Arcwise vs Spotter Ready Ballistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcwise
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Arcwise is your dedicated ballistics-calculator companion app designed for the Arcwise rangefinder. With seamless device connection, environmental input, and model selection, this app delivers real-time ballistics results—distance compensation, wind drift, trajectory curves—all at your fingertips for field use or training.
Spotter Ready Ballistics
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Features: Firing Solution - elevation and windage corrections for a dialled-in target distance, with optional click counts and text-to-speech readout. Includes: moving target lead, cant, Coriolis, wind, reticle view, etc. Trajectory Table - Full range table with configurable columns including four independent wind hold columns. A “Reticle Card” indicates impacts in the scope reticle at various ranges and wind conditions. Both can be easily shared / exported. Voice Commands - On-device models for continuous speech recognition; set distance, wind, and angle hands-free. Talk to the calculator when hunting and it talks back to you. Live Weather - one-tap GPS fetch of temperature, pressure, humidity, and altitude from Open-Meteo; or connect a Kestrel or Tempest (Weatherflow) weather meter. Live Cant and Shot Angle - Supports the use of a MantisX device to obtain cant and shot angle. Continuously adjust the firing solution based on sensor input. Coriolis & Eotvos Correction - Optional correction for Earth's rotation and Etovos effect, meaningful at 800+ yards; point the rear camera at the target to capture bearing, elevation, and latitude with one tap Cant Correction - Manual cant input or tap Measure to read cant directly from the phone's accelerometer held against the scope Stale Environment Warning - the Home screen shows "Updated X ago" for live weather, colored amber past 30 minutes and red past 60 Shot Log - The ability to log shots for future analysis. Chronograph Integration - Bluetooth integration with Athlon chronographs to import shot data. File import support for Garmin chronographs. Bullet Library - Built-in database of projectiles plus the ability to add user-defined custom entries. Reloader Mode - Optional mode that adds handloading fields (powder, charge, primer, OAL, case brand) to the load form; powder selection uses a built-in database of powders (adapted from Hodgdon) and case brand selection. Backup & Restore - full open JSON database format export/import of all user data Temperature-Adjusted Muzzle Velocity - profiles store an optional reference temperature and a velocity change per degree (fps/°F). Trajectory Graphs - plot drop, windage, velocity, or energy against distance; overlay 2–4 comparison curves varying altitude, muzzle velocity, wind speed, temperature, zero range, or profile selection on a single graph. Tools - Numerous standalone calculators (BC from velocity, BC from time of flight, point blank range, maximum distance, sunrise/sunset, group size, weather meter, trajectory truing, gyroscopic stability, target card, velocity sensitivity to temperature, reticle ranging, bullet database explorer, trajectory graphs)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Spotter Ready Ballistics at 13.0 against Arcwise's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Arcwise | Spotter Ready Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhejiang Lanying Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. | Patrick Heim |
In-app purchases
Arcwise
No in-app purchases
Spotter Ready Ballistics
No in-app purchases
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