DOPE vs TrueBallistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DOPE
This app calculates precise firing solutions for rifles and pistols, offering features like reticle views, environmental corrections, and zeroing aids. It works offline and supports various firearm types, with advanced features unlocked via subscription.
- Precise firing solution (MOA/MRAD)
- True-scale reticle view
- Environmental corrections
- Guided zeroing troubleshooter
- Works offline
- Rifle and pistol support
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DOPE — Ballistic Data & Range Calculator turns your rifle or pistol data into a precise firing solution, right at the bench or in the field. Build a loadout from your firearm, optic, and ammunition, then get everything you need for the shot: • Firing solution — elevation and windage in MOA or MRAD, plus exact turret clicks • True-scale reticle view — see your holdover on your actual reticle and target • Range card out to 1000 yards • Environmental corrections — temperature, pressure, altitude, humidity, and density altitude • Zeroing aid — tap your shot group on the target and get the clicks to zero, with a guided troubleshooter when you're way off • Rifle and pistol support, including red dots and iron sights • Works offline — the calculator runs on-device DOPE Pro unlocks unlimited loadouts, the full firing solution, the range card, environmental corrections, and the zeroing aid. Free includes the sight-picture view and one loadout. DOPE gives estimates from a ballistic model and your data — always confirm your zero with live fire, and follow all firearm-safety rules and laws. — — — SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS DOPE is free to use with one loadout and the sight-picture view. DOPE Pro unlocks unlimited loadouts, the full firing solution with turret clicks, the range card, environmental corrections, and the zeroing aid. • DOPE Pro Monthly — $3.99 per month • DOPE Pro Yearly — $24.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://dope-rho.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://dope-rho.vercel.app/privacy
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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TrueBallistics at none against DOPE's 2. TrueBallistics also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). 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
Both are free to download. DOPE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. TrueBallistics asks for nothing beyond the download.
DOPE ships an update weekly, TrueBallistics daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DOPE | TrueBallistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | VARR Stack Technologies LLC | Molon Labe LLC |
In-app purchases
DOPE
- DOPE Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- DOPE Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
TrueBallistics
No in-app purchases









