Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills vs PractiScore Competitor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills
This app provides a standalone dry fire training experience on Apple Watch, allowing users to run drills, customize sounds, and track progress. It features pause and resume functionality, drill sharing, and a library of competition drills for pistol training.
- Standalone Apple Watch functionality
- Pause and resume mid-drill
- Customizable sounds and signals
- Drill export and import
- Training log and progress charts
- 23 built-in competition drills
- Par time shifting
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The dry fire timer other apps wish they were. Dry Fire Timer is the only dry fire trainer with standalone Apple Watch, pause & resume, fully customizable sounds, and drill sharing — features you won't find anywhere else. 23 built-in competition drills. Progress charts. One-time purchase. APPLE WATCH — STANDALONE Run drills from your wrist without your phone. Browse by category, start with one tap, feel haptic signals — Stand By tap, Go buzz, Par Time pulse. Logs sync back to iPhone automatically. PAUSE & RESUME MID-DRILL Paused on rep 23 of 50? Resume from rep 24. Your session isn't lost because life interrupted. CUSTOMIZABLE SOUNDS 4 presets — Default, Tactical, Soft, Classic — or build your own. Assign a different tone to each of the 5 signals from 8 tone types. Preview before you train. EXPORT & IMPORT DRILLS Share your entire training program. Export drills as JSON, send to your squad via AirDrop or text. They import and run your exact drills with your exact par times. TRAINING LOG & PROGRESS CHARTS Every session logged with time, par times, notes, and target photos. Charts track your improvement over weeks. Export logs as CSV with photos for your coach. DRILL LIBRARY 23 built-in competition drills — Core, Match, and all 8 Steel Challenge stages. Build unlimited custom drills with multiple strings and individual par times per string. PAR SHIFT One tap shifts every par time across all strings by 1/100s. Tiny increments that compound into real speed. Perfect for Steve Anderson's "Refinement and Repetition." PRECISION TIMER Hardware-scheduled beeps — millisecond accuracy. Random or fixed start delay. Visual flash signals work with ear pro. AirPods and Bluetooth speaker support. No subscriptions. No ads. No account. Works offline. On the App Store since 2013.
PractiScore Competitor
Analyze competitor performance and compare match results for various shooting sports. Download results for offline viewing and sync live data from scoring devices. Offers detailed insights into match performance.
- View and compare match results
- Analyze competitor performance
- Download results for offline viewing
- Sync live data from scoring devices
- Detailed match performance insights
- Supports multiple shooting disciplines
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The easiest way to view and compare match results, as well as analyze competitor performance at IPSC, USPSA, Steel Challenge, IDPA, ICORE, PRS, ProAm, NRA, ISSF, 3Gun, PCSL and other matches. * Search results posted on https://practiscore.com by match name or competitor name * Download results posted on https://practiscore.com and several other web sites for offline viewing * Sync over WiFi during match from scoring devices running PractiScore apps * View and compare multiple competitors side by side * Dig into every details of the match performance
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills at 4.6 against PractiScore Competitor's 3.3. Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and price ($8.99 vs $9.99). PractiScore Competitor's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (48% vs 31%). 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
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills costs $8.99 and PractiScore Competitor $9.99 up front. PractiScore Competitor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PractiScore Competitor has 96 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills's written reviews are positive against 48% of PractiScore Competitor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills ships an update every 5 weeks, PractiScore Competitor weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills | PractiScore Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better | 3.3 (96 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 48.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #2 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 17+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Kurilo | Eugene Kuleshov |
Customer experience
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills
PractiScore Competitor
Bugs and requests
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PractiScore Competitor
Reported bugs
32 issues- Cannot sign in/register for matches
- App eats disk space, requires reinstallation
- Search not pulling up matches/competitors
- App unusable after update
- Text size huge, wastes space
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- UI terrible
- App crashes while searching for match
- Downloaded app crashes on startup
- No K zone
- Cannot compare results (+ sign missing)
- Cannot edit scores
- No back button after reviewing stage
- What if edits don't stick
- No red button to add shooters
- Swiping right deletes match
- Results not right, classes removed
- Match name disappears when scrolling
- Cannot tap on graph bars for split times
- Saved matches list order changed
- App crashes when pulling a match
- Data often incorrect or fails to load
- iOS version missing features from Android
- UI/UX bizarre and inconsistent
- Does not sync with practiscore.com
- Website has better UI and works on mobile
- Most matches don't load results
- Does not show final score in list
- Cannot go back after drilling into details
- Does not show stage time
- Does not show A/C/D count
- Menus confusing on iOS
- Keeps shutting down or resetting
Requested features
10 requests- Dark mode
- Filter out class scores
- Tutorial or guide for new users
- Revert to previous UI/bring back key elements
- Add back split time data
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- Add back competitor classifications
- Option to change match list order
- Bring back average percentage lost
- Re-enable absolute max points and toggle setting
- Support dark mode
In-app purchases
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills
No in-app purchases
PractiScore Competitor
- Pro features monthly subscription$1.991 Month
- Pro features annual subscription$14.991 Year
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