Balto K9
Search & Rescue K9 Log Tool
$24.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Whether you're a professional or a volunteer canine handler, Balto is designed to streamline your training log process and help you document your training activities.
With Balto, you can easily record details of your training sessions, review past exercises, and document areas for improvement. The user-friendly interface allows you to log various aspects of your training sessions, including exercises practiced, duration, location, and notes for future reference.
Balto has logs for Air Scent (Live Find), HRD, Water HRD, Trailing, Articles, GSAR (General Search & Rescue skills) as well as a log for Search missions.
Balto also has tools to help you plan your search strategy including Hatch Graham calculators, speed monitoring, and grid search path generation.
Training and operation statistics are available and your logs can be exported to word processors for printing hard copies.
Balto operates without the need for an internet connection and all log information is stored locally on your device.
Balto has no recurring subscription fees and you keep control of your data.
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New interactive map
This new tool lets you import geo files from CalTopo or other mapping apps and generate a grid search path for a search area.
Need to subdivide a large area into small areas for a detailed evidentiary search? The Sector generator will handle that.
For trailing dog handlers, you can now import tracks and run a deviation analysis.
• Grid search pattern generator with interactive wind direction and spacing
• Trailing Track analysis with deviation coloring (green/amber/red) and statistics
• Sector grid segment generator with interactive rotation and segment size, and GPX/GeoJSON export
• GPX and GeoJSON file importing from CalTopo or other apps
Speed Monitor
You’re getting ready for certification. You know how big your area will be. Do you know how fast you can really move through it?
Now you can measure your speed while moving through any search environment to help you figure out what your grid spacing might be.
• Real-time GPS speed
• Average speed, distance traveled, elapsed time
• Configurable units (mph/kmh/knots)
• Configurable speech announcements (1/5/10 min intervals)
Water HRD Log Type
• Complete new discipline with 25+ fields
• Various platform, boat, and motor types
• Water conditions (type, salinity, clarity, wave action, current, wind, temperature)
• Source details (type, amount, ID, containment, placement, depth, distance)
• Search track patterns
• Behavior changes
Mission Summary
It’s been a long day of training. You’ve completed a lot of exercises. Need to know what you’ve already documented? Pull up the Mission Summary to see.
• Quick view of all exercises from current mission in log format
• Accessible at any time from Options menu
Log Export Improvements
• OS-Native Share sheet
• Rich-text file export
UI/UX
• Numerous user-experience improvements
The developer, Northern Lights Tactical, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Birchwood Limited
- Size
- 105.6 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023-2026

