) with scores, scope settings and aim and impact points as MOA or mils from centre, so you can run your own analysis on your own data This app has been developed by an F-Class shooter in their spare time, because other apps on the market were lacking something. Every purchase goes towards funding the hobby! For useful references on Plot-o-matic plotting, read 'The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters' by Linda K. Miller and Keith A. Cunningham, or the excellent article 'How to improve your score through strategy' by Adam MacDonald (https://web.archive.org/web/20210115153309/https://www.autotrickler.com/blog/how-to-improve-your-score-through-strategy). The developer is not affiliated with any of these authors, but can highly recommend them.

About

Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+

This advanced ballistics calculator provides precise holdover and scope settings for long-range shooting. It accounts for numerous environmental factors, rifle configurations, and even Coriolis effect for accurate shots with various calibers and airguns.

Highlights
  • Customizable drag-functions
  • Extensive reticle and bullet database
  • Coriolis effect correction
  • Real-time sensor integration
  • Imperial and Metric unit support
  • Moving target lead calculation
Features
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This is a smart ballistic calculator for long range shooters. It helps shooters calculate hold overs, and scope settings necessary for long range shots. Works with large caliber and airguns. This app is using temperature, altitude, humidity, atmospheric pressure, distance to target, target speed and direction, coriolis effect, slope angle, cant and your rifle configuration for calculate optimal vertical, horizontal and lead corrections. Features: • Can use G1, G2, G5, G6, G7, G8, GA, GC, GI, GL, GS, RA4 and even custom drag-functions (built-in editor), and can calculate trajectory without using ballistic coefficient! • You can select reticle from the list (around 2600 reticles! including reticles from Carl Zeiss, Nightforce Optics, Kahles, Vixen Sport Optics, Premier Reticles, Primary Arms, Schmidt and Bender, SWFA, U.S. Optics, and Vortex Optics) and see hold overs at any magnification (see list of reticles supported here http://jet-lab.org/chairgun-reticles) • List of bullets: around 4000 cartridges database, more than 2000 bullets database, around 700 G7 ballistic coefficient bullets database, around 500 air rifle pellets database includes American Eagle, Barnes, Black Hills, Federal, Fiocchi, Hornady, Lapua, Norma, Nosler, Remington, Sellier & Bellot, and Winchester (see list of bullet/cartridges supported here http://jet-lab.org/chairgun-cartridges )! • Correction for coriolis effect • Takes into account temperature of powder (powder sensitivity factor) • Correction for spin drift • Correction for vertical deflection of crosswind • Trajectory validation (truing) by speed or ballistic coefficient • Correction for gyroscopic stability factor • Can measure incline angle with phone camera • Can get current weather (include wind speed and wind direction) from internet for current location and for any place in the world • Supports Imperial (grain, in, yard) and Metric units (gram, mm, meter) • Elevation: Mil-MRAD, MOA, SMOA, Clicks, Inch/Cm, Turret • Get accurate local pressure using internal barometer in iPhone/iPad • Adjusts for atmospheric conditions for current and zero conditions (Density Altitude or Altitude, Pressure, Temperature and Humidity) • Density altitude support (determined automatically for any place in the world) • Ballistics chart (Range, Elevation, Windage, Velocity, Time Of Flight, Energy) • Ballistics graph (Elevation, Velocity, Energy) • Reticle Drop Chart • Range cards • Select target type from big list of targets (80+ available) • Target size presets • Second focal plane scope support • Moving target lead calculation • Fast windspeed/direction adjustment • Integrated with smart sensors. With the tap of a button you can calibrate density altitude, Coriolis, cant and slope in real-time • Unlimited equipment profiles (create own rifles and bullets) • Full history of all your shootings • Scope turret calibration • Rangefinder • Ballistic coefficient calculator • Support Kestrel DROP, Kestrel 5x00, WeatherFlow WEATHERmeter, Skywatch BL, Vectronix, Terrapin X bluetooth devices • Air laboratory (Air Density, Density Altitude, Relative Air Density (RAD), Dew Point, Station Pressure, Saturation Vapor Pressure, Virtual Temperature, Actual Vapor Pressure, Cumulus Cloud Base Height, Dry Air, Dry Air Pressure) • Light/dark/gray color themes • Built-in tutorials PRO Version available: Subscription available for $1.49/month, $9.99/year and provides access to all features. • Your subscription will renew automatically each period. You can turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use: http://jet-lab.org/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: http://jet-lab.org/chairgun-privacy-policy

Screenshots

SC4 screens
Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ at Free against SC's $9.99. Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ also leads on ratings volume (428 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). SC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ is free to download; SC costs $9.99 up front. Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ has 428 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SC ships an update every 10 days, Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
SC versus Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCChairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (428 ratings)
Positive reviews—63.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1428 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#135 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim PopeBallistic Solutions LLC

Customer experience

SC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+

All ratings393 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative30.1%

Bugs and requests

SC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App stuck in tutorial mode after iOS update
  • White screen of death on app launch
  • App crashes during range sessions
  • Cannot select text fields on setup screens
  • Horizontal/windage correction reversed 180 degrees
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  • Density altitude calculation errors
  • Red dot visualization inaccurate compared to scope view
  • Wind curves on scope not functioning despite being enabled
  • App fails to download or install
  • Inconsistent elevation calculations
  • Side turret for windage missing from some scope configurations
  • Charging users twice in subscription cycles
  • App becomes unresponsive with certain scope configurations

Requested features

19 requests
  • Add Garmin Xero integration
  • Include more Vector Optics scope models
  • Add Nightforce ATACR scope variants
  • Include Leupold Mark 4 HD reticles
  • Add Vortex Crossfire HD reticle
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  • Include Bushnell Match Pro ED in MOA
  • Add Tremors 3 reticle from Leupold
  • Include more budget-friendly Chinese/Amazon optics
  • Add SLG0 drag model
  • Include Arken EP-5 and other Arken models
  • Add more ammunition options (CBC 5.56, Norma Golden Bullet)
  • Include Discovery HT scope variants
  • Add Swarovski Z8i models
  • Include Leica Amplus Ballistic scopes
  • Add multi-target support
  • Cloud synchronization across devices
  • One-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Benchrest target templates
  • More detailed tutorials and documentation

In-app purchases

None

SC

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+

Subscriptions2
  • One Month7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • One Year$9.991 Year

Questions

Is SC free?
SC costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ free?
Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SC or Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+?
SC is rated higher. SC averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ averages 4.5 from 428 ratings.
Do SC or Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ have ads?
Neither SC nor Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SC or Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+?
SC ships an update every 10 days, and Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ every 2 weeks. Most recently, SC was updated on November 13, 2026 and Chairgun Elite Ballistic Tool+ on November 14, 2026.

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