RangeDay vs Loadscope Ballistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RangeDay
This app helps shooters improve their accuracy by calculating group sizes and providing personalized feedback. It offers features to analyze shot placements, adjust turrets, and share results, transforming training sessions.
- Instant group size calculation
- Dynamic ATZ for turret adjustments
- Digital shooting coach with RangeIQ
- Shareable target results
- Intuitive interface for quick analysis
- Detailed training insights
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Range Day: Shoot Better, Group Tighter, and Zero Faster with the Ultimate Shooting Digital Coach and Group Size Calculator! Designed for shooters by shooters, our app is your reliable range buddy, perfect for hunters, competitive shooters, and firearms enthusiasts looking to measure and improve precision. Effortlessly calculate MOA or inches/cm on any target—paper, steel, or custom—straight from your phone. Now with RangeIQ, your digital shooting coach that analyzes your groups to provide detailed feedback and drill suggestions. ▶ Key Features: • Instant Group Size Calculation: Quickly capture an image of your target and measure your small groups accurately in MOA or inches/cm. • Dynamic ATZ (Adjustment To Zero): Precisely adjust elevation and windage turrets to achieve perfect zero, reducing ammo waste and maximizing range training efficiency. • Digital Shooting Coach: Get real-time feedback on your shot groups from a digital shooting coach, powered by RangeIQ. Your coach analyzes your stats to suggest drills and improvements for your next session. • Share Easily: Instantly export and share your targets, results, and improvements with friends, coaches, or on social media to track your progress and celebrate your achievements. • Intuitive Interface: Simple, fast workflow—capture, mark your points of aim and impacts, and get instant feedback with clear ballistic metrics. • Training Insights: Leverage detailed analysis for consistent improvement, making your range sessions more productive. ▶ Calculations include: • Group Size (MOA/cm) • Overall Width & Height • Mean Radius • ATZ (Adjustment to Zero) • Elevation Offset • Windage Offset • Distance to Target ▶ Ideal for: • People who spend time at the range looking to improve accuracy and efficiency. • Precision shooters chasing subMOA accuracy. • Hunters fine-tuning their rifles for perfect shot placement. • Enthusiasts seeking advanced ballistic data without complexity. Forget complicated calculations and expensive gear—use the ultimate digital coach and shot group calculator that fits right in your pocket. Join thousands of satisfied shooters, hunters, and professionals who have upgraded their range experience. Download now and transform your training sessions today! * GROUP SIZE CALCULATION, DYNAMIC ATZ, DIGITAL SHOOTING COACH, SHARING, AND TRAINING INSIGHTS REQUIRE A SUBSCRIPTION. TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.rangedayapp.com/privacy
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Loadscope Ballistics at 5.0 against RangeDay's 4.5. Loadscope Ballistics also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). RangeDay's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. RangeDay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Loadscope Ballistics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Loadscope Ballistics holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RangeDay has 42 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of RangeDay's written reviews are positive against 100% of Loadscope Ballistics's.
RangeDay ships an update weekly, Loadscope Ballistics every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RangeDay | Loadscope Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sicong Liu | Loadscope LLC |
Customer experience
RangeDay
Loadscope Ballistics
In-app purchases
RangeDay
- RangeDay Pro - Weekly$1.997 Days
- RangeDay Pro - 1 Month$7.991 Month
- RangeDay Pro - 1 Year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- RangeDay Pro - Annual$39.991 Year
Loadscope Ballistics
- Create Your Own Loads$9.99









