PocketPutter Putting Simulator vs TempoSeeker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
TempoSeeker
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Putt like you mean it. TempoSeeker turns your iPhone into a putting lab — stand it beside your mat, putt, and get tempo, speed, distance and plain-language AI coaching back in about a second. No sensors. No wearables. No launch monitor to buy. 10 free putts every day — full features, no credit card. Most golfers don't three-putt because they can't read a green. They three-putt because their tempo and speed control drift — and nothing on the practice green tells them why. TempoSeeker does. SEE YOUR STROKE • Tempo, ball speed and distance measured on every putt • Your stroke traced and scored against a true 2:1 tour rhythm • Computer-vision math — set up in two minutes, no calibration headaches KNOW WHY YOU MISSED • Every putt comes back with what happened, what it means, and how to fix it • Plain language, not a wall of numbers • Built to help you stop three-putting and make more putts GROOVE A REPEATABLE RHYTHM • TempoSeeker learns your natural tempo, then builds you a personal metronome • Lock in a smooth, repeatable stroke you can trust under pressure WATCH YOUR SCORES COME DOWN • Every putt saved and charted against Tour benchmarks • See improvement as a trend line, week over week • Clean-strike %, average tempo, best streaks and more JUST YOUR PHONE No $150 gadget, no chip in your putter. Any tripod, an iPhone, and your mat — that's the whole setup. Every putt is analyzed on your iPhone, and your video is never recorded or uploaded. (iPhone, right-handed putters.) FREE EVERY DAY — UPGRADE WHEN YOU'RE READY 10 putts a day, every day, with every feature unlocked. Go Pro for unlimited putts and marathon practice sessions: $9.99/month or $109.99/year. Cancel anytime — TempoSeeker Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. • TempoSeeker Pro (Monthly) — $9.99 per month • TempoSeeker Pro (Annual) — $109.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://temposeeker.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PocketPutter Putting Simulator at 16.4 against TempoSeeker's 26.0. On price, ads, 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. PocketPutter Putting Simulator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and TempoSeeker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | PocketPutter Putting Simulator | TempoSeeker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Hwang | Hsien Hao Huang |
In-app purchases
PocketPutter Putting Simulator
- Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$59.99
TempoSeeker
- TempoSeeker Pro — Monthly$9.991 Month
- TempoSeeker Pro — annual$109.991 Year
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