XswingMBasic vs SKYTRAK Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XswingMBasic
This application displays shot data from a connected camera sensor for golfers. It requires a powerful device like an iPad Air or higher for optimal performance. The app guides users through connecting to the sensor and interpreting ball speed, launch angle, and other critical metrics.
- Displays shot information from camera sensor
- Requires powerful hardware (iPad Air+)
- Guides sensor connection process
- Shows ball speed and launch angle
- Provides spin values and trajectory lines
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1. This App displays shot information from the provided camera sensor(It is sent to the address you designated). The shot data will be made from the golfer. 2. The target hardware is the iPad air or the hardware with higher power than this. It is because hardware device with low power takes too much time to process shot data. 3. How to test 3.1. Turn on the sensor. You can find the power button on the right side of the sensor. 3.2. When you need to recharge it, you can do it by by connecting the sensor using USB cable. The slot for USB cable is under the power button. 3.3. After turning on the power, on your device, you will find the wifi starting with "SkyTrak...." in the wifi list. Please connect to this wifi. 3.4. Now start the app. Then hit the discover button. It is located on the top right side. 3.5. This will pop up a window with the wifi name you selected on the device. 3.6. Tab on the wifi name. This will make the app connect to sensor and relevant icon will replace the "x" icon. 3.7. Now when everything is done correctly, three lamps light will be all green and laser will point a spot. 3.8. Place the golf ball(or any ball with similar size, such as table tennis ball) on the spot the laser beam indicates. 3.9. Hit the ball with rather high speed. 3.10. It will first display the ball speed, launch angle, horizontal angle. After few seconds, it will display such as spin values, carry, total, trajectory lines, etc.
SKYTRAK Lite
This app serves as a companion for a golf launch monitor, offering practice and game improvement features. It is designed for users with older operating systems that cannot support the latest software updates.
- Practice Range
- Challenges
- Game Improvement
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SKYTRAK Lite is the lightweight companion app to the SKYTRAK Launch Monitor for those with older operating systems not capable of powering the latest software updates from SKYTRAK. Features: Practice Range Challenges Game Improvement
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SKYTRAK Lite at 2.7 against XswingMBasic's 1.0. SKYTRAK Lite also leads on ratings volume (273 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). XswingMBasic's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SKYTRAK Lite holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SKYTRAK Lite has 273 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
XswingMBasic ships an update every 5 months, SKYTRAK Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XswingMBasic | SKYTRAK Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.7 (273 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 21.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 273 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 615 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GPRO Co., Ltd. | GOLFTEC Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
XswingMBasic
SKYTRAK Lite
Bugs and requests
XswingMBasic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SKYTRAK Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes or fails to load on certain devices
- Network mode and login issues
- Incorrect club data and shot tracking
Requested features
3 requests- Full-screen support for external monitors
- Improved course simulation and integration with other golf software
- Better data analysis and history tracking features
In-app purchases
XswingMBasic
No in-app purchases
SKYTRAK Lite
No in-app purchases
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