Ballistics Report vs ShootSmart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ballistics Report
Measure and track shooting accuracy using your iPhone camera, replacing physical tools. Get instant feedback, detailed analytics, and insights into your progress with various firearms and techniques. Plan training and set goals to improve your performance.
- Ballistics Cam for automatic shot group measurement
- Digital range journal with target photos and notes
- 100+ actionable shooting accuracy insights
- Infinite Zero for precise optic adjustments
- Dry fire and live fire goal setting
- Training plans and shooting challenges
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Measure and track your shooting accuracy with just your iPhone. This app replaces your measuring calipers, range journal, training planner, zeroing targets and more! Get instant accuracy metric feedback after each shot group you track. Manage progress with over 100+ actionable shooting accuracy insights. Access all features with range session upgrade packages or get unlimited range sessions with a pro subscription. Bye-Bye Measuring Calipers The 'Ballistics Cam' replaces calipers as the modern way of measuring your shot groups. View the target with your iPhone camera and tap to mark the point of aim and hits. Measurements are calculated automatically delivering you shot group analytics, accuracy metrics, and more. Works on any target. As easy and point and shoot. Digital Range Journal Save a photo of your target along with automatically calculated shot group metrics like MOA and shot accuracy. Each shot group metric is ranked by percentile giving you instant actionable feedback. Record extra notes and keep all your range info secured and available anywhere you go. Shooting Insights Track your progress over time. See how dry firing improves your shot group metrics. View and compare your accuracy using different firearms, munitions, shooting drills, weapon attachments, shooting stances, shooting grips, and much, much more. Over 100+ actionable Insights and counting. Zero Optics with Infinite Zero 'Infinite Zero' delivers exact MOA adjustments for any zero at any distance. By using the shot group metrics from the 'Ballistics Cam', you can achieve a 36 yard zero with a target 10 yards away or a 300 yard zero with a target 25 yards away. Any zero at any distance, the zero possibilities are infinite. Dry Fire & Live Fire Goals Encourage and motivate ongoing training with goals. Maintain a training streak with weekly goals to get your dry fire reps in. Improve accuracy with live fire goals to get your best shot group. Plus: Monthly shooting challenges Training Plans Drill Insights Munition Insights Optic Insights Global benchmarks Shot Placement mapping And much more! Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ShootSmart
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ShootSmart is your range companion for scoring, timing, and improving your shooting — whether you’re training for competition or just chasing tighter groups. SCORE YOUR DRILLS THE SMART WAY Track hits by zone for IPSC/USPSA, bullseye, and simple targets, with automatic hit-factor, gross score, and run-time calculations. Log every string and drill so your progress is always in front of you. TIME YOUR SHOTS (PRO) The built-in shot timer uses your phone’s microphone to detect and time each shot — first-shot time, splits, and complete strings — with fixed or random start delays and par times, just like a dedicated range timer. SCORE FROM A PHOTO (PRO) Snap a picture of your target and ShootSmart helps place your hits, tallies the score by zone, and analyzes your group. Then it gives you plain-language coaching on what your grouping says about your fundamentals — and how to tighten it up — with guidance for both right- and left-handed shooters. BALLISTICS CALCULATOR (PRO) Calculate your zeroes, holdovers, DOPEs with a built in ballistic calculator. REVIEW AND IMPROVE Your History keeps every session, string, and score, with detail views and trends so you can see how you’re improving shot to shot and month to month. MANAGE YOUR DRILLS AND GEAR Build and save your own drills and systems (calibers and setups) and pull them up instantly at the range. FREE TO USE ShootSmart is free with ads. Upgrade to Pro for the shot timer, photo-based scoring and coaching, and an ad-free experience. ShootSmart is a training and scoring aid — always follow safe firearm handling and all applicable laws and range rules. Make every shot count. Download ShootSmart and start shooting smarter. Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ShootSmart Terms: https://schraedertechnologies.github.io/shootsmart-legal/terms.html ShootSmart Privacy: https://schraedertechnologies.github.io/shootsmart-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ballistics Report at every 10 days against ShootSmart's every 3 months. ShootSmart's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Ballistics Report sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and ShootSmart sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ballistics Report ships an update every 10 days, ShootSmart every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ballistics Report | ShootSmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (343 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 343 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Favasian Products | Schraeder Technologies |
Bugs and requests
Ballistics Report
Reported bugs
4 issues- Target scan gets stuck in calibration
- App gets stuck in calibration
- Targets don't print
- Missing uncommon caliber options
Requested features
1 request- Add "miss" recordings
ShootSmart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ballistics Report
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- Monthly2 variants$10.991 Month
- Limited Time Offer: Monthly3 Months trial$10.991 Month
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- Limited Annual$24.991 Year
- Limited Time Offer: Annual$39.991 Year
- Limited Time Free Offer2 Months trial$39.991 Year
- Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Unlimited Semi-Annual14 Days trial$39.996 Months
- Triple Up$0.99
- Starter Pack$10.99
- Stockpile Reserve$124.99
ShootSmart
- ShootSmart Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- ShootSmart Pro 3 Month$7.993 Months
- ShootSmart Pro Annual$24.991 Year
Questions
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