Comparison

USPSA App vs Par Timer

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

Head to head
About

USPSA App

This app serves as a comprehensive resource for members of the United States Practical Shooting Association and Steel Challenge. It allows users to view classifications, track progress, access match results, find clubs, and reference rulebooks. Stay connected to the sport and manage your shooting information easily.

Highlights
  • View and track classifications
  • Search member classification details
  • Access match results
  • Locate clubs and matches
  • Study stages and calculate classifications
  • Reference rulebooks
Features
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The official USPSA App is the all-in-one resource for United States Practical Shooting Association and Steel Challenge members. Whether you’re competing, tracking results, or learning the sport, everything you need is now in a single app. Features include: Classifications: View your current classifications and track progress. Classification Lookup: Search any member’s classification details. Match Results: Access official USPSA and Steel Challenge match results. Find Clubs: Locate clubs near you and explore match opportunities. Classification Diagrams & Calculators: Study stages and calculate classifications with ease. Rules Viewer: Quickly reference the latest USPSA and Steel Challenge rulebooks. Stay connected to the action, improve your performance, and keep all your shooting sports information at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.

About

Par Timer

This app provides a customizable par timer for dry-fire practice, allowing users to set voice commands, delays, par times, and shot cues. It helps build speed and consistency through structured drills, with options for display, sound, and vibration cues. The pro upgrade unlocks advanced features like preset management and run history.

Highlights
  • Customizable voice commands and delays
  • Adjustable par times and string progression
  • In-string shot cue integration
  • Reholster time options
  • Display, audio, and vibration cues
  • Training activity history and map
  • Save, load, and edit drill presets (Pro)
Features
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The most advanced par timer for dry-fire practice — you control the voice commands, delays, par times, shot cues, and progression, and drill against the beep to build speed and consistency from home. Par Timer delivers the timing cues you configure through on-screen display, sound, and vibration, so you can run structured dry-fire drills anywhere. Every part of the sequence is yours to set, from the delay before the start signal to how your par times tighten across sets. Note: this is a par timer, not a shot timer. It plays the timing cues you set and you train against them — it does NOT listen for or detect your shots, in dry-fire or live fire. There is no microphone-based shot detection. Key features: • Turn voice commands on or off — hear "Are you ready? Stand by" before each string, or run beeps only • Set the delay before each string of fire to a fixed time, a random range so you can't anticipate the start, or turn it off • Set the par time for the string and the number of strings in a run • Progressively decrease par time across sets with acceleration — either reaching a target time by the final set, or reducing by a fixed amount each set • Add shot cues within the string to practice splits and specific shot cadence • Add or disable reholster time between strings to set your own pace between reps • Get every cue by display, audio, and vibration — toggle audio and haptic cues independently for quiet or vibration-only practice • Review a full history of every run, with a training activity map showing how consistently you practice over time Pro upgrade (one-time purchase): • Save, load, edit, rename, and delete presets for your drill setups • Reload and repeat any past run straight from your history Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gunzncoffee.com/partimer/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

USPSA App4 screens
Par Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Par Timer at 5.0 against USPSA App's 3.7. Par Timer also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). USPSA App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Par Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. USPSA App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Par Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

USPSA App ships an update every 5 months, Par Timer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
USPSA App versus Par Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUSPSA AppPar Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB77 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperU S PRACTICAL SHOOTING ASSOCIATION INCDavid Asatrian

Customer experience

USPSA App

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Par Timer

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

In-app purchases

None

USPSA App

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Par Timer

One-time1
  • Par Timer Pro$9.99

Questions

Is USPSA App free?
USPSA App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Par Timer free?
Par Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, USPSA App or Par Timer?
Par Timer is rated higher. USPSA App averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Par Timer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do USPSA App or Par Timer have ads?
Neither USPSA App nor Par Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, USPSA App or Par Timer?
USPSA App ships an update every 5 months, and Par Timer every 6 days. Most recently, USPSA App was updated on October 2, 2026 and Par Timer on October 13, 2026.

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