ShotsLab vs TrueBallistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShotsLab
This app provides advanced ballistic calculations and photo-based shot group analysis for shooters. It helps users zero faster, calculate reliable dope, and understand real-world performance with detailed trajectory and impact data.
- 3DOF ballistic calculator
- Photo-based shot group analysis
- Atmospheric corrections
- Ballistic coefficient calculator
- Rifle and load profiles
- Max Point Blank Range calculator
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ShotsLab: Ballistic Calculator & Shot Group Analysis Precision ballistics for serious shooters and long-range enthusiasts. ShotsLab combines a fast, accurate 3DOF ballistic calculator with powerful photo-based shot group analysis to help you zero faster, calculate reliable dope, and understand your real-world performance. ----- ADVANCED BALLISTICS CALCULATOR ---------- Calculate accurate trajectories with physics-based modeling: * 3DOF point-mass solver powered by RK4 integrator (4th-order Runge-Kutta) for high precision * G1 and G7 drag models with velocity-dependent BC bands for realistic drag across all ranges * Full atmospheric corrections including temperature, pressure, humidity, and altitude * Outputs drop in inches or cm, MOA and MIL corrections, velocity, kinetic energy, time of flight, and Mach number * Supports imperial and metric units with automatic conversion * Visual IPSC target overlay showing point of aim and impact visualization ----- PHOTO-BASED SHOT GROUP ANALYSIS ---------- Capture your target and get instant insights: * Quick calibration using a 1" reference mark for pixel-perfect scaling * Mark point of aim and individual impacts * Automatic group statistics: extreme spread, mean radius, group size, elevation and windage offsets (MOA/MIL/inches) * Effective BC calculator to derive real-world ballistic coefficient from measured drops ----- BUILT FOR PRECISION SHOOTERS ---------- * Pre-loaded manufacturer bullets with caliber, weight, and BC data — or add custom entries * Save and manage multiple rifle and load profiles with all inputs preserved * Max Point Blank Range (MPBR) calculator with vital zone presets and trajectory chart overlay * Story Mode for multi-session trajectory fitting and curve analysis across range days * Clean, high-contrast interface designed for bright sunlight at the range TRUSTED 3DOF PHYSICS ShotsLab uses a validated 3DOF ballistic model with detailed atmospheric and velocity corrections, delivering consistent accuracy for hunters, precision rifle competitors, and reloaders. Free to download with regular updates driven by real shooter feedback. Whether you need a reliable bullet drop calculator, long range ballistics solutions, or detailed shot grouping analysis on Android, ShotsLab gives you the tools to shoot farther with confidence. Download ShotsLab today and elevate your ballistic calculations.
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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueBallistics at none against ShotsLab's 1. ShotsLab's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. ShotsLab sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. TrueBallistics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShotsLab | TrueBallistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Joseph DiGregorio | Molon Labe LLC |
In-app purchases
ShotsLab
- ShotsLab Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
TrueBallistics
No in-app purchases
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