Comparison

Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills vs SimpleScoring IPSC

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

SimpleScoring IPSC

Easily score shooting stages and save results for practice or informal matches. Analyze performance with hit factors and score percentages, and share your sessions across multiple devices. It also functions as a standalone calculator for IPSC/USPSA hit factors.

Highlights
  • Score shooting stages
  • Save results
  • Analyze performance
  • What-if scenarios
  • Share sessions
  • Multi-device support
  • Hit factor calculator
Features
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Score stages and save the results during practice or impromptu matches with your friends. Designed to be as simple to use as possible on the range; just add a few friends and some stages and you are ready to score and review the results. Analysis of results that provides what-if scenarios with hit factors and score percentage. Share your session and use multiple devices. Can be used as a standalone IPSC/USPSA hit factor calculator. Free. No ads.

Screenshots

Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills4 screens
SimpleScoring IPSC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimpleScoring IPSC at 86% against Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills's 31%. SimpleScoring IPSC also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

SimpleScoring IPSC is free to download; Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimpleScoring IPSC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills's written reviews are positive against 86% of SimpleScoring IPSC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills ships an update every 5 weeks, SimpleScoring IPSC every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills versus SimpleScoring IPSC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDry Fire Timer & Par DrillsSimpleScoring IPSC
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB51 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperKonstantin KuriloTomas Kaellsen

Customer experience

Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%

SimpleScoring IPSC

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills

No in-app purchases

None

SimpleScoring IPSC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills free?
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimpleScoring IPSC free?
SimpleScoring IPSC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills or SimpleScoring IPSC?
SimpleScoring IPSC is rated higher. Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while SimpleScoring IPSC averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills or SimpleScoring IPSC have ads?
Neither Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills nor SimpleScoring IPSC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills or SimpleScoring IPSC?
Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills ships an update every 5 weeks, and SimpleScoring IPSC every 9 days. Most recently, Dry Fire Timer & Par Drills was updated on November 9, 2026 and SimpleScoring IPSC on November 3, 2026.

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