SubMOA vs Bushnell Ballistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubMOA
This app helps shooting sports enthusiasts analyze target pictures to calculate group size and point of impact. It allows users to record shooting conditions, equipment, and manage results for record-keeping and sharing.
- Capture and analyze target pictures
- Calculate group size and point of impact
- Record shooting conditions and equipment
- Manage and share shooting results
- Support MOA or MIL units
- Analyze multiple groups on one target
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SubMOA is a mobile app designed for shooting sports enthusiasts, especially precision rifle shooters. Features: 1. Use phone's back camera capture properly scaled target pictures 2. Allow pick target picture from device library 3. Allow manually set actual size on target picture 4. Allow re-analysis target 5. Calculate group size, point of impact by analyzing target picture 6. Generate analyzed target pictures for record keeping and easy sharing 7. Record equipment setup along with the target pictures 8. Record shooting conditions such as temperature, wind condition 9. Manage the records of shooting results 10. Share the target picture from Camera Roll 11. Allow analyze and record multiple groups on the same target 12. Allow user change font size of labels 13. Support metric system 14. Allow user select MOA or MIL as accuracy unit. 15. Calculate group mean radius 16. Allow user attach equipment picture on target
Bushnell Ballistics
Calculate precise firing solutions for your firearms using current atmospheric conditions. Build custom gun profiles, create targets, and generate range cards for accurate shooting. Seamlessly integrates with Bushnell rangefinders and riflescopes.
- Ballistics solver
- Atmospheric condition calculations
- Build gun profiles
- Custom target creation
- Range card generation
- Emailed range cards
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Welcome to the new Bushnell® Ballistics Application powered by Applied Ballistics®. It is a full-featured ballistics solver to use with your Bushnell rangefinders and riflescopes to calculate firing solutions. It allows you to use current atmospherics to calculate the holds and display the ranges at each subtension on your reticle. With this application, you can build and modify gun profiles, create a custom target, show a range card and calculate firing solutions based on your exact scope and ammunition. Additionally, range cards may be emailed to yourself or a friend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SubMOA at 3.1 against Bushnell Ballistics's 2.1. SubMOA also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 15%) and ratings volume (48 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SubMOA holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubMOA has 48 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SubMOA's written reviews are positive against 15% of Bushnell Ballistics's.
SubMOA ships an update monthly, Bushnell Ballistics every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SubMOA | Bushnell Ballistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (48 ratings) — better | 2.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 14.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Haiyuan Wang | nVisti |
Customer experience
SubMOA
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In-app purchases
SubMOA
No in-app purchases
Bushnell Ballistics
No in-app purchases
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