Comparison

ShotForge vs TrueBallistics

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

Head to head
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ShotForge

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ShotForge is a training system for shooters who want structure, feedback, and progression. Use ShotForge to run dry fire sessions, log live fire range work, track your firearms and ammo, and measure improvement over time. Terms of Use: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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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

ShotForge4 screens
TrueBallistics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueBallistics at none against ShotForge's 1. TrueBallistics also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. ShotForge sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. TrueBallistics asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShotForge ships an update every 2 weeks, TrueBallistics daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
ShotForge versus TrueBallistics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShotForgeTrueBallistics
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB50 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperJORGE VALENZUELA AGUILERAMolon Labe LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ShotForge

Subscriptions1
  • ShotForgePro$9.991 Month
None

TrueBallistics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShotForge free?
ShotForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TrueBallistics free?
TrueBallistics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShotForge or TrueBallistics have ads?
ShotForge shows ads; TrueBallistics does not.
Which is updated more often, ShotForge or TrueBallistics?
ShotForge ships an update every 2 weeks, and TrueBallistics daily. Most recently, ShotForge was updated on October 28, 2026 and TrueBallistics on October 26, 2026.

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