What does BallisticsARC do best?

Mapped-terrain shooting: mark your firing point and targets on GPS mapping and get ranges and firing solutions tied to real terrain. Vortex has owned GeoBallistics since 2023, and the mapping workflow is the app's genuine differentiator.

Is BallisticsARC free?

The base app is free with a $14.99 one-time Pro unlock for advanced features, per its listings as of September 2026.

How is Zero Considerations different?

Different job: it measures your actual shot group from a photo — finding the holes automatically — converts the offset to exact turret clicks, trues your velocity from paper, and renders 301 reticles to scale. No mapping; the range work happens on the target, not the terrain.

← zeroconsiderations.com

BallisticsARC: When You Want Maps — and When You Want a Zero

BallisticsARC by GeoBallistics (Vortex-owned since 2023) has one differentiator no other app in this category matches: range cards built from GPS mapping. Mark your firing point, mark your steel, and get ranges and solutions tied to actual terrain. For open-country steel shooters and hunters who plan positions on a map, that's a real tool, and if that's your shooting, it earns its install.

Who's writing this: the developer of Zero Considerations — one of the apps below. Weigh accordingly. Competitor facts are taken from their public store listings and sites as of September 2026, and where an app is the better pick for a job, the page says so.

Different jobs entirely

BallisticsARC works on the terrain: where things are and what the solution to reach them is. Zero Considerations works on the target: where your group actually landed and what to do about it.

Photograph the shot target once — target face and bullet holes found automatically, old holes and the backer excluded, group measured in real inches.
The offset becomes an exact click count for your optic's click value and direction — dial, then confirm with a group.
True your muzzle velocity from photographed drop at a known distance.
301 reticles drawn to published subtensions; height-over-bore from your optic and mount; whole-rig loadouts with separate zeros for primary, offset, laser, and irons.

Side by side

	BallisticsARC	Zero Considerations
Price model	Free + $14.99 one-time Pro	$9.99 one-time, everything included
GPS / mapped range cards	Yes — its differentiator	No
Photo zeroing (holes → clicks)	No	Yes, automatic detection
Velocity truing from paper	No	Yes
To-scale reticle library	Limited	301 to published subtensions
Owner	Vortex (Sheltered Wings)	Independent solo developer
Offline / account	Mapping favors connectivity	No account; offline except the optional weather tap

BallisticsARC entries reflect public listings as of September 2026 — check the current listing before deciding anything, including about our app.

The honest recommendation

If your shooting is planned on maps — mapped steel, mapped stands, open country — keep BallisticsARC for that; nothing here does its mapping job. If your pain is the bench — sight-in day, a new optic, a load change, holdovers you can actually see — that loop is Zero Considerations' whole reason to exist, and the two apps don't overlap enough to conflict.

For education and lawful sporting use. Figures here are rough and load-dependent — treat them as orientation, not dope. Always confirm your zero with live fire at your real distance before relying on it, and follow all firearm safety rules and your range's procedures.

Zero Considerations — photograph the target, get the measured group and the exact clicks to dial, then keep the DOPE. One-time $9.99 on both stores — no subscription, no account, works with no signal.

App Store — $9.99 once Google Play — $9.99 once What it does Free printable targets

On Android, Google Play gives you 48 hours to ask for a refund — try it on your next range trip and keep it only if it earns its spot in your range bag. Not ready today? Wishlist it on Google Play and Google will notify you if the price drops before opening day.