Comparison

Dry Fire Timer vs ShootOnTime

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

ShootOnTime

This app provides a simple and efficient par timer for shooting practice, suitable for both dry firing at home and live fire at the range. It focuses on tracking par times to help users improve their performance without collecting any user data.

Highlights
  • Par time tracking
  • Dry fire training
  • Live fire practice
  • Performance enhancement
  • Simple interface
  • Privacy focused
Features
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ShootOnTime is an entirely free and easy-to-use par timer application. Whether you're dry firing at home or honing your skills at the range, our app is designed to serve you as an efficient tool for increasing your performance. With an emphasis on simplicity and functionality, ShootOnTime eliminates the complexities found in many timer apps, making it an ideal companion for both novice and experienced shooters alike. PRIVACY: We Respect Your Data At ShootOnTime, we hold your privacy in the highest regard. Rest assured, we do not collect or store any data input by users within the app. Your trust is important to us, and we are committed to ensuring a secure user experience. NOTE:  Please be aware that ShootOnTime does NOT register or detect the audible firing of firearms. The app focuses solely on par time tracking for your shooting practices.

Screenshots

Dry Fire Timer4 screens
ShootOnTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShootOnTime at 90% against Dry Fire Timer's 31%. ShootOnTime also leads on price (Free vs $8.99) and rating (4.9 vs 4.2). Dry Fire Timer's advantage is chart position (#80 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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

ShootOnTime 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShootOnTime holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShootOnTime has 1.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Dry Fire Timer's written reviews are positive against 90% of ShootOnTime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dry Fire Timer ships an update every 2 months, ShootOnTime weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Dry Fire Timer versus ShootOnTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDry Fire TimerShootOnTime
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)4.9 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews90.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#80 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKonstantin KuriloLiberApps

Customer experience

Dry Fire Timer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%

ShootOnTime

All ratings1,092 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.8%
Negative4.8%

Bugs and requests

Dry Fire Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ShootOnTime

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to enter decimal values for par times
  • Forced updates at inconvenient times

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to measure split times
  • Option to set more than 5 par times
  • Ability to adjust tone volume or use custom sounds
  • Ability to export/import settings between devices
  • Option to count up instead of count down

In-app purchases

None

Dry Fire Timer

No in-app purchases

None

ShootOnTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dry Fire Timer free?
Dry Fire Timer costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShootOnTime free?
ShootOnTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dry Fire Timer or ShootOnTime?
ShootOnTime is rated higher. Dry Fire Timer averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while ShootOnTime averages 4.9 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Dry Fire Timer or ShootOnTime have ads?
Neither Dry Fire Timer nor ShootOnTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dry Fire Timer or ShootOnTime?
Dry Fire Timer ships an update every 2 months, and ShootOnTime weekly. Most recently, Dry Fire Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and ShootOnTime on September 25, 2026.

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