Dry Fire Timer vs Aria
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dry Fire Timer
This app provides a versatile dry fire training experience with a comprehensive drill library and a precision timer. It offers unique features like standalone Apple Watch operation, pause and resume functionality, and customizable sound alerts for enhanced training sessions.
- Standalone Apple Watch app
- Pause and resume drills
- Customizable sounds and signals
- Drill sharing via export/import
- Training log and progress charts
- 23 built-in competition drills
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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.
Aria
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Aria is a full match management system for IPSC competitions. IPSC Shooters? ------------------------- Aria is for you! See your past matches, follow your progress, and see insights and statistics about you as an IPSC shooter, or use our easy-to-use online scoring tracker to track your training. Match Directors? ---------------------------- Aria is everything you need! (1) A complete management system, including a website for every match, an online registration form for shooters, squad management, online stage briefings, and more. (2) An electronic scoring system, including all scoring modes, procedures, DQs, reshoots, formal signature forms, live score publishing, and more. Aria has completely changed the way regions manage their IPSC matches giving MDs a place to publish all their matches information, judges a cool and easy scoring system (completely paperless), and competitors the added value from receiving scores by email the moment they finish a stage.
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The clearest difference is price: Aria at Free against Dry Fire Timer's $8.99. Aria also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Dry Fire Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On ads, 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
Aria is free to download; Dry Fire Timer costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dry Fire Timer ships an update every 2 months, Aria every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dry Fire Timer | Aria |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Kurilo | Yoav Amit |
In-app purchases
Dry Fire Timer
No in-app purchases
Aria
No in-app purchases









