Ace Trace vs Flowstate
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/
Flowstate
Transform your iPhone into an action sports camera to capture and analyze your performance. Automatically detect key moments in surfing, snowboarding, and skiing, then track your progress with AI-powered insights. Share highlights and connect with a global community of athletes.
- Action sports camera functionality
- AI-powered move detection
- Session performance analysis
- Progress tracking dashboard
- Competition management
- Clip sharing
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Turn your iPhone into a surf camera. Capture your sessions, analyse your performance with AI, and keep every wave in one place — at the surf park or in the ocean. Flowstate helps surfers capture every wave, review their sessions, and improve faster. Film Yourself Surf, While You Surf: Set up your phone and let Flowstate do the work. Turn your iPhone into a powerful surf camera Capture your entire session from the beach. Automatically detect and clip your waves and moves — snap, barrel, and more Never miss your best wave again Fast-Track Your Progression: See what's working and where to improve. AI-powered move detection Verified stats — turns, snaps, combos and more Compare sessions side-by-side Progress faster with real data from every session Keep Every Wave In One Place: Your personal surf library. Review every session inside your Zone Build a library of your best clips and photos Track goals and improvements over time Share highlights with friends and coaches Connect With A Coach: Elite feedback, after every session. Move-by-move coaching notes Personalised feedback on your technique Know exactly what to work on next Built For Surfing: Flowstate works wherever you surf. Surf parks & wave pools Ocean sessions Your Surf Zone: Capture your session Track your progression Download Flowstate to get in the Zone. Terms of Use: This app uses Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA): This can be found at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ace Trace at 4.3 against Flowstate's 2.7. Ace Trace also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 3) and chart position (#133 vs unranked). Flowstate's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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 Flowstate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ace Trace holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ace Trace has 1.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of Ace Trace's written reviews are positive against 83% of Flowstate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ace Trace ships an update weekly, Flowstate fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ace Trace | Flowstate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.9K ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fitness & Sports apps SRL | Flowstate Zone |
Customer experience
Ace Trace
Flowstate
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
Flowstate
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
Flowstate
- Flowstate Pro monthly subscription$14.991 Month
- Flowstate Pro Annual Subscription$109.001 Year








