Comparison

PocketPutter Putting Simulator vs SwingReps

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

Head to head
About

PocketPutter Putting Simulator

Transform your iPhone into a personal putting studio. This app uses your phone's camera to analyze ball speed, face angle, and roll-out distance for free. Enhance your golf game with detailed metrics and practice drills.

Highlights
  • Camera-based putt analysis
  • Measures ball speed and face angle
  • Calculates roll-out distance
  • Physics-based putt outcomes
  • Timed practice sessions
  • Scored drills and daily missions
  • Mini golf courses
Features
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Turn your iPhone into a putting studio. PocketPutter reads your real putt with the camera toe measure ball speed, face angle, and roll-out distance from a single overhead phone. No expensive sensors, no extra hardware, just a phone stand and a golf ball, and the full practice simulator is free. MEASURE EVERY PUTT — FREE • Face-to-path angle — see exactly where your start line points • Ball speed and roll-out distance, tuned to your green speed (Stimp 7–13) • Made, lip-out, short, long, or wide — called by a real physics engine • Timed practice sessions with live make % and streaks • Four scored drills: Clutch 5, Ladder, Lag It, and Past The Pin • A daily mission, activity streaks, start-line bias, and personal bests • Learn to Play — a three-hole mini golf course to groove pace and aim • Dial in target distance, slope, and aim for every putt POCKETPUTTER PRO Go deeper with a subscription or a single lifetime purchase: • Three championship mini golf courses — Saltmarsh Reach, The Sugarworks, and Thunderhead Keep: 27 walled, bank-shot holes with sand, water, tides, elevation, and moving machinery • Skee ball — a full arcade cabinet: putt up the lane, off the ramp, into the rings, chase the hundreds • Advanced stats — strokes gained, make % by distance, weekly trends, miss patterns, speed control, and a distance-by-break heat map that finds your weak spot • Instant slow-motion replay of every stroke • Retroactive history — every putt you logged before upgrading counts the moment you do Pro is $3.99/month, $29.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time $59.99 lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the period ends; the free trial converts to a paid year unless cancelled before it ends. All plans support Family Sharing. SET UP IN A MINUTE Mount your phone 1.5–4 ft above the ground with the camera facing straight down — a small tripod or a table edge works. Drop a ball in view and putt toward a real or imagined hole. The guided setup shows you exactly how. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone 13 or newer (putt analysis uses the 240 fps camera) • A golf ball and a flat surface — carpet, mat, or green • Decent light — the app can keep the torch on for dim rooms PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs on your phone. No account, no ads, no tracking, no data collection — your practice history never leaves your device, and you can erase it all with one tap. Purchases are handled by the App Store. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ahwang.github.io/pocketputter-site/privacy.html Questions or ideas? Reach out through the support page — every message gets read.

About

SwingReps

Improve your golf game with detailed shot tracking and practice drills. Log every swing from your wrist or phone to analyze face direction, strike location, and ground contact. Build custom drills or use the library to enhance your driving, chipping, and putting.

Highlights
  • Log every shot from wrist or phone
  • Track face direction, strike location, ground contact
  • Library of drills for awareness, skill building, and simulation
  • Build and save custom drills
  • See patterns change over time
  • Practice driving, chipping, and putting
  • iPhone and Apple Watch compatibility
Features
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Range practice for golfers who want to get better. Track what your swing is doing at the range, so every bucket doesn't blur together. LOG EVERY SHOT FROM YOUR WRIST OR PHONE Face direction, strike location, ground contact. Three taps, under two seconds. DRILLS BUILT AROUND HOW GOLFERS LEARN A library of drills spanning every practice area, sorted by what each one trains: • Awareness. Notice your swing tendencies. • Skill Building. Train a specific strike under increasing difficulty, with optional tests to see the before and after. • On-Course Simulation. Pressure-test it like a real round. BUILD YOUR OWN DRILLS Pick a practice area, pick a drill format, set your own clubs and outcome options. Save and reuse across sessions. SEE YOUR PATTERNS CHANGE OVER TIME Every shot becomes a data point. SwingReps shows you whether your face is opening more this week, whether your iron strike is drifting to the heel, whether your wedge ground tendency is fat or flush. NOT ANOTHER SWING ANALYZER No video upload. No AI guessing at your swing from a video. SwingReps is built on what you can feel and see on every shot: face angle, strike location, ground contact. The drills use those signals to change the swing, not just describe it. THREE PRACTICE AREAS, ONE APP • Driving and Approach. The range. Long-game work plus on-course-style simulated holes. • Chipping. The chipping green. • Putting. The putting green. IPHONE AND APPLE WATCH Watch is built for range-side speed: one-handed, thumb-only, between swings. iPhone gives you the same shot-entry flow on a bigger screen, plus the planner, history, and trends. Use either, use both, switch mid-session. Your practice data stays on your devices. SUBSCRIPTION After a 14-day free trial, your subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: swingreps.com/privacy Terms of Use: swingreps.com/terms

Screenshots

PocketPutter Putting Simulator4 screens
SwingReps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PocketPutter Putting Simulator at free with in-app purchases against SwingReps's subscription. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. PocketPutter Putting Simulator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SwingReps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. 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 PocketPutter Putting Simulator against 5.0 for SwingReps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PocketPutter Putting Simulator versus SwingReps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocketPutter Putting SimulatorSwingReps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better5
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew HwangANTHONY GEORG DONISCH

Customer experience

PocketPutter Putting Simulator

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SwingReps

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PocketPutter Putting Simulator

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$59.99
2 purchases

SwingReps

Subscriptions2
  • SwingReps Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • SwingReps Annual14 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is PocketPutter Putting Simulator free?
PocketPutter Putting Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwingReps free?
SwingReps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PocketPutter Putting Simulator or SwingReps?
PocketPutter Putting Simulator and SwingReps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do PocketPutter Putting Simulator or SwingReps have ads?
Neither PocketPutter Putting Simulator nor SwingReps shows ads.

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