Comparison

Swing Coach vs Golf Range Caddie

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

Golf Range Caddie

Analyze your golf shot data from your launch monitor to identify patterns, track progress, and receive personalized drills for improvement. This tool helps you understand your game and make targeted practice sessions more effective.

Highlights
  • Shot Map visualization
  • Per-club statistics
  • Tier-adjusted benchmarks
  • Auto-generated coaching drills
  • Club gapping analysis
  • Trend tracking
  • Shot shape classification
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Golf Range Caddie turns your Garmin R10 launch monitor CSV exports into actionable golf insights. Spot your dominant miss, score your per-club dispersion, and get personalized drills to fix what's broken - automatically, for every session. The smart range caddie that's been missing from your bag. Currently supports the Garmin Approach R10 only. Support for Mevo, SkyTrak, FlightScope, and other launch monitors is planned for a future update. WHAT YOU GET Shot Map - Visualize every shot from a session with dispersion ellipses, color-coded clubs, and target lines. See your patterns in seconds. Per-Club Stats - Ball speed, smash factor, spin rate, attack angle, club path, face-to-path, and more. All filtered by club, all averaged across sessions. Tier-Adjusted Benchmarks - Compare your numbers to handicap-tier ideals (Tour through 20+ handicap), not impossible Tour averages. Auto-Coaching - Range Caddie detects your top issues each session and recommends specific drills with step-by-step instructions to fix them. Club Gapping - See real distance gaps between your clubs. Spot which clubs are too close or too far apart. Trend Tracking - Watch your numbers improve session over session. Personal Records - Longest carries by club, best dispersion sessions, total shots - automatic. Shot Shape Analysis - Every shot classified: Straight, Pull, Fade, Slice, Pull-Draw, Push-Hook, and more. Spot your patterns at a glance. LEFT- AND RIGHT-HANDED SUPPORT Every shape label, miss direction, and swing path metric is handedness-aware. Most golf apps treat lefties as second-class - Range Caddie doesn't. PRIVACY FIRST * Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no analytics, no cloud sync. * Your data is yours. Export to CSV anytime, delete in seconds. * No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads. * 100% offline. HOW IT WORKS 1. Hit shots on the range with your Garmin Approach R10 2. Open the Garmin Golf app and export the session as CSV 3. Drag the CSV into Range Caddie 4. Get instant analysis, coaching priorities, and improvement drills No Garmin account required. No device pairing. No subscription. Bring your CSV - Range Caddie does the rest. Built by an avid golfer for avid golfers serious about getting better. Range Caddie is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Garmin Ltd. Garmin and Approach R10 are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries. Range Caddie is an independent third-party tool that works with CSV exports from the Garmin Golf app.

Screenshots

Swing Coach4 screens
Golf Range Caddie4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Golf Range Caddie at none against Swing Coach's 2. Golf Range Caddie also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Swing Coach's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 3) and chart position (#46 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads 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. Swing Coach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Golf Range Caddie 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 Swing Coach against 5.0 for Golf Range Caddie. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swing Coach has 3.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Swing Coach's written reviews are positive against 100% of Golf Range Caddie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swing Coach ships an update every 3 weeks, Golf Range Caddie every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Swing Coach versus Golf Range Caddie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwing CoachGolf Range Caddie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.4K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#46 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size309 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSwing Intelligence, Inc.Brendan Allen

Customer experience

Swing Coach

All ratings3,443 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews218 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%

Golf Range Caddie

Written reviews3 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

Golf Range Caddie

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
None

Golf Range Caddie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swing Coach free?
Swing Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Golf Range Caddie free?
Golf Range Caddie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Swing Coach or Golf Range Caddie?
Golf Range Caddie is rated higher. Swing Coach averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while Golf Range Caddie averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Swing Coach or Golf Range Caddie have ads?
Neither Swing Coach nor Golf Range Caddie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swing Coach or Golf Range Caddie?
Swing Coach ships an update every 3 weeks, and Golf Range Caddie every 10 days. Most recently, Swing Coach was updated on October 28, 2026 and Golf Range Caddie on October 12, 2026.

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