# PlinkPal Shot Timer & Dry Fire — user reviews > 18 indexed App Store user reviews of PlinkPal Shot Timer & Dry Fire by Tomer Fichman, rated 3.90/5 from 21 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plinkpal-shot-timer-and-dry-fire/id6451376928/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plinkpal-shot-timer-and-dry-fire/id6451376928.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 14 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (2 of 18) ### 5/5 — Awesome shooting range app!! *2024-06-01* Great for practice. Worked great even with other shooters close to me. Definitely one of a kind application. Didn’t come across anything similar ### 5/5 — Love this! *2024-05-08* The new update is great! You can tell they improved the app dramatically. It’s simple and easy to use. Very happy with it so fa 😊 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Subscription model App *2026-02-04* A shot timer is probably the worst category of app for subscription model pricing. I’m willing to purchase a quality shot timer app, but I won’t pay for a monthly subscription for one. Might as well save all that money for a physical shot timer. **Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback. We completely understand that subscription models aren't for everyone. Unlike physical timers, our goal is to provide a complete training system that evolves over time rather than just a static beeper. We include features like Progress Tracking, Laser Training, Recoil Timer, and more. We are also constantly pushing updates, adding new drills, and maintaining cloud support. We hope you'll find value in the ongoing improvements! ### 1/5 — Poor design *2023-09-26* Difficult to use and no instructions. Requires an email to sign up. Seems like this is beta level of readiness at best. Maybe just farming for data to sell. Would give it zero stars if I could. **Developer response:** Hi Tommyboy8301, we took your feedback to heart and made quite a few changes in our new release including a tutorial section and simplifying the app. We would appreciate it if you could try us again and review our new release. If you wish to contact us directly please feel free,shahar@plinkpal.com ### 1/5 — Useless *2023-09-22* Is this just a scam? I thought all apps had to be submitted and approved in the App Store. **Developer response:** Hi Tim, we just released a major update, and we would appreciate it if you could try us again and review our new release. The release you reviewed was our first and like all new things, flows were bound to pop up. If you wish to contact us directly please feel free,shahar@plinkpal.com ### 1/5 — Can’t figure how how to use it. *2023-09-17* No instructions. No help link. Nothing. Not worth the effort. Thanks but no thanks. **Developer response:** Hi Mike, we took your feedback to heart and added a tutorial section as well as simplified the app drastically in our new major release. We would appreciate it if you could try us again and review our new release. If you wish to contact us directly, please feel free, shahar@plinkpal.com ### 2/5 — Just the timer *2026-07-13* There’s no reason to get this app outside of the shot timer, and that’s just not worth 8 dollars per month. Get a par time app instead ### 2/5 — Online-only is a failure *2025-06-24* I shoot on BLM land, where cell reception is non-existent. Unknown to me, this meant hundreds of my tracked shots were forever lost to this dumb thing requiring an internet connection. A pathetic failure from the developer when considering use cases. Looks like offline support was added in the latest version, and I'll give it one more try. **Developer response:** Hi DtotheBS, indeed our latest release includes offline support. You can now use the app wherever you want without internet access. We'll appreciate it if you could update your rating after trying it out :) ### 5/5 — What a great app *2026-01-22* I’ve been using the app for a while now and I’m happy with it so far, great addition to my training. looking froward :) ### 5/5 — Highly Functional and Easy to Use *2026-01-14* This app works great for dry fire practice! It responds well to snap caps and has flexible sound settings. I love being able to track my progress over time too. The ability to customize drills is really helpful. It’s like having a personal coach right on your phone. Highly recọmmend for anyone wanting to improve shooting accuracy. ### 5/5 — Best live fire app, but could use key updates *2025-04-01* PlinkPal has been my favorite, and most consistently effective live fire shot timer for the iPhone. It’s free to use and works well. Highly recommend! There are two things that I really would like improvement on. 1) Offline mode: You can’t use the app unless you have an Internet connection. You’ll just be stuck on a “retry” screen. Can’t even look at your profile, tutorials, settings, or shot history. WiFi or nada. I often shoot at outdoor ranges where there is no Wi-Fi or cell service which makes this app useless. If I can’t capture and track all of my practice, why would I focus on the social aspect of the app interface? You’ve got to be able to use this one off-line. Have local storage for your sessions, then it uploads to the cloud for the social aspect. 2) Smart Watch Interface: I love the idea of being able to use a smart watch when you’re shooting alone. It’s a hassle to pull the phone in and out of the pocket or whatever between each string of shots. I figured the smart watch would be ideal. I tried it with an Apple Watch and was pretty disappointed. The fact that you still need to interact with the phone between each string of shots/each “session” makes the whole smart watch interface pretty much useless— at least unnecessarily redundant. You should be able to just interface with the watch through multiple sessions over and over with the tap of the screen— that’s how shot timing needs to work. Overall, a really great app with a lot of potential! Props to the developers for making something that is fairly intuitive, effective, and that has room to grow! ### 5/5 — Awesome app!! *2024-11-30* I’ve been using the app for a while now and I’m happy with it so far, great addition to my training. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works like a charm *2024-11-27* This app is incredible—so easy to use at home that I’ve lost track of time while using it. The dry fire function is amazing, something I’ve been searching for a long time. I only wish I had discovered this app before buying a shot timer, it offers everything I need in one place. ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-07-02* Definitely very unique App. Very good for measuring timing and accuracy and very easy to use. No need for calibration. Definitely recommend. ### 5/5 — One of a kind app *2024-06-25* Definitely special and great functionality for shooting accuracy and timing. Highly recommend” ### 5/5 — Unique great app *2024-06-18* Definitely unique shooting app. Great functionality and very easy to use. Not something I’ve come across before. ### 5/5 — A very good one *2024-06-15* Really like this app. I think is is easy to use and to the point and gives a new set of tools. Big like! ### 5/5 — Great shooting app *2024-06-07* Great shooting app. Was very happy with the functionality and the features. Haven’t come across something like it yet. It worked very well also when there were other shooters close to me. Definitely recommend! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-19.*