The Golf Tracer
3.8 ★
Avg Rating
The Golf Tracer is an easy-to-use app that lets you trace and visualize your golf shots from videos using your phone. Trusted by professional golfers, influencers, and coaches worldwide, it turns swing footage into shareable content with customizable effects and analytics.
9.1
Popularity
2,006
Reviews
9
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About — Storefront Description
Trace your golf shots with just your phone! Golf Tracer is the world's easiest, most flexible, and beautifully simple golf shot tracing app, used by top-ranked professionals, social media influencers, and teaching professionals globally.
Capture or upload your golf videos and easily trace your shots with full customization. Add yardage, choose from multiple tracer styles, and visualize your performance like never before. Use it as a learning tool or for entertainment on the course or at the range.
Key Features:
• Manual Tracer: full control over your shot tracers
• Tracer Styles: choose from multiple colors and styles (fireball, USA, electric, and more)
• Shot Yardage: add yardage data like the professionals
• Easy Export: save and share videos anywhere
• Swing Sequence: create swing sequences with one tap
• Video Looper: create mesmerizing back-and-forth videos
• Overlays: add crowds, scoreboards, and more
• Golf Emojis: customize with golf-themed emojis
• Video Library: save and edit all your content in one place
Tips for Best Results: Keep your phone stable, film until the ball lands, and follow our in-app guides. Our team is available for immediate feedback if you need assistance.
Have questions or suggestions? Contact us at contact@swingu.com
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Trace your golf shots! All you need is your phone. Used by top-ranked pros, social media influencers, and teaching professionals around the world.
Golf Tracer is the most easy-to-use, flexible, and beautifully simple golf tracer app in the world!
Capture or upload your golf videos and easily trace your shots! Customize your tracers, add yardage, and more!
Visualize your shots like never before. Use it as a learning tool or for entertainment on the course or at the range.
Features include:
• MANUAL TRACER: full control over your tracers
• TRACER STYLES: choose any color or style (fireball, USA, electric & more)
• SHOT YARDAGE: add yardage like the pros
• EASY EXPORT: save and share videos anywhere
• SWING SEQUENCE: create a swing sequence with one tap
• VIDEO LOOPER: mesmerizing back and forth videos
• OVERLAYS: add crowds, scoreboards & more
• GOLF EMOJIS: add custom golf emojis
• VIDEO LIBRARY: save & edit your content in one place
Are you ready to take your golf experience to the next level? Get started today with Golf Tracer!
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Tracer Usage Tips: Keep your phone stable, film until the ball lands, and follow our in-app guides for the best results. If you are having any trouble getting a good result, you can always reach out to our team for immediate feedback.
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Have an idea, question, or feedback?
Drop us a line at contact@swingu.com
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• Terms of use: https://blog.gottagolf.com/2015/03/01/golf-tracer-app-terms/
• Privacy policy: https://blog.gottagolf.com/2015/03/01/golf-tracer-app-privacy-policy/
What's New
Bug fixes
Screenshots
Features
| Feature | Sentiment | Source | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| video library management | Positive 0.60 | description | VIDEO LIBRARY: save & edit your content in one place |
| tracer customization | Positive 0.45 | description | Customize your tracers, add yardage, and more! choose any color or style (fireball, USA, electric & more) |
| video export | Neutral 0.20 | description | EASY EXPORT: save and share videos anywhere |
| swing sequence creation | Neutral 0.00 | description | SWING SEQUENCE: create a swing sequence with one tap |
| video looping | Neutral 0.00 | description | VIDEO LOOPER: mesmerizing back and forth videos |
| video overlays | Neutral 0.00 | description | OVERLAYS: add crowds, scoreboards & more |
| custom emoji annotation | Neutral 0.00 | description | GOLF EMOJIS: add custom golf emojis |
| shot yardage annotation | Negative -0.50 | description | SHOT YARDAGE: add yardage like the pros |
| shot tracing | Negative -0.62 | description | Capture or upload your golf videos and easily trace your shots! |
| auto shot tracking | — | review | I wanted something that would do it automatically |
| metric distance units | — | review | Is it possible to set in meters instead of yards? |
| assisted ball detection | — | review | I purchased this because my eye sight is not great and often cannot see where the ball lands |
| app stability | — | review | Error message stating no connection available when it clearly is |
| developer support | — | review | Would like a response from the developer |
Review Highlights
No hace lo que promete
Es simple, pero porque lo único que permite es pintar una línea en el vídeo. NO SIGUE LA BOLA, solo te deja trazar un Linea de manera fácil, pero la línea la tienes que trazar tú.
La App te hace creer que automáticamente va a seguir el vuelo de la bola y a trazar la línea que sigue su trayectoria, pero no es así.
Quite good!
Simple but effective. Is it possible to set in meters instead of yards?
Lamentable
No traza el vuelo de la bola.
Bit sticky
I downloaded just to use the shot tracer tool. You scroll through your video frame-by-frame to find the exact moment you connect with the ball, then specify where it landed. On top of this you can adjust the height your ball reached, the curve and how long it hung in the air for. All very well but it always takes me about a minute to get the app to freeze on the exact frame I want for ball connection - very frustrating. Potential customers must be aware that this is a heavily manual process and doesn’t automatically detect and capture your ball flight.
Best golf tracer
This golf tracer is so good for only one dollar it does what it needs to do 5 stars all day
Scam
Bad
Awful
Probably the worst app I’ve ever used
Doesn’t work
Can’t upload video
The best app for to trace your shots
Recently I’ve purchased shot tracer app for map and pc but didn’t work for me. Had too many issue and not very user friendly. However, when I download this app and started using to tracer video, I was shocked how good this app is. This app just need updates with new features and will become the best. I’ve cancelled by shot tracer subscription and fully using this app now. I hope to see new features coming to this app as I’m very happy. Will recommend 100% to anyone thinking to spend money on expensive shot tracer app.
Not bad other than impact frame
The frustration of trying to keep the slider on the impact frame when you lift your finger off the screen ruins the whole experience, other than that not bad.
Not good
I don’t know if the premium version is different but you have to tell it how far it went, edit when it was hot and where it went. Not what I was looking for.
Really good!
I love how you can select videos from your camera roll and add tracers.👍🏻
Poor app
Poor functionality, you have to draw your own shot trace after the fact which is difficult to do accurately and takes a long time. Deleted after several attempts.
Really excellent
I was sceptical about getting this app due to the bad reviews. However, it is really good. I had brought the other shot tracer app but it wasn’t working so I took a gamble on this one.
It doesn’t auto trace your ball, but it has many features which allow you to change the path speed, trejactory, where the ball lands, starts and others. This allows the path to be pretty much on point.
You can also add player names, scores, shot number, holes etc.
Considering there is basically only two possible options on the market and the other one didn’t work for me, I would really recommend getting this app.
Works great
This is the cheapest tracer app on the market that works as it’s ment too a have created so awesome clips on this app and will continue to use it and would recommend for sure
Used to work, doesn’t anymore
Really frustrating because this app used to be great, but now it just doesn’t work.
Wish the developers would respond, but I suppose they’ve got my money now and have given up on this app? I hope I’m wrong
No idea
Not sure what I was expecting, but this isn’t a ball tracker. Even the instructions don’t reflect what actually happens in the app.
Makes good video clips
The idea of this app is to video your shot with a fixed camera from an angle which allows you to see the entire ball flight. You then create the ball flight tracking video later, either in the club house or at home. You can get very good results providing you can see where the ball lands and see a reasonable section oh the ball flight. The app could be much improved by allowing zooming into the full frame to make frame selection easier.
Perfect for video editing
I’ve based the 5* on it performing as I need it to. If you’re looking to add a tracer to video shoots AFTER the round this is perfect! I would highly recommend keeping the camera completely still for the whole tracing sequence as the line moves with the camera.
Don’t Bother!
I bought this app yesterday and it is yet to work. Can’t get past the intro stages before it tells me ‘ERROR’ and to test my connection when I am clearly connected.
Would love a refund. Wasted my money
Still doesn’t work
Would like a response from the developer.
Why is it on the App Store if it doesn’t work.
If it’s free then no complaints but it’s not.
DO NOT BUY
Can’t even get started. Error message stating no connection available when it clearly is. Should have read the reviews before I downloaded as it appears to be a known issue........FROM TWO YEARS AGO!!
Doesn’t work
Doesn’t work on the IPhone 11 Pro Max. Always comes up with “Error”
Don’t spend the 99p
Absolute shambles
Took a chance thinking the app might actually be okay. It’s only .99p right? There is a review from two years back that says they can’t access without a WiFi connection. The company responses to that saying it’s a known bug in the UK App Store. This review is TWO YEARS OLD and the exact same thing is happening to me. Don’t buy this app, waste of time and money. Enjoy my 99p.
Rubbish
Load of rubbish. Open up the app and it brings up an error message saying “Some errors occurred. Please check your connection or try again later”. My connection is fine and tried both on WiFi and 4G.
Terrible app, do not waste your money.
I also see a comment 2 years ago, there was a problem with the UK App Store downloads. Maybe after 2 years they still haven’t fixed it.
Shambles.
Doesn’t work
App won’t even start up, press lets get started and comes up with an error each time? Tried on 2 different WiFi connections and on my normal 4G and nothing will load it. Steer clear!!
Doesn’t work.
“Error. Some errors occurred. Please try again later”. My connections both via 4G and Wi-Fi are full
A manual tracer, poor app description
The app basically asks you to manually draw your own tracer onto your video. That might be fine but it’s not what I wanted. I wanted something that would do it automatically. Some honesty in the description wouldn’t go amiss.
Best purchase
I love this app
Charlie
I’m not sure if the app wasn’t working properly but I purchased this because my eye sight is not great and often cannot see where the ball lands. I upgraded hoping this service would be able to auto trace my ball. There was a video saying you could get assisted trace...well not where I was looking? If I’m doing something wrong then I’m putting that down to poor how to’s.
The idea of being able to trace where your ball goes to, would be amazing but I’m being asked to say how far it went, where the contact was, where did it land? I mean I’m doing all the work aren’t I?
Do not buy
Doesn’t do as advertised. Utter rubbish.
Worst app in the world - don’t buy!
What’s the point of a ball tracer app if you have to manually trace it. Keep your money and don’t bother.
Tracer app
Absolutely rubbish app as it will not open
Waste of money , whilst it looks interesting
Still not able to use this app
I like to think I am technologically up to speed with things but still can’t figure out how to work this app. I am using an iPhone X and on a tripod and good lighting conditions but when I am ready to upload my video the force closes.
TWO STAR APP AT MOST 👎👎👎
Does not work at all if you are not connected to the internet. Literally won’t even open! Once connected to the internet you need to upload your video and it takes FOR EVER to get a ball flight line back. I am also worried about data privacy since hell knows where that video is sent and stored. I would not buy this app if I know about all this before hand. The developer needs make clear that the app needs an internet connection to work!!!😡😡😡😡
Crashes frequently DO NOT BUY!
App does not work as advertised. Beware of this before buying. This app simply does not work, it is a fraud!
When opening the app and choosing a video it crashes the app. If the video is shorter than 15 seconds then it seems to work but only if you are connected to the internet. If you are out on the golf course with no internet reception you are out of luck and out of money.
as useless as the gottagolf app
seems like a copy of the gottagolf app and its as useless. app does not even work if you are not connected to the internet and takes forever for a video to be send to their server and get a random ball flight line back. absoulute rip off to charge for this crap!
Great
Good fun and good results
Robo
Un robo total....la bajas, te cobran, y al instante te sale un mensaje qué hay “error de conexión”
Error de conexión
No he podido utilizar la aplicación desde que la descargué por que me sale “error de conexión” siempre que me meto, sin importar a qué red esté conectado
Ya no hace automático el trace
Con la nueva actualización, ya el trace asistido no esta disponible, hay que hacerlo manual...
Que chiste tiene??? Ya perdi interes en la herramienta
No carga los videos
No carga los videos
The BEST
Not even close. The only tracer you should be using. And it’s free!
Waste of money
Don’t waste your money
It’s good
Love the app
Broken
Attempted to upload a video, selected it from my library. Then the screen went blank. I ensured that the app had permissions for my uploads, relaunched the app. Same error occurred. Reset my phone. The app stated that it didn't have permissions for my video. This app is faulty and it appears to occur on the product end and not the user.
Terrible. Waste of a dollar
This app does not work. Super glitchy and cannot trace accurately. I want a refund.
Tracer start
The tracer just snaps back to the timeline where ever I lt wants. Very hard to get it to start at impact, you just kinda get it started near it and that’s it. Fix the one thing this app is used for.
Not Worth It
It’s not as easy to use as others. I’m always happy to support, but others at least give you a trial.
Cool idea, terrible execution
There is no way, other than spending ages and ages and ages guessing and hoping, to set the exact contact frame to begin the tracer. It’s infuriating.
SO ANNOYING AND HARD TO USE
This is honestly the hardest and most annoying golf tracer i’ve tried to use. i’ve been trying to make 1 video for half an hour but no matter what i try it resets itself and just doesn’t work
Robbed me
How you gonna make me pay 1 dollar then I randomly get charged me 51 bucks
Mediocre
Selecting the frame when you make contact is very imprecise. Once you've done that you just select where the ball starts and ends and then you drag a line to kind of generally trace where the ball might've been. Not a true shot tracer. Also doesn't do well with Cameron instability, basically we need a tripod to make it work.
Not even worth $1 SAVE YOUR MONEY
The app tells you to select you impact point but when you drop a pin it just jumps back to different frame so you just have to tap and hope that you can some how land the pin on the actual impact point
Just don’t.
Doesn’t let me save videos to my phone. Even though I paid for the “upgraded” or “pro” version. Stupid
Just bad
Horrendous
Doesn’t work
The slider to adjust hang time doesn’t work at all, so it’s impossible to track the ball correctly. The fast and slow slider also does not work. Useless.
Not a great app
This is probably the most recent review you’ll see so plz trust me that it is not the best app for shot tracing and you should waste a dollar on it. Not the easiest app to use in my opinion.
NOT WORKING AT ALL
Don't waste your time and money
Idk if it’s abandoned or not
This app just needs to allow you to be able to tap left and right and move it frame by frame for impact instead of having to do it with finger cause it’s way harder to get it right with finger
Great tracer n price
Great app . Everything has been flawless. I would give it 5 stars but the tracer doesn’t seem to be gone after the landing. Update guys !!!! But otherwise great app
Terrible
Felt compelled to write this review, but it’s honestly terrible. It’s so inaccurate to select the frame where the trace starts and just jumps as soon as you lift your finger from the exact spot, so it’s nearly impossible to have the tracer start where ball impact is. When it works it’s okay, but getting it there is so incredibly frustrating
Garbage
What a garbage app. Buggy. Never worked properly. AI tracking is a joke. Literally nothing positive to say about this app. Stay away.
Junk
Not good
Pathetic
I don’t want to track my own stuff. Doesn’t let me pinpoint percise contact. Can go “back” without having to start over. WASTE OF MONEY
Mad glitchy
Cheap app
Terrible
I still can’t figure out what this app does. It records your swing. Great I have a camera on my phone. Then you can draw approximate lines to see your shot shape. Great, I have eyes. No user guide when you click button. No response by email. These reviews must all be fake.
Doesn’t actually trace
No tracing. Just lets you add start and finish and adjust the flight path manually.
The BEST and CHEAPEST tracer app
You can edit the tracer SO PRECISELY, even more than other tracer apps which cost EVEN MORE!!! Definitely recommend.
Trash emoji
Terrible app. Hard to use.
Delayed Response
Unfortunately this thing doesn’t live up to expectations. I always use the manual tracer for accuracy purposes and that’s fine. However, the line kicks in almost a whole second after impact which just looks goofy. Please fix.
Very basic. Not worth while
Lots to be desired. Simple layout, very basic with no real perspective from an actual golfer with a relationship with real golf tech. It’s just poor bezier curves with timing. Your shot fades or draws? Good luck properly mapping that with this. Skip this app.
Contact point impossible to line up.
It’s crazy ridiculous and frustrating to pin point ball contact like it’s asks you. It’s like it’s working against you at times. Why can’t you advance the frames with a arrow or something.
Useless
Doesnt trace your shot. Adjustment sliders to speed and shotshape is inaccurate and away off from the actual shot. It's just drawing a guesstimated line on screen based on what you say is start and end point if the ball.
You just draw your own line.
I expected it to detect ball flight. You pick the start. Pick the end, and adjust the apex location and speed
Doesn't Work as Expected
You basically have to configure the line manually. Not like the app description at all.
Good app
I wish the tracer locked on and didn’t move when the camera moves
Useless
Never shows the preview.. just stalls out. Good idea.. terrible app.
Horrible
Everytime I lift my finger to select the frame when I make contact with the ball it moves 10 frames back. I wanted to use this to make videos but when I need to spend 5 minutes per video just to get the frame correct it’s not worth it
Literally worthless
Doesn’t actually trace or pick up on anything and is literally never accurate lol waste of money
By far the best golf tracer app
It would be nice to have the ability to customize the distance meter (drag and place, font, style ect.) but apart from that- this is by far the best tracer app that doesn’t require a monthly subscription without the constant bombardment of countless other upsells. I’ve used the “free trials” on all of the other apps, and what they lack in offering has me coming back to strictly using Golf Tracer as a premium member. Hats off to the developers. You all have a gem on your hands, please keep improving it and I won’t hesitate to pay even more than I already am!
Junk
It’s a junk. It doesn’t trace balls as advertised. You need to estimate the distance yourself and select the frame that contacts the ball. If you need to provide all the information what’s the point of this app?
It’s an almost fraud
It doesn’t provide a ball tracer feature at all
Good app needs one more thing
App is good overall, but wish the shot tracer would stay in place when using a video where you're zooming in or panning, the tracer moves with it making the landing and start point of the tracer move.
Ball Contact Frame is Frustrating
When this app works it works good, but setting the contact frame for the ball is a inconsistent mess. I will have to set the marker multiple times for it to move to a few frames before or after for seemingly no reason. I’ll end up having to move the pin around randomly in hopes that it will finally land where I need it to. If that problem was fixed then it would be a much better experience and make my work infinitely smoother.
Terrible app
Terrible. You pretty much have to draw your own shot. Just stupid
Great App
It’s good for what it is, simply adding a ball tracer, needs more free features but it does have great potential.
Very cool
I am a +2 handicap and wanted to start creating some content. This is the second shot tracing app I tried and I am very satisfied! About to upgrade to the premium version to unlock more cool options. Cheers, Hatch!
Finicky but gets to job done
Super finicky to select when the ball is struck. It keeps unselecting where the ball was struck and doesn’t like to stay where you put it. Once you fight it enough it works well but you gotta keep trying.
Frustrating
This app is beyond frustrating getting the initial frame lined up at contact. For whatever reason it back tracks 3 or 4 frames. And when you go past the point of contact 3 or 4 frames, it then finally stops where you tell it to. So annoying. Other than that solid
Don’t buy, even for $1
Gave it access to videos and then it bugs out and won’t upload, waste of money