LVProDSM vs Journal 18
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LVProDSM
This app enhances sports training by providing AI-powered video recording and analysis. It allows users to mark live video for instant replay and features a focus mode to slow down specific parts of a swing for detailed review.
- AI recording
- Live video marking
- Instant replay review
- Focus mode for slow-motion
- Swing analysis
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Latest version of LVPro and LVPro2 camera companion app. Supports AI recording on both camera types. Mark Live Video, automatically save line marks for review during instant replay, now features Focus mode to selectively slow down parts of your swing.
Journal 18
Transform your handwritten golf scorecards into detailed performance insights. This app uses AI to read your game data from photos or manual entry, revealing trends and areas for improvement. Track your rounds, drives, and approaches to lower your score.
- Digitize handwritten scorecards with AI
- Track round history and scoring trends
- Analyze drive patterns and approach proximity
- Identify biggest opportunities for stroke reduction
- Manual entry option for scores and stats
- Compare performance to handicap benchmarks
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You already keep the record. Journal18 reads it. Photograph your handwritten journal and Journal18 turns it into stats, trends, and a clear read on your game. Your journal stays on paper. Your insights live here. HOW IT WORKS 1. Snap a photo of your performance log, drives, and approaches pages after your round. 2. Journal18 reads the scores and stats with AI, then shows you everything it found. You review and confirm anything uncertain before it counts. 3. Every confirmed round builds your history, your trends, and your benchmarks. Prefer to type it in? Manual entry works too, hole by hole or as a quick summary. No photo required. WHAT YOU WILL SEE Round history. Every round saved with scores, stats, and notes, ready to revisit. Scoring trends. Watch your scoring move across rounds instead of guessing from memory. Drive patterns. Fairways hit, miss directions, and a landing board that shows where your tee shots actually finish. Approach proximity. How close you hit it from each distance range, and where the strokes are hiding. Benchmarks. See how your numbers compare to handicap benchmarks, so improvement has a target instead of a feeling. Your biggest opportunity. Journal18 calls out the one area costing you the most strokes, in plain words. BUILT FOR GOLFERS WHO WRITE IT DOWN Journal18 is made for players who keep a paper journal and want more from it. The app is calm and quick. No ads. No selling your data. Just your game, organized. FREE AND PREMIUM Creating an account is free, and your first round is included with core logging so you can see how it feels. Journal18 Premium unlocks the full experience: unlimited rounds, complete insights and trends, drive and approach trackers, and editing of completed rounds. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTIONS Journal18 Premium is available as an auto-renewable subscription: - Premium Annual: $72 USD per year - Premium Monthly: $7 USD per month Prices may vary by region and are shown in the App Store before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.journal18.com/pages/app-terms Privacy Policy: https://www.journal18.com/pages/app-privacy Questions or feedback? We read everything: info@journal18.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LVProDSM at 4.2 against Journal 18's 3.6. LVProDSM also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Journal 18's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LVProDSM holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.
LVProDSM ships an update every 4 weeks, Journal 18 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LVProDSM | Journal 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 3.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Live View Sports, Inc. | Travis Zappia |
Customer experience
LVProDSM
Journal 18
In-app purchases
LVProDSM
No in-app purchases
Journal 18
No in-app purchases








