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One app and one database of your reloading data, on every platform. The differences come down to two things. Hardware: a phone has a camera, motion sensors, and a watch on the same wrist; a Mac or a browser does not. And the solver, which the web app deliberately does not carry in full.
Where LoadOut runs
| Platform | Requirement | How you get it | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone and iPad | iOS 16 or later | App Store | On iPad the tabs move to a side rail and lists open beside their detail. |
| Android | Android 10 or later | Google Play | Weather meters and the shot timer need Android 12 or later; pairing a Wear OS watch needs Android 11 or later. |
| Mac | macOS 11 or later | LoadOut for Mac | The full workspace and the solver, with the side-rail layout. Bluetooth weather meters and the shot timer pair on a Mac with Bluetooth. No camera capture, motion sensors, or watch pairing. |
| Web | A current browser | LoadOut for the web | The workspace in your browser; your data is stored in the browser's own storage on that computer. Camera, sensors, and watches are phone and tablet features, Bluetooth needs a phone, tablet, or Mac, and the web app does not carry LoadOut's full solver: firing solutions are computed in the phone, tablet, and Mac apps, and the web app says so on the screens it affects. |
| Apple Watch | watchOS 10 or later | The Watch app on your iPhone | Seven pages, eight while it holds a Pro Shooter Stats look-back, and a watch-face complication. Pairs with the iPhone app. |
| Wear OS | Wear OS 3 (Android 11) or later | The Play Store on the watch | Seven pages, eight while it holds a Pro Shooter Stats look-back, and a tile. Pairs with the Android app. |
| Garmin | Connect IQ 3.4; 31 devices | The Connect IQ store | Seven pages (six on the Instinct 2 family) and a glance view on most devices. Pairs with the iPhone or Android app. |
What each platform can do
Everything in the workspace is everywhere. The rows that differ are the ones that need a piece of hardware, and the solver, which the web app carries only in part.
| Capability | iPhone / iPad | Android | Mac | Web |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipes, firearms, batches, brass, inventory, notes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ballistic profiles, Target Cards, DOPE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Firing solutions (the full solver) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not in full: solved in the apps; the web app says so where it applies |
| Range Day and the scope view | Yes | Yes | Yes | Without the full solver |
| Photo import and on-device text recognition | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Weather meters and the shot timer over Bluetooth | Yes | Android 12 or later | Yes | — |
| Cant and heading from the device's sensors | Yes | Yes | — | — |
| Companion watches | Apple Watch, Garmin | Wear OS (Android 11 or later), Garmin | — | — |
| Siri Voice Commands | Yes | — | — | — |
| Android Voice Commands | — | Planned | — | — |
| Spoken Output | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Backup and Cloud Sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | — |
| Local JSON export | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Buy Pro in the app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device, then sign in with the same account on your other devices to carry it across. The App Store and Google Play handle the purchase, the trial, and the receipt.
Garmin devices
The Garmin companion is built for Connect IQ 3.4 and runs on 31 devices. Co-branded models ride the same build as their base watch, so a tactix, quatix, Enduro 2, or D2 Mach 1 Pro is supported through the fenix or epix it shares hardware with.
No Garmin has a Firearm page; the Instinct 2 family runs six pages rather than seven because it lacks the memory for the Stats page. Garmin shows your holds and logs shots but cannot read a solution aloud: Connect IQ has no text-to-speech, which is a platform limit rather than a missing feature.
Languages
LoadOut speaks fifteen languages across sixteen locale options, chosen under Settings › General: English, Czech (Čeština), Danish (Dansk), Dutch (Nederlands), Finnish (Suomi), French (Français), German (Deutsch), Hungarian (Magyar), Italian (Italiano), Norwegian (Norsk bokmål), Polish (Polski), Portuguese for Brazil and for Portugal (Português), Russian (Русский), Spanish (Español), and Swedish (Svenska).
Accounts and sign-in
You do not need an account. LoadOut opens as a guest and every core feature works that way. Sign in with Google, Apple, or Microsoft only when you want Cloud Backup or Cloud Sync, or to carry a Pro purchase to another device. Signing in creates no copy of your reloading data anywhere: the only cloud copy is the encrypted one you choose to make, in your own iCloud Drive, Google Drive, or OneDrive.
Storage and working offline
On a phone, tablet, or Mac your data lives in a database inside the app's own storage, and every reference catalog ships inside the app, so the bench, the solver, and Range Day all work with no connection at all. A connection is used only by the features that need one: Live Weather Pull, AI Smart Import, Cloud Backup and Cloud Sync, and catalog updates, which arrive without a store release.
In the web app your data lives in the browser's own storage on that computer. Clearing the site's data in the browser removes it, so keep a JSON export or use Cloud Backup from a phone or tablet if the browser is where you work.
iCloud Backup and Android's device backup deliberately do not include your reloading data, because neither is encrypted with your passphrase. Keep a copy yourself: the free JSON export, or Pro Cloud Backup.
Finding your version
This documentation is written for LoadOut 1.1. Your app's version, the catalog version, and a check for updates are under Settings › About & Help › Help & Support. Include the version when you write to support.