Comparison

TSS Barrel Tracker vs Handload

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

Head to head
About

TSS Barrel Tracker

Features
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Built for precision shooters, hand loaders, and serious rifle owners who care about barrel life. TSS Barrel Tracker is the round-counting and barrel-wear app you've been wanting. Log every shot — quickly — and watch each barrel's effective life update in real time, weighted by the heat of the load you fired. — WHY BARREL WEAR MATTERS — Every barrel has a useful life measured in rounds, but not all rounds count the same. A hot magnum load wears throat erosion faster than a mild varminter. TSS Barrel Tracker uses customizable heat factors to convert raw round counts into "wear-adjusted rounds" — the only number that actually predicts when a barrel is going to walk on you at distance. — FEATURES — • Quick-log shooting sessions with preset round counts (1, 5, 10, 20) or any custom quantity • Pair each rifle from your action and barrel library — the same barrel can move between actions and keep its history intact • Heat factor system (Light, Standard, Hot, Magnum) — fully customizable per shooter • Per-rifle and per-barrel wear bars with low / moderate / high wear status • Track chronograph data per session: velocity, ES, SD, and group size • Attach photos of your groups directly to log entries • Per-ammo performance reports: average velocity, ES, SD, group size, and trend analysis over time, broken down by ammo load • Caliber-aware ammo filtering — when you select a rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor, only your 6.5 Creedmoor loads appear • Complete shot history with filters by rifle, ammo, and "chrono only" • Built-in powder library covering the major manufacturers: Hodgdon, IMR, Alliant, Winchester, Vihtavuori, Accurate, Ramshot — toggle which ones appear in your dropdowns • Caliber library with the most common precision and hunting cartridges • Export and import all data as JSON — never lose your range log • Archive barrels (shot out, sold) without losing their history — PRIVACY THAT ACTUALLY MEANS SOMETHING — Every byte of data stays on your phone. No accounts. No cloud sync. No analytics. No telemetry. Not even an email collection. This is your range log, not Apple's, not ours, not anyone's. — WHO IT'S FOR — • F-Class, PRS, NRL, and tactical competitors counting rounds before re-barreling • Hunters tracking the life of their hunting rifle • Hand loaders comparing performance across powder/charge/bullet combinations • Anyone who's ever asked "how many rounds are on this barrel?" — DESIGNED FOR THE BENCH AND THE FIELD — One-handed quick-log buttons (1, 5, 10, 20) are sized for cold gloved fingers. The high-contrast interface stays readable in direct sun. Every interaction is bounded to one screen — no menus to dig through between strings. — GET STARTED IN UNDER A MINUTE — 1. Add your barrel and its expected round life 2. Add your action 3. Pair them into a rifle 4. Log your first session The home screen walks you through it on day one. Welcome to better barrel data.

About

Handload

Features
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Handload is a free reloading log and load development tool for handloaders who want to find their rifle's most accurate load — and keep every record safe. Brand-neutral by design. Log any powder, any bullet, any primer, any brass, from any manufacturer. RELOADING LOG Record every load recipe: cartridge, firearm, powder and charge weight, bullet, primer, brass, and seating depth (COAL/CBTO). Every load is tied to the rifle you shot it in, so your history stays organized. LOAD DEVELOPMENT Run charge weight ladders, OCW tests, and seating depth tuning. Enter your chronograph string and Handload calculates average velocity, extreme spread, and standard deviation automatically. The velocity chart highlights the flat spot — the accuracy node — so you can see exactly where your load stabilizes. GROUP AND ACCURACY TRACKING Log group size in MOA or millimetres, track accuracy across charge weights, and compare loads side by side to see which one your rifle actually prefers. COMPONENT INVENTORY Track powder, primers, bullets, and brass by quantity, lot number, and cost. Low stock alerts warn you before you run out mid-project. COST PER ROUND See what each round costs to load, broken down by component, with a break-even comparison against factory ammunition. BRASS AND BARREL LIFE Track case firings, trim length, primer pocket condition, and annealing. Keep a round count per barrel so you always know where you stand on throat erosion. YOUR DATA STAYS SAFE Cloud backup and sync, plus CSV and PDF export. No more losing years of load records to a dead phone. METRIC AND IMPERIAL Full support for grains and grams, fps and m/s, inches, MOA and mrad. FREE No ads. Core features free. SAFETY Handload is a record keeping and analysis tool. It does not supply load data and does not tell you what is safe to load. Always follow current published data from your powder, bullet and primer manufacturer, start low, and work up carefully. You are responsible for the safety of every round you load.

Screenshots

TSS Barrel Tracker4 screens
Handload4 screens

Verdict

The call

TSS Barrel Tracker and Handload are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
TSS Barrel Tracker versus Handload: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTSS Barrel TrackerHandload
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEric Rodriguez1302406941EX Corporation Oy

In-app purchases

None

TSS Barrel Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Handload

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TSS Barrel Tracker free?
TSS Barrel Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Handload free?
Handload is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TSS Barrel Tracker or Handload have ads?
Neither TSS Barrel Tracker nor Handload shows ads.

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