Most swing video apps are free to download and sell a subscription inside. A few are bought once. A few are free with nothing to buy, and almost all of those have under thirty ratings. The table below says which is which, so you can decide what you are willing to pay before you compare features. The detailed comparisons link from each row.

Comparisons

• Golf swing video apps without a subscription: the apps you buy once, what each one does and lacks, and what the subscription apps cost a year. Short version: if you want a range video cut into one clip per swing with lines, a tracer, slow motion and a swing sequence in one purchase, that is Impact Reel at $9.99; if you only want a tracer, Easy Tracer is $0.99 and FlightArc is free; if you want side-by-side comparison more than a tracer, look at SwingDraw and GolfClip.

Coming next: Impact Reel compared with V1 Golf, and with Swing Profile.

Every app, by purchase model

Where an app lists more than one price for the same purchase (introductory offers, regional tiers), the lowest and highest seen are given. "Ratings" is the US count on the date checked, a rough guide to how many people use the app.

App	Download	What you pay	Ratings	What it is for
Buy once, nothing else to pay
Impact Reel	$9.99	Nothing else. Every feature included.	new	Cuts a range video into one clip per swing; lines, hand-marked tracer, slow motion, Swing Sequence, notes and library. On device, no account.
SwingDraw: Golf Swing Analyzer	$14.99	Nothing else (its listing: no subscriptions, no ads, no feature gates)	7	Record or import swings, frame-by-frame review, drawing tools, body tracking, side-by-side comparison, a swing library with tags.
Easy Tracer: Golf Swing Glow	$0.99	Nothing else	0	A hand-marked ball-flight tracer: tap launch, peak and landing, export the clip.
FlightArc: Golf Shot Tracer	Free	Nothing (no in-app purchases listed)	3	Tracer only: pick impact and landing, customize, export without a watermark.
Golf Ball Tracer	Free	Nothing (no in-app purchases listed)	24	Tracer with a scoreboard and a hole flyover.
Paid download plus a one-time unlock
GolfClip: Swing Video Cutter	$6.99	PRO Pack, $6.99, one-time (its listing also describes a free tier with ads)	0	Cuts a long range video into one-swing clips on the device; side-by-side and overlay comparison; lines and circles; Google Drive backup. No tracer or slow motion in its listing.
Shot Tracer	$5.99	Subscriptions inside: Live Tracer and Video Editor $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year; Map $1.99	9	The original manual tracer plus a putt reader in the purchase; live and automatic tracing need the subscription.
Free download, one-time unlock
SwingReview: Auto Golf Camera	Free	Unlock Core Features, $19.99, one-time	0	Phone on a tripod; it detects each swing live, trims it and shows a replay.
SmoothSwing	Free	SmoothSwing Pro, $9.99	11,506	Real-time shot tracer (white balls only) and a golf GPS.
The Golf Tracer	Free	All Access $4.99 one-time, or Premium $0.99 a month / $5.99 a year	1,635	Manual tracer with styles, yardage labels, a swing sequence and a looper. Last updated 2020.
Golf Swing Cam: Slow Motion	Free	Lifetime $79.99, or $7.99 a month / $49.99 a year	14	Front-camera capture up to 120 fps, instant replay, wireframe overlays, pro comparisons.
Free download, subscription
V1 Golf: Golf Swing Analyzer	Free	V1 Golf Plus $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year; higher tiers to $119.99	1,855	Video analysis with ball tracing and skeletal tracking, cloud sessions, online coaching.
Swing Profile Golf Analyzer	Free	Elite $8.99 to $9.99 a month, $49.99 to $59.99 a year	1,625	Hands-free capture, instant slow-motion replay, automatic plane lines and ball tracking.
Sportsbox 3D Golf	Free	3D Player $15.99 a month or $109.99 a year; Pro tiers to $799.99	3,736	3D measurements of the swing from a phone video.
Onform: Video Analysis App	Free	Personal $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year; coach and team tiers to $299.99	8,698	Video analysis and coach-to-athlete sharing, all sports.
Ace Trace: Shot Tracker	Free	Premium $4.99 to $6.99 a week or $69.99 a year; one-time Unlimited Export $35.99 and Gold $99.99	2,034	Tracer with effects that works without a tripod; golf, disc golf, baseball.
Sparrow: Golf	Free	Pro $14.99 to $29.99 a month, $99.99 to $119.99 a year	3,568	Real-time swing analysis with voice feedback.
Swing Coach: Golf	Free	$14.99 a month or $119.99 a year	3,400	Practice app with swing analysis and feedback.
GolfFix AI Golf Swing Analyzer	Free	Advanced $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year	817	Swing analysis with drills.
GolfCam: Golf Video Editor	Free	Pro $9.99 to $12.99 a month or $69.99 a year	552	Golf vlog editor: scorecards, shot trace, sound effects.
Swing Replay	Free	Premium $5 a month or $39.99 a year	83	Hands-free instant replay on a tripod, paired-device replay.
FairwayFX: Trace Golf Shots	Free	Pro $3.99 to $5.99 a week, $24.99 to $39.99 a year	193	Tracer with automatic ball detection.
ForeFun: Golf Ball Tracer	Free	Tracer membership $12.99 a year	252	Tracer.
CoachNow: Sports Coaching App	Free	Analyze $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year; coach tiers to $49.99 a month	13,166	Coaching platform for sharing and marking up video, all sports.

How this was checked

Each row comes from the app's own US App Store page: the download price, the in-app purchase list with its prices, the rating count, and the app's own description for what it does. Nothing here is a judgement of how well an app works. Where a listing describes a feature as automatic, the word is theirs. Impact Reel's own tracer is placed by hand, in a few steps, and its lines are visual aids, not measurements. If a price or a model has changed, tell us and the row is corrected.

By Austin Ambrose, founder of Impact Reel. Last updated October 24, 2026.