Comparison

CORE Athletics vs LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading

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

Head to head
About

CORE Athletics

Features
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WELCOME TO CORE Athletics The CORE app allows you to manage your account with ease, register for classes, and special events. You'll also receive important notifications about class changes, closings, registration openings, special announcements, and upcoming events. The CORE app is an easy-to-use, on-the-go way to access everything CORE has to offer right from your smartphone.

About

LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading

This app is a comprehensive tool for firearm enthusiasts, offering ballistics calculations, reloading management, and range day assistance. It caters to beginners and experienced shooters alike with guided lessons and advanced features.

Highlights
  • G1/G7 ballistics solver
  • Reloading data management
  • Beginner Mode with guided lessons
  • Load development tools
  • Range day group plotting
  • Data import and export
  • Wearable device integration
Features
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LoadOut takes you from the bench to the target. It is a ballistics solver, a reloading workspace, and a range day companion in one app, built for three kinds of shooters: the one picking up a rifle for the first time, the reloader chasing single digit SDs, and the competitor who wants a better score next month than last. DIAL A SOLUTION YOU CAN TRUST A free G1/G7 ballistics solver on industry standard exterior ballistics math, with spin drift, aerodynamic jump, and Coriolis when you want them. Measured drag curves (CDM/DSF) ship free for hundreds of factory bullets and apply the moment you pick a factory load. Get your holds in MOA, mils, or clicks, build a DOPE card, and read your holdovers straight off your own reticle in the Scope View, with 55 reticles in the library. LEARN IT PROPERLY New to precision shooting, or to reloading? Beginner Mode hides the advanced fields and walks you through the process. Learn has step by step lessons, guided walk-throughs on the real screens, a searchable reloading glossary, and plain language guides to every tool in the app. Nobody is assumed to know what CBTO means on day one. WORK UP A LOAD LIKE A PRO Five load development methods, including OCW, ladder, and velocity node tests, with per charge statistics that tell you what your chronograph string actually means. Track velocity over time and see which load earned its place in your match ammo. (Pro) RANGE DAY AND MATCH DAY Plot your groups on the target, get group statistics, and keep every session tied to the rifle and the load. On match day, stage cards carry your holds per target, and the Apple Watch, Wear OS, and Garmin companions put them on your wrist. BRING YOUR DATA WITH YOU Import a notebook page by photo (the on device reader does the work, and no image leaves your phone), spreadsheets by CSV or Excel, chronograph sessions from a Garmin Xero, and share a load with a friend by QR code. Reference catalogs for cartridges, powders, bullets, primers, brass, and firearms ship in the app and update over the air. VOICE AND AI, ON YOUR TERMS Ask Siri for your next hold with the phone in your bag. iPhone and Apple Watch read your firing solution out loud, in a Standard voice you can download and that runs on your device. AI Smart Import cleans up a messy photo import and semantic search finds a load by what you mean, not the exact words (Pro). Every AI feature is off until you turn it on. In 15 languages. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything lives on your device. No LoadOut server ever sees your reloading data, we don't sell it, and we don't train on it. Sign in is optional. Cloud backup and sync (Pro) go to your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or OneDrive, encrypted on your device with a passphrase LoadOut never sees. SAFETY LoadOut's ballistics and pressure predictions are estimates, not load data. Always work up from a current published load manual and verify against your own rifle. No calculator — ours included — can tell you what is safe in your chamber. PRO Free covers the tracker and the whole base ballistics workflow: the solver, measured drag curves, the Scope View, cartridge dimension diagrams, Match Day, spoken firing solutions, and every import path. Pro adds live weather, hit probability and full analytics, Garmin chronograph import, the pressure and velocity predictor, structured load development, AI Smart Import, encrypted cloud backup and sync, photorealistic scope backdrops, connected weather meters and shot timers, and no limit on rifles and profiles. 14 day free trial, then a subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. The LoadOut team support@johnsondigitalsystems.com Terms of Use: https://loadout-precision-reloading.web.app/legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://loadout-precision-reloading.web.app/legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

CORE Athletics4 screens
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CORE Athletics at none against LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading's 4. On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CORE Athletics asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CORE Athletics versus LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCORE AthleticsLoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB223 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCORE AthleticsJohnson Digital Systems LLC

In-app purchases

None

CORE Athletics

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading

Subscriptions2
  • LoadOut Pro – Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • LoadOut Pro – Yearly14 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • LoadOut Pro – Lifetime Founder$89.99
  • LoadOut Pro – Lifetime$119.99

Questions

Is CORE Athletics free?
CORE Athletics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading free?
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CORE Athletics or LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading have ads?
Neither CORE Athletics nor LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading shows ads.

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