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No. An ordinary smartphone is enough. SwingIQ works with the camera and microphone your device already has — no sensors on your club, no mat, no launch monitor. The higher your camera's frame rate, the more precisely the moment of impact is captured, but it works with an ordinary recording too.
Put your phone on a bag, a trolley or a small tripod, roughly at hip height and perpendicular to your swing direction. The app helps with a scan that checks whether you are properly in frame, and then starts recording by itself. So you do not have to walk back and forth to press a button.
From the side is most useful: that is where your posture, your turn and your ball position show best. More important than the exact angle is that you film from roughly the same position each time. SwingIQ compares your swing with your own earlier swing, and that works best when the camera viewpoint is comparable.
For each club type you mark one swing as your reference: the shot you feel was right. That stays your point of comparison until you replace it. As you improve you move that reference up — so SwingIQ always compares you with the best version of yourself at that moment, not with a fixed ideal.
Read moreYes. Your recordings, your earlier swings and your analyses live on your device. On a course with poor reception you can record and review as normal; new recordings are sent as soon as there is a connection again. The analysis itself runs on the server, so that does need a connection at some point.
Read moreNo, and that is deliberate. No two golfers have the same build, flexibility or range of movement, so a difference from a tour player often says little about what you can change today. SwingIQ compares you with your own best shot: a movement your body has demonstrably been able to make.
No. A good pro sees things no camera picks up and can make you feel something — no app can do that. What SwingIQ adds is context: what happened between two lessons, how consistent you were, and whether last time's advice stuck. You can also share your swings with your pro: they see the same analysis and draw on the picture what you should do differently.
Your recordings are visible only to you, and to whoever you share them with yourself. A share request can be withdrawn as long as the recipient has not answered, and you can delete your videos at any moment. The privacy policy sets out exactly what is stored and for how long.
Read moreYes. Under one account you can create several golfers, each with their own archive and their own best shots per club. How many golfers that is depends on your plan — a family package has a few, a package for golf professionals considerably more.
Read moreYou record with the app on iPhone or Android. Reviewing, comparing and following your progress also works in the browser on a laptop or tablet, without installing anything.
You can start free: comparing with your best shot, the eight phases and the explanation per phase are in every account. The paid packages add more golfers, a larger archive and extras such as 3D, sharing with your pro and the skeleton lines over your swing. For the paid packages we get in touch after your request to go through the options — a request carries no cost or obligation.
Dutch, English, German, Spanish and French. That applies to the app, this site and the text of the analysis itself. The app follows your device language by default; you can set it to something else in the settings.
Your plan counts videos, not swings: one recording with several shots is one slot. A video you chose as best shot does not count; an accepted copy from someone else does. When it is full, a new recording asks whether the oldest video should make room.
Read moreOnce they accept, the recipient gets their own copy in their account, analysed afresh against their best shot; your original does not change. While the request is open you can withdraw it; after acceptance the copy is theirs. Marks drawn on the video are seen by both of you.
Read moreYour account is closed immediately — all golfers, videos and analyses — and you are signed out everywhere. After 30 days everything is permanently erased; until then our support can restore it on request. Copies you shared with others stay with them.
Read moreFor any swing you can have a 3D model made of your body, the club and the ball. It takes about fifteen minutes on the server; then you rotate and zoom around it in the player and lay it over the model of your best shot. From the Pro plan.
Read moreThe scan screen shows a frame for your body, a circle where the ball belongs and a spirit level for your phone. When everything is right the button turns green and recording can start by itself; with spoken cues you do not have to look at the screen. Enter your height and the app knows how many metres fit in the frame.
Read moreThe camera sees your swing, but not where the ball went. Your answer — strike, direction, ball flight, contact — goes into the advice and counts in the breakdown on Today. You can skip the question or switch it off in the settings.
Read moreNothing disappears right away. If your material no longer fits the new plan, whatever is above the maximum is set aside first — you no longer see it, but it still exists — and only erased 30 days later. If you move back up in that time, it comes back. Your best shots always stay, and you get a notification before anything is erased.
Read moreYes. The handicap you enter for your account sets the tone and depth of the advice. A beginner (handicap above 28) gets one short, concrete pointer per step. An experienced player (below 12) gets more explanation, a second difference where it matters and the measurements behind it. In between is the intermediate player, which is also the level used when no handicap is entered. Change your handicap and the advice is regenerated the next time you open a swing.
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