Shooter (Ballistic Calculator)

I’ve been long range shooting for only about a year & a half now, but in that time I’ve probably put in over 200hrs of classroom time and over 1k rounds of field time. Just learning to call wind, changing my mind about things, zeroing & trueing multiple different rifles… I’ve used about ten different ballistic calculators. I’ll say this: if you’re sticking to a max time of flight that’s about 1.3s then look no further. If you’re really going out there at 1500yds and beyond, the Hornady 4DOF app is actually really good at predicting hits well past 1k yards. But it’s way more labor intensive with the data inputs; you need to be doing that correctly. And it can be more frustrating than this app when shooting at 800yds or less. The reason I prefer the Shooter app for anything less than extreme ranges (which should catch about 99% of guys shooting rifles) is because it’s super accurate & super simple. You open it then type in the distance, temp & elevation, make a wind call, and bam you’re on target. It gives you the firing solution in a super clean format without adding more decimal places; just the numbers you need to dial. It doesn’t go crazy with coriolis or spin drift or aerodynamic jump…all of which occur, but in something like a Cd vs Mach (point mass solver) any error in inputs while setting up the rifle can lead to rather large errors in the firing solution. As with any app, make sure you have a true zero using ten shots. That’ll give you the true center of your cone of fire. 3-5 shots aren’t enough and will make you think you have a “wandering zero”. Then shoot out at distance, say 6-800yds, 10 shots again, looking at the height of the group versus your calculator. If you have a good average velocity measured by a chronograph, I’ve rarely seen the need to true by changing either MV or BC. But for shorter ranges (given the small amount of shots recorded over a chronograph, the inaccuracy of photocell chronos, etc) I prefer tweaking the MV by 10-20fps to true. After that, if you’re good at judging both wind speed & direction then you’ll find this app to be incredibly accurate for minimal effort on your part. Haven’t found any other calculator that’s as accurate or easy to true up a rifle with at non-extreme ranges.

Don’t waste your time when the ammo tab is non-selectable but absolutely required to calculate dialing. Worthless.

Do not purchase this app. It does not work in the least. The bullet library is far out of date. It does not pair with wind meter at all. Also it is not eligible for a refund.

Great app worth every cent, but any chance you could add under firearm data, Elevation turret grad , please add 3/4 as a option Again great app thanks

I paid for this app and it just constantly crashes. I immediately went to report the issue and request a refund and it’s not available apparently. Hopefully someone will read this and assist with that.

App hasn’t been updated in almost 4 years and doesn’t show options for lots of new bullets on the market although you can manually enter new bullet profiles.

Pros: Profile syncing, Good operation manual online Cons: Rarely updated, clunky UI, old bullet library, lacks features The app is really showing its age, particularly when compared to competitors like StrelokPro. (Current version is nearly 5 years old, whereas StrelokPro updates almost weekly.) My two biggest complaints are that I have to select the gun and ammo EVERY TIME I open the app instead of just picking up where I last left off and that the bullet library is generic and missing modern bullet offerings.

Used to love this app but it won’t even open now, definitely needs updated, made a great app then quit supporting it

The app automatically closes out and I have so much info saved on it.

Temp is 76.5 def F. Showing as -7518... in app when paired with kestrel. Hope this gets patched.