Loadscope Ballistics vs Reload Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loadscope Ballistics
This companion app automatically selects your optimal powder charge and seating depth for shooting. It then uses your confirmed load to provide live ballistics adjustments based on changing environmental conditions, and allows you to measure shot groups from photos.
- Live DOPE re-solve with automatic local condition pull
- Measure shot groups from photos
- Real wind math with gust range calculation
- DOPE card library for confirmed loads
- Recipe cards for component details
- Round count tracking
- Offline-first operation
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Loadscope scores every powder charge and seating depth you tested -- across four metrics that show up on target -- and picks your winning load automatically. No squinting at a ladder graph to call it by eye. This companion carries that exact load to the range and keeps it honest in the field. It is not another ballistic calculator fed with guesses. It runs the confirmed load you built in Loadscope on Mac or Windows -- your bullet, your velocity, your trued dial -- and re-solves it live as conditions change. At the line, in seconds: - Live DOPE re-solve. Pull current local conditions automatically, powered by Apple Weather -- density altitude, temperature, and pressure re-solve your dial on the spot. The number you dial is for your load, not a library average. - Measure shot groups from a photo. Photograph your target, set the scale, and mark each shot -- Loadscope reads group size and mean radius in inches, MOA, and mil, plus your dial-to-center. Powder or seating-depth ladders, several targets a session, custom calibers. Pull them into your working load on the desktop over Wi-Fi, each target matched to its charge or seating depth. - Real wind math. Enter speed and direction on a glove-friendly wind rose; the app computes the actual crosswind component for you -- full-value trig, no eyeballing "half value." Enter a gust range (say 8-12 mph) and see your windage spread. - DOPE card library. Every confirmed load, sorted by rifle and recent, searchable. - Recipe cards. Your components -- bullet, powder and charge, primer, brass, CBTO -- as a clean read-only reference at the bench. - Round count. Tap "+N" for the rounds you just ran; it syncs back to that barrel's count on the desktop. - Works with zero signal. Offline-first. Loads sync from the desktop by file or QR -- no account, no cloud, no backend. - iPhone and iPad, one app. iPad opens to a wider layout -- load list, DOPE, and recipe side by side. Free to download. A one-time $9.99 unlock adds phone-side load entry -- and it's free if you own Loadscope on Mac or Windows (just enter your license key). No subscription. No ads. No data collected.
Reload Log
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Reload Log is the dedicated ledger for precision rifle handloaders. Keep every load recipe, range result, and component lot together in one place — and make your best loads repeatable. RECORD YOUR LOADS Save each recipe with powder type and charge, bullet, primer, and COAL. Everything you need to rebuild a load exactly, whenever you want it. LOG EVERY RANGE SESSION Capture group size in MOA or inches, average velocity, ES and SD from your chronograph, distance, and a photo of the target. Your recipes and your real results, linked in a single record. SEE YOUR VELOCITY TREND A built-in SD/ES reference chart plots your string-to-string consistency next to common reference ranges, so you can see how a load is settling over time. NODE VISUALIZATION (PRO) Plot charge weight against velocity and group size across a load series — measured data points only, no predictions or interpolation. Just your own results, exactly as recorded. TRACE EVERY COMPONENT LOT Track powder, primer, and bullet lots with remaining counts, so you always know which lot produced which result and when a lot has changed. EXPORT AND SHARE Generate a one-page PDF data sheet for any recipe — recipe, sessions, and lots together — and share it straight from your device. Everything works fully offline. COST PER ROUND Enter your component prices and Reload Log breaks down the cost per round and per batch. Reload Log is a record-keeping and data-management tool. It does not recommend charge weights or provide load data. Always verify against published manufacturer data before loading. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hecuhecu.github.io/apps/reload-log/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://hecuhecu.github.io/apps/reload-log/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Loadscope Ballistics at none against Reload Log's shown. Reload Log's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Loadscope Ballistics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Reload Log sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Loadscope Ballistics | Reload Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loadscope LLC | hiroki kawamura |
In-app purchases
Loadscope Ballistics
- Create Your Own Loads$9.99
Reload Log
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly (7-day trial)7 Days trial$18.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$92.99
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