Comparison

HackMotion Golf vs SwingCast

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HackMotion Golf

This app analyzes your golf swing wrist movements using a wearable sensor. It provides real-time audio feedback and visual data to help improve your game. Track your progress with detailed swing data storage and analysis.

Highlights
  • Wrist flexion/extension tracking
  • Wrist radial/ulnar deviation analysis
  • Real-time 3D hand model visualization
  • Automatic swing detection
  • Swing phase detection (address, top, impact)
  • Adjustable audio biofeedback
  • Wrist data graphs and storage
Features
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HackMotion Golf app is used together with the HackMotion Golf wearable wrist sensor. HackMotion Golf wrist sensor uses motion-tracking technology to capture wrist movements during the golf swing. HackMotion Golf app allows you to visualize HackMotion Golf sensor data and provide real-time audio biofeedback. Main features include: • Wrist flexion/extension • Wrist radial/ulnar deviation • Real-time 3D hand model • Automatic swing detection • Automatic swing phase detection (address, top, impact) • User-adjustable audio biofeedback • Wrist data graphs • Session & swing data storage & database Put on the wrist sensor and power up. Open the HackMotion Golf app, choose training mode, start a new session and calibrate your sensor. The system automatically detects golf swings and stores the information related to the wrist motion. HackMotion wrist sensor is intended for golf coaches and advanced golf players. Note: You need to connect to the HackMotion Golf wrist sensor to use the main features of the app. More info: www.hackmotion.com

About

SwingCast

This camera app helps athletes refine their technique in swing-based sports like golf. It offers AI-powered automatic recording, multi-angle capture, and detailed video analysis tools for performance improvement.

Highlights
  • AI-powered automatic video recording
  • Multi-angle capture with device synchronization
  • Voice navigation and commands
  • Video casting to Chromecast
  • Side-by-side and overlaid video comparison
  • Video editing tools (drawing, cropping)
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SwingCast is a Camera app ideal for perfecting your technique in swing based sports. While primarily designed for capturing the Golf swing, SwingCast also works well with other swing technique based sports with its ability to customize recording lengths, speeds, and iterations. Features of SwingCast include: - Synchronization between multiple iOS devices: Capture your swing from multiple camera angles simultaneously. - AI-powered Automatic Video Recording: Simply start your swing and SwingCast will automatically record it. Triggered by either motion detection (motion-start), face positioning (face-start), or voice commands (voice-start). - Voice Navigation: Utilize voice commands (in addition to manual controls) to navigate the app. This lets you stand away from the device while still controlling the app. - Video casting from one device to another device and/or onto a Google Chromecast. - Customizable instant playback and iterations settings. - Video Analysis: Side-by-Side and overlaid video comparison between any two videos. - Tools for video editing such as drawing and video cropping. SwingCast supports two different modes: Standalone Mode: In standalone mode, the user uses only one device to record and has the option of viewing the video by itself or comparing it side by side with an imported model swing video. The viewer can watch both options on either the device itself or a Google Chromecast. Linked Mode: Uses two devices with one set as the Main Device and the other set as the Extension Camera. In linked mode, you can take footage from both the Main Device and the Extension Camera and watch them side by side on one screen. Alternatively, you can opt to just take video from the Extension Camera and watch it by itself or compare it to a preset model swing (these options are especially useful for putting). Any videos taken in this mode will be displayed on the Main Device screen or casted to a Google Chromecast.

Screenshots

HackMotion Golf4 screens
SwingCast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HackMotion Golf at every 5 days against SwingCast's every 9 months. HackMotion Golf also leads on ratings volume (392 vs 11). SwingCast's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for HackMotion Golf against 5.0 for SwingCast. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HackMotion Golf has 392 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of HackMotion Golf's written reviews are positive against 100% of SwingCast's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HackMotion Golf ships an update every 5 days, SwingCast every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HackMotion Golf versus SwingCast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHackMotion GolfSwingCast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (392 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings392 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB41 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHackMotionJeffrey Zhou

Customer experience

HackMotion Golf

All ratings392 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral11.9%
Negative11.9%

SwingCast

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HackMotion Golf

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Drill practice mode stops recording
  • Won't connect after changing phones
  • Customer support ignored tickets/emails
  • Vibration feedback feature stopped working
  • Less swings captured after app updates
Show 3 more
  • Swings not being detected
  • App currently doesn’t work (No login possible, Internal Error)
  • Landscape mode no longer available on iPhone (Version 4.0.0)

Requested features

4 requests
  • More short game drills
  • More drills for anywhere practice
  • Putting updates
  • More short game drills which can be practiced anywhere

SwingCast

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HackMotion Golf

No in-app purchases

None

SwingCast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HackMotion Golf free?
HackMotion Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SwingCast free?
SwingCast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HackMotion Golf or SwingCast?
SwingCast is rated higher. HackMotion Golf averages 4.9 out of 5 from 392 ratings, while SwingCast averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do HackMotion Golf or SwingCast have ads?
Neither HackMotion Golf nor SwingCast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HackMotion Golf or SwingCast?
HackMotion Golf ships an update every 5 days, and SwingCast every 9 months. Most recently, HackMotion Golf was updated on October 16, 2026 and SwingCast on September 18, 2026.

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