Comparison

HackMotion Golf vs The Yips

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 using a wearable wrist sensor. It provides real-time audio biofeedback and visualizes your wrist movements, helping you understand and improve your game. Store your swing data and track progress over time.

Highlights
  • Wrist movement analysis
  • Real-time audio biofeedback
  • 3D hand model visualization
  • Automatic swing detection
  • Swing phase detection
  • Session and swing data 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

The Yips

This app helps golfers improve their mental game by building focus, composure, confidence, and resilience. It offers guided warmups, post-round reflections, and AI-powered insights to overcome performance anxiety and improve scores.

Highlights
  • Pre-round mental warmups
  • Post-round reflection logging
  • AI-powered performance insights
  • Mental game goal setting
  • Progress tracking over time
Features
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STOP GETTING IN YOUR OWN WAY The mental game separates good golfers from great golfers. You know your swing. You've taken lessons. You hit it pure on the range. But on the course? You three-putt from nerves. One bad shot ruins three holes. You overthink every swing. You can't shake the anger. The Yips helps golfers build better focus, composure, confidence, and resilience on the course. IMPORTANT The app offers paid premium access through an annual subscription or a lifetime purchase. A purchase is required to access premium features, including guided warmups, AI-powered insights, mental game goals, and advanced progress tracking. WHAT YOU GET Pre-Round Mental Warmup Use a guided mental warmup before your round with breathing exercises, visualization, focus word selection, and a mental check-in. Post-Round Reflection Log your mental game after each round, including focus, composure, confidence, resilience, and what worked or did not work. AI-Powered Insights Premium access includes AI-generated insights that analyze your patterns and highlight opportunities to improve your mental game. Mental Game Goals Premium access includes goal-setting tools to help you work on areas like staying calm after bad shots or trusting your routine. Progress Tracking Premium access includes progress tracking so you can review trends, patterns, and improvement over time. WHO IT'S FOR The Yips is for golfers who want to stop getting in their own way. If you have ever played tight under pressure, stayed stuck on a bad shot, overthought your swing, or let nerves affect your score, this app is for you. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Premium access is available through: Annual Plan: $29.99/year with 7-day free trial Lifetime Access: $49.99 one-time purchase A purchase is required to access premium features. Annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. RESULTS The mental game is trainable. The Yips makes it easier to build better habits on the course. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

HackMotion Golf4 screens
The Yips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HackMotion Golf at 4.9 against The Yips's 4.3. HackMotion Golf also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). The Yips's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. The Yips sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year. HackMotion Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HackMotion Golf holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HackMotion Golf has 417 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of HackMotion Golf's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Yips's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HackMotion Golf ships an update every 5 days, The Yips monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
HackMotion Golf versus The Yips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHackMotion GolfThe Yips
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (417 ratings) — better4.3 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings417 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size234 MB42 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHackMotionNathan Thayer

Customer experience

HackMotion Golf

All ratings413 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral11.6%
Negative11.6%

The Yips

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 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

The Yips

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HackMotion Golf

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Yips

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Plan$59.991 Year
  • Annual Exit Trail Plan3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$149.99

Questions

Is HackMotion Golf free?
HackMotion Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Yips free?
The Yips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HackMotion Golf or The Yips?
HackMotion Golf is rated higher. HackMotion Golf averages 4.9 out of 5 from 417 ratings, while The Yips averages 4.3 from 11 ratings.
Do HackMotion Golf or The Yips have ads?
The Yips shows ads; HackMotion Golf does not.
Which is updated more often, HackMotion Golf or The Yips?
HackMotion Golf ships an update every 5 days, and The Yips monthly. Most recently, HackMotion Golf was updated on November 2, 2026 and The Yips on October 31, 2026.

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