# ShotBuddy Lite — Train Smarter

> Train Smarter (iPhone/iPad app by The Titan Athletics Co..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shotbuddy-lite/id1250312958 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [The Titan Athletics Co.](https://appshunter.io/developer/969361498)
- Category: Sports, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.6 · 44 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2021-03-29
- Data updated: 2026-05-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shotbuddy-lite/id1250312958/reviews.md

## What is ShotBuddy Lite?

ShotBuddy Lite turns your iPhone into a powerful basketball shooting companion built for players who want to train with purpose.

Whether you’re putting up shots before practice, working on your form, or grinding through game-speed reps, ShotBuddy Lite helps you measure your performance in real time so every session counts.

With ShotBuddy Lite, you can:

• Track makes and misses instantly
• See your shooting percentage live during each session
• Log shot location on the court
• Use Manual Position Lock to train from a specific spot
• Build better awareness of where you shoot best
• Review your session with simple, visual feedback

ShotBuddy Lite is designed to help athletes connect reps, location, and results — so you can train with more focus and confidence.

Great for:
• Players training on their own
• Student-athletes building consistency
• Coaches and parents tracking workouts
• Basketball lovers who want real shooting feedback

Train. Track. Analyze.

Know where you’re hot and where you’re NOT™.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 16 — 2026-05-03

New Apple Watch Features Added

This update adds a Apple Watch companion app — a major new capability:

Watch-Based Shot Tracking
- MAKE / MISS buttons** on your wrist — log shots directly from the Apple Watch without touching your phone
- Shots are transmitted live over Bluetooth to the iPhone app and recorded exactly as if tapped on-screen
- Duplicate-safe: if the same shot is received twice (network retry), it's counted only once

Smart Connectivity
- Auto-connect — the Watch app wakes automatically when you open ShotBuddy on your iPhone
- Reconnect button — one tap on the Watch reconnects if Bluetooth drops mid-session
- Background polling — both the phone and watch silently re-attempt connection every 5 seconds when out of range, so it recovers without user intervention
- Extended runtime sessions — keeps the Watch app alive and motion sensors running even when the watch display dims

Shot Form / Quality Score
- The Watch captures 50Hz motion sensor data (accelerometer + gyroscope + gravity + attitude) in a 2-second window around each shot tap (1 second before, 1 second after)
- A Shot Quality Score (0–100) is calculated from four components:
  -Release speed (30 pts) — peak acceleration magnitude
  -Wrist snap (30 pts) — peak rotation rate
  -Follow-through (25 pts) — combined impact index
  -Smoothness (15 pts) — consistency of the motion arc
- The score flashes on the Watch face for 3 seconds after each shot, color-coded: Green 75+ · Yellow 50–74 · Red Below 50
- The iPhone also scores phone stability separately and can blend both scores for a combined result

Watch Mode Toggle
- In-app **Watch Mode switch** in the drill screen — optional, with a note that ShotBuddy works great without a Watch
- The Watch companion only activates motion capture when a drill session is actually running on the iPhone, saving battery on both devices

### 8.0.1 — 2023-02-19

We update the ShotBuddy app as often as possible to make it faster and more reliable for you. Here are a couple of the enhancements you'll find in the latest update:

Home
- Users can log in and save their data.

Play
- LAT/LONG is has been stabilized for more accurate tracking. 
- Calibration has been tuned to provide more accurate info for measuring distance
- Resolved a tracking issue where location of the shooters on the court is NOT tracking.

Logs
- Data displayed in the Shooters Log
- While in the Shooters log tapping on ShotBuddy Logo will show the visual shooters chart.
- While in the Visual Shooters Chart users can see where on the court they missed and made a shot.
- Tapping on the Ref will take you back to the Shooters Log.

DashBoard
-The Sharing Button on the Top Works! You can share your Visual ShotChart vis SMS, email, etc.
-The Charts in the weekly shooting stats are limited to 5 days. 

- Various bug fixes & improvements

### 8.0 — 2022-12-02

We update the ShotBuddy Lite app as often as possible to make it faster and more reliable for you. Here are a couple of the enhancements you'll find in the latest update:


- Updates to improve logs and dashboard chart.
- Various bug fixes & improvements

### 1 — 2021-03-30

No release notes.

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