Best Ballistics App 2025

[Miami1992]

Sorry for beating a dead horse with this repetitive question but which is the BEST Ballistics app of 2025?

Hey I’m stuck between multiple different apps and I wanted to know y’all opinion on these apps in comparison.

This is for New/Updated Apps currently available on both iPhone and Android devices. Not an old app that is no longer available (Strelok Pro)

Unfortunately, “SBC” could not be added to this list because of multiple crashing issues that many people are experiencing, including myself, and it hasn’t been resolved in months. However, “SBC Light” works fine.

They were a few more apps that could have been mentioned but I reached a max on the poll and eliminated the ones that weren’t included.

Also, keep in mind that these were apps that were free to download

 

[_Windrider_]

quantum is easily top of this list with all its hardware integrations

 

[Emerson0311]

It has to be an app that uses AB CDMs and PDMs. Those are critical pieces of data that are very difficult to fully duplicate as an amateur shooter, even for 1 bullet. Hornady uses an adjustable “multiplier”, but its accuracy depends on your downrange impact data being absolutely precise. The one constant that I have learned about shooters who are absolutely confident in their personal skill, data, and repeatability is I shouldn’t trust their solutions.

 

[vanrichten]

ABQ is truly the only option at this point. And it’s only a yearly fee if you want to unlock Pro. It’s either a one time fee for Elite or you buy a device with Elite onboard such as a Kestrel 5700 Elite. More and more devices are getting rolled into the ABQ environment.

It has its limitations, such as only one device can connect to it at once. But it is still the top of the heap. The research and data that Litz and crew put into it just cannot be replicated any other way with any other tool.

 

[MarshallDodge]

I'm still running Strelok. Based on all the people I shoot with succesafully running AB, I am going to download and learn how to use it.

 

[_Windrider_]

ill add one other thing. Ill be using FFS more once @CoryT is done with his project. id use it more now if windows mobile wasnt such garbage and my nomad was half the size.

 

[CoryT]

ill add one other thing. Ill be using FFS more once @CoryT is done with his project. id use it more now if windows mobile wasnt such garbage and my nomad was half the size.

Getting close, still working on the front end.

 

[Long Range 338]

AB Quantum in the sense of most features, but in the end whichever app you become most proficient with will be your “best”.

I’m such a nerd I’ve got at least a dozen I like to play with and compare against each other. Also it depends on the distances you are typically shooting to. Almost all of the apps are good to 1k, others are good to 1200 and the list gets shorter beyond that.

I like AB, Hornady 4DOF, and TRASOL the best of the many I’ve tried. Each one has its pros and cons but with minimal tweaking I can get them accurate to a mile.

 

[beetroot]

I'm also still using Strelok Pro.
For the most part its good enough for what I need.

The one thing I don't like is I wish it had an edit mode that you did all your adjsutments in, then locked it.

That way there would be less screens to go through when selecting a rifle and load, and less chance of accidentally changing data.

Do any of the new apps do this better than Strelok?

 

[Conaso]

I'm also still using Strelok Pro.
For the most part its good enough for what I need.

The one thing I don't like is I wish it had an edit mode that you did all your adjsutments in, then locked it.

That way there would be less screens to go through when selecting a rifle and load, and less chance of accidentally changing data.

Do any of the new apps do this better than Strelok?

It does have that feature - Strelok Pro v7.3.3 Added ability to block selected rifle (data) from being accidentally changed.

 

[beetroot]

It does have that feature - Strelok Pro v7.3.3 Added ability to block selected rifle (data) from being accidentally changed.

Interesting, I did message Igor asking for that change, appears it did happen.

However install the update appears to be an issue.

 

[ClangClang]

Strelok Pro is still absolutely available on Android devices. You have to buy it through the Huawei App Store and use a VPN with your location set to Canada. So its a couple extra steps but overall still simple. That's also the only version that is getting updates right now. But it still has the best "value for money" of any ballistic calculator IMHO.

I'm playing with ABQ. It's definitely more buggy, but it does offer more features. Luckily the dev team seems hard at work to continuously improve it and actively soliciting user feedback.

 

[beetroot]

Does anyone have experience with the customs drag profiles specifically for 22lr?
I'm assuming it has some preset for different ammo types and you can then fine tune it, or just create your own.

 

[Emerson0311]

Does anyone have experience with the customs drag profiles specifically for 22lr?
I'm assuming it has some preset for different ammo types and you can then fine tune it, or just create your own.

I’m running ABQ for my Duece, in parallel with my Kestrel as a bit of a QC check. I had to try a couple different PDM’s, but it works just as well, although I’m running Eley Team.

 

[beetroot]

I’m running ABQ for my Duece, in parallel with my Kestrel as a bit of a QC check. I had to try a couple different PDM’s, but it works just as well, although I’m running Eley Team.

Was it as simple as taking the chrony data and finding the right PDM to suit your DOPE?

Or not that simple?

 

[Emerson0311]

Was it as simple as taking the chrony data and finding the right PDM to suit your DOPE?

Or not that simple?

Yes. The first PDM I tried had some weird output error I hadn’t seen before, even when setting up the Kestrel with an AB PDM. I just tried a different one. I do not expect Eley Team/Match/Tennex to differ much, and I haven’t seen it so far.