TraceLab vs Clippar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TraceLab
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TraceLab turns your golf swing videos into pro-style shot tracer clips, just like the glowing ball flight lines you see on TV broadcasts. Import a video, mark the take-off and landing, shape the curve, and export a clean traced clip that is ready to share. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Import any golf swing video from your library • Drag markers to set the take-off and landing points • Shape the trajectory with curve handles for a true-to-life arc • Fine-tune the trace speed to match your ball flight • Choose from neon and classic trace styles, colors, and widths • Pinch to zoom for precise marker placement • Preview the animation, then export straight to your Photos • Add hole, shot, and club details to the clip KEEP SCORE • Track your round on a clean digital scorecard • Save course profiles with par and reuse them anytime • Export your scorecard as a shareable image FREE TO TRACE Tracing is completely free. Exported videos include a small TraceLab watermark. TRACELAB PRO Upgrade once and keep it forever: • Remove the watermark from your exported videos • Save unlimited scorecards and history • Export unlimited scorecard images Your videos and scorecards stay on your device. TraceLab works offline and never uploads your content. Questions? support@halesdigital.com.au
Clippar
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Clippar films your round of golf and cuts it into a highlight reel. No editing. Clip your phone to your bag or buggy and tap a small Bluetooth clicker before and after each shot, or use the button on screen. Clippar finds the swing in each recording, trims away the walk-up and the waiting, and puts the round together hole by hole, on your phone. HOW IT WORKS • Mount your phone on your bag or buggy. • Tap the clicker before and after each shot. The phone stays where it is. • Clippar finds the swing and cuts to the shot. If it can't find one, it says so and leaves that shot for you to trim. • Pick a scorecard, then share the whole round or just a few holes. SEE IT BEFORE YOU PLAY There is already a round in the app when you sign in: three real holes, filmed on course, cut and traced. A short guided walkthrough shows you the reel, the editor and export before you record anything of your own. SHOT TRACER On full swings, Clippar looks for your ball in the footage. Where it can follow it, it draws an estimated line of the ball's flight onto the video, and before it draws it checks that what it's following really is a ball. Some shots it can't follow, such as a ball lost against the sky or hit into a low sun, and those are left as filmed. You can draw the line yourself in a few taps, then set its direction and shape. AT THE RANGE Film a practice session by club, trim every shot to the same length in one go, and play the whole session back as one reel. YOUR LIBRARY Home keeps your rounds, practice sessions and single shots side by side. Filter shots by result, course, hole or club, and use Play all to watch them back to back. Import videos from Photos, or record more shots into a round you've already finished. YOUR SCORE ON THE REEL Five scorecard designs, or none at all. Share or save just a few holes and Clippar asks whether to add the card, which then shows only those holes. WHAT ELSE • Trim any shot, reorder them, drop the ones you'd rather forget. • Each shot you record is also saved to a Clippar album in Photos, so your golf survives deleting the app. You can switch this off. • Leave the app mid-export and it pauses, then picks up where it left off. TRY IT FREE Clippar is free to download. The first time you record, you can start a 7-day free trial of Clippar Pro. After the trial, recording or importing a round or a practice session needs Clippar Pro, which also includes: • Unlimited highlight reels and exports. • The automatic shot tracer. • Cloud backup, when you switch it on: your clips upload in the background, and your library restores on a reinstall or a new phone. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://clippargolf.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://clippargolf.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TraceLab at every 3 days against Clippar's every 2 weeks. 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. TraceLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Clippar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TraceLab ships an update every 3 days, Clippar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TraceLab | Clippar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hayley Zhang | Clippar Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
TraceLab
- TraceLab Pro$7.99
Clippar
- Clippar Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Clippar Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year







