Comparison

TrueData vs Loadscope Ballistics

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

Head to head
About

TrueData

This app calculates ballistic data for rifles and bullets, factoring in weather and distance. It offers advanced features like muzzle velocity and BC truing, extensive bullet libraries, and customizable rifle and bullet profiles. Exportable trajectory tables and real-time weather integration enhance accuracy for shooters.

Highlights
  • Ballistic calculations
  • Real-time weather integration
  • Extensive bullet libraries
  • Customizable rifle and bullet profiles
  • Trajectory table generation
  • Muzzle velocity and BC truing
  • Spin drift calculation
Features
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Set up your rifles and bullets, refresh the weather and drag out your distance. Turret clicks are calculated on the fly and displayed instantly. Includes the full Sierra and Barnes bullet libraries and Doppler Data, plus: • Muzzle Velocity truing feature • BC truing feature • Barnes Doppler Library • Sierra Doppler Library • Multiple weather input options for any scenario or equipment • Elevation offset option for rifle zero • Intuitive, modern interface • Quickly dial in the wind and target distance • Calculates multiple click adjustments in MRAD or MOA • Supports combinations of metric and imperial • Supports ICAO and US Metro units • Supports G7, G1 and many other drag models • Supports either single, or up to 6 BC entries • Create and save your own rifles and bullets • Quickly view and duplicate bullets and rifles • Calculates spin drift • Retrieves weather at your location • Allows overriding temperature, humidity, air pressure • Automatically detects shooting angle (up/dn) • Generates trajectory tables showing zero and transonic zone • Ability to export trajectories as CSV/TSV/Pipe and PDF Report • Displays equivalent 1 MOA & MRAD when choosing distance • Displays equivalent 1 click of current scope at distance • Haptic feedback for positive button presses • Export your settings, rifles and bullets to Google Drive, DropBox, Email... • Import your settings, rifles and bullets to make switching devices easier • Add multiple distances to view a convenient Target Card • Connect your Bluetooth weather device for real-time changes (currently supports Kestrel, Skywatch and WeatherFlow) • Account for weather conditions while zeroing (Zero Weather) • Allow for variations in powder temperature with a simple interface • Allow for chronograph distance in bullet velocity • Fine tune your exact Wind Direction in a popup • Convenient Training Timer • Quick compass option in the Wind card • Virtual Range Finder estimates your target distance via GPS • Select basic or detailed form entry options in settings • Adjust your rifle's Scope Scale Factor • Round trajectories to your scope's clicks

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

TrueData4 screens
Loadscope Ballistics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueData at none against Loadscope Ballistics's 1. TrueData also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Loadscope Ballistics's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Loadscope Ballistics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TrueData asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TrueData against 5.0 for Loadscope Ballistics. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrueData has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TrueData ships an update monthly, Loadscope Ballistics every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TrueData versus Loadscope Ballistics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrueDataLoadscope Ballistics
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSierra Bullets LLCLoadscope LLC

Customer experience

TrueData

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Loadscope Ballistics

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TrueData

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Loadscope Ballistics

One-time1
  • Create Your Own Loads$9.99

Questions

Is TrueData free?
TrueData is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loadscope Ballistics free?
Loadscope Ballistics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TrueData or Loadscope Ballistics?
TrueData and Loadscope Ballistics are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TrueData or Loadscope Ballistics have ads?
Neither TrueData nor Loadscope Ballistics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrueData or Loadscope Ballistics?
TrueData ships an update monthly, and Loadscope Ballistics every 5 days. Most recently, TrueData was updated on October 8, 2026 and Loadscope Ballistics on October 3, 2026.

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