Comparison

Alpha Charlie 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

Alpha Charlie

Analyze your performance in competitive shooting matches like USPSA and IDPA. Get detailed breakdowns of each stage, compare your scores to other shooters, and track your progress over time. Understand where you're losing points and how to improve your accuracy and speed.

Highlights
  • Match result analysis
  • Stage breakdown and comparison
  • Head-to-head shooter comparison
  • Performance trend tracking
  • Offline data storage
  • Optional iCloud Sync
Features
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Alpha Charlie is THE performance analytics app for USPSA, IDPA, PCSL, GPA and IPSC competitive shooters. Stop guessing where you're losing — start knowing. Capture your match results directly from the match results page and get instant, deep analysis of your performance. Alpha Charlie breaks down every stage, compares you to the field, and shows you exactly what's costing you places. MATCH ANALYTICS See your overall and division rank, match percentage, hit factor, and points down at a glance. Track how you're improving across every match you've shot. STAGE BREAKDOWN Review every stage in detail — your time, points, hit breakdown, and rank on each stage. Swipe through stage cards and spot where you gained or lost ground. HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON Compare yourself directly to any shooter in the field. See how your time, points, alphas, charlies, deltas, and misses stack up against any competitor. MATCH ANALYSIS Get smart insights that tell you whether speed or accuracy is costing you more places. See how many positions you'd gain with a 10% faster time, a clean run, or better hit quality. Find your best and worst stages relative to your average. TREND TRACKING Charts track your rank, match percentage, and hit factor over time so you can see your improvement arc across your full match history. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICE All match data is stored privately on your device. Nothing is sent to any server. Enable optional iCloud Sync to keep your data in sync across your iPhone and iPad. Supports USPSA, IDPA, GPA, PCSL and IPSC Matches Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Alpha Charlie4 screens
Par Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Alpha Charlie at free against Par Timer's freemium. Alpha Charlie also leads on ratings volume (31 vs 1). Par Timer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Alpha Charlie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Par Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Par Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alpha Charlie has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alpha Charlie ships an update weekly, Par Timer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Alpha Charlie versus Par Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlpha CharliePar Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB77 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRICHARD DAVID SILBERDavid Asatrian

Customer experience

Alpha Charlie

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Par Timer

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Alpha Charlie

Subscriptions2
  • Alpha Charlie Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Alpha Charlie Yearly$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Par Timer

One-time1
  • Par Timer Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Alpha Charlie free?
Alpha Charlie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Par Timer free?
Par Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Alpha Charlie or Par Timer?
Par Timer is rated higher. Alpha Charlie averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Par Timer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Alpha Charlie or Par Timer have ads?
Neither Alpha Charlie nor Par Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alpha Charlie or Par Timer?
Alpha Charlie ships an update weekly, and Par Timer every 6 days. Most recently, Alpha Charlie was updated on October 24, 2026 and Par Timer on October 13, 2026.

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