IPhone Apps for Reloading

I use Ballistic AE to store my good loads with MV, group size and all that good stuff.

I use Gun Log +P to store load data and rounds fired as well as other particulars about my firearms.

Mainly I use Excel on my iPhone to keep all my load data on. Here are some pictures of the excel on my iPhone. I store everything on One Drive.

I wrote Gun Log, Gun Log SPC, and Gun Log +P.

In the ammo section of the Gun Log apps is the ability to store hand load information. You can store:
Powder
Grains of Powder
Bullet Make
Bullet Weight
Primer Type
Case
Overall Length
Primer
Brass Usage Count
Lot #
Ballistic Coefficient
Muzzle Velocity
And Notes

Since the Gun Log apps are Range Logs you can then capture the results of the loads and see reports on which were most accurate from which firearm.

Note that the apps are range logs and geared towards that. My brother has been telling me to make a dedicated app for hand loaders, it would have much of the same features but a few more specific fields for hand loading.

Here are some screen shots:










There are other apps out there too. Searching the App store I find:
AmmoTracker, Hodgdon Reloading, Reload-IT, Hand-Load, Reloading Vault, The Loading Bench, Ammo Tools, Ammo Reload Cost.
There are probably more.

sirgilligan said:

I wrote Gun Log, Gun Log SPC, and Gun Log +P.

In the ammo section of the Gun Log apps is the ability to store hand load information. You can store:
Powder
Grains of Powder
Bullet Make
Bullet Weight
Primer Type
Case
Overall Length
Primer
Brass Usage Count
Lot #
Ballistic Coefficient
Muzzle Velocity
And Notes

Since the Gun Log apps are Range Logs you can then capture the results of the loads and see reports on which were most accurate from which firearm.

Note that the apps are range logs and geared towards that. My brother has been telling me to make a dedicated app for hand loaders, it would have much of the same features but a few more specific fields for hand loading.

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You need too. I use Gun Log +P quite a bit and like it. Half the time I kick myself because I've added a firearm or sold a firearm and I forget to update my stuff in there as well, but do enjoy it.

If you write a Handloading app, and need a tester, let me know. I'd be happy to test it out.

I'm currently in the process of beta testing an app for someone. (Nothing reloading related)

I use a pen and paper in 3 ring binders, since that's what I grew up with and I'm comfortable with it. Call me old fashioned, but short of a house fire, I always know where my logs are.......

Hope this helps.

Fred

ReloaderFred said:

I use a pen and paper in 3 ring binders, since that's what I grew up with and I'm comfortable with it. Call me old fashioned, but short of a house fire, I always know where my logs are.......



Hope this helps.



Fred

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Forgot about that....I use that too. I like duplicate/triplicate of stuff in case one goes down or gets destroyed.

ReloaderFred said:

I use a pen and paper in 3 ring binders, since that's what I grew up with and I'm comfortable with it. Call me old fashioned, but short of a house fire, I always know where my logs are.......

Hope this helps.

Fred

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I use a binder as well. When I am at the bench a big piece of paper is great. When I am done, I enter the data into Gun Log SPC so that I can then go to the range and log the results.

In the binder I write down the recommended load information from at least three sources, I have two reloading manuals and then I use the powder's reloading data and or the bullets reloading data from their web sites.

I have index cards that follow the brass and stay in a container with the brass.

Looking at one now it says:
5.56 NATO Brass Crimped, count 29
Resized
Crimp Removed
Primer Pocket Cleaned
Trimmed
Chamfered
Flash Hole Checked
Primer pocket and neck cleaned

When I load a cartridge I take a sharpie and write the load info on the case for load development. So I have 15 cartridges in front of me now, five have 21.5, five have 22.0, and five have 22.5 on them, all using H335, same bullets, seated the same depth, with the same primers, and same brass and COAL.

sirgilligan said:

I have index cards that follow the brass and stay in a container with the brass.

Looking at one now it says:
5.56 NATO Brass Crimped, count 29
Resized
Crimp Removed
Primer Pocket Cleaned
Trimmed
Chamfered
Flash Hole Checked
Primer pocket and neck cleaned

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Old business cards work great too. I usually keep a business card in with mine.

I've been using Excel on a laptop. I keep printed copies updated and at my loading bench. I have one master worksheet with all the data, and I have other sheets that reference the master sheet, with each sheet a different caliber or powder.

An iPhone or iPad app would be nice, especially if there were a way to export the data from the Caldwell chrono app.

ReloaderFred said:

I use a pen and paper in 3 ring binders, since that's what I grew up with and I'm comfortable with it.

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I'm old school as well.

I find it easy to navigate, I do not have a bunch of data fields that I do not want or need, and I do not have for it to boot up.

Besides, I am getting into the "you can't teach old dogs new tricks" mode.

But if a phone application or a computer rings your bell, go for it.

Is there an app similar to Quickload?

I keep a notebook with all the detail info, including lot # of every thing I get. You never know when you will run into a problem and need to know the lot # of the Primer or Powder.

I have not found any app that lets me keep track of all the info besides a custom DB or Excel.

Good point, I have not been logging lot numbers, but I think I will start doing so. Easy to add in my Excel spreadsheet.

I guess I am about halfway between high tech and old school. I have my Excel spreadsheet, but I keep a printed copy in my reloading room, and use a pencil to add new data. I update my spreadsheet when I have a chance.

No computer access in my reloading room. I wouldn't want a runaway lithium battery fire to set off my massive powder inventory.

Toprudder said:

Good point, I have not been logging lot numbers, but I think I will start doing so. Easy to add in my Excel spreadsheet.



I guess I am about halfway between high tech and old school. I have my Excel spreadsheet, but I keep a printed copy in my reloading room, and use a pencil to add new data. I update my spreadsheet when I have a chance.



No computer access in my reloading room. I wouldn't want a runaway lithium battery fire to set off my massive powder inventory.

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You can download an Excel spreadsheet app on your iPhone and iPad and store everything on One Drive. All Microsoft. I even have a workbook that lists all the calibers I reload for and all the powders that I can use to load them. When I get to a LGS, and need to see if a powder will work, I just pull out my iPhone, pull the spreadsheet up and look.

I find it interesting that people seek for either / or answers or solutions. I have a masters degree in Computer Science. My first computer was a Mac SE while my friends sang the praises of the new 286. I have always worked for one of the top three in a given market place. I am sure many of you have used my software. I am currently writing server side code that works with 2.5 billion records, using SOLR, Cassandra, MySQL, Hadoop, MongoDB, ...., but guess what I keep by my keyboard and use constantly... a stack of paper from the printer that I use to take notes and think and plan and record. Loose paper, not even a note book. Paper and pen will always have a place for some of us. But that paper is on the desk, if I need it I take a picture, or type it up, etc..

So, loading data needs to be at the bench. But loaded rounds and information gathering has to be at the range. I don't want to take my loading book from the loading bench, I don't want it lost or damaged. I do want to record how the load performs and that is at the range / backyard / field.

So, I use multiple approaches and I find it very useful. If I wasn't a programmer I would have used a spread sheet, but since I am one, I wrote the app for myself. It is the only app I have that does exactly what I want and does it how I want it. I am pleased that some others have found it useful.

What's the difference between the SPC and the GL+P?

Nature Boy said:

I downloaded your gun log SPC app sirgilligan and am looking forward to trying it.

I too had an early Apple II in college, that's before the Mac I believe.

Thanks to all who replied.

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My first programming was on a VAX 11/750. I saved for two years to get the Mac SE. My friends told me I was wasting my money on such an expensive "toy" computer that couldn't do any real computing. It turned out that their definition of real computing was the ability to write batch files (.bat) and console apps. Ha ha ha ha, I said it then and say it now.

jwrowland77 said:

What's the difference between the SPC and the GL+P?

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All three apps are the same except for this:

Gun Log doesn't email or print. You can copy and paste text reports and you can save PDF and PNG reports and access them through iTunes if you want to print them or share them. Also it does not use iCloud. I promised that Gun Log would never code that integrated with external tools that could be used to get the data off of the device. It does not use the GPS / Location services either.

Gun Log SPC is just like Gun Log with additional functionality. It prints and emails. It doesn't use location services but I might one day add the use of the GPS for range estimation. It does not use iCloud.

Gun Log +P is just like Gun Log SPC with the addition of iCloud. iCloud syncs data to Apple's servers which then is supposed to update the data on all of your devices. Notice I said supposed to.

I use GL-SPC. I don't want my real data on someone else's servers. Apple promises to keep the data safe and I believe they will do their best, their reputation depends on it. But, I am not as comfortable as my son who puts everything on the cloud.


Here is an example of a non-text report, I only keep my favorite targets now, instead of stacks of them that I used to have.

Well, I have you all beat. My first computer was a TRS80 w/ 16k ram. But my first computer program was typed on punch cards.

As far as the data handling at the range, my iPhone with the Caldwell chrono app does that quite nicely. I email the results to myself so when I get home I can import the data into my spreadsheet. Print out the data and stick it in my log in my reloading room.

My new iPad has the "Numbers" app on it, which imports my Excel spreadsheet. But, I see no real need to have that info in my phone.

I too use gun log and other apps. I like it a lot. I too keep a folder in my Dropbox account that has a reloading inventory spreadsheet. I go one step further. I photograph every r she target and save it in the folder. I can access on the fly when needed. I am currently trying out target data apps. Nothing that great yet. Gun log is still the best all around app out.

All right, I am changing the price back to what it was, I hope everyone got a copy of the app. It is 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. It will take it a few minutes for the price change to work through the system.

I appreciate the great help The High Road has done for me, especially advice on reloading. So, I am not telling anyone else this, but I just made Gun Log free, and dropped the price on the other two apps (Ballistics GL has always been free, but that will change one day).

I just changed the price, it will take it a while to work its way through the App store servers, so watch for it. Some time this evening I will change the price back.

So, this is just for you guys, don't be telling everyone in the world, but those of you that read this, you should down load Gun Log from the app store.

Enjoy the app my friends.

The apps do not share your data (with the exception of Gun Log +P sharing it to iCloud services so that it can then synch on your other devices), does not use any of your information in any way, etc. I don't want your data, I don't care about your data, and I don't want my data shared with anyone, so I wouldn't do it to you. The app has a pass code, go to the web site to see how it works. I personally use Gun Log SPC for my real database, I have to use the other versions for testing.

77 of you all downloaded Gun Log and 24 bought Gun Log SPC or Gun Log +P..

I hope you find it useful and accept my thanks to The High Road for helping me.

I was one of them that downloaded the GL app. Very nice app.

Thanks for sharing.

This would really be nice if you made a Reloader version. Looking at what you have, your not too far from being there. I still track things on paper, nothing like a good hard copy. Been doing this for 40+ yrs now and old habits are hard to break. But I do like redundancy. One thing that would have been nice was a way to add the initial round count when you add a new gun. What I did was add ammo equal to the count. Then did a session to get the # to update.

edit: Found where to enter initial round count. It's under the gun configuration set.

If I delete this ammo listing with the gun still retain the round count?

If you need a tester or looking for input on what to track from a reloading side, I would be glad to help you out.

I one time I programed in about 6 different languages. First pc was the original IBM PC, and Apple II. Most of my programing was DB and Custom Acquisition control used in a R&D center. Boy has technology changed since the early 80's.

I just figured out how to text on my new stupid smart phone! I think the Android was invented by some kid who just wanted to mess with old minds............

Fred