Comparison

Swing Coach vs The Yips

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

Head to head
About

Swing Coach

Enhance your golf swing with instant voice feedback and AI-powered analysis. Focus on specific areas like swing plane or hip depth, and practice anywhere without special equipment. Compare your performance to professional golfers.

Highlights
  • Instant voice feedback after each swing
  • AI-powered swing analysis
  • Focus on specific swing metrics
  • Practice anywhere, with or without a ball
  • No special equipment required
  • Compare to professional swings
Features
Currently charting
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Practice with Voice Feedback: Swing Coach is the #1 golf practice app with instant voice feedback on your golf swing, right after each swing. Focus to Improve: You tell Swing Coach what you want to work on, and it gives you real-time voice feedback. Swing Plane, Hand Path, Hip Depth, Spine Stability, Flying Elbow, Shoulder Plane, and more. See how you compare to the best golf swings in the world. Practice Anywhere: Use Swing Coach indoors or outside. With or without a golf ball. At the range or on the course. It’s simple, fast, and accurate. No Special Equipment: Swing Coach uses the latest in AI technology to track your club head and body, with just your phone. No special equipment. No dots. Just setup your phone, and swing. --------------------- Terms of Service: https://swingintelligence.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://swingintelligence.com/privacy-policy

About

The Yips

This app helps golfers improve their mental game by building focus, composure, confidence, and resilience. It offers guided warmups, post-round reflections, and AI-powered insights to overcome performance anxiety and improve scores.

Highlights
  • Pre-round mental warmups
  • Post-round reflection logging
  • AI-powered performance insights
  • Mental game goal setting
  • Progress tracking over time
Features
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STOP GETTING IN YOUR OWN WAY The mental game separates good golfers from great golfers. You know your swing. You've taken lessons. You hit it pure on the range. But on the course? You three-putt from nerves. One bad shot ruins three holes. You overthink every swing. You can't shake the anger. The Yips helps golfers build better focus, composure, confidence, and resilience on the course. IMPORTANT The app offers paid premium access through an annual subscription or a lifetime purchase. A purchase is required to access premium features, including guided warmups, AI-powered insights, mental game goals, and advanced progress tracking. WHAT YOU GET Pre-Round Mental Warmup Use a guided mental warmup before your round with breathing exercises, visualization, focus word selection, and a mental check-in. Post-Round Reflection Log your mental game after each round, including focus, composure, confidence, resilience, and what worked or did not work. AI-Powered Insights Premium access includes AI-generated insights that analyze your patterns and highlight opportunities to improve your mental game. Mental Game Goals Premium access includes goal-setting tools to help you work on areas like staying calm after bad shots or trusting your routine. Progress Tracking Premium access includes progress tracking so you can review trends, patterns, and improvement over time. WHO IT'S FOR The Yips is for golfers who want to stop getting in their own way. If you have ever played tight under pressure, stayed stuck on a bad shot, overthought your swing, or let nerves affect your score, this app is for you. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Premium access is available through: Annual Plan: $29.99/year with 7-day free trial Lifetime Access: $49.99 one-time purchase A purchase is required to access premium features. Annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. RESULTS The mental game is trainable. The Yips makes it easier to build better habits on the course. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Swing Coach4 screens
The Yips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Swing Coach at none against The Yips's shown. Swing Coach also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 10) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). The Yips's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Swing Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and The Yips sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swing Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swing Coach has 3.4K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Swing Coach's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Yips's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swing Coach ships an update every 3 weeks, The Yips monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Swing Coach versus The Yips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwing CoachThe Yips
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better4.6 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.4K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#46 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size309 MB42 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSwing Intelligence, Inc.Nathan Thayer

Customer experience

Swing Coach

All ratings3,443 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews224 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative5.4%

The Yips

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Swing Coach

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • None reported

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to submit swings for personalized coach feedback
  • Ability to import swing videos

The Yips

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Swing Coach

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year
3 purchases

The Yips

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Plan$59.991 Year
  • Annual Exit Trail Plan3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$149.99

Questions

Is Swing Coach free?
Swing Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Yips free?
The Yips is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swing Coach or The Yips?
Swing Coach is rated higher. Swing Coach averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while The Yips averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Swing Coach or The Yips have ads?
The Yips shows ads; Swing Coach does not.
Which is updated more often, Swing Coach or The Yips?
Swing Coach ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Yips monthly. Most recently, Swing Coach was updated on October 28, 2026 and The Yips on October 24, 2026.

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