Comparison

Arcwise vs Spotter Ready Ballistics

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

Head to head
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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.

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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)

Screenshots

Arcwise4 screens
Spotter Ready Ballistics4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Arcwise versus Spotter Ready Ballistics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcwiseSpotter Ready Ballistics
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB108 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZhejiang Lanying Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.Patrick Heim

In-app purchases

None

Arcwise

No in-app purchases

None

Spotter Ready Ballistics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arcwise free?
Arcwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spotter Ready Ballistics free?
Spotter Ready Ballistics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arcwise or Spotter Ready Ballistics have ads?
Neither Arcwise nor Spotter Ready Ballistics shows ads.

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