Comparison

Blackhole vs Air Shooting Diary

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

Head to head
About

Blackhole

This app helps sport shooters by automatically evaluating target images taken with a smartphone. It archives results in a digital shooting book, offers graphical analysis of progress, and allows sharing results with others.

Highlights
  • Automated target evaluation
  • Digital shooting book
  • Graphical progress analysis
  • Target image editing
  • Equipment inventory
  • PDF export of results
Features
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Blackhole - the app for target shooters Blackhole is an app for sport shooters. It supports you in your shooting sport by simply taking pictures of your shooting targets with your cell phone. The targets are automatically evaluated and your shooting images are archived in the digital shooting book. Share your shooting results with other shooters within the app. Target evaluation with your cell phone For target evaluation, place your ring target on a plain background after shooting and take a picture of your target with the Blackhole app. The app will then evaluate the shots on the target to the 10th of a ring within a few seconds and display the hit image and the values determined for the individual hits. After the evaluation, you can manually add, edit or delete individual hits in the shot image. The App supports ring targets from the shooting associations: International - ISSF; USA - NRA; Great Britain - NSRA; Australia - TRA; Netherlands - KNSA; Denmark - DGI; Germany - DSB, BDS, BDMP, DSU, KYF, BSSB; Switzerland - SSV Write us if you miss a target or your federation so we can close the gap. Wizard for recording your target The app supports you in taking optimal pictures of your target by using an optical level to help you keep your phone as perpendicular and steady as possible to the target. The camera of your cell phone is then automatically triggered when the target is optimally positioned in the picture. Your results in the hit image at a glance Look at your hit image in detail. The hit position and the scattering and the hull circle provide you with information on how to optimally adjust your sight and improve your shooting technique. Graphical analysis of hit images Track your progress in shooting training. Graphs help you compare your shot images and show you trends. So you know you're on the right track. Your shooting log goes digital Manage your shooting results from anywhere. From now on you always have your shooting book with you and keep track of all your training and competition sessions. In the detailed view you can look at and analyze every single shot in detail. Get your equipment into the shooting book Inventory your sports weapons, ammunition and other items. Link your inventory with your entries in the shooting book and compare your performance. With which sporting weapon have you shot the best so far? And how does your choice of ammunition affect the spread? Show your shooting results Show your friends your best shooting results in the digital Shooters Lounge or post them on your favorite social platform. You can be proud of your shooting achievements. Export your shooting results as PDF Create a shooting log or detailed logs of your events and export the documents as PDF. Export your training records Have your shooting instructor sign your shooting results directly on your phone and export your training record directly as a PDF. Shooting results of your friends See how your friends shot and with which equipment in the news feed. You can show them your appreciation with a "thumbs up". You can compare your shooting results with those of other shooters and compare them in charts.

About

Air Shooting Diary

Track your pistol and rifle shooting training progress with detailed logs and accuracy charts. Monitor various attributes affecting performance and share insights with coaches or friends. Data is securely stored and accessible across iOS devices.

Highlights
  • Training diaries for pistol and rifle disciplines
  • Session logging with customizable attributes
  • Voice-to-text dictation for training notes
  • Accuracy charts for performance analysis
  • Data sharing with friends or coaches
  • Secure remote data storage
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We are happy to introduce you to our app that allows you to keep a diary of sport air shooting from a pistol and a rifle. The features of the app allow an athlete to save training results and monitor their progress. Using your training notes, an easy-to-use accuracy chart helps to highlight the reasons for improvement or deterioration of shooting. Professionals and amateurs will find the app helpful because all the training notes and results will be in one place. Only you have access to your training data which is stored on a remote server. Don't worry about data safety or its loss after your smartphone change. You just need to login into your account from any iOS device to access your training results. The features of the application have been developed with the needs of professional air shooting athletes in mind. In the near future the application will receive several updates to introduce new features, and it is for you to choose which exact features will be added! Our features: Training diaries - Create your personalized container which will store all the training results - Add your training discipline to the container by selecting discipline types from our pistol or rifle presets Practical shooting - Create a session and fill it in with your results - Choose features you want to monitor during your training, such as attentiveness, anxiety, self-control, drowsiness, etc. - For convenience, use the microphone on the keyboard to dictate what you think is important in your training, and save this recording in text form - Edit the already recorded data at any time convenient for you, for example, after training Data analysis - After entering the results of training sessions, you can review accuracy charts, where you can see the direct dependence of the result on your attributes - Analyze data and train while focusing on problematic areas - Share shooting data with your friend or coach Join our community and contribute to product improvement. We’d really appreciate it if you share your ideas and suggestions with us! Don't forget to rate our app to let more people know about us.

Screenshots

Blackhole4 screens
Air Shooting Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Air Shooting Diary at 100% against Blackhole's 50%. Air Shooting Diary also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Blackhole's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 14.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Blackhole sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and Air Shooting Diary sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackhole ships an update every 6 weeks, Air Shooting Diary fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Blackhole versus Air Shooting Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackholeAir Shooting Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.4 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB17 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developer9oClock Software GmbHSIARHEI MASKVIN

Customer experience

Blackhole

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral18.2%
Negative31.8%

Air Shooting Diary

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Blackhole

Subscriptions3
  • 1-month subscription$4.491 Month
  • 6-month subscription$24.996 Months
  • Yearly subscription$45.991 Year
4 purchases

Air Shooting Diary

Subscriptions4
  • 1-month subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • 6-month subscription7 Days trial$14.996 Months
  • Annual Special Offer$14.991 Year
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  • 1-year subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Blackhole free?
Blackhole is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Air Shooting Diary free?
Air Shooting Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blackhole or Air Shooting Diary have ads?
Blackhole shows ads; Air Shooting Diary does not.
Which is updated more often, Blackhole or Air Shooting Diary?
Blackhole ships an update every 6 weeks, and Air Shooting Diary fortnightly. Most recently, Blackhole was updated on September 9, 2026 and Air Shooting Diary on September 19, 2026.

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