Comparison

LoadLab vs TrueBallistics

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

Head to head
About

LoadLab

Features
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TRY IT FREE Start with a 2-week free trial — full access to every feature, no commitment. After your trial, subscribe to keep creating new sessions or continue reviewing your existing data for free with no gimmicks! JOIN THE COMMUNITY Connect with fellow precision shooters and reloaders in our Discord community (https://discord.gg/Xuu3rGGCTk). Share groups, compare loads, and help shape the future of LoadLab with direct feedback to the development team. Feel free to check us out on YouTube as well for more information at https://www.youtube.com/@SabreInnovations. subscribe to keep creating new sessions or continue reviewing your existing data for free.Stop guessing. Start measuring. LoadLab instantly analyzes your shooting groups from a single photo. HOW IT WORKS 1. Snap a photo of your target (or import from your library) 2. Calibrate with a known reference (ruler or steel gong) 3. Tap to mark your bullet holes 4. Get instant group measurements and statistics PRECISION MEASUREMENTS - Group Size (extreme spread) in MOA and inches/mm - Mean Radius — the truest measure of group consistency - Circular Error Probable (CEP) - Absolute Target Zero (ATZ) offset from point of aim - Per-shot coordinates and distance from center - Multi-bull target support for ladder tests and load comparison LOAD DEVELOPMENT TRACKING - Build and save reloading recipes with full component details - Track brass, bullets, powder charges, primers, and seating depth - Compare groups across different loads side by side - Equipment vault for managing firearms, optics, and components - Session logbook with searchable history BUILT FOR SERIOUS SHOOTERS - Works with paper targets, cardboard, and steel gongs - Supports any caliber from .17 HMR to .50 BMG - Imperial and metric units - Export and share annotated target photos - iPad optimized with adaptive layouts YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE All session data is stored locally on your device and syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices. Download LoadLab and take the guesswork out of your next range day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sabreinnovations.com/loadlab/privacy

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TrueBallistics

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TrueBallistics starts where other ballistic apps stop. Every solver will take a bullet's published numbers and draw you a trajectory. That trajectory is right up until the point your rifle disagrees with it, and past 600 yards your rifle usually does. TrueBallistics goes the other way. Tell it what your rifle actually did. The come-up you dialed at 400, at 600, at 925. It works backwards from those holds to a corrected solution for that barrel, that load, that scope. Not a book number. Yours. Then it carries that dope with you. Shoot your data on a 90 degree afternoon at 300 feet, come back in January at 5,000, and the app does not throw your work away and start over from the book. It moves your own dope onto the new air. WHAT ELSE IS IN IT Dope card. Any range band, any step, printed small enough to tape to a stock. Turret tape. Measure your elevation cap with calipers, say how much the turret moves in one full turn, and the app lays out the tick marks and your own yardages around the circumference at true size. Print it, cut it, wrap the cap. Nothing else does this automatically. Sight in backwards. Type where the group landed at 100 and it tells you the zero you actually have, not the one you meant to have. Point blank range, and sight height worked out from two caliper measurements. Reload logbook. Bullet, powder, charge, primer, brass, seating depth, measured velocity, and its own dope, for each load. Several loads per rifle. Conditions. One button reads the nearest National Weather Service station and your phone's own barometer. Or type it all in by hand. Both work. Bullet, cartridge, powder and scope libraries are built in, so setting up a new rifle takes minutes instead of an evening. HOW IT WORKS No account and no sign in. Your rifles and your dope live on your device and are never uploaded. No ads, no analytics, nothing running in the background. The only time the app touches the internet at all is when you press the weather button. Everything else works with no signal, which is where most people shoot. TrueBallistics does not publish load data and never will. Your manual and the powder maker's current published data are the authority on charges. Molon Labe LLC Corning, Arkansas

Screenshots

LoadLab4 screens
TrueBallistics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueBallistics at none against LoadLab's 3. TrueBallistics also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. LoadLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TrueBallistics asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LoadLab ships an update every 6 days, TrueBallistics daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
LoadLab versus TrueBallistics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoadLabTrueBallistics
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB50 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperCraig FisherMolon Labe LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LoadLab

Subscriptions2
  • LoadLab Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • LoadLab Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • LoadLab Pro LifetimeFree
None

TrueBallistics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LoadLab free?
LoadLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TrueBallistics free?
TrueBallistics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LoadLab or TrueBallistics have ads?
Neither LoadLab nor TrueBallistics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LoadLab or TrueBallistics?
LoadLab ships an update every 6 days, and TrueBallistics daily. Most recently, LoadLab was updated on October 16, 2026 and TrueBallistics on October 26, 2026.

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