Master Pistol Trainer vs SimpleScoring IPSC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Master Pistol Trainer
Master pistol shooting with the Luper Technique, developed by a retired Special Agent with decades of law enforcement and IPSC experience. This method aims to resolve shooting inaccuracies and train users to become instructors.
- Luper Technique Target Analysis
- Pistol instructor training
- Law enforcement training methods
- IPSC shooting techniques
- Accuracy problem solving
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The Luper Technique Target Analysis criteria will solve any shooting inaccuracy problem and make any shooter a pistol instructor. I am a retired Special Agent with 32 years of experience training law enforcement and 22 years of IPSC shooting with 5 major sponsors. I have certified and instructed more than 15,000 law enforcement students from basic quarterly qualification to Advanced Tactical Rangemaster, Rangemaster certifications and Special Weapons Tactical Team Academy’s. The State of California, Parole Division has used the “Luper Technique” of training firearms instructors and students for over 26 years.
SimpleScoring IPSC
Easily score shooting stages and save results for practice or informal matches. Analyze performance with hit factors and score percentages, and share your sessions across multiple devices. It also functions as a standalone calculator for IPSC/USPSA hit factors.
- Score shooting stages
- Save results
- Analyze performance
- What-if scenarios
- Share sessions
- Multi-device support
- Hit factor calculator
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Score stages and save the results during practice or impromptu matches with your friends. Designed to be as simple to use as possible on the range; just add a few friends and some stages and you are ready to score and review the results. Analysis of results that provides what-if scenarios with hit factors and score percentage. Share your session and use multiple devices. Can be used as a standalone IPSC/USPSA hit factor calculator. Free. No ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SimpleScoring IPSC at Free against Master Pistol Trainer's $2.99. SimpleScoring IPSC also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). Master Pistol Trainer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and chart position (#103 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
SimpleScoring IPSC is free to download; Master Pistol Trainer costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Master Pistol Trainer against 5.0 for SimpleScoring IPSC. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Master Pistol Trainer's written reviews are positive against 86% of SimpleScoring IPSC's.
Master Pistol Trainer ships an update every 2 months, SimpleScoring IPSC every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Master Pistol Trainer | SimpleScoring IPSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #103 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | william luper | Tomas Kaellsen |
Customer experience
Master Pistol Trainer
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In-app purchases
Master Pistol Trainer
No in-app purchases
SimpleScoring IPSC
No in-app purchases
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