Thaw™ vs Athlon Ballistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thaw™
Control your Bluetooth-enabled personal heating devices with this app. It integrates weather alerts and reminders to charge your gear, tracks device warranties, and allows you to lend devices to friends.
- Bluetooth device control
- Integrated weather alerts
- Device charging reminders
- Warranty tracking
- Device lending feature
- Customizable start times
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The Thaw app is an intelligent app that can be used to connect to and control your Bluetooth enabled Thaw personal heating smart devices. With the integrated weather app powered by AccuWeather and the notification system, you can easily track temperature changes where you are located, be aware of weather alerts, and Thaw Gear will remind you when you should charge and prepare to wear your Thaw personal heating devices. The warranty tracking system makes it easy to see when your device warranty will expire, and the integrated Thaw shop also makes it easy to pick out your next upgrade! The lend feature can be used to lend your device to a friend and return it with ease. It’s also easy to set your start time for the day and Thaw Gear will intelligently use that time to inform charge reminders to make sure your devices are ready to go before your day starts.
Athlon Ballistics
This app provides advanced ballistic solutions and integrates with thermal devices to upload ballistic data. It allows users to manage rifle and bullet profiles, customize reticles, and create holdovers directly on compatible thermal scopes and clip-ons.
- Advanced ballistic solutions
- G1/G7 factory cartridge library
- Upload data to thermal scopes
- Thermal control interface
- Set rifle and bullet profiles
- Create BDC holdovers
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Athlon Ballistics is the companion app for Athlon Optics shooters. Use it with your Athlon chronograph, with supported Athlon thermal scopes and clip-ons, or on its own as a ballistic calculator. CHRONOGRAPH • Connects to your Athlon chronograph over Bluetooth, automatically when it is near. • Live screen: see the velocity of every shot as you fire, with average, extreme spread (ES), standard deviation (SD), maximum, minimum and energy. • Name each session, add notes, and link it to a rifle and a bullet. • Compare and merge sessions. • Sessions sync to your account and come back on a new phone. • Export sessions to a spreadsheet and share them. • Update the chronograph firmware from the app. BALLISTIC CALCULATOR • Firing solutions with G1 and G7 drag models. • A library of factory cartridges and bullets. Add your own bullet with its BC, weight and length. • Rifle and bullet profiles with sight height, twist rate and zero distance. • Live local weather for the solution, or enter the conditions yourself. • Ballistic charts with your own ranges and steps. Export them to a spreadsheet. ATHLON RETICLES • See your hold on the real Athlon reticle for your scope. ATHLON THERMAL SCOPES • Quick Connect: pick your supported Athlon thermal scope or clip-on, including the new Athlon DCM, and the app joins its Wi-Fi network for you. • Live view from the scope. On supported scopes, take photos and videos that save to the scope's card, then save them to your phone from the scope's album. • Send rifle and bullet profiles to the scope's ballistic calculator. On DCM scopes, holdover marks come from your profiles. • Change reticle type and color, and set BDC holdovers on supported scopes. YOUR DATA • Sign in with email, Google or Apple. Profiles and sessions stay with your account. • Imperial and metric units. English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. • Delete your account from the app at any time. HELP Open Help in the app, or send us feedback from the app. You can also email contact@athlonoptics.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Athlon Ballistics at 4.7 against Thaw™'s 2.3. Athlon Ballistics also leads on review sentiment (17% vs 0%) and ratings volume (66 vs 9). 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.
Athlon Ballistics holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Athlon Ballistics has 66 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Thaw™'s written reviews are positive against 17% of Athlon Ballistics's.
Thaw™ ships an update every 5 weeks, Athlon Ballistics every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thaw™ | Athlon Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (9 ratings) | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 17.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alliance Sports Group, L. P. | Sportsgear Outdoor Products LLC |
Customer experience
Thaw™
Athlon Ballistics
Bugs and requests
Thaw™
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Athlon Ballistics
Reported bugs
33 issues- App will not sync sessions
- Exported data has incorrect/reverted session names and variables
- App will not open on iPhone
- App crashes when using specific reticles
- Cannot enter elevation or DA
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- App won't stay connected to chronograph
- Firmware update freezes
- Chronograph not recognized as a hard drive on Windows
- App freezes during firmware updates
- Chronograph locks up when syncing
- Bluetooth connection fails
- QR code scan opens wrong app store
- Login button is grayed out
- Cannot create an account
- Password complexity rules are restrictive
- Keyboard covers input fields
- Data disappears after updates
- App crashes when loading scope reticles
- Unable to add rifle or bullet profiles
- App freezes at 50% or 76% during device update
- Syncing locks up the chronograph
- App doesn't sync majority of range sessions
- Notes section is hidden by keyboard
- App shows CSS on screen during signup/login
- App not working on specific iPhone models
- App locks up
- Cannot update chronograph software
- App doesn't allow creating a standalone login
- App doesn't allow custom naming for bullet profiles
- App doesn't sync all sessions
- Chronograph freezes when connected to app
- App doesn't allow manual entry of projectile data
- App doesn't allow editing projectile data
Requested features
18 requests- Add more ammo/bullet profiles (Barnes, etc.)
- Expand projectile data beyond G1 (e.g., G7)
- Allow manual entry of projectile data
- Improve user interface for reloaders
- Add support for air rifles/air guns, bows, crossbows
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- More reticle options
- Ability to view sessions without being connected
- Bulk export of shot strings
- Longer names for guns/ammo
- Add elevation function
- Add pistol data support
- Option for peep or other iron sights
- More intuitive and ergonomic navigation
- Add support for non-Athlon scopes
- Improve data management and organization
- Dedicated app for chronograph data download/storage
- Allow custom naming for bullet profiles across platforms
- Take pictures of groups with data
In-app purchases
Thaw™
No in-app purchases
Athlon Ballistics
No in-app purchases








