Comparison

Par Timer Pro vs myRangeJournal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Par time tracking
  • Dry fire practice
  • Live-fire drill support
  • Accuracy and timing measurement
  • Firearm safety and control enhancement
  • Progress tracking
Features
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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.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://partimerpro.com/privacy/

About

myRangeJournal

Features
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The logbook serious shooters actually keep. A field-grade range journal for lawful target shooting and hunting — your D.O.P.E., your rifles, your loads, and the tools to use them, in a leather-and-paper notebook that feels like the real thing. ON YOUR WRIST • Your target mirrors to Apple Watch, live — holes appear as you mark them • Firing solutions ride along, glanceable behind the rifle THE LOGBOOK • Full range sessions: D.O.P.E. sheet, range card, position sketch, and journal — the four pages of a proper entry • Confirmed shot strings, conditions, wind, light, group plots, and target photos • Search your history by rifle, load, notes or distance • Everything you log offline saves on the device and syncs when signal returns SCORE THE PAPER • Photograph your target and the app finds the holes — on-device, nothing uploaded • Live Scan: point the camera at a myRangeJournal target face and watch hits land on your plot in real time, at true scale • Cold Bore Read: mark your first round and get the impact in inches, MOA and mil, plus the clicks that would centre it — and the doctrine that matters, because you don't chase shot one • Over sessions the app learns each rifle's cold-bore habit and hands you the round-one hold WHAT YOUR LOGBOOK KNOWS • Group size over time, per rifle — tightening or opening, and by how much • Which load actually shoots best, ranked on averages not one lucky group • Barrel life: lifetime rounds, rounds since cleaning, and a reminder at your interval THE ARMORY • Rifle profiles with your loads, zero, and scope — one tap autofills your sheets and the solver • Per-load zeroes, so match and practice loads stop sharing one • Ladder test (OCW): log a charge ladder and the engine points at the flat spot FIELD TOOLS (work offline, no account needed) • Ballistic solver (G1/G7) with atmosphere and wind — then TRUE it against your confirmed dope, so the model matches your rifle • Station pressure off your phone's barometer, density altitude, or stream a Kestrel over LiNK — dew point, wet bulb, crosswind and headwind land as measured values • Send today's ladder to your lock screen — range, elevation and wind, glanceable behind the rifle with gloves on • Mil-dot ranging and a camera range finder with stadia and caliper modes • Acoustic shot timer with sample-accurate splits and par time • A reference library: MOA/MIL tables, wind reading, zeroing, fundamentals — and firearm safety first THE AI SPOTTER • When nobody's on the glass with you, ask for a debrief: it reads the group, the wind call and your cold-bore trend and talks you through the session like a partner would • The numbers always come from the on-device ballistics engine — never the AI YOUR DATA IS NEVER HOSTAGE • Print any solution or confirmed dope as a clean 4×6" PDF card • Export your entire logbook — sessions, rifles, maintenance and journal — as CSV, any time THE COMMUNITY • Group Therapy: post a group off a real DOPE card and get the community's read • Bragging Rights: score a target in MOA (with perspective correction) and climb a leaderboard where every rank is backed by the actual target photo SAFETY FIRST myRangeJournal is a logbook and reference for lawful, responsible firearm use — not professional instruction, and never a substitute for the universal safety rules, qualified training, or your local laws. All tools are field estimates: always confirm against your own verified dope. The ladder test reports your own numbers and never says a charge is safe — work up from your load manual and watch for pressure signs. PRO Pro is $4.99/month or $39.99/year, 7 days free — unlimited entries, no ads, unlimited AI Spotter, Kestrel LiNK, Trends and CSV export. Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage in Apple Account settings. Without Pro: first 3 entries free, then $0.99 per 3. Remove Ads is a one-time $9.99. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Par Timer Pro3 screens
myRangeJournal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Par Timer Pro at none against myRangeJournal's shown. Par Timer Pro also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Par Timer Pro sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and myRangeJournal sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Par Timer Pro ships an update weekly, myRangeJournal every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Par Timer Pro versus myRangeJournal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPar Timer PromyRangeJournal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (374 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews58.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings374 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB72 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLuke PighettiRicardo Guerrera

Bugs and 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

myRangeJournal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Par Timer Pro

Subscriptions14
  • 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
One-time2
  • Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime$69.99
2 purchases

myRangeJournal

One-time2
  • 3 More DOPE Card Entries$0.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99

Questions

Is Par Timer Pro free?
Par Timer Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is myRangeJournal free?
myRangeJournal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Par Timer Pro or myRangeJournal have ads?
myRangeJournal shows ads; Par Timer Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Par Timer Pro or myRangeJournal?
Par Timer Pro ships an update weekly, and myRangeJournal every 10 days. Most recently, Par Timer Pro was updated on October 12, 2026 and myRangeJournal on September 23, 2026.

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