SwingTool vs Briffidi SW1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwingTool
Easily measure the swing weight of sports equipment like tennis racquets, golf clubs, and baseball bats. This tool simplifies a complex measurement, allowing you to understand how your equipment feels when you swing it.
- Measures swing weight of various sports equipment
- Calculates swing weight at any chosen point
- Independent swing point and hanging point selection
- Faster and more accurate than traditional methods
- Measures pendulum swing time with 0.01s accuracy
- Performs MOI-matching for dynamic swing weight
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SwingTool can quickly and easily measure the swing weight of tennis racquets, golf clubs, baseball bats etc. Swing weight is the most important parameter when deciding how a racquet, club or bat feels when you swing it. Unfortunately measuring swing weight has been fairly complicated, until now. With SwingTool it is enough to just hang your equipment and let it swing like a pendulum. Place the iPhone close to the swinging end and it will automatically display the swing weight. Characteristics - Can be used for all types equipment - Choose any point to calculate the swing weight at - Choose any point to hang the equipment at (independent of the swing point) - Faster and more accurate than the traditional way to measure swing weight - Can be used to measure the swing time of any pendulum with 0.01 s accuracy A demo video is available at appmaker.se/swingTool To golfers: With this app you do MOI-matching i.e. it measures the real dynamic swing weight (moment of inertia). Not the static Lorythmic balance point (D9, C4 etc) that sometimes is called swing weight.
Briffidi SW1
This is the companion application for the Briffidi SW1 Swingweight Machine. It enhances the functionality of the physical device.
- Companion app functionality
- Enhances SW1 machine
- Sports training support
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This is the companion app for the Briffidi SW1 Swingweight Machine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Briffidi SW1 at Free against SwingTool's $1.99. Briffidi SW1 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). SwingTool's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.2). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Briffidi SW1 is free to download; SwingTool costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Briffidi SW1 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 7 respectively.
SwingTool ships an update every 7 months, Briffidi SW1 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwingTool | Briffidi SW1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sten Kaiser | Briffidi, LLC |
Customer experience
SwingTool
Briffidi SW1
In-app purchases
SwingTool
No in-app purchases
Briffidi SW1
No in-app purchases
