Are you a golf enthusiast who has been looking for a swing analysis app? You’ve come to the right place! In this blog post, we’ll break down the best apps on the market for analyzing your golf swing.
Why would you want to analyze your golf swing? Knowing what your strengths are, as well as your weaknesses, will help you to improve as a golfer.
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Best Apps For Golf Swing Analysis
5 of the Best Golf Swing Capture Apps on the Market
By: Liam Moore | Fri 16 Apr 2021 | 1 Comment
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As technology improves, so does our wonderful sport. Through the advent of shot tracers and swing analysers, amateur golfers are no longer priced out from improving their game. Whilst it’s still highly recommended that you visit a club pro to improve elements of your ability, some of the swing analysers listed below can provide a substitute for one-to-one tuition. They typically come as a free download with in-app purchases available, but that isn’t always the case and some provide a direct one-off payment to access their content. Below, we list five of the best apps to help you solve those frustrating quirks that hold your swing back.
Shot Tracer
Shot Tracer attempts to emulate the visuals that you see on Sky Sports. A line which will accompany the ball will highlight the flight, allowing golfers to easily understand what shape they’ve hit. In addition to the tracer, you also have options to download a golf shot recorder and a putting vision app – providing further depth and increased analysis into your game.
With features such as automatic start to finish ball flight tracking, the measurement of actual distances using GPS, tracking multiple shots in one video and the useful function of storing scores, Shot Tracer have left no stone unturned.
Through the use of all of these applications, you will be able to understand your swing better and how to iron out those minor – or major – faults. Currently priced at £5.99 on the IOS store, you’ll struggle to find an app that can produce the same results for so little expense.
IOS user comment: “It’s not perfect, but it’s not a £1,500 piece of kit. You need to get your filming angles right for it to be working correctly but you can manually overwrite this function if you want. Well worth a few quid.”
V1 Golf
V1 Golf offer their base application free, with in-app purchases available to the consumer. The depth that this ‘free’ app offers is simply sensational. You’ll be able to record your swings and send them to your coach for instant feedback or simply assess on your own. The application also offers playback in slow motion and frame-by-frame, presenting insight into the minute of details.
Additionally, you are in a position to upload these videos to your cloud, categorise and organise them and also be able to draw tools to measure and evaluate technique – or to simply influence the correct swing path. With lots of free brief lessons included in the download, it’s much more than just a swing analyser.
Considering its base features are free, it’s definitely worth a download to see if it can help improve your game. The monthly subscription rate, to unlock all the app’s features, is £6.49 and the annual rate is £58.99. Through this, you will be able to compare two videos in slow motion, obtain exclusive instructional content, delete multiple videos at once and, perhaps the biggest win, experience the app ad-free.
IOS user comment: “I have been using the V1 app for several years after having had it recommended by my former pro. Most useful of all is the ability to video one’s own practice sessions and get an instant view of what you are doing wrong (or right). I wouldn’t be without it – it’s worth every penny of the modest annual sub.”
Swing Profile Golf Analyzer
Having been awarded “Best Overall Product” and “Best Market Research” at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show, Swing Profile continue to grow in strength. There are countless of applications that promise to improve your swing, but with many of the underused models, you’ll experience clunky controls or occasionally, some functions that may not work at all.
Swing Profile ensure that their app is clean and user-friendly. The base functions are there; you’ll be able to see an instant replay of your swing, slow down the video and analyse on a more detailed level, but Swing Profile go above and beyond in other departments. You’ll be able to create auto draw swing paths or faded ones.
You can also synchronise two golf swings – which would be hugely beneficial if you’ve been sent one by your coach to emulate. Similarly to V1 Golf, Swing Profile offers a subscription service. If you pay the £6.99 monthly charge or the £44.99 annual price, you’ll get instant access to unrestricted recording within the app, immediate swing information and unlimited voiceover recording – for communicating with coaches and fellow players.
IOS user comment: “It’s so easy to setup, simple to use and gives instant video feedback of your golf swing in high quality slow motion. The ‘auto mode’ records video only when you actually swing the club and then provides instant feedback – all without touching a button! You can then analyse your swing against the professionals. The best golf app ever!”
Golf SwingPlane
Golf SwingPlane has been on the market for a while now and has certainly established itself as one of the more reliable swing analysis apps. Whilst it offers a fairly basic interface – in contrast to V1 or Swing Profile – its functions are the exact same. It is an advanced swing analysis which has been supported from the likes of USA Today and Golf Monthly.
It follows an identical model for premium swing apps in that’s it’s free but offers in-app purchases for further content. It records videos with no length on the recording, will compare two swings at once, edit videos within the app, frame-by-frame rewind and slow motion shot capture.
One aspect that is certainly worth noting, are the lessons from tour professionals that are available to purchase within the app. With Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson’s wisdom ready at the tap of a screen. Each professional golfer has a bundle of 4-6 videos and they are obtainable for the price of 99p per golfer. You can also upgrade to an Elite User, but that function appears to be buggy and offers no window once selected.
IOS user comment: “I have only just started using this app but have already identified an out-to-in swing path, which I didn’t think I had. The comparison with the pro’s swing is also excellent. There is no cost unless you want to use the advanced features. This app is too good to be true.”
Mirror Vision
Mirror Vision are new to the game and although they might not have a similar volume of users or reviews as the others listed, it’s certainly a viable option to correct and analyse your golf swing – especially after the improvements on previous buggy versions. They offer something different. Through the use of another IOS device, you’ll be able to see your swing in real time after pairing the devices together. One would argue it’s just like looking into a mirror.
Some of its features are real-time streaming, no Wi-Fi or internet connection needed, slow motion 240 fps video recording and playback options, self-insert reference lines to encourage shot shaping, share videos between devices and to name and organise clips and videos. Upon opening the app, your screen will transition into the camera interface and you’ll easily be able to draw lines and angles which should encourage the correct swing path.
Mirror Version offer a free two-week trial period before you must pay to continue to use its features. It’s currently priced at $35 (£25.44) for the year and that will give you instant access to the app and the videos that you have already stored.
Free golf swing analysis software
Swing Index
The Swing Index app is partially owned by our parent company, 8am Golf, but the tech within the Swing Index app is genuinely impressive and worth trying for yourself.
You won’t need any additional products to use Swing Index; it works entirely through your Smartphone. The app is free to download, and the videos taken of your swing are called SwingShots. If you want some swing advice, you’ll have to pay $29.99 for a teacher to analyze your swing and rate your golf swing on 21 different elements for an overall score, called a Swing Index. The expert also creates a customized roadmap that will help you improve your Swing Index, and helps you keep your goals in mind for example, to break 100 or just to have more fun.
Swing Index gives you great insight into your current abilities and into your potential. Perhaps you’ll find out your current swing is rated at 5.29 and has the potential to improve to 6.9 (out of 10) once you complete your personalized lessons.
The teaching professional analyzing your swing looks at five areas: set up, pivot, path, lever and release. Each area has its own metrics. For example, set up evaluates grip, stance, knee flex, posture, ball position and aim/alignment. This app is not a basic, “How to hold a golf club” guide. It’s a two-way street in which you get real solutions from real people.
Zepp Golf 2 3D Swing Analyzer
With the Zepp analyzer, you buy a sensor for $149. Attach it to your glove, and it connects with a free smartphone app to analyze your swing in 3-D. You get immediate feedback about the adjustments that your technique needs.
You also get the ability to track your on-course performance, share group photos and videos, and add graphics, voice-overs and the like to your videos. If you don’t have a sensor, the app also includes video recognition technology for your swing.
What Zepp has to offer is helpful, but it might take a small adjustment period, nothing major, for new golfers to understand how it works. It helps to know what your weak areas are first. Only then can you rely on the readings to monitor your progress.
You can buy the sensors from retailers such as Amazon and from Zepp itself. The metrics that the sensor tracks include hip rotation, tempo, club speed, club plane and backswing position. The operating time per charge is eight hours.
Blast Golf Swing Trainer
Like with Zepp, you combine a sensor and mobile app for your swing analysis. Also like Zepp’s, the Blast Golf Swing Trainer sensor costs about $149. (You can buy it on Amazon.) It goes past your swing to look at metrics such as launch angle, ball speed and estimated carry distance. It also captures metrics such as back swing time, down swing time and swing tempo. You can store historical data and keep an eye on your performance over time. The trainer analyzes all types of swings but is particularly popular among golfers who want to improve their putting.
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Since the tracking is not obtrusive, you should be able to quickly “forget” that there’s a sensor on your club. You move and swing as you normally would, and receive immediate insights about your swing tendencies from the app. In addition, you can have someone video your swing or set your smartphone on a tripod to record it yourself. Analyze your swing in slow-motion to learn about your power index, blast factor, face rotation, timing, temp, velocity direction and more. You can also share your metrics and video to social media.
Garmin TruSwing
Lots of swing analyzers use a sensor to collect data, which is sent to your smartphone. In the case of the Garmin TruSwing, the data heads to your watch (the sensor pairs with Approach S4, S5, S6, S20 and x40 watches as well as the Approach G7 and G8 handhelds). No need to haul around your smartphone if you don’t want to! You can buy the sensors from PGA Tour Superstore.
The data includes two swing comparisons (overlaid on each other). You receive immediate feedback that shows you where you need to make changes—for example, to change your clubface angle and clubhead-path angle. With the Approach S6 golf watch, you get even more data to see how your wrist travels as you swing. You’re all instant feedback on all the different elements of your swing.
The sensor attaches below the grip of your club and shouldn’t feel flashy or weighty. There’s also the Garmin Connect smartphone app where you can take part in a community and review your swings in 3-D. As for pricing, the sensor retails for about $119.99. The Approach S60 watch is $349.99, and the X40 is $249.99.
Arccos Caddie Smart Sensors
For $254.99, an Arccos system can be yours. Fourteen golf club sensors are the most notable features of this package. They’re extremely lightweight and should have no impact on your swing. Nor are you asked to attach a sensor to your glove like you are with Zepp. This hands-free approach is really nice.
Arccos could be exactly what you’re looking for—or it could be too much. If you’re seeking a comprehensive approach to your golf game, including historical data, course stats and strategies for each hole, then you and Arccos could have a great future together. You can buy the sensor kit on Amazon.
If you simply want to fine-tune how to hold a golf club correctly and maximize your swing, then it’s wiser to spend less money on something such as Swing Index. That way, you also get lessons customized to you.
V1 Swing Analysis Software
V1 Golf has been one of the staples of video analysis software for years. Its prices range from $30 per month for a basic mobile package to $100 for premium complete (that option is used mostly by instructors). The app uses the camera on your Apple or Android to record your swing, and then allows you to draw different lines on your swing to check different aspects of your swing, like the plane of your club shaft.
The app also includes videos from teachers to help you understand certain moves, and a large library of tour players’ golf swings to use as a reference.
The Best Swing Analyzer
The new wave of technology means golfers have more resources at their fingertips than ever before. Use them wisely, and it’s never been easier to improve your game.
So, which is swing analyzer is best? It all depends on what you’re looking for and what your skill level is. There is no size fits all. Think about what you want, your goals, and where you think your swing can improve, and find the technology that will best help you accomplish that.
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