Comparison

Handy Golf vs Swing Plane Lines

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

Head to head
About

Handy Golf

Improve your golf game with this app that offers automatic swing capture, real-time swing analysis, and interactive drills. Practice effectively anywhere, anytime, with tools to understand your game visually and build better habits.

Highlights
  • Automatic swing recording
  • Real-time swing mirror
  • Swing review and comparison
  • Interactive drills and games
  • Green level slope measurement
  • Practice anywhere without special equipment
Features
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Handy Golf is a golf improvement app designed to make practice more effective, engaging, and easier to stick with. Built for real golfers, Handy Golf combines simple practice tools, automatic swing capture, and interactive drills so you can practice with purpose—anytime, anywhere. Features Swing Mirror See your swing in real time and make instant adjustments. Automatic Swing Recording Powered by ClearSwingIQ, our proprietary technology automatically detects your swing and optimizes video settings to capture a clear view for better analysis and improvement. Drills & Games Structured drills and engaging games that make practice goal-oriented. Swing Review & Comparison Review swings in slow motion and compare them side-by-side to track progress. Green Level Measure slope and better understand putting surfaces using your phone. Guided Swing Analysis Your swing broken down position by position, with the one thing to fix first. 250+ On-Demand Lessons Learn at your own pace, from swing fundamentals to fixes for the shots costing you strokes. Practice Anywhere Works at the driving range, at home, or in your backyard—no special equipment required. Handy Golf is actively evolving. Features continue to improve rapidly and user feedback helps shape what we build next. Terms of Service: https://www.handygolf.com/terms_of_service/ Privacy Policy: https://www.handygolf.com/privacy_policy/

About

Swing Plane Lines

Features
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Need to analyze your golf swing (or any baseball, cricket, etc)? Use this app to record slow motion videos, and then draw the lines and shapes you need to get the analysis you are looking for. The app supports lines, circles, and rectangles. The camera contains overlays to help you line up your golf swing for down the line or face on views. All videos are stored on your phone.

Screenshots

Handy Golf4 screens
Swing Plane Lines3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swing Plane Lines at none against Handy Golf's 4. Swing Plane Lines also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). Handy Golf's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Handy Golf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Swing Plane Lines asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Handy Golf against 5.0 for Swing Plane Lines. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Handy Golf has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Handy Golf versus Swing Plane Lines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHandy GolfSwing Plane Lines
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB10 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHandy Golf LLCStewart Waliser

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Handy Golf

Subscriptions4
  • Handy Golf Pro Monthly (Early Bird)$9.991 Month
  • Handy Golf Pro Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Handy Golf Pro Annual (Early Bird)$59.991 Year
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  • Handy Golf Pro Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year
None

Swing Plane Lines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Handy Golf free?
Handy Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swing Plane Lines free?
Swing Plane Lines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Handy Golf or Swing Plane Lines?
Swing Plane Lines is rated higher. Handy Golf averages 4.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Swing Plane Lines averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Handy Golf or Swing Plane Lines have ads?
Handy Golf shows ads; Swing Plane Lines does not.

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