QuickDOPE vs LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickDOPE
This app simplifies ballistic calculations for range sessions, offering real-time wind adjustments and condition updates. It allows users to create and manage profiles for different firearms and ammunition, reducing the need for manual notes and spreadsheets. Get accurate dope cards quickly and keep your data organized.
- Real-time wind adjustments
- Live condition updates (temperature, altitude, humidity)
- Generate clear dope cards
- Create and manage ballistic profiles
- Streamlined range-first workflow
- Reduces reliance on spreadsheets and notes
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Subscription required. QuickDOPE streamlines ballistic calculations and range sessions with a practical, range-first workflow. An active subscription is required to access ballistic solver features. Subscription options include Monthly and Annual plans with automatic renewal. Input real-time wind for live wind adjustments, update conditions like temperature/altitude/humidity, and generate clear dope cards with the holdover and windage you need. Create and manage ballistic profiles for different rifles and ammunition so setup is quick and consistent across sessions. The interface is designed to reduce reliance on spreadsheets and scattered notes. Get to a usable solution faster and keep your data organized. Ballistic outputs depend on your inputs, equipment, and real-world conditions. Always verify results on your range and follow safe firearms practices.
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
This app is a comprehensive tool for shooters, offering ballistics solving, reloading management, and range day assistance. It caters to beginners and experienced users with guided lessons, load development tools, and data tracking. Features include group plotting, custom DOPE cards, and data import/export options.
- G1/G7 ballistics solver
- Reloading workspace with load development methods
- Range day group plotting and statistics
- Beginner Mode with guided lessons
- Data import (photo, CSV, Excel) and export
- Wearable device companion apps
- Optional AI features for data import and search
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LoadOut takes you from the bench to the target. It is a ballistics solver, a reloading workspace, and a range day companion in one app, built for three kinds of shooters: the one picking up a rifle for the first time, the reloader chasing single digit SDs, and the competitor who wants a better score next month than last. DIAL A SOLUTION YOU CAN TRUST A free G1/G7 ballistics solver on industry standard exterior ballistics math, with spin drift, aerodynamic jump, and Coriolis when you want them. Measured drag curves (CDM/DSF) ship free for hundreds of factory bullets and apply the moment you pick a factory load. Get your holds in MOA, mils, or clicks, build a DOPE card, and read your holdovers straight off your own reticle in the Scope View, with 55 reticles in the library. LEARN IT PROPERLY New to precision shooting, or to reloading? Beginner Mode hides the advanced fields and walks you through the process. Learn has step by step lessons, guided walk-throughs on the real screens, a searchable reloading glossary, and plain language guides to every tool in the app. Nobody is assumed to know what CBTO means on day one. WORK UP A LOAD LIKE A PRO Five load development methods, including OCW, ladder, and velocity node tests, with per charge statistics that tell you what your chronograph string actually means. Track velocity over time and see which load earned its place in your match ammo. (Pro) RANGE DAY AND MATCH DAY Plot your groups on the target, get group statistics, and keep every session tied to the rifle and the load. On match day, stage cards carry your holds per target, and the Apple Watch, Wear OS, and Garmin companions put them on your wrist. BRING YOUR DATA WITH YOU Import a notebook page by photo (the on device reader does the work, and no image leaves your phone), spreadsheets by CSV or Excel, chronograph sessions from a Garmin Xero, and share a load with a friend by QR code. Reference catalogs for cartridges, powders, bullets, primers, brass, and firearms ship in the app and update over the air. VOICE AND AI, ON YOUR TERMS Ask Siri for your next hold with the phone in your bag. iPhone and Apple Watch read your firing solution out loud, in a Standard voice you can download and that runs on your device. AI Smart Import cleans up a messy photo import and semantic search finds a load by what you mean, not the exact words (Pro). Every AI feature is off until you turn it on. In 15 languages. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything lives on your device. No LoadOut server ever sees your reloading data, we don't sell it, and we don't train on it. Sign in is optional. Cloud backup and sync (Pro) go to your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or OneDrive, encrypted on your device with a passphrase LoadOut never sees. SAFETY LoadOut's ballistics and pressure predictions are estimates, not load data. Always work up from a current published load manual and verify against your own rifle. No calculator — ours included — can tell you what is safe in your chamber. PRO Free covers the tracker and the whole base ballistics workflow: the solver, measured drag curves, the Scope View, cartridge dimension diagrams, Match Day, spoken firing solutions, and every import path. Pro adds live weather, hit probability and full analytics, Garmin chronograph import, the pressure and velocity predictor, structured load development, AI Smart Import, encrypted cloud backup and sync, photorealistic scope backdrops, connected weather meters and shot timers, and no limit on rifles and profiles. 14 day free trial, then a subscription or a one time lifetime purchase. The LoadOut team support@johnsondigitalsystems.com Terms of Use: https://loadout-precision-reloading.web.app/legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://loadout-precision-reloading.web.app/legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading at 5.0 against QuickDOPE's 4.4. LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. QuickDOPE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickDOPE | LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 187 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Crosswind Dynamics LLC | Johnson Digital Systems LLC |
Customer experience
QuickDOPE
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
In-app purchases
QuickDOPE
- Monthly Access7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual Access$29.991 Year
LoadOut Ballistics & Reloading
- LoadOut Pro – Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- LoadOut Pro – Yearly14 Days trial$34.991 Year
- LoadOut Pro – Lifetime Founder$89.99
- LoadOut Pro – Lifetime$119.99
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