Great App .. Watch Apple feature feels very lacking
Been using the app with RF tags for about 2 years now. Really like the functionality and data feedback you get. Was really looking forward to the Apple Watch functionality and having finished my first trial round with I was looking forward to seeing how it uploaded onto the App.
Needless to say I was pretty disappointed with incorrect and inconsistent data being uploaded. I had to edit each hole due to incorrect club being displayed, shots displayed wildly inaccurately.. I gave up editing all the mistakes after a couple of holes.
The other two rounds weren’t any better and also had to deal with the watch skipping a couple of holes, randomly going back to the watch face screen.
On the upside, loved the displays, much preferable vs getting my phone out of my pocket to check distances.
All in all .. still a great App but the Apple Watch functionality is definitely lacking and (as it stands) wouldn’t pay for it.
Needless to say I was pretty disappointed with incorrect and inconsistent data being uploaded. I had to edit each hole due to incorrect club being displayed, shots displayed wildly inaccurately.. I gave up editing all the mistakes after a couple of holes.
The other two rounds weren’t any better and also had to deal with the watch skipping a couple of holes, randomly going back to the watch face screen.
On the upside, loved the displays, much preferable vs getting my phone out of my pocket to check distances.
All in all .. still a great App but the Apple Watch functionality is definitely lacking and (as it stands) wouldn’t pay for it.
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Don’t Trust Putting Stats
I’ve been using Shot Scope for almost 2 years. Generally I enjoy the product (specifically the H4) and highly recommend it to others. However, I also warn them that any putting stats are highly questionable. This warning would also extend to any green related stats. Where I golf (Western Canada) the app seems to have a real problem identifying when you are on the green. Consequently, it doesn’t collect many putts or pin collects. Typically I have to add 5 putts and manually move 2 pin locations each round. So if you don’t separately and independently record your strokes and putts, and then carefully recheck all your shots, many of your stats are suspect.
I often leave putts 2 or 3 inches short. The app consistently fails to register the next putt.
I often go to do a “pin collect” and the app doesn’t recognize I’m on the green or worse it has decided I’m starting the next hole. Yes, I know I can manually force a pin collect (and I do). I shouldn’t have to so often. And when I do the results may still be wrong.
Other than Greens and Putting I love the app.
I often leave putts 2 or 3 inches short. The app consistently fails to register the next putt.
I often go to do a “pin collect” and the app doesn’t recognize I’m on the green or worse it has decided I’m starting the next hole. Yes, I know I can manually force a pin collect (and I do). I shouldn’t have to so often. And when I do the results may still be wrong.
Other than Greens and Putting I love the app.
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Apple Watch app review
Tried this out for a single round after hearing of the Apple Watch app release. Initial setup had the app trying to play a round all day long until I actually played the round. Drained the heck out of the battery. There is little at this stage in help or documentation on the app so I did the best I could. I tried shot recognition and that wasn’t working will. I switched to manual and it was better, as well as reduced battery drain. I have two main issues. First, editing on the watch was really hard to find. Deleting shots or changing clubs was unclear until I got home to edit in the online portal. Second, I’m used to a watch and phone app where I can record my playing partners scores only as well as using it for scramble outings. This doesn’t exist in the app. The good, stats are wonderful. It is visually stunning on the watch. Accuracy seems on target. The watch app runs independent of needing to have the so running on the phone. The app seems to do great as a single player recording on a shot by shot basis but for this user, I want to be able to keep track of scores at a minimum for everyone in my playing group. I will be using another app to do recording of scores of my group/playing partners and use my Apple Watch to record my stats.
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Response from developer
Hi, thank you for your review. Please update the app to version 3.7.2. This should resolve the issue with the activity not starting correctly. At the moment, the editing options available on the watch are limited to deleting a shot or changing the overall score for a hole. We are looking to add more editing features in the coming weeks. To delete a shot, scroll down to the shot list for the hole, then swipe across the shot you would like to remove. A delete icon will appear, allowing you to delete the shot. Hope this helps!
App scoring issue
Each time I update a round after downloading the app freezes and I have to do it all again.
Editing
When using the drop ball it does not connect to the next shot. According to Shot Scope this is by design. I find editing not straight forward at all.
Horrible app
Surprised Apple even allowed this to be in their App Store. UI is confusing and completely non standard controls. Entering email and password and registration is incredibly frustrating. Connecting the actual launch monitor is basically impossible with buttons and status screens that make no sense. Embarrassing effort.
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Good but not great…
Been using the app on iOS with the Connex tags for a few months now. The data is great but the experience of using the tags falls short. The app will crash multiple times during a round, is slow to upload any manually entered shots, the putting side is nowhere near accurate enough to be useful, same with pin collection (no the pin isn’t 5 yards off the green in a bunker!?) and in general it’s not great fiddling with your phone before every shot. Saying that, the data is very good so I’m tempted to upgrade to a watch with tags in the hope that it removes some of the negatives of using the phone tags. Connex are close to being good but really let down by the app itself.
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Response from developer
Hi, we're sorry to hear about the issues you've experienced. Please get in touch with support@shotscope.com so we can investigate and help get things working as expected.
Solid but lots of room for improvement
Disappointed to find out it doesn’t give you a handicap, I would be willing to fill out scorecards for all the course I play such as course rating and slope rating for every tee box. Feels like handicap is the bare minimum these days. Other than that there is a lot of data if you are willing to edit every round to make sure it’s accurate
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Response from developer
Thanks for your feedback. We appreciate your suggestion and will pass it along to our development team for consideration. We're glad to hear you're finding the performance data useful.
App doesn’t work
The practice session history does not upload to the app. No good instruction how to fix it. Contacted support through the app, no response from shot scope.
Needs improvement!
Misses on average 10-20 shots per round. Need to recreate each round. I keep written record of putt distances bc this stat is not accurate. Editing can be tedious. I have not used a competitive app so I don’t know if it is a limitation of the technology or this product. All that being said, I do like the data it generates.
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Clunk and involved
The app and the connex tags are a bit a clunky and slow. It’s not as smooth as it seems in videos. A fair bit involved in tagging spots on your phone. Annoyingly doesn’t integrate with Apple Watch which makes it even harder to use.
Great App, No Watch
Awesome app with accessories. A shame they don’t allow Apple Watch conversion. I know they have their own watch but a simple screen of distance would go a real long way.
Frequent failed course sync
Won a V5 watch in a comp. The watch is fine, came with the club sensors which work well with the watch itself, however the app just doesn’t work for me (IPhone and IPad). Trying to sync courses for updates and it constantly disconnects from the watch, doesn’t update or maybe updates if you are lucky after 20-30 attempts!
I also tried to upload my rounds and after getting to 99% got a ‘failed to update’ message😤.
I have previously updated using my son’s PC to connect via USB, but now he has left home I don’t have my own PC so that option is gone. I have looked at and tried all of the solutions found online and none of these work. If I had paid for this watch, I wouldn’t be happy at all. Will try a Garmin soon!
I also tried to upload my rounds and after getting to 99% got a ‘failed to update’ message😤.
I have previously updated using my son’s PC to connect via USB, but now he has left home I don’t have my own PC so that option is gone. I have looked at and tried all of the solutions found online and none of these work. If I had paid for this watch, I wouldn’t be happy at all. Will try a Garmin soon!
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App scoring issue
Each time I update a round after downloading the app freezes and I have to do it all again.
App
App has started to freeze when its first opened, take ages to save rounds once you edited, also the apps matrix don’t seem to fit the screen of the iPhone anymore
Out of date maps
I have just played 4 golf courses in north wales and 2 courses displayed Incorrect hole information
North wales golf course and Rhuddlan golf course can you let me know how il
This can be fixed
North wales golf course and Rhuddlan golf course can you let me know how il
This can be fixed
Good but can be better
Worth the price of admission. However, would like to see better reports and guidance on improvement.
Better tracking required
When shot scope misses a shot, you are guessing where you played it from as no breadcrumb trail is left unlike Arccos. therefore, not as accurate in data collection.
Saving Mapping After A Round
The app is very slow when saving information after editing a shot. I’m using IOS 18.7.8 it’s starting to be very annoying!
UI Stinks
I love the watch and using during my round. The UI on my phone is unusable since refresh last year. It was a million times better. Used to have data easily accessible and now it is impossible to find. Other than finding distance I find it frustrating to use.
