Dry Fire Timer vs SimpleScoring IPSC
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.
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.
- Score shooting stages
- Save results
- Analyze performance
- What-if scenarios
- Share sessions
- Multi-device support
- Hit factor calculator
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SimpleScoring IPSC at 86% against Dry Fire Timer's 31%. SimpleScoring IPSC also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.2). On ratings volume, 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
SimpleScoring IPSC 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.
SimpleScoring IPSC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Dry Fire Timer's written reviews are positive against 86% of SimpleScoring IPSC's.
Dry Fire Timer ships an update every 2 months, SimpleScoring IPSC every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Dry Fire Timer | SimpleScoring IPSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Kurilo | Tomas Kaellsen |
Customer experience
Dry Fire Timer
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In-app purchases
Dry Fire Timer
No in-app purchases
SimpleScoring IPSC
No in-app purchases
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