Comparison

SlowMo vs CoachView Slowmo Video Player

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

Head to head
About

SlowMo

Analyze videos frame by frame with precise slow-motion playback and instant replay. Enhance your understanding with drawing tools, voiceovers, and remote coaching capabilities. Save and share your detailed video analysis easily.

Highlights
  • Slow-motion playback
  • Frame-by-frame analysis
  • Scrub wheel control
  • Telestration tools
  • Voiceover recording
  • Remote coaching
Features
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Watch, analyze, and save videos in slow motion with instant replay, just like on TV. Use the scrub wheel for precise control over playback speed. Review every moment, frame by frame, and share your videos with ease. Perfect for replaying goals, golf swings, martial arts techniques, dance moves, surveillance footage, and more. Scroll smoothly back and forth to catch every detail. Create telestrations with powerful drawing tools, add voiceovers, and coach remotely. Go further with a membership: Professional unlocks compare mode, the Precision tools (Angle, Angle Line, Timer, Text) and your own watermark. Coach adds everything in Professional plus a client list, so you can keep track of your students and share lessons with them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.picobrothers.com/slowmo-privacy-policy.html

About

CoachView Slowmo Video Player

Analyze athletic performance with frame-by-frame and slow-motion video playback. Draw on videos for comparison, add annotations, and record feedback to share with coaches or players. Improve technique by training your eye for detail.

Highlights
  • Slow motion playback
  • Frame-by-frame analysis
  • Screen drawing tools
  • AI pose overlay
  • Video annotations
  • Record and share feedback
  • Side-by-side video comparison
Features
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Analyze your athletic performance with a frame by frame breakdown or slow motion video playback. Draw lines and curves on the video for comparison. Share your breakdown screenshot with your coach or another player to get feedback. Stop guessing and start improving today by training your coach’s eye! CoachView is a cutting-edge video player designed specifically for coaches and athletes who want to improve their technique in any sport. CoachView works on any existing video, so there is no need to reshoot. Simply import the video and use the slowmo or frame by frame features to show an athlete how he or she can improve. You can even record your own analysis for easy sharing! We know CoachView works and has improved many a coaches eye! The app was created with the specific purpose of breaking down my own son’s pitching mechanics. It allowed his pitching coach to show him his incorrect hip/shoulder separation and work on issues specific to his delivery that are hard to spot in real-time. Features: -Slow Motion - Playback at 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, or regular speed. Want to go fast? There are also options for 1.5x and 2x speed! -Frame by Frame - Need even finer control? Step through the video frame by frame. -Screen Drawing - Straight and freeform lines can easily be drawn over the video. Want to measure your pitcher’s drift? Draw a line at the beginning of the delivery and step through the leg lift frame by frame! -Pose View - toggle on/off an AI generated overlay of your player's bone structure. -Annotations - Add bookmarks throughout the video and quickly jump between key moments. Did you record an entire at-bat and want to jump between pitches? Annotations make that task super simple. You can even label each bookmark. -Record feedback - record a breakdown of your athlete’s performance and share it with them easily. -Side by Side Video Comparison: compare your player's mechanics to a reference coach or professional player frame by frame. You pick the videos for comparison and step through them at your own pace. (Requires Pro Upgrade) Privacy Notice: This app collects your device’s IP address, advertising ID, and other partner specific identifiers. These identifiers enable analytics to improve our app. Opt-out or learn more by visiting our Privacy Center, accessible from the app's settings. Terms of Use: http://www.firecrackersw.com/terms-service

Screenshots

SlowMo4 screens
CoachView Slowmo Video Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SlowMo at weekly against CoachView Slowmo Video Player's every 3 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. SlowMo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and CoachView Slowmo Video Player sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 — 4.6 for SlowMo against 4.6 for CoachView Slowmo Video Player. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.7K and 611 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 62% and 62% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SlowMo ships an update weekly, CoachView Slowmo Video Player every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SlowMo versus CoachView Slowmo Video Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlowMoCoachView Slowmo Video Player
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better4.6 (611 ratings)
Positive reviews61.7% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better611
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPico BrothersFirecracker Software

Customer experience

SlowMo

All ratings1,678 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive61.7%
Neutral11.3%
Negative27.0%

CoachView Slowmo Video Player

All ratings611 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative28.2%

User reviews

SlowMo

From 1.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good for video analysis
  • 🚀 Great for coaching
  • 💡 Useful for learning techniques
  • 🚀 Excellent slow motion playback
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🐛 Video rendering/saving issues
  • 🐛 Compatibility problems with high frame rate videos
  • 🔍 Lack of zoom/repositioning features
  • 🔊 Issues with audio recording/playback

CoachView Slowmo Video Player

From 611 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Works well on older devices without updates required
  • 💰 Affordable one-time purchase, no subscription model
  • 🎬 Frame-by-frame video stepping capability
  • ⚙️ Playback speed adjustment feature
  • 🏷️ Tags feature for organizing multiple clips

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Export functionality broken or unreliable
  • 🐛 Video playback issues with longer videos
  • 🐛 App crashes and won't open after uploading multiple videos
  • 🐛 Black screen on iPad
  • 🐛 Video import takes excessive time

Bugs and requests

SlowMo

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Videos not saving properly
  • App crashes during video rendering
  • Slow motion playback not working as expected
  • Annotations/drawings not behaving as intended
  • Compatibility issues with certain devices/cameras

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add pinch-to-zoom functionality
  • Allow adjusting position and size of drawn lines/annotations
  • Improve video rendering and saving reliability
  • Support higher frame rates (120fps, 240fps)
  • Add option to mute audio during playback
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  • Improve landscape mode support, especially for iPad

CoachView Slowmo Video Player

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Export fails with iCloud error message
  • Long videos won't play
  • App crashes and becomes unusable after multiple video uploads
  • Black screen on iPad
  • Video import extremely slow or hangs
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  • Cannot delete imported videos despite confirmation
  • App won't open after repeated use
  • Video doesn't appear in Files app
  • App doesn't recognize album folder on phone
  • Incompatible with MacBook Air M1 running Sequoia
  • General video playback and loading failures

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to move and adjust line endpoints for precise angle measurements
  • Overlay mode with variable transparency for comparing two videos
  • Variable sensitivity time scrubber for finer control
  • Video loop section feature with loop-only playback
  • Import videos directly from file system, not just photo gallery
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  • Batch import multiple files at once
  • Export frame as image with video resolution
  • Save analysis to camera roll
  • Frame-by-frame navigation buttons (+ and -) for precise stepping
  • Undo/erase last drawing step on screen annotations
  • Improved graphics and UI modernization

In-app purchases

5 purchases

SlowMo

Subscriptions2
  • Professional$9.991 Year
  • Coach$69.991 Year
One-time3
  • Edit / Remove watermark$5.99
  • Precision Pack$5.99
  • Slowmo Ultra$19.99
3 purchases

CoachView Slowmo Video Player

Subscriptions2
  • CoachView Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • CoachView Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • CoachView Pro$9.99

Questions

Is SlowMo free?
SlowMo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CoachView Slowmo Video Player free?
CoachView Slowmo Video Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SlowMo or CoachView Slowmo Video Player?
SlowMo is rated higher. SlowMo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while CoachView Slowmo Video Player averages 4.6 from 611 ratings.
Do SlowMo or CoachView Slowmo Video Player have ads?
Neither SlowMo nor CoachView Slowmo Video Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SlowMo or CoachView Slowmo Video Player?
SlowMo ships an update weekly, and CoachView Slowmo Video Player every 3 months. Most recently, SlowMo was updated on November 1, 2026 and CoachView Slowmo Video Player on November 3, 2026.

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