Hi, I’m James. I built Arms & Ammo Log.
It’s a one-person app. I design and develop the app, test every update on real phones, answer the support email and fix what breaks, mostly late at night.
Why it exists
I used to keep track of it all in a spreadsheet. It did the job, but keeping it up to date was a chore, and one day I decided I could just build an app to do it.
I also wanted it to stay private. A list of guns and ammo, with serial numbers, what each one cost and where it’s kept, is exactly the kind of record that shouldn’t sit on somebody else’s server. Most inventory apps want an account, sync to a cloud you can’t see into, or pay their way with ads. I wanted one that keeps everything on the phone and couldn’t send it anywhere even if it tried.
So that’s how it’s built. The app has no internet access at all, everything in it is encrypted on your phone, and you don’t make an account to use it. The security page explains each part and how to check it for yourself.
Just me, no company backing it
There’s no team and no investors. Arms & Ammo Log is published under Alameda Enterprises LLC, a company of one: me. When you email support, it comes straight to me, and I read all of it.
Not my first app
I also build ClayTrack, a free app for clay shooters. It scores trap, skeet, sporting clays and five stand, and clubs use it to run their shoots, from sign-ups and squads to live leaderboards. It’s on the web, iPhone and Android, and shooters and clubs rely on it at the range.
Arms & Ammo Log gets the same care. Every update is tested on real Android phones and iPhones, and it has to pass a written release checklist before it reaches the store.
Why Pro costs money
The free version stays free: up to 3 firearms and 3 calibers, with the rest of the app included. Pro removes those limits and adds the insurance report, as a yearly plan or, while the launch offer lasts, a one-time purchase.
The app runs no servers, on purpose, but it still isn’t free to make. There are developer accounts with Apple and Google, the share each store takes from every sale, the website, the phones I test on, and a lot of long nights keeping it working as Android and iOS change every year. Pro is what pays for that.
I priced it below most of the competition. When I compared it with the other gun and ammo inventory apps on the stores, most of their yearly plans cost more. I’d rather it be something you don’t have to think twice about.
What I won’t do
The app shows no ads, and it never will. I don’t sell your data, and I couldn’t if I wanted to: with no internet access, nothing you put in the app leaves your phone unless you save a backup or an export yourself. This website counts visits with Google Analytics, which the privacy policy explains. The app itself doesn’t.
Get in touch
If something’s broken, or there’s something you’d like the app to do, email me at support@armsandammolog.com. Requests from the people using it help guide what I build next.
See everything the app does, or get help.