Shooter Make Ready vs Par Timer Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shooter Make Ready
Practice shooting skills at home with laser targets and a companion app. Track speed and accuracy with detailed hit analysis and various training scenarios. Enhances decision-making and firearm handling without live ammunition.
- Laser targets simulating steel plates, poppers, and silhouettes
- Wireless hit detection and scoring
- Up to eight targets with 50-foot radius
- Five pre-set Courses of Fire
- Shot Timer with split times and scoring
- Sight picture visualization and shot correction analysis
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Practice shooting in the comfort of your own home, anytime and as often as you like. Our laser targets and RedShot laser cartridges, or a SIRT training pistol from NextLevel Training, make it possible to do just that LASER TARGETS Imagine having laser targets that simulate steel plates, poppers, and silhouettes. Targets that show your hits as you shoot, and clang with the gratifying sound of 9mm striking steel. Targets that wirelessly send your hits to the Shooter Make Ready app on your smartphone or tablet so you can actually see and evaluate your speed and accuracy. You can keep it simple with one or two laser targets a short distance away. As your skills improve, add more targets and mix up the course of fire for more challenging scenarios. Up to eight laser targets can be arranged anywhere within a 50 foot radius, in the same room or throughout a building, for full 360 degree training scenarios not possible with camera and video based systems. A built-in rechargeable battery provides up to 36 continuous hours on a single charge, and will fully recharge in under 2 hours using a Mini-USB cable and charge adapter. REDSHOT LASER CARTRIDGE Our RedShot laser cartridges feature a bright red laser housed in a high quality brass casing with an activation pad designed to absorb the impact of the firing/striker pin for safe, dependable operation in your firearm. The cartridge is rimless so it isn’t ejected during normal use. The laser has a wavelength of 635 nm which is designed specifically for consistent, reliable operation with the widest range of dry fire target systems that use visible red light, including our Shooter Make Ready laser targets. SHOOTER MAKE READY APP The Shooter Make Ready app automatically connects to up to eight laser targets. Choose a Course Of Fire (COF) from five available in the app: Steel Training, Saturday Steel, React, Practical Shooting, and Friend Or Foe. Each COF is designed to help you develop specific skills to hone your speed, accuracy, and decision making. Range Officer commands can be enabled to direct the start of the Course Of Fire: “Are you ready?” “Standby!” followed by a 300ms start signal “Beeeep!”. Press the Start button on the Shot Timer screen and begin shooting at the start signal. Even a par time stop signal can be configured for time-limited shot strings. A Shot Timer view captures and displays target hits, cumulative times, split times, and overall scoring for each Course Of Fire. A Targets view shows target hit locations and features a sight picture visualization tool and shot correction chart overlays for analyzing shot groups. WHAT IS DRY FIRE PRACTICE? Dry fire practice is the activity of practicing firearm handling skills for training purposes, without the use of live ammunition. It is widely recognized by shooting enthusiasts, shooting competitors, law enforcement and military trainers, and firearm instructors as an extremely effective means for learning and improving firearm handling skills. Dry fire practice develops muscle memory through repetition, allowing the shooter to learn how to act and react safely, rapidly and instinctively while manipulating a firearm. It is proven to be extremely effective for developing and honing skills such as proper grip, stance, draw, presentation, ready position, target acquisition, natural point of aim, sight alignment, sight picture, trigger control, follow through, reloading, target discrimination, and movement and cover. Many firearm trainers suggest that dry fire practice should constitute 70-80 percent of your overall firearm training. The usual recommendation is to train for about 20 minutes 3-5 days a week, but practicing just 15 minutes twice a week will still greatly improve your shooting skills and build your confidence. Visit our website at acceleratedfirearmtraining.com to learn more about how Shooter Make Ready will accelerate your firearm training!
Par Timer Pro
Enhance firearm proficiency for safety and speed with this training app. It precisely tracks your par times for dry fire and live-fire drills, helping you improve shooting discipline, timing, and accuracy. Ideal for concealed carry permit holders and competitive shooters.
- Par time tracking
- Dry fire practice
- Live-fire drill support
- Accuracy and timing measurement
- Firearm safety and control enhancement
- Progress tracking
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Perfect for honing firearm skills for safety and speed! Whether you're a member of the USCCA, a CCW permit holder, a competitor in IDPA and USPSA events, or a range safety officer, Par Timer Pro is designed to refine your shooting discipline. We support both newcomers and experienced marksmen in tracking and improving their firearm proficiency, timing and accuracy with unmatched precision and ease of use. Crafted for ease of use and accuracy, Par Timer Pro strips away the complexity of traditional shooting timers. It’s a seamless companion for dry fire practice at home or live-fire sessions at the range, promoting firearm safety and control. With Par Timer Pro, elevate your concealed carry skills to prepare for CCW licensing and CCW training across all 50 states, staying safe and responsible. NOTE: Be informed that Par Timer Pro is does not capture the sound of gunfire shots. Instead, our focus is on tracking par times effectively for your training drills, ensuring you gain the most from your dry fire and live-fire practices. Train with confidence, measure your progress, and achieve your firearm mastery goals with Par Timer Pro Terms and Conditions: https://partimerpro.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://partimerpro.app/privacy/
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Verdict
Shooter Make Ready and Par Timer Pro both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Shooter Make Ready's written reviews are positive against 58% of Par Timer Pro's. Shooter Make Ready also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16). Par Timer Pro's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (367 vs 5). On price, rating, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Par Timer Pro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Shooter Make Ready asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Shooter Make Ready against 4.5 for Par Timer Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Par Timer Pro has 367 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Shooter Make Ready's written reviews are positive against 58% of Par Timer Pro's.
Shooter Make Ready ships an update every 10 months, Par Timer Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shooter Make Ready | Par Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (367 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 58.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 367 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Accelerated Firearm Training, LLC | Luke Pighetti |
Customer experience
Shooter Make Ready
Par Timer Pro
Bugs and requests
Shooter Make Ready
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Par Timer Pro
Reported bugs
10 issues- App bricks without internet
- App asks for payment for basic features
- App collects information
- App sold user info, leading to spam
- Videos not functional
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- Repeat function not found
- App boots to a black screen
- App shows a blank screen
- App quit working
- App stopped working
Requested features
13 requests- Allow offline functionality
- Offer a one-time purchase option
- Implement a rep counter
- Add ability to set reps for loops
- Add option to configure different tones for start/stop
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- Disable screen lock
- Add microphone support for shot tracking
- Allow editing standby time
- Add more beep sounds, similar to Pact timer
- Option to opt out of standby time on follow-on iterations
- Ability to set par individually on each rep
- Add random multi-target call outs for each iteration
- Ability to design multi-stage drills
In-app purchases
Shooter Make Ready
No in-app purchases
Par Timer Pro
- 1 Week$0.997 Days
- 1 week$2.997 Days
- 1 month$2.991 Month
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- All Access$4.997 Days
- 1 month$6.991 Month
- All Access$7.997 Days
- All Access$12.991 Month
- All Access$14.991 Month
- All Access$19.991 Year
- 12 months3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- All Access$29.991 Year
- All Access3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- All Access$49.991 Year
- 12 months3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
- Lifetime$69.99
Questions
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