Comparison

ShootOnTime vs Dry Fire Practice

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

Head to head
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.

About

Dry Fire Practice

Develop a consistent dry-fire practice routine for shooting sports. Access guided drills for pistols, rifles, and shotguns, track your progress, and improve technique. Offers optional microphone-based click detection for enhanced training.

Highlights
  • Guided pistol, rifle, and shotgun drills
  • Daily practice habit building with streaks
  • Repetition tracking and technique cues
  • Optional microphone-based click detection
  • Progress tracking for sessions and reps
  • iPhone Duo split-screen functionality
Features
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Build a daily dry-fire practice habit. Follow guided pistol, rifle and shotgun drills, complete deliberate reps, and see your training progress. Dry Fire Practice gives sport shooters a calm, focused place to train at home, at the club or before a match. MAKE PRACTICE A HABIT Start with one guided rep, then choose short five- or ten-rep practices. Rate completed sessions, choose reminder days and follow your daily streak. FOLLOW EACH REP Keep the process steps and coaching cues in view. Practice trigger control, hold stability, natural point of aim, mount and follow-through. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Open iPhone Duo to keep your current repetition and technique guide side by side. Browse drills beside Today, review a session beside your training log, and see more of your statistics. Close it for a compact practice view. COUNT REPS YOUR WAY Mark reps manually, or unlock optional microphone-based click detection with Dryfire Pro during an active session. Add and edit click profiles, then calibrate detection for your setup. Microphone input is used only during active sessions and calibration, and the app shows when it is listening. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Track sessions, dry reps, practice days and streaks. Free users may see ads outside training. Dryfire Pro removes ads and adds click detection, advanced statistics, achievements, full session history and rep timing. Designed for sport shooting, including ISSF-style pistol practice, rifle drills and shotgun mount practice. Works on iPhone with iOS 17 or later. PRACTICE SAFELY Before training, point in a safe direction, confirm the firearm, airgun or training device is unloaded, remove live ammunition from the area and use a safe practice area. Follow your club, range, competition and local safety rules.

Screenshots

ShootOnTime4 screens
Dry Fire Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ShootOnTime at 4.9 against Dry Fire Practice's 4.0. ShootOnTime also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Dry Fire Practice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ShootOnTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShootOnTime holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShootOnTime has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShootOnTime ships an update weekly, Dry Fire Practice every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ShootOnTime versus Dry Fire Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShootOnTimeDry Fire Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews90.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLiberAppsMorten Teinum

Customer experience

ShootOnTime

All ratings1,092 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.7%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive90.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative4.7%

Dry Fire Practice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Dry Fire Practice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ShootOnTime

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dry Fire Practice

One-time1
  • Dryfire Pro$9.99

Questions

Is ShootOnTime free?
ShootOnTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dry Fire Practice free?
Dry Fire Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ShootOnTime or Dry Fire Practice?
ShootOnTime is rated higher. ShootOnTime averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Dry Fire Practice averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ShootOnTime or Dry Fire Practice have ads?
Dry Fire Practice shows ads; ShootOnTime does not.
Which is updated more often, ShootOnTime or Dry Fire Practice?
ShootOnTime ships an update weekly, and Dry Fire Practice every 5 days. Most recently, ShootOnTime was updated on November 7, 2026 and Dry Fire Practice on November 7, 2026.

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