Comparison

Covelant vs ShadowSwing

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

Head to head
About

Covelant

Features
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Your best rallies deserve an audience. Covelant captures the moments that make your padel match worth watching. Connect to your in-facility Covelant camera, step on the court, and play. No fuss. Just your game, captured. How it works: Connect to your court’s Covelant camera and pick your side. Play your match as you normally would. The camera captures the action automatically. Within minutes, your highlights and best rallies are ready to watch and share. What you get: AI-powered highlight reels of your best moments and shareable clips ready for Instagram, Facebook, and more. Built for every level. Whether you play to improve or just to have fun, Covelant gives every player access to the kind of coverage usually reserved for the pros. Your level tells the story. Your highlight proves it. Available at partnered clubs and facilities equipped with Covelant cameras.

About

ShadowSwing

This app transforms your iPhone into a tennis, padel, and pickleball swing trainer. It provides real-time audio feedback on your swing speed and offers guided drills, shot analysis, and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio swing feedback
  • Guided drills and workouts
  • 3D shot analysis replays
  • Sport-specific court visuals
  • Daily swing goals and reminders
  • Practice statistics and progress graphs
Features
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ShadowSwing turns your iPhone into a swing trainer for tennis, padel and pickleball. Grip it like a racket or paddle handle, swing, and hear the ball once the racket head is really moving: the same feedback as a mechanical training stick. A loose wrist and a whip get you there without forcing it; a slow, pushed swing stays silent. Pick your sport in Settings: the replay, the ball-speed estimate and the swing sensitivity all follow it. SIMULATOR Mirror your iPhone to a TV and your living room becomes the court. Swing your phone like a racket and rally an animated opponent in tennis, padel or pickleball, take balls from the ball machine, or aim at targets. SWING TRAINER Rally mode: no whip, no sound. Groove forehands, backhands, serves, volleys and dinks in your living room, the hotel room or the garage. BALL SPEED The ball speed is an estimate from your racket-head speed and your sport, like a clean hit on a drop feed. When your phone's motion sensor maxes out on a very fast swing, the app shows "≥" rather than a number that is too low. DRILLS Guided drills with a coach voice. The coach speaks English, French or Spanish. It calls the stroke and the count — "Forehands. Twenty. Go." — each swing counts a rep, and the rests are timed. Warm-ups, groundstroke ladders, serve days and cardio minutes for tennis, padel and pickleball. SHOT ANALYSIS Play one stroke and watch it replayed in 3D — a swept ribbon colored by racket-head speed, ghost frames along the path, the string face, the moment of peak speed, and your estimated ball speed at contact. Orbit it, slow it down, and see exactly where contact belongs. Every replay is kept on your iPhone: open it again later, rename it or star your favorites. The court matches your sport: full tennis lines, a glass-walled padel court, or a pickleball kitchen line. DAILY GOAL Pick 10, 20, 30 or 40 swings a day, or any number with Pro, and a ring on Home fills as you go. Swing Trainer and drill swings both count, and it starts empty every morning. Turn on reminders and get one nudge at the time you choose, only on days your ring is still open. Never more than one a day. STATS Your practice adds up: total swings, sessions, drills, days practiced and your longest streak, all kept on your iPhone. With Pro, graphs show your swings per day, week or month, your ball-speed trend (or racket speed, your pick) for each sport, a practice calendar, your stroke mix and time practiced, and you can scroll back through all of it. SHADOWSWING PRO • Unlimited swings • Unlimited Simulator games • Unlimited drills, and build your own • Estimated ball speed and racket-head speed on every swing (km/h or mph), and your all-time record • Progress graphs: swings, speed trend, practice calendar, stroke mix and time practiced • Any daily goal you like • Unlimited Shot Analysis replays • Dynamic hit: real tennis hits, soft to hard, matched to each swing • Every recorded sound, shuffle, and your own sounds • Fine-tune your swing sensitivity ShadowSwing is free to download. The intro lets you try a few swings and Shot Analysis; after that, the app needs Pro. Pro is a subscription, yearly with a 7-day free trial or monthly; the app shows the price for your region. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shadowswing.app/privacy

Screenshots

Covelant3 screens
ShadowSwing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Covelant at none against ShadowSwing's 4. ShadowSwing's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ShadowSwing sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Covelant asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Covelant ships an update every 3 weeks, ShadowSwing daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Covelant versus ShadowSwing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCovelantShadowSwing
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCovelant GmbHHackem Software

In-app purchases

None

Covelant

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

ShadowSwing

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Pro Annual (first-year offer)1 Year trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Covelant free?
Covelant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShadowSwing free?
ShadowSwing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Covelant or ShadowSwing have ads?
Neither Covelant nor ShadowSwing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Covelant or ShadowSwing?
Covelant ships an update every 3 weeks, and ShadowSwing daily. Most recently, Covelant was updated on November 5, 2026 and ShadowSwing on November 12, 2026.

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