# Shot Pattern - Golf GPS — user reviews > 144 indexed App Store user reviews of Shot Pattern by Undaunted Athlete LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 1,917 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shot-pattern-golf-gps/id6447127454/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shot-pattern-golf-gps/id6447127454.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,734 · 4★ 90 · 3★ 34 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 46 ## What do users think of Shot Pattern? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Excellent course preview and strategy planning - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface - 💡 Ability to import launch monitor data - 🚀 Constant app improvements and new features - 👍 Helpful for course management and lowering scores **Cons** - 🐛 Issues with GPS tracking and shot entry during rounds - 💰 Many features locked behind paywall - 🐛 Bugs causing loss of shot data - 🤔 Manual shot entry too time-consuming for some users - 🤔 Lack of on-course shot tracking **Commonly reported bugs** - GPS not accurately showing hole orientation - Course boundaries not saving properly - Subscription issues and difficulty cancelling - Lack of UK golf course support **Most requested features** - Ability to toggle between carry and total distances - Option to see optimal target lines - Scorecard view with strokes gained data - Personal bests tracking - Web/desktop version of the app ## Newest reviews (17 of 144) ### 2/5 — Close but not there yet. *2026-07-24, version 3.4.0* I specifically downloaded this app to look at sg for upcoming courses. It’s not basing the sg off of actual data, but an algorithm based on distance - which is kinda helpful but can’t answer the critical question of whether it’s worth taking on risk or not. For example, if you go left and are blocked out by trees, it may still show a positive sg because you’re closer to the hole. Simply being closer to a hole is not enough. ### 3/5 — 1st round *2026-06-12, version 3.1.05* Still learning ### 2/5 — First time using. *2026-06-02, version 3.1.01* As the title. I tried SP for the first time today, out on the course. I found it very complicated and time consuming to use. Bear in mind I primarily use though my watch (Apple watch Ultra). It seemed very fiddly to get to enter a score and move to the next hole. Maybe I need some more time with it. But for now, I’ll be using golf shot. ### 2/5 — Clunky but has potential *2026-05-31, version 3.1.01* I’m rating it 2 based on value. It’s a decent app and has some high points, but unfortunately compared to other gps apps with shot tracking in its price range of $100/yr it falls well short in features, functionality and interface. The biggest downside is that for an app with automatic shot detection it just requires too much editing and adjustment at the end of the round and since there’s no way to enter a score, you must go through every shot to ensure accuracy. ### 5/5 — Macro Golf endorsed *2026-05-28, version 3.1.0* At Macro Golf our clients use Shot Pattern so we can create plans around their coaching. We believe in measuring everything we can to optimise a players performance and Shot Pattern is a great way to dive deep into our Online Clients games and track their improvements. ### 5/5 — Course Management and Game Analysis *2026-05-17* I've been using Shot Pattern for more than two years now, after trying out Fore Game Golf, BeBrassie, Shot Scope, etc. The difference with Shot Pattern is that I don't just use it for analyzing my shots after the round. I can also decide what the best shot is from every position during the round. Most of these apps include similar features now as well. One thing that was bothering me with all of these apps was that the automatic shot tracking never properly worked for me. I always had to spend a lot of time after the round correcting my shots or club selections and what I actually hit. This is due to the fact that the GPS can only give you the general lie, but never how it plays like. For example, I play very narrow courses with lots of trees, a position in the semi-rough could still be a recovery shot due to some trees obstructing the green. I'd rather take five seconds over a shot to get this right than spend twenty minutes after the round remembering what the exact position was. ### 5/5 — Best golf GPS app by far *2026-05-06, version 2.5.13* Shot Pattern strikes the perfect balance of being full featured and extremely simple, smooth, intuitive, and easy to use. My favorite app on my phone! ### 5/5 — Excellent Game Improvement Tool *2026-05-05, version 2.5.13* This app is excellent for anyone trying to take their golf game to the next level. It does take a few minutes after a round to enter your shots. The amount of data you get about your rounds is very helpful to focusing your practice. ### 2/5 — Sync with watch *2026-04-19, version 2.5.13* If I could get it to sync with my watch while I’m playing, this app would be the best out there. However, even though I paid for this one, I go back to my free app because it’s so much easier to use. Get shot tracking actually working on a watch and you e got me. ### 5/5 — Best on the market *2026-04-10, version 2.5.11* This is the best stat tracker on the market and its not close. I’ve tried so many. Yes it has GPS and you can use your phone every shot but for players like me I want to input the round later——and this is perfect for that. Truly the best golf app on market in my opinion. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t work at certain times *2026-04-08, version 2.5.08* Doesn’t work late in the evening. Not great if you want to preview the course you are playing the next day the night before because if just says searching for courses or doesn’t give you options of tee boxes. ### 5/5 — UPDATED: great app one you learn it *2026-04-08, version 2.5.07* This app is great once you use their tools to learn how to set up the app properly ### 5/5 — Essential Tool for Course Management + Advanced Data *2026-04-03, version 2.5.07* This app has helped elevate my game. Pre-round prep options, course GPS and green maps have been awesome. Hoping to see total carry added soon. ### 5/5 — Handy! *2026-03-26, version 2.5.04* This app is VERY easy to input rounds into. The stats are extensive and the shot pattern display is very handy. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Best app to use while playing *2026-03-11, version 2.5.03* This app takes a little bit of time to learn how to use properly, however, between the great GPS features and shot tracking features, I like it better than all the other apps that are out there. It really allows you to pick smarter targets than other apps. I feel like that alone saves me strokes out on the course. I feel like I understand my approach distances much better. Also taking the time to learn how to track strokes gained with this app is worth the time invested. It really makes that simpler if you give it a chance to understand how it works. ### 5/5 — Best golf app in the world *2026-03-11, version 2.5.03* Eric continually makes amazing updates to this app. It is by far the best in the world for planning your rounds and for on course strategy using your actual shot patterns. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2026-03-07, version 2.5.01* Excellent app for advanced stat tracking & previewing courses, new features added all the time. Excellent work! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2026-08-01, version 3.4.01* Absolute waste of money. No free trial so you have to pay to even try it, and it’s nothing the free version of 18 birdies won’t tell you ### 1/5 — What a joke of a company! *2026-07-05, version 3.3.0* Just remember to cancel your free trial on time people. I mean $127 is not going to change my life so I’m not worried that you charged me after the free trial but even after I reached out to get a refund and explained I used the app for a total of 1 time (during the trial period) and it wasn’t for me, they refused a refund…LOL. I am going to do my share of warning people against apps like yours. ### 1/5 — Not Simple…sorry *2026-06-15, version 3.1.05* I find this app helpful but so damn difficult to manage. It provides good data about my shots that is true. However, the “simple” interface is not simple. I find the ability to mark my starting location and aim point and then mark my shot final location frigging impossible to do consistently. I mash a button combination one way and it works then I scre up and hit something else by mistake and I’m now in an interface where I have to guess where I am on the course re enter my club, etc etc… I have been called out by my Friends for taking too long on the course to hit a ball ( cause I find myself somewhere I’m not expecting to be) I have horrible shots in my dispersion data that I really don’t want. It very well could me a me issue. I feel you need to know that the app is good but it is not simple, quick, or super easy. ### 1/5 — Non of the course I put in come up. *2026-02-13, version 2.4.02* What a waste of time. ### 1/5 — To short of a trial period to expensive *2025-09-13, version 2.2.00* One week or one round of golf is not enough time to get a feel for this app. If they really believes in the app they would offer 60 days (allow for multiple rounds of golfs). If it was that good everyone would then pay the $100 bucks a year for it. ### 1/5 — $99 to sample what a joke *2025-08-24, version 2.1.06* Some of these companies greed is their motto. This is clearly one of those. We want to force you to sign up and give us your information. Go through this process and then guess what you can’t even try it out until you give us 99 bucks. ### 1/5 — Just data collectors *2025-06-26, version 2.1.02* Reviews are most likely employees, try to delete and it says error , so I’m sure the fact you have to sign up before they hit you with a $100 price tag then can’t delete assures it 100% intentionally set up this way to scam data… ### 1/5 — No courses *2025-06-13, version 2.0.05* recently downloaded and upon trying to search up my course, it says that there are no courses with that name with whatever i search including many of my home courses and even popular courses in the uk like the belfry still not appearing ### 1/5 — Need improvement *2025-05-31, version 2.0.03* Maybe I missed it in the setting but I don’t like moving my finger left and the screen move to the right. At my home course, #2 has woods I can reach with a driver, and I alway lay up to prevent rolling into OB. The app still showed driving into the woods as a positive strokes gained decision. That made me question using it during a round. ### 1/5 — Impossible to cancel *2025-05-31, version 2.0.03* They make it very difficult to cancel this app and that’s not cool to be sneaky. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-08-22, version 3.5.15* This app is very helpful in understanding my weaknesses. ### 5/5 — Best Golf App *2026-08-20, version 3.5.15* Basic features are free and they are easy to use. Graphics especially 3D are awesome for planning rounds for new courses or even the ones you frequent. ### 5/5 — Worth the investment *2026-08-17, version 3.4.13* Genuinely a phenomenal product for golfers of all levels. Execution of the app is near perfect. Feature request: to be able to plan out rounds in advance and save them so that when you get to the round itself you can load up your game plan and get started. ### 5/5 — Five Stars for a reason *2026-08-12, version 3.4.11* I’ve used Shot Pattern for a few years now. The app was good to start with and has only continued to improve. There are constantly new additions and improvements made, and it is very simple and intuitive to use. Support was also extremely responsive and resolved the only glitch I’ve encountered very quickly. Overall, I would highly recommend Shot Pattern to any serious player looking to meaningfully track their progress and practice needs. ### 5/5 — This is a must have if you a serious golfer! *2026-08-08, version 3.4.11* First season tracking my shots with shot pattern and I love it. 4 handicap trying to get down to scratch. Shows where I good and bad at golf and I’m surprised where strokes gains bar is set for scratch. Handy for GPS distances on your Home Screen when you’re playing. ### 5/5 — Shot planning and stats analysis *2026-08-07* I have been using ShotPattern for two years, collecting various rounds in the app. Initially a shot planning tool, it has transformed into an excellent statistics app. The latest updates pushed the stats part to the next level by showing each shots landing final position. I can switch views between proximity and left/right miss control or distance control, and filter by round type, club, or lie. I can also click each ball and see where and when I played that shot, including starting position and distance to the flag. The recent update also added analysis features for putting and short games, which is fantastic, particularly for evaluating distance control. It highlights where I am losing shots and if I miss left or right more often. Tracking shots on the course has become significantly easier, seamlessly integrating into the game flow. While I have attempted various apps in the past, ShotPattern remains the only one I have consistently used for the past two years ### 5/5 — The best gps app *2026-07-30, version 3.4.01* There’s simply nothing on the market that remotely compares to this app from a course management and functionality standpoint. I never play a round of golf without it. ### 5/5 — Beneficial to Improving *2026-07-28, version 3.4.0* I started using the app as a low single-digit handicap. The more data I entered, the more informed I became at preparing for a round - on both my home course and any other course. The latest updates in the statistics area have been game changers for me. They have shown me what area(s) of my game I need to focus on to improve even further. The app will help you! ### 5/5 — Best App for Golf Software for Prep and Strategy *2026-07-20, version 3.4.0* The iPhone app is incredibly paired with the Mac is the best software you can use for prep for tournaments and rounds. ### 5/5 — Continues to improve *2026-05-30, version 3.1.0* So many apps just kind of stall after a couple of updates, but Shot Pattern continues to add value with regular updates that improve user experience. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*