Comparison

Dry Fire vs Shot Timer

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

Head to head
About

Dry Fire

This app functions as a shot timer for firearms practice, offering various drill types like single shot, multi shot, and par time. It includes customizable start delays, optional countdowns, and adjustable sensitivity levels for effective training.

Highlights
  • Single shot drills
  • Multi shot drills
  • Par time drills
  • Split time drills
  • Start delays
  • Optional countdown
  • Adjustable sensitivity
Features
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- Single shot drills - Multi shot drills - Par time drills - Split time drills - Start delays - Optional countdown - Sensitivity levels and much more. Leave a review with any drills or features you would like to see added!

About

Shot Timer

Features
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Measure and store your shooting practices. Reject costly gear, use your phone. Shot Timer allows your smartphone to acts as a shot timer (often unnecessarily expensive gear), measuring your training sequences, storing them, and helping you to improve your shooting skills. Unlike an old fashioned costly timer, Shot Timer is able to store and give track of your practices; Furthermore, it allows to uploading them on the cloud, keeping your training data syncronized beteewn all your devices, or sharing them with your friends. You can create and modify your own shotting sequences, measuring how many time you take to reload, to swap your weapon or displacing. Beat again and again your record and become the best shooter! Shot Timer works, as real ones, by analyzing the sound gain and registering as a shot when a volume spike ocurs.

Screenshots

Dry Fire3 screens
Shot Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Dry Fire at 11.0 against Shot Timer's 15.6. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dry Fire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Shot Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Dry Fire versus Shot Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDry FireShot Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel YaakobMiguel Quinonero Lopez

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dry Fire

One-time1
  • ShotTimer Premium$6.99
1 purchases

Shot Timer

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Dry Fire free?
Dry Fire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shot Timer free?
Shot Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dry Fire or Shot Timer have ads?
Neither Dry Fire nor Shot Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dry Fire or Shot Timer?
Dry Fire ships an update every 5 months, and Shot Timer every 5 months. Most recently, Dry Fire was updated on November 3, 2026 and Shot Timer on October 30, 2026.

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