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Free vs Pro

One paid tier, no add-ons, and nothing taken away from the free app. This page lists the gated features in LoadOut, read straight from the app's own gate table: 21 features free for everyone and 29 that Pro unlocks (four gate keys are internal aliases or integrations the app does not market, and are not listed), grouped the way the app groups them.

LoadOut 1.1·Updated September 2026

Documentation
  1. 01Platforms & Requirements
  2. 02Free vs Pro
  3. 03Units & Conventions
  4. 04Ballistics Inputs & the Solver
  5. 05Data Model
  6. 06Device Support
  7. 07File Formats & Sharing
  8. 08Reference Catalogs & Attribution
  9. 09Privacy Reference
  10. 10Siri Voice Command Reference
  11. 11Companion Watch Reference
  12. 12Glossary
On this page

LoadOut has one paid tier. Pro adds analysis, devices, cloud, and AI on top of a free app that already carries the whole workspace and the full solver. It never takes a feature away, and it never charges you to get your own data out.

Plans

Prices are set in the App Store and Google Play and shown inside the app, so the app is always current for your store and currency. A Pro purchase carries across iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac when you sign in with the same account. The web app does not sell or unlock Pro.

Pro at a glance

The five groups below are the app's own paywall, in its own words. Each card names the feature exactly as the app does.

Ballistics and Analysis

Full Analytics

See the whole flight of the bullet. Drop and wind charts at every distance, what it still hits with when it arrives, and how far off you can be on range and still connect.

Hit Probability Map

Your odds of hitting, drawn on the target. Feed it how well you shoot and it shows where the hits actually land at any distance.

Internal Ballistics Estimator

Get a rough idea of the speed and pressure a load will make before you build it. An estimate only, so always check published load data.

Load Development

Work up a charge properly. Run an OCW, a ladder, or a Satterlee test and LoadOut does the maths and points out the accurate charges for you.

Full Group Analysis

Everything about a group, not just how wide it is. Average distance from center, widest spread, and how repeatable the group really was.

Shooter Stats

Find out whether you are actually getting better. Puts your last 30, 60, or 90 days of shooting side by side so you can see the trend.

Range Day and Field

Photorealistic Backdrops

Practice your holds looking at a photorealistic view of a real range instead of a drawing. The scope view, all 55 reticles, and the targets stay free.

Moving Target Trainer

Practice on a target that runs. LoadOut works out how far in front to aim, you set your hold, and it counts you down to the shot.

Live Weather Pull

Grab the temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, and elevation for where you are standing in one tap, straight into your solution.

Automatic Altitude

Works out the air pressure from how high up you are, so your solution matches the range you are on rather than the one you saved it at.

Devices and Import

Weather Meter Capture

Read your Kestrel or WEATHERmeter over Bluetooth instead of squinting at it and typing. One unlock covers every meter you own, whatever the brand. Typing the conditions in by hand stays free.

Shot Timer Capture

Pair a Shooters Global SG Timer and every split lands in your record as you fire, at the timer's own millisecond times, joined to the firearm and load you were shooting. Import the sessions it stored, and start or stop it from your phone. Reviewing and reconciling your strings stays free.

Garmin Xero Import

Bring your Xero speeds straight in, either from a saved file or from a photo of the screen, so you are not copying numbers by hand.

Cloud Sync and Backup

Your loads on every device you own, and a backup you can restore from. It goes to your own iCloud, Google Drive, or OneDrive, locked with your passphrase before it leaves your phone.

AI Smart Import

Photograph your handwritten load notes and get a filled in recipe back. It only ever sees that photo, never the rest of your data.

Search by Meaning

Find a load by what you meant rather than the exact words you typed. It runs on your phone. Ordinary search stays free.

Your Own Voice Commands

Teach LoadOut the words you actually say, so a spoken command works the way you talk instead of the way an app expects.

Voice Speed and Blending

Set how quickly LoadOut reads a solution out to you, and mix two voices until it sounds right. Having it read aloud at all is free.

Your Data, Your Way

Unlimited Firearms

Keep every rifle in your safe on hand. The free tier holds two.

Unlimited Ballistic Profiles

Save the full setup for every load you shoot and switch between them. The free tier holds two.

Unlimited Custom Fields

Track anything the built in fields miss by adding your own. The free tier gives you three.

Custom Layouts

Build the form you actually want. Move fields around, rename them, group them into sections, and save as many versions as you like.

Photos on Everything

Put a picture on every rifle, load, tool, and lot of brass so your library looks like your bench.

What stays free, always

Pro featureThe free path beside it
Weather Meter CaptureEntering the same conditions by hand. The Pro unlock buys convenience, never access to the solver.
Search by MeaningKeyword search across every record.
Shooter StatsThe per-shot split columns on Range Day.
Voice Speed and BlendingSpoken Output itself, on the phone and the watch, with the standard voices.
Photorealistic BackdropsThe Stylized scope view, all 55 reticles, and every target; the Scenic view is shown blurred and live, never locked away.
Full Group AnalysisThe basic group measurements from a photographed target.
Full AnalyticsThe Analytics view on the Ballistics tab.
Cloud Sync and BackupThe local JSON export, always free, always plain JSON, and a copy you keep wherever you like.

The free-tier limits

Firearms
2. The Sample rifle does not count. Restoring a backup never trims your data: a free user who restores twenty rifles keeps twenty and cannot add a twenty-first.
Saved ballistic profiles
2. The Sample profile does not count; the same restore rule applies.
Custom fields
3 per record type.
Recently Deleted
A deleted rifle or profile still occupies its slot for the 30 days it can be restored; permanent deletion frees it.
Ever been Pro
Anyone who has ever held Pro keeps their extra rifles and profiles if the subscription lapses.

The full comparison

Every gated feature in the app, by area. A check in the Free column means every user has it; Preview means free users see it live but blurred; Coming Soon means the app shows the feature as planned and it does not run yet.

FeatureFreeProNotes
The workspace
Ballistics Calculator, the full solverIncludedIncludedEvery drag table, every effect, and every profile view.
FirearmsIncludedTwo on the free tier; the Sample rifle does not count and a restore may exceed the limit.
Saved ballistic profilesIncludedTwo on the free tier; the Sample profile does not count.
Custom fieldsIncludedThree per record type on the free tier.
Custom LayoutsIncludedReorder, rename, and group the fields on each form; save as many layouts as you like.
Photos on EverythingIncludedAdding a photo to a rifle, load, tool, or lot is Pro; photos you already have always show.
Match DayIncludedIncludedLog matches and score every stage.
True DOPE truingIncludedIncludedMuzzle velocity, drag scale, or a DSF table.
Measured custom drag curvesIncludedIncludedApplied automatically on bullets that ship with one.
Cartridge and chamber diagramsIncludedIncludedDrawn from the published dimensions in Cartridge Specs.
Ballistics and analysis
Full AnalyticsIncludedThe at-a-glance Analytics view stays free; this is the deep-dive page.
Hit Probability MapIncludedYour odds of a hit, drawn on the target.
Internal Ballistics EstimatorIncludedAn estimate of velocity and pressure for a hypothetical load.
Load DevelopmentIncludedForgiving Charge, Charge Ladder at Distance, Stable Velocity, Custom Ladder, Seating Depth Tuning.
Full Group AnalysisIncludedMean radius, CEP, and the rest; the basic group measurements stay free.
Group analysis animationIncluded
Shooter StatsIncludedTrends across 30, 60, or 90 days; the per-shot split columns on Range Day stay free.
Range Day and the field
Stylized scope viewIncludedIncludedThe clean scope picture with every reticle and every target.
All 55 reticlesIncludedIncluded
Enlarged target previewIncludedIncluded
Full-screen reticle viewIncludedIncluded
Photorealistic Backdrops (the Scenic scope view)PreviewIncludedFree users see it live, blurred; nobody is locked out of the scope view.
Moving Target TrainerIncludedA target that runs, with the lead worked out.
Cant correctionIncludedIncludedRead from the phone's own sensors.
Live Weather PullIncludedOne tap for where you are standing; typing conditions in stays free.
Automatic AltitudeIncludedPressure worked out from your location on Range Day.
Devices and import
Kestrel live captureIncludedTemperature, station pressure, humidity, wind speed, and true wind direction over Bluetooth.
WEATHERmeter live captureIncludedOne unlock covers every meter you own, whatever the brand.
SG Timer live captureIncludedEvery split as it fires; reviewing your strings stays free.
Garmin Xero .fit importIncludedA session exported from Garmin Connect.
Garmin Xero screen capture (Velocity Check)IncludedPhotograph the Xero's screen and let the phone read it.
Photo import of a notebook pageIncludedIncludedOn-device text recognition.
Multi-page photo importIncludedIncluded
CSV and Excel importIncludedIncluded
PDF importIncludedIncluded
Plain-text importIncludedIncluded
Paste from the clipboardIncludedIncluded
LoadOut JSON importIncludedIncluded
Scan a recipe QR codeIncludedIncluded
Microsoft Word importComing SoonComing SoonComing soon.
Microsoft OneNote importComing SoonComing SoonComing soon.
Cloud
Cloud SyncIncludedEvery device in step, end-to-end encrypted with your passphrase, in your own cloud.
Cloud Backup & RestoreIncludedEncrypted restore points in your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or OneDrive.
AI, voice, and search
AI Smart ImportIncludedA second opinion on a photographed page; off until you turn it on.
Search by MeaningIncludedOn-device; keyword search stays free.
Spoken OutputIncludedIncludedThe phone or watch reads the next target aloud.
Voice speedIncludedThe pace of the readout; the voices themselves are free.
Voice blendingComing SoonComing SoonComing soon.
Your Own Voice CommandsIncludedTeach Siri the words you actually say; the built-in commands stay free.
Reloading AssistantComing SoonComing SoonComing soon. A chat about the craft, never about your loads.
How this page is made

The tiers above are read from the app's gate table at each release; the labels are written by hand. If the app and this page ever disagree, the app is right and the page is regenerated.

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