Ace Trace vs ShotCatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ace Trace
Easily add professional-looking visual trails to videos of golf swings, disc throws, and other flying objects. Customize trace lines with various effects and add distance labels to showcase your performance.
- Powerful shot tracing
- No tripod needed
- Custom visual effects
- Distance labels
- Flexible tracing modes
- Full customization
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Turn Every Shot into a Highlight with Ace Trace! Ace Trace lets you easily trace golf, disc golf, baseball, or even bird flights with stunning visual effects—no tripod or complex editing required. Key Features: - Powerful Shot Tracing: Transform your videos with pro-level shot trails in under a minute, directly on your phone. No editing experience needed. - No Tripod Needed: Capture footage freely—even with camera movement. The trace line stays perfectly aligned with your shot. - Custom Visual Effects: Make your videos pop with vibrant trace lines. Choose from gradients, solid colors, or special effects like electricity and waves. - Distance Labels: Enter your shot’s distance to display a real-time counter along the trace—perfect for sharing impressive plays. - Flexible Tracing Modes: Use Golf Mode for smooth drives or Free Curve Mode for putts, disc throws, or any flying object. Easily adjust and refine your lines. - Full Customization: Change line color, width, opacity, and control how it interacts with objects or obstacles in your scene. How It Works: 1. Trace manually or let the app auto-detect the trajectory. 2. Choose your style and fine-tune your visuals. 3. Add distance and effects. 4. Export and share your masterpiece instantly. Download Ace Trace now—make every shot unforgettable. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly, yearly - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
ShotCatch
This app turns your iPhone into a golf launch monitor using AI-powered computer vision. It estimates key shot metrics like ball speed, launch angle, and carry distance without any extra hardware. Practice indoors or outdoors with flexible setup options.
- AI-powered golf shot analysis
- Estimates ball speed, launch angle, azimuth, carry distance
- No extra hardware required
- Indoor and outdoor practice modes
- Flexible setup options (tripod, handheld)
- One-time in-app purchase for full functionality
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ShotCatch is a standalone golf launch monitor that effortlessly transforms your iPhone into a golf shot analyzer — no extra hardware required. Whether you're practicing indoors or outdoors, it adapts to your setup — from a mini tripod to handheld use. Using AI-powered computer vision, ShotCatch estimates key shot metrics in real time: * Ball speed * Launch angle * Azimuth angle * Carry distance ShotCatch offers a free trial and requires a one-time in-app purchase to unlock full functionality — no subscriptions needed. It is now compatible with iPhone 7 and later, running iOS 15 or higher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ace Trace at 51% against ShotCatch's 0%. Ace Trace also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (2K vs 1). ShotCatch's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Ace Trace sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and ShotCatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ace Trace holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ace Trace has 2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Ace Trace's written reviews are positive against 0% of ShotCatch's.
Ace Trace ships an update every 2 weeks, ShotCatch every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ace Trace | ShotCatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (2K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #121 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fitness & Sports apps SRL | Jun Sun |
Customer experience
Ace Trace
ShotCatch
Bugs and requests
Ace Trace
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tracer line speed issues
- Cropping problems with horizontal videos
- Inability to save videos without subscription
- Inconsistent performance across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to erase tracer line
- More color/style options for tracer
- Frame-by-frame controls
- Desktop version
- Improved manual editing tools
ShotCatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ace Trace
- Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Unlimited export$5.991 Month
- Weekly premium trial7 Days trial$6.997 Days
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- Weekly premium$6.997 Days
- Ace Trace Gold$29.996 Months
- Unlimited Export$35.996 Months
- Ace Trace Gold1 Year trial$49.991 Year
- Silver$69.991 Year
- Yearly premium trial7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Yearly premium$69.991 Year
- Gold$99.991 Year
- 5 videos$4.99
- 15 Videos$11.99
- Lifetime Gold$119.00
ShotCatch
- ShotCatch$7.99
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