Comparison

Short Game Chef vs Strike Wedge Launch

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

Head to head
About

Short Game Chef

Master your golf short game with expert-led video tutorials and drills. Learn techniques to improve skills, lower scores, and have more fun on the course. Join a community of dedicated golfers.

Highlights
  • Expert PGA Tour winner coaching
  • Comprehensive video library
  • Techniques for various shots
  • Practical, hands-on drills
  • Community of golf enthusiasts
  • Lower your golf scores
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I’ve taken my experiences as a PGA Tour winner and top short game coach and created a simple and easy way for you to dramatically improve your game. We've created the most comprehensive library of videos, tutorials, and drills, you can learn techniques for various shots, improve your skills, and lower your scores. We really focus on practical, hands-on coaching and fostering a community of golf enthusiasts dedicated to playing better golf and having more fun. Our app offers auto-renewing subscriptions. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, or the trial period (when offered). Cancel anytime in Account Settings. Terms of Service: https://shortgamechef.com/pages/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://shortgamechef.com/pages/privacy-policy

About

Strike Wedge Launch

Transform your iPhone into a golf launch monitor for wedge shots. Analyze ball speed, launch angle, and carry distance with slow-motion replays and detailed metrics. Compete in daily challenges and track your progress to improve your game.

Highlights
  • Measure ball speed, launch angle, and carry
  • Slow-motion replays with shot data
  • Track performance across different distances
  • Compete in daily global challenges
  • Create and join private challenges
  • Analyze swing mechanics with drawing tools
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Strike Wedge Launch turns your iPhone into a launch monitor for wedge play. Stand the phone in the holder or lean it against anything steady, put a ball down and hit. The camera films every shot at 240 frames a second and reads ball speed, launch angle and carry from the footage. Every shot comes back as a slow motion replay with its numbers. Use it three ways. MEASURE The Range. Hit as many shots as you like: the last ten flights side by side and the spread of your carries, with six metrics to choose from. Every shot is saved with its replay, so you can compare two swings, draw on them and share the clip. TEST The Testing Centre tells you where your wedge game sits. The Wedge Test rates you at six distances, short to long. Distance Caller calls a number and you hit it. Dial In: pick one distance and grind it, with a handicap for that distance after ten shots. Every rated shot feeds one number, your Strike Wedge handicap, on a golf-style scale, rated against published data. The You tab shows the handicap, how it has trended, and the distances you score best and worst at, so you know which shot to work on. COMPETE This is the part that changes practice. You can hit 50 yard shots all afternoon and feel nothing. Then the Daily Challenge hands you the same target as every other player in the world, three shots, one attempt today, and everything changes. You get nervous. You have to get ready. That is what a real round feels like, and it is hard to create on your own. The Daily Challenge, the 3 Hole Challenge, the Daily Flop Off and Best of Three each run on a shared daily clock, with boards for today and yesterday and a season Order of Merit. Every round ends with a clip to share. Leapfrog and Nearest the Pin round it out, and private challenges let you set your own target and field and invite anyone with a link. WHAT IS FREE Unlimited measured shots on the Range, with the replay, Compare and the Library. The Daily Challenge every day, with its global board, the season Order of Merit and your recap clip. Joining any private challenge you are invited to. STRIKE WEDGE FULL ACCESS The 3 Hole Challenge, the Daily Flop Off and Best of Three. Leapfrog and Nearest the Pin. The Testing Centre, with the Wedge Test, Distance Caller and Dial In. Creating your own private challenges. A wedge handicap built from your challenge shots. Strike Wedge owners get their first year included with their serial number. HONEST BY DESIGN Ball speed and launch come straight from the high speed video. Carry comes from a trajectory model fitted to radar data at wedge distances. Flush it and the numbers read true. Catch one thin and the read becomes a rough estimate, and the app says so. Built for the scoring shots from inside 150 yards, which is why it is accurate where scoring happens. WORKS ANYWHERE A net in the garage, the range, the back garden, a towel on the clothes line. The screen faces away while you hit, so a steady torch means ready and the voice reads your shot back. Shot analysis runs entirely on your phone and video stays on it unless you share a clip or put one on a board. Only the leaderboards, optional anonymous shot numbers and the subscription use the network. Built for iPhone by PGA professional Chris Rose and Toby Williams. SUBSCRIPTION Strike Wedge Full Access is $99.00 AUD a year after a 7 day free trial, auto renewing. Prices in other regions are set by Apple. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, or at confirmation of purchase if no trial applies. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://strikewedge.com/pages/app-privacy

Screenshots

Short Game Chef3 screens
Strike Wedge Launch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Strike Wedge Launch at freemium against Short Game Chef's subscription. Strike Wedge Launch also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Short Game Chef's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Short Game Chef sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.00 per month and Strike Wedge Launch sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $59.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Short Game Chef against 5.0 for Strike Wedge Launch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Short Game Chef has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Short Game Chef ships an update every 2 months, Strike Wedge Launch every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Short Game Chef versus Strike Wedge Launch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShort Game ChefStrike Wedge Launch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (15 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShort Game ChefStrike wedge pty ltd

Customer experience

Short Game Chef

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Strike Wedge Launch

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Short Game Chef

Subscriptions1
  • App Subscription$99.001 Month
1 purchases

Strike Wedge Launch

Subscriptions1
  • Full Access7 Days trial$59.001 Year

Questions

Is Short Game Chef free?
Short Game Chef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strike Wedge Launch free?
Strike Wedge Launch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Short Game Chef or Strike Wedge Launch?
Short Game Chef and Strike Wedge Launch are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 15 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Short Game Chef or Strike Wedge Launch have ads?
Neither Short Game Chef nor Strike Wedge Launch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Short Game Chef or Strike Wedge Launch?
Short Game Chef ships an update every 2 months, and Strike Wedge Launch every 11 days. Most recently, Short Game Chef was updated on October 30, 2026 and Strike Wedge Launch on November 4, 2026.

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