Comparison

AndiScan vs Loadscope Ballistics

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

Head to head
About

AndiScan

Features
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Use AndiScan app to connect to your AndiScan A3 ballistic velocity Doppler chronograph using Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) communication protocol. The app allows full remote control, measurement live view, data management, file listing, file view with super-easy export to other apps and/or computer (including file copy/paste), full remote configuration settings, FirmWare over-the-air upgrades, and many more features.

About

Loadscope Ballistics

This companion app automatically selects your optimal powder charge and seating depth for shooting. It then uses your confirmed load to provide live ballistics adjustments based on changing environmental conditions, and allows you to measure shot groups from photos.

Highlights
  • Live DOPE re-solve with automatic local condition pull
  • Measure shot groups from photos
  • Real wind math with gust range calculation
  • DOPE card library for confirmed loads
  • Recipe cards for component details
  • Round count tracking
  • Offline-first operation
Features
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Loadscope scores every powder charge and seating depth you tested -- across four metrics that show up on target -- and picks your winning load automatically. No squinting at a ladder graph to call it by eye. This companion carries that exact load to the range and keeps it honest in the field. It is not another ballistic calculator fed with guesses. It runs the confirmed load you built in Loadscope on Mac or Windows -- your bullet, your velocity, your trued dial -- and re-solves it live as conditions change. At the line, in seconds: - Live DOPE re-solve. Pull current local conditions automatically, powered by Apple Weather -- density altitude, temperature, and pressure re-solve your dial on the spot. The number you dial is for your load, not a library average. - Measure shot groups from a photo. Photograph your target, set the scale, and mark each shot -- Loadscope reads group size and mean radius in inches, MOA, and mil, plus your dial-to-center. Powder or seating-depth ladders, several targets a session, custom calibers. Pull them into your working load on the desktop over Wi-Fi, each target matched to its charge or seating depth. - Real wind math. Enter speed and direction on a glove-friendly wind rose; the app computes the actual crosswind component for you -- full-value trig, no eyeballing "half value." Enter a gust range (say 8-12 mph) and see your windage spread. - DOPE card library. Every confirmed load, sorted by rifle and recent, searchable. - Recipe cards. Your components -- bullet, powder and charge, primer, brass, CBTO -- as a clean read-only reference at the bench. - Round count. Tap "+N" for the rounds you just ran; it syncs back to that barrel's count on the desktop. - Works with zero signal. Offline-first. Loads sync from the desktop by file or QR -- no account, no cloud, no backend. - iPhone and iPad, one app. iPad opens to a wider layout -- load list, DOPE, and recipe side by side. Free to download. A one-time $9.99 unlock adds phone-side load entry -- and it's free if you own Loadscope on Mac or Windows (just enter your license key). No subscription. No ads. No data collected.

Screenshots

AndiScan4 screens
Loadscope Ballistics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AndiScan at none against Loadscope Ballistics's 1. AndiScan also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Loadscope Ballistics's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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. Loadscope Ballistics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AndiScan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AndiScan ships an update every 6 months, Loadscope Ballistics every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AndiScan versus Loadscope Ballistics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAndiScanLoadscope Ballistics
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAN SYKORALoadscope LLC

In-app purchases

None

AndiScan

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Loadscope Ballistics

One-time1
  • Create Your Own Loads$9.99

Questions

Is AndiScan free?
AndiScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loadscope Ballistics free?
Loadscope Ballistics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AndiScan or Loadscope Ballistics have ads?
Neither AndiScan nor Loadscope Ballistics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AndiScan or Loadscope Ballistics?
AndiScan ships an update every 6 months, and Loadscope Ballistics every 5 days. Most recently, AndiScan was updated on September 13, 2026 and Loadscope Ballistics on September 19, 2026.

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