Comparison

iModelKit Light vs Hornady Reloading Guide

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

Head to head
About

iModelKit Light

This app simplifies scale model building with tools for browsing paint charts, mixing paints, and managing projects. It offers extensive catalogs of paints and materials, with optional in-app purchases for advanced features and inventory management.

Highlights
  • Browse paint charts and material catalogs
  • Mix paints and compute color mixes
  • Create and share custom charts/catalogs
  • Compute scale results and find references
  • Manage model kit projects
  • Optional inventory management and barcode scanning
Features
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The light release has some limitations and ad banners and intersticials. This release can be changed to Pay release with Inventory module using In-App purchase. iModelkit simplifies scale model builder work by providing a set of easy to use and comprehensive tools. With iModelKit you can : • Browse paint charts from colour standards and model kit paint manufacturers • Browse scratch material catalogs • Create your own charts and catalogs, and share these • Mix your paints • Compute your mix from a base colour • Compute to scale and display on screen real size or 3D results • Find references in catalogs from your scale computations • Create your own model kit projects from your computations and references • Manage your inventory (using the optional inventory module) • Scan your paint jars and barcodes (using the optional inventory module) iModelKit provides paint charts and scratch material catalogs samples for most manufacturers : • Paint charts : 104 (including 6 colour standard), 53 manufacturers • Paints : 13852 • Colours : 21272 • Official equivalences : 10457 • References : 26449 (including 15819 with barcodes) • Material catalogs : 5 • Managed shapes : 31 • Items : 2562 • References : 3553 (including 2377 with barcodes) Available In-App purchase : • Pay release + Inventory Module For information, here are the features added by the Pay release : • No more ad banners and interstitials • The full set of paint equivalence for equivalences not given by manufacturers (2 & 3 levels and closest paint computations) • The paint mixer mix of up to 6 paints (3 in the free release) • The paint mixer mix computation from another mix as a reference • Paint chart and catalogs update automatic detection • Cie Lab, Cie XYZ and Munsell colours management • Project importation • Advanced language management • Inventory module In-app purchase availability For information, here are the features added by the Inventory Module : • Inventory management • Barcode scanner • Paint cap colour scanner • Mix from inventoried items • Transfer of buy list items to inventory More information at http://www.id6.ch

About

Hornady Reloading Guide

Access comprehensive reloading data for hundreds of cartridges and bullets, based on extensive testing. Purchase individual data sets, the entire current edition, or subscribe for continuous updates and full access to all data on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Reloading data for 200+ cartridges
  • Data for 300+ bullets
  • Safe data based on controlled testing
  • Purchase individual cartridge data
  • Purchase full handbook edition
  • Subscription for all data and updates
Features
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Derived from extensive testing by Hornady Manufacturing Company, this app includes reloading data for over 200 cartridges and 300 bullets. Under carefully controlled conditions using the components and test equipment specified, we report only data that proved safe in our research. Users have the ability to purchase data for individual cartridges, purchase the whole current edition of the handbook, or subscribe and receive the entire handbook plus more. Subscription provides access to all handbook data on your mobile device and real updates for all new data without waiting for the new handbook publication to be produced.

Screenshots

iModelKit Light4 screens
Hornady Reloading Guide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: iModelKit Light at 79% against Hornady Reloading Guide's 32%. iModelKit Light also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Hornady Reloading Guide's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (17K vs 34). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iModelKit Light sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Hornady Reloading Guide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hornady Reloading Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hornady Reloading Guide has 17K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of iModelKit Light's written reviews are positive against 32% of Hornady Reloading Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iModelKit Light ships an update every 3 months, Hornady Reloading Guide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iModelKit Light versus Hornady Reloading Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriModelKit LightHornady Reloading Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (34 ratings)4.6 (17K ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews — better31.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3417K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB71 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developerid6 SarlHornady

Customer experience

iModelKit Light

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral14.7%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative16.1%

Hornady Reloading Guide

All ratings16,899 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews268 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral9.7%
Negative58.6%

Bugs and requests

iModelKit Light

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Hornady Reloading Guide

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Purchased data disappearing or inaccessible
  • Unable to log in or access account
  • Blank screens and unknown errors
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline access to data
  • Improved range log with more details
  • Seamless integration with in-app purchases
  • Support for more powder and bullet options

In-app purchases

3 purchases

iModelKit Light

One-time3
  • Inventory$4.99
  • Premium Release$9.99
  • Premium Release+Inventory$14.99
3 purchases

Hornady Reloading Guide

Subscriptions1
  • Reloading Guide Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Hornady Point$0.99
  • 20 Hornady Points$19.99

Questions

Is iModelKit Light free?
iModelKit Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hornady Reloading Guide free?
Hornady Reloading Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iModelKit Light or Hornady Reloading Guide?
Hornady Reloading Guide is rated higher. iModelKit Light averages 4.2 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Hornady Reloading Guide averages 4.6 from 17K ratings.
Do iModelKit Light or Hornady Reloading Guide have ads?
Neither iModelKit Light nor Hornady Reloading Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iModelKit Light or Hornady Reloading Guide?
iModelKit Light ships an update every 3 months, and Hornady Reloading Guide every 2 months. Most recently, iModelKit Light was updated on October 18, 2026 and Hornady Reloading Guide on October 19, 2026.

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