Comparison

Pellet vs Open Ski Map

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

Head to head
About

Pellet

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Pellet is a shooting diary built for competitive pistol and rifle shooters. Snap a photo of your ISSF target and let on-device machine learning detect your bullet holes and calculate your score. Or enter scores manually with a fast numpad. Either way, every shot is saved. Track your training sessions with a built-in series timer, live score on the Lock Screen, and automatic merit badge calculation based on SPSF and SvSF federation rules. See gold, silver, and bronze results as you shoot. Review every session in detail. See where each shot landed on a virtual target, track your averages and personal bests, and watch your gold rate improve over time. The Coach feature analyzes your shot patterns and gives you technique feedback. Your complete arsenal is logged in one place. All data stays on your device and syncs across your Apple devices via iCloud. Features: • Auto hole detection - photograph your target and get scored instantly • Series timer with Live Activity on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Merit badges - gold, silver, bronze per SPSF and SvSF rules • Virtual target - see shot positions from every scanned series • Insights - averages, trends, personal bests, gold rate • Coach - AI technique feedback based on your shot patterns • Arsenal - log all your weapons with class, caliber, and notes • Supports precision, application, standard pistol, rapid fire, PPC, and custom disciplines • Manual entry with fast numpad when you prefer • All data on device, synced via iCloud • No account required, no ads Built by a competitive shooter, for competitive shooters.

About

Open Ski Map

Features
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Ski Map brings the world's most complete ski resort database to your pocket. Powered by OpenSkiMap — built on OpenStreetMap — explore thousands of ski areas worldwide with detailed run and lift maps. EXPLORE THE MOUNTAIN • Interactive map of ski resorts across the globe • Every run color-coded by difficulty: Green · Easy & Novice Blue · Intermediate Black · Advanced Black striped · Expert (double black diamond) Orange · Freeride terrain Red · Lifts & aerial tramways • Tap any run or lift to see its name, difficulty rating, and details • Runs and lifts highlight when selected so you always know what you're looking at SEARCH EVERYTHING • Search ski areas by name — results appear instantly from a worldwide index • Search by individual run or lift name — jump directly to "Eagle Express" or "Corbet's Couloir" without knowing which resort they belong to • Tapping a search result flies the map to the exact feature, zooms in, and opens its info card — the same experience as tapping it on the map PLAN AHEAD, SKI OFFLINE • Download complete run and lift data for any resort before you head to the mountain • All downloaded data works without an internet connection • Manage downloads by country, region, or individual resort • See the exact on-piste distance for each difficulty level YOUR POSITION • One tap to locate yourself on the map • See your GPS accuracy radius in real time OPEN DATA Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence. Elevation and terrain from JAXA AW3D30.

Screenshots

Open Ski Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Open Ski Map at 3 against Pellet's —. Open Ski Map also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Pellet versus Open Ski Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPelletOpen Ski Map
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 months
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGustaf ErikssonJin Shen

In-app purchases

None

Pellet

No in-app purchases

None

Open Ski Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pellet free?
Pellet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open Ski Map free?
Open Ski Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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