Comparison

Locus Ballistics vs ShotMarker

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

Head to head
About

Locus Ballistics

Features
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Locus Ballistics — ballistic calculator for PRS and long range shooting Enter your rifle, ammo and the weather. Locus shows the elevation and wind holds for every target on one screen. It works offline. What you get - Holds for several targets at once, each with its own wind - Targets grouped by location, switch in one tap - Range card in your units (MIL or MOA, metres or yards) - Weather from a Kestrel over Bluetooth or from the forecast - Zero distance picker: see where your hits land on the target - Trajectory charts, with the spread from weather and velocity Free - 1 rifle and 1 ammo - 1 location with up to 3 targets - All holds, tables and charts Pro - Up to 10 rifles, 10 ammo per rifle - Up to 30 locations, 30 targets each - True Drop Fit: match the drop to your real hits - Best zero for a target - Fire map - Garmin and Apple Watch apps Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: weekly, monthly or yearly. Manage or cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. For training and reference. The results are only as good as the data you enter, so check them on the range. Privacy Policy: https://locusballistics.com/#privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ShotMarker

Features
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ShotMarker helps basketball players turn training videos into highlight clips. During a shooting workout, use the Apple Watch app to mark the moments you want to keep. After training, the session syncs to iPhone. Select the matching training videos from Photos, review the clips around your marker times, and generate a highlight video to save to Photos. Features: - Mark training moments quickly from Apple Watch - Sync completed training sessions to iPhone - Select videos from Photos and align markers with video timestamps - Preview and adjust each clip's start and end times, and choose which clips to keep - Customize clip number labels, including position, size, and opacity - Save highlight tasks and return to edit videos, settings, and clips - Keep your previous highlight until a new video is generated successfully - Generate highlights with original audio and save them to Photos - Export diagnostic logs for troubleshooting Keep ShotMarker in the foreground while generating a video. If generation stops, you can restart it manually. No account or sign-in is required. Training records and video processing stay on your devices. The iPhone app sends limited usage analytics and error/crash diagnostics as described in the Privacy Policy. The current app interface is in Simplified Chinese.

Screenshots

Locus Ballistics4 screens
ShotMarker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShotMarker at none against Locus Ballistics's 3. Locus Ballistics's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). 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. Locus Ballistics sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. ShotMarker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locus Ballistics ships an update every 5 days, ShotMarker monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Locus Ballistics versus ShotMarker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocus BallisticsShotMarker
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoman Kantsir静 何

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Locus Ballistics

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro · Yearly$19.991 Year
None

ShotMarker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Locus Ballistics free?
Locus Ballistics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShotMarker free?
ShotMarker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Locus Ballistics or ShotMarker have ads?
Neither Locus Ballistics nor ShotMarker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locus Ballistics or ShotMarker?
Locus Ballistics ships an update every 5 days, and ShotMarker monthly. Most recently, Locus Ballistics was updated on November 12, 2026 and ShotMarker on November 5, 2026.

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