Comparison

Holdover Armory vs ReloadVault

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

Head to head
About

Holdover Armory

Features
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Holdover Armory puts your rifles, loads, and ladder tests in one place — synced across your devices via iCloud. Built for precision shooters and handloaders who track what matters: barrel round counts, go-to loads, charge weight ladders, and the accessories mounted on every rifle. ARMORY Your rifles, organized. Each entry tracks caliber, barrel life, twist rate, round count, and a full accessory manifest across 18 categories — from optics and muzzle devices to bipods and chassis. Add a photo and the app extracts its color palette to tint the interface. LOADS Every load you develop gets a parametric cartridge rendering with color-coded markers — so you can tell your 6.5 CM loads apart at a glance. Track brass, primer, powder, charge weight, bullet, COAL, and CBTO. Mark your go-to load and it stays front and center. LADDER TESTS Build charge-weight ladders right in the app. Log velocity for each step, then review your results on a velocity-vs-charge chart with color-coded data points. Find your node, mark the winner, and promote it to a load. BENCH DATA Reference SAAMI specs, cartridge dimensions, and caliber-specific barrel life data without leaving the app. The caliber gallery renders every cartridge to relative scale. PRIVACY Your data stays yours. Holdover Armory syncs through your personal iCloud account — we never see it, store it, or share it. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Read the full policy at holdover.ca/privacy. Holdover Armory is made by Holdover — a Canadian journal on precision shooting, handloading, and firearms ownership. Learn more at holdover.ca.

About

ReloadVault

This app serves as an offline reloading logbook for firearm enthusiasts. It allows users to meticulously record load recipes, batch details, chronograph data, and inventory, with options for exporting data in various formats. It also includes helpful ballistic calculation tools.

Highlights
  • Offline reloading logbook
  • Batch and chronograph data logging
  • Inventory management
  • Ballistic calculation tools
  • Data export options
  • Load development charting
Features
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Never lose a load again. ReloadVault is a 100% offline reloading logbook for iPhone. No account. No cloud. No subscription. Every load, batch, chronograph string, group, and target photo stays on your device — and exports anytime to a single backup file, CSV, or printable pages you own forever. YOUR LOGBOOK • Everything about a load in one place: recipe, batches, range results, best group, and best SD • Chronograph stats (average, extreme spread, standard deviation) computed as you type — or paste a whole string of velocities from your Garmin Xero, LabRadar, or MagnetoSpeed export and every shot is added at once • Group size in inches and MOA, with distance, temperature, humidity, wind, and a target photo • Inventory that deducts itself when you log a batch; one tap returns brass and counts the firing • Per-round cost from your real component prices, and savings versus factory ammo • 100+ built-in cartridges, from .17 Hornet to .50 BMG, plus your own LOAD DEVELOPMENT, CHARTED Loads that share a cartridge, bullet, and powder are grouped into a ladder. ReloadVault plots your measured velocity (with SD bars) and your best group against charge weight, and every load with two or more chronographed sessions shows a velocity trend. It charts what you recorded — it never proposes a charge. AMMO BOX LABELS Print any batch as a 4×2 in label: load, bullet, powder and charge, primer, brass, COAL, firearm, date loaded, and count. Fits Avery 5163-compatible sheets, or one per page for label printers. BENCH TOOLS • Bullet stability and twist rate — will this bullet stabilize in your barrel? • Free recoil energy, to compare what two loads will actually feel like • Muzzle energy, momentum, sectional density, ballistic coefficient • Case capacity and load density from your own water-weight measurement • Charge ladder planner that spaces out a work-up between the starting and maximum charge in your own manual Every tool names the published formula it uses, on screen. None of them produce, adjust, or recommend a powder charge. YOUR REFERENCE LIBRARY Load-data publishers require written permission before their data can ship inside an app, so ReloadVault starts with an empty library rather than unlicensed or invented numbers. Build your own from the manuals you already own — every row keeps its source citation and is searchable by cartridge, bullet weight, and powder. Rows you enter are always fully visible, on every tier. YOUR DATA IS YOURS One-tap backup of everything, photos included. Email it to yourself, drop it in Files, keep it forever. Backup, restore, and CSV export are free on every tier — we never hold your data hostage. FREE: full logging for 2 firearms and 5 loads, every bench tool, inventory, range log, and all exports. RELOADVAULT PRO ($14.99 one time — not a subscription): unlimited firearms, loads, and inventory; load development charts; printable box labels; the complete charge ladder planner; and PDF export. Handloading ammunition is inherently dangerous. ReloadVault is a personal record-keeping tool, not a reloading manual, and nothing in it is advice. Always verify every value against current manufacturer published data, start at the published starting charge, and work up carefully. ReloadVault is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by any powder, bullet, or firearm manufacturer.

Screenshots

Holdover Armory4 screens
ReloadVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Holdover Armory at none against ReloadVault's 1. ReloadVault's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. ReloadVault sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Holdover Armory asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Holdover Armory ships an update every 2 months, ReloadVault monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Holdover Armory versus ReloadVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoldover ArmoryReloadVault
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInput UX Inc.TOBY M BERGER

In-app purchases

None

Holdover Armory

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ReloadVault

One-time1
  • ReloadVault Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Holdover Armory free?
Holdover Armory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ReloadVault free?
ReloadVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Holdover Armory or ReloadVault have ads?
Neither Holdover Armory nor ReloadVault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Holdover Armory or ReloadVault?
Holdover Armory ships an update every 2 months, and ReloadVault monthly. Most recently, Holdover Armory was updated on October 31, 2026 and ReloadVault on October 31, 2026.

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