Steel Challenge Match Tracker vs Par Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steel Challenge Match Tracker
Track your performance in Steel Challenge shooting matches, monitor your progress in classification ranks, and view stage diagrams. See your personal best times, average string times, and calculate advancement to higher classifications.
- Track performance by division
- Monitor classification rank movement
- View personal best times per stage
- See average string times
- Calculate time cuts for advancement
- Includes stage diagrams
- Resource list for shooters
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With Steel Challenge Match Tracker, you can take your enjoyment of Steel Challenge shooting to a whole new level. No matter which Steel Challenge division you shoot, you have all the information available to track your performance during a match as well as to monitor your movement upwards in the classification ranks. Open the app to your division and immediately see your personal best time/class for each SCSA classification stage you've shot. Tap the best time on any stage and see the average string time it took to make that time. As you finish each stage during a match, enter your time and see the percentage and class associated with that performance. If your new time is better than your personal best for that stage, the time will show in green, letting you see at a glance how you did toward improving your classifier times. As you finish stages, the app will maintain a running total of your total match time. Also, any new best times will be instantly reflected in your overall classification scores--no more waiting a week or more to see if you've moved up in class. The app will also calculate the time cuts you need to advance to higher classifications in all the divisions you shoot. Steel Challenge Match Tracker also includes stage diagrams for all 8 Steel Challenge classification stages and a list of resources, from books to podcasts, available and useful to Steel Challenge shooters. It contains no ads and collects no user information.
Par Timer
This app provides a customizable par timer for dry-fire practice, allowing users to set voice commands, delays, par times, and shot cues. It helps build speed and consistency through structured drills, with options for display, sound, and vibration cues. The pro upgrade unlocks advanced features like preset management and run history.
- Customizable voice commands and delays
- Adjustable par times and string progression
- In-string shot cue integration
- Reholster time options
- Display, audio, and vibration cues
- Training activity history and map
- Save, load, and edit drill presets (Pro)
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The most advanced par timer for dry-fire practice — you control the voice commands, delays, par times, shot cues, and progression, and drill against the beep to build speed and consistency from home. Par Timer delivers the timing cues you configure through on-screen display, sound, and vibration, so you can run structured dry-fire drills anywhere. Every part of the sequence is yours to set, from the delay before the start signal to how your par times tighten across sets. Note: this is a par timer, not a shot timer. It plays the timing cues you set and you train against them — it does NOT listen for or detect your shots, in dry-fire or live fire. There is no microphone-based shot detection. Key features: • Turn voice commands on or off — hear "Are you ready? Stand by" before each string, or run beeps only • Set the delay before each string of fire to a fixed time, a random range so you can't anticipate the start, or turn it off • Set the par time for the string and the number of strings in a run • Progressively decrease par time across sets with acceleration — either reaching a target time by the final set, or reducing by a fixed amount each set • Add shot cues within the string to practice splits and specific shot cadence • Add or disable reholster time between strings to set your own pace between reps • Get every cue by display, audio, and vibration — toggle audio and haptic cues independently for quiet or vibration-only practice • Review a full history of every run, with a training activity map showing how consistently you practice over time Pro upgrade (one-time purchase): • Save, load, edit, rename, and delete presets for your drill setups • Reload and repeat any past run straight from your history Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gunzncoffee.com/partimer/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Par Timer at Free against Steel Challenge Match Tracker's $9.99. Par Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). Steel Challenge Match Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#139 vs unranked). On 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
Par Timer is free to download; Steel Challenge Match Tracker costs $9.99 up front. Par Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Steel Challenge Match Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Par Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Steel Challenge Match Tracker has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Steel Challenge Match Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Par Timer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steel Challenge Match Tracker | Par Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #139 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Moore | David Asatrian |
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Steel Challenge Match Tracker
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In-app purchases
Steel Challenge Match Tracker
No in-app purchases
Par Timer
- Par Timer Pro$9.99
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