Golf Gps Swingu App Reviews

Great app! Using for over a year! Used latest update last Friday and loved the changes, but the screen goes white and you have to close and reopen the app to proceed. Hoping there is a fix in the next update.

You name it, I tried it. Swing by Swing is hands down the best golf app on the market, and it keeps getting better! It’s just like having a personal caddy with you at all times, and afterwards all the stats you could possibly want. This app alone shaved 5 shots off my handicap this year, no joke. 5 *****

I’ve heard great things about the app but since I’ve installed it I haven’t been able to use it. Every time I hit course it just sits on the loading page searching for courses and it just searches, doesn’t allow me to type in zip code or course name. I would give it 5 stars if I could use app

The recent update is total trash. Some ballache ruined a great app! Can’t even share my round with friends with taking 26 separate screen shots. #LostTheApp

Tons of great features and content!!! Definitely HIGHLY recommended for any skill level to help track progress and stats.

The app is still ok and works fine but the update removed some nice things. I miss the online round summary you could see. Now it just shows basic information about the round. Most importantly, I miss the shot tracking. They made it so getting a distance of your previous shot is only available to looper members now. I'll keep using it because it has all my rounds in it, but I guarantee there is better out there now.

The watch app is awful and gives only one approximate distance. Other apps give Center,Front and Back of the green. It also doesn’t provide any distances for hazards, traps etc.

The app was great before the new version launched in the summer of 2018. Since the new version launched the app crashes almost every time I pull out my phone to check yardage. If the app would stop crashing it would be 5 stars. Other than the crashing I really like the app and would like to keep using it. As you know the proper modulation is required. Please fix. Thank you.

Used this app for years. Great scoring app. Unfortunately, the new update has placed tips and ads on main opening page. If I wanted these, I would install an app for those. Need to provide a user option for opening page - ads, tips, lessons or go right to find course and play.

I’ve used old version without a problem New version I get white screen of death consistently Screen doesn’t initialize all the time it seems Looking for a new golf app that works

I have used this app for several years and loved it until this year when it went from a5 star to a 3. Partway through my round, this app now often cuts out and just shows a gray screen. Very frustrating. I will try others instead.

I downloaded this app when I started golfing and loved it, had awesome format and was user friendly, ever since the recent update and all the changes I HATE it! I am only going to continue using it because it has ever round I’ve ever played on it otherwise I’d switch apps because of how much I hate the new format

But why happened to seeing the scores of your friends? Missing that feature immensely as me and my buddies would watch each other’s scores when we knew they were playing.

Great app. Really appreciate the tips scorecard distance options and view. Thanks have used it for years.

If the signal is a little weak the picture goes blank since the upgrade. On the old system that did not happen

I have used this app for several years and found it to be very useful. However, the new redesign seems to be buggy. I have had to k*** it and restart it because it will hang on a white screen. You can only wait so long to get distances while playing. The feature where you turn it horizontal to get the total score seems to be gone.

I've been using this app for a couple years. Tried them all and this is my favorite. Works great! Please go back to the vertical scorecard!! I will gladly change this back to a 5!

I’ve found this app to be useful and fairly accurate but the last update wiped out over two years of rounds. I’m currently looking for a better app.

Love the app, but the update removed the ability to take pictures during a round, which I used all the time. Now I have to exit the app to do it, which really isn’t a big deal, but now the pictures aren’t available when you view your rounds. Update: the developer told me the feature was removed but is being reconsidered for a future update.

Is there anyway to make the holes automatically move to the next hole? Especially for the Apple Watch? Maybe once yardage gains distance over certain amount it auto switches to the next hole. I don’t use scorecard so this would be great.

Trouble with connection too many menu options Togo thru I stuff it back in my bag every time I try to use it

We’re lucky to have this app. I’m grateful for such a superior app, however, I accidentally purchased the paid one and cannot see any benefits, and I certainly won’t be using them. I immediately asked to be refunded via Apple inc. but no response. The only reason I’m not too angry is because I consider it a donation. I don’t see or grasp how app developers make enough money from these so I’m certainly not going to gripe too much about something so good and free!

Best app for golf gps and score cards. Almost all of the courses, even private courses, available. Great app!

Yardage readings are slow to update and are often inaccurate. I like the app for scoring and handicap tracking

It’s free I’ve never played on a course that it didn’t already know about does the job

Great distance finder on most courses. ...

Great phone app. 5 stars if it worked with my pebble

Took me a couple years to buy the upgrade. Sorry I waited. Love the distance per club aggregate numbers and the ease of score recordings. Very highly recommend.

Great App Love it!!

Have had this app for a few years now. I used to be able to use it on the course and it was pretty reliable but now it is completely unusable. I am able start the round and by the time I get to my first tee shot and check the distance to the pin the app crashes and all I see is a white screen. Some times I am to restart the app and get more then a white screen. Sometimes I am even able to enter a score, mostly though I am not. Once in awhile it will locate me on the course after restarting but then it will crash and back to a white screen it goes. I have been able to enter the scores at home when I use my iPad so I can track my rounds but the app is complete useless on my iPhone. I am not sure if these problems are because I have an iPhone 4s but all this started when the app was redone. Currently looking at dedicated gps devices right now.

Price is perfect. Usually within a yard of my rangefinder. (When pins are middle) Love the electronic scorecard. Great app. Keep up the great work.

Really like the app. Only problem that I have is that it will show summary sometimes and will have to close it down and bring it back up.

7-27-18. I am updating my review to a 5 because the developer team has worked hard and fixed the problem. Thank you Been using SXS for a couple of weeks on my iPhone 8. Liked it very much. Paid $15 for looper upgrade. However just downloaded updated app today. Opens but quickly tells tells me my session has expired and to log in again. I deleted it and tried again. Same thing. You need to check these updates out before publishing.

Great App. Reduced it by one star because new updates removed the “sand” feature. Still recommend

Have used this app for years. The new updates have me looking for something new. Track shots now requires upgrade. The interface is not user friendly. I can’t get the app to recognize my profile as a woman playing from the women’s tee box. I’ve tried it y last 3 rounds and giving up. Too bade, it used to be awesome.

Thank you for the response to my inquiry. This app is amazing.

I love the app- very accurate at the clubs I have used it but ur handicap equations can’t calculate a “+” handicap under zero? It seems just to calculate anything that should be +1 or +2 to just 0.0? Is that correct?

Love the app, but wish you had the option to use the Apple Watch gps vs the iPhone’s gps...

Entering a score on this is way too complicated. As far as I can figure, you have to hit Save after EACH entry for EACH golfer or your score is not recorded. Hitting Save Hole # doesn’t go to the next golfer or offer any feedback. Worse, going to the next golfer doesn’t give you any warning that you forgot to save the score. If you only enter Save Hole # after the last player, it only saves his score and no others. I figured this out after 10 holes. Luckily, we also kept score manually.

Was happy with this at first but recently played a round and when I tried to save the round it would act as if it saved, but it never saved. I re-downloaded the app and now all the info from the round (shot track, score, etc.) is gone. I paid for the upgraded version and it’s not working...a little frustrating. If I didn’t already pay the annual fee I would’ve uninstalled.

No club distance input, no measured drive distances, and no ability to override the phone auto lock. Everyone I know who uses a GPS app plugs in their phone to the cart or brings an external battery. Without these features, SXS just can’t compete.

Comes in handy. But downgrading the rating with the loss of shot tracker. Scoring screen is too cluttered with the extra blocked counters. Might be time to find an alternative.

I love swing by swing. Only issue is with the new update, I can put in the course s**** but NOT the course rating. I used to be able to. This is frustrating. The rest of the app is great!

Update is good except for the ads. 90% of the home screen is now ads for the upgraded instruction plan.

Update: these guys just released a really nice new interface. Keep up the good work. I got this app as a potential replacement to my bushnell. After using it a few times I upgraded to Looper. It’s well worth the upgrade. Awesome app.

Love the app, but the update removed the ability to take pictures during a round, which I used all the time. Now I have to exit the app to do it, which really isn’t a big deal, but now the pictures aren’t available when you view your rounds.

I have loved this app - up until now!!! BUT THE NEW VERSION IS AWFUL! It will not keep any changes that I make to my account. It will take the changes, and say they are saved, but IT DOESN’T save the change. If this isn’t fixed, I will find another app - even though I still have 7 months left on my Looper purchase.

Good pgm for tracking ball, but new design dropped website features. You can no longer see all rounds played on website. Everything is through app. Unfortunate!

Don't get v6. Text is too small even on a 7+, and the cancel button for the shot planning tool was poorly switched from a big red X in the bottom left corner to a Amazon back button in the upper left corner.

Firstly. I live this app. I have 172 rounds logged. The new update has changed the display from going vertical and seeing almost all the hole scores on one screen to horizontal and only see a few it means much more scrolling which can be a problem especially in the rain. Any chance there could be an option or toggle that go back to vertical layout.

I’ve had this app for years. I was very happy with the basic service I paid a one time fee for. I understand adding new features and charging for that. However they have to decided to take away the few features I paid for when I first signed up. And now I have to pay a subscription to keep track of sand and penalty shots. As well as direction of my drives. I’m hate to lose all my stats I’ve accumulated but up charging me now is p****** me off. I’m in the market for a new app.

With the latest update they now charge for features that used to be free. I was a loyal user and recommend this app to many friends in golf leagues, but it’s now time to find another. Sad indeed

Great App as simple as getting yardage and entering scores w/ putts taken to as complex as tracking club distances as well. The new version used for he first time Tuesday 7/17 was pretty intuitive. An up/down arrow on the score and putt counts might be something to consider vs the scroll. Still need to explore the yardage tracker on the new version.

Love this APP...I have gotten rid of all my other GPS subscriptions and devices, and rely only on Swing x Swing for on course measurements and conditions. In addition the Looper add on is a great value and tool for improving your game.

Love this app. Been using it for 3 years now. It i hate the fact that it has no widget like other gps app. Will change to 5 Star when widget upgrade!

I thought it was super nice when it worked. Had a hard time having it sync on my Apple Watch. After the 6th hole it wouldn’t let me go on. But could see how nice it would be if it would work correctly. Thanks

Disappointed that the new release no longer allows me to share my round with others. Please bring that feature back!

I played my first round using 6.0 yesterday. It worked well but one feature is no longer available in the free app. I used to use shot tracking to get my driving distance, which I’d note separately. I was quite surprised on the first tee that I could no longer do that, but got a window that told me I could find out about Looper. Other than that major disappointment, I thought the app worked well, though I thought that it was a little sluggish updating distances. If I could still measure my driving distance directly I would have given this 5 stars. I’m not ready for Looper yet.

I’ve used the app for several years and loved it, I don’t after the last update. Major complaint is distance display is too small. It used to be easy to give a quick glance and read distance now type is much smaller. It’s hard for us older golfers to read. Please restore the size of distance readings.

Since the app has last updated it keeps crashing and hasn’t saved my last two rounds.

Love this app! GPS is so accurate. Really helped me sharpen my game with my irons.

has everything you need to improve your game. best one out there

What happened to emailing my round? Latest upgrade has done away with the email stating the results.

Just updated the app today and the share my round feature is gone. So disappointed by that, bring it back

I liked the version that showed the front, middle, and back yardage’s on the main screen. It was very handy. Now I need to he flag button for that info. One more step that wasn’t needed before. Also very slow in following me now. Had to re-set many times.

It’s a handy application to have at the premium rate. However, I have a concern about the application. Is it possible for this to track chip shots on a hole?

90% of the home screen is now ads for the upgraded instruction plan. I will delete this app and start using 18 birdies the day my looper subscription expires

So it has GPS. So do lots of others. I found no way to select the tee ratings for the tees I play. So that’s a swing and a miss. Then I found no way to add tee ratings for tees that are not already shown. Missed a 2 foot putt with this one. Then there does not seem to be a way to see a friends Handicap rating or add an index to get a true handicap adjusted for the rating of the course. That’s a drive OOB. Not rocket science guys. You need to figure this out before you plunk down the $$$ for anything more than the unremarkable basic service. If you’re considering this app, try another one first.

Are used to be able to delete individual shots on my shot tracker. I no longer have this functionality. My accidental 232 yard 60• wedge is throwing my yardage’s off.

Been using SXS for a couple of weeks on my iPhone 8. Liked it very much. Paid $15 for looper upgrade. However just downloaded updated app today. Opens but quickly tells tells me my session has expired and to log in again. I deleted it and tried again. Same thing. You need to check these updates out before publishing.

Been using this app for over a year without problems. Most recent update has resulted in the inability to login. It appears to be hung up between login and session expired login again.

Thanks for an app that has significantly helped me improve my game! BobfromNy

Leave all other gPs devices at home. Dial 9 SwingXSwing, keep making it happen.

Great accuracy!

Golfers creating great apps for golfers. Nothing else needs to be said.

Does not wear your phone battery down. Has more than you need for stats but easy to use

Enjoy S x S as I move around Kansas playing different courses. Does an adequate job on giving yardage.

Slow to calculate yardage’s

The app no longer has the link to email at the beginning of the round. The GPS is slow to pick up your distance. Other than that it’s a good app.

I’m using the free app of SwingxSwing and it’s great! Lots of features for free. Yardage seems right on.

Registration impossible in app, and on the website creating an account results in an ‘application error’.

Lose the ease of the app and the distances are pretty accurate maybe a few yards off of anything! Love the tracking of all the rounds!

Great app

I love the updates!! Really simplified and made better what I thought was already pretty good. Best golf app out the!

The only thing missing is to track pushing or pulling your middle strokes

My family has several GPS range finders for our outings, SkyCaddie Touch, SkyGolf GT1 that works with the iPhone app, and Garmin S6. We’ve also used golf GPS’s since SkyCaddie SG1. We also had an Garmin S2 that lasted only 1 year. All have their pluses and minuses. The family got Apple Watches for Christmas and we’ve been trying golf GPS apps. Hole 19 and Swing X Swing. Both have the same problem. Very slow to give a reading and will not auto advance to the next hole. Hole 19 will drain your iPhone and watch battery. Swing X Swing, with Looper $19.99, is better on battery drain but is very slow determine the distance. Too slow that it will slow down your pace of play to look at your iPhone, find the hole, determine the distance and then try to sync to the watch. All-in-all about 20-30 seconds with good cell signal strength. While I am waiting to get distance, family members with the Garmin S6 and SkyCaddie Touch have hit their shots and have moved on. It’s very annoying that Swing X Swing will not give the distance to the front or back of the green. All it give you is —. It also does not give the correct wind direction either. My recommendation is if you spent over $1,000 on your clubs, hundreds on shoes, clothing, lessons and big bucks on green fees, get a real GPS or laser rangefinder. These iPhone apps are slow and bad for the pace of play. Get the real deal and get a dedicated golf GPS, your golf partners and league will thank you.

I’ve had this app for probably five to six years and I love it. I was really excited to get my Apple Watch Series 3 and use it without have to carry my phone to my ball. I found out yesterday that it only uses the gps on the phone not my iwatch. I really hope they find a way to fix this. Even if it costs money. I’d hate to be force to a competitor whose watch app works.

Great app

Love the ease of using the rangefinder and keeping basic score but I paid for upgrade to Looper, which lets you track fairways hit, GIR etc. and after my first round those functions aren’t working anymore. If that worked properly I would give it 5 stars but I don’t appreciate paying for an upgrade that doesn’t work.

Love it.

This app does everything I need it to and more! You will want to download this one!

Best golf GPS ever. Collect stats is awesome as well.

I've been using this app for over 700 rounds. It helps me for the pregame preparation, during game course management and after game analysis and practice planning.

Great app and getting better! With all the yardage finding gizmo’s out there today , my partners are constantly hollering at me , “ how far is it?” , they know SwingU is best !

If your swing is struggling and you don’t have the time to go get a lesson this app is for you. Phenomenal design impeccable instruction interactive and fun!

I really like this app, but the last time I used it (a week ago) it kept hanging and would not let me enter a score for several holes. I would have to close the reopen the app to clear the hang.

I work at a 27hole public golf course as a Ranger/ Cart Person and like showing it off to all the golfers. It seems to be quite popular with the women golfers. Thanks for making a great product and useful tool for the game. Dale L Sutton Applegreens Golf Course Highland, New York.

I love keeping my personal stats. Your program makes it easy to do. Great job I used a lot of others this one is the best by far.

Way cool, the development team listened to me (and probably many others) You can tilt the perspective of the map to your own view to get a good readout/vantage point Great work, great tool, still a bit glitchy with the 3d tilt but regardless a fantastic golf tool companion

Hard to use (actually SEE useful info) AND DRAINS MY BATTERY TO DEAD BEFORE one round is complete = I turned it OFF!

Good pgm for tracking ball, and I was wrong. You can still go online to see your rounds. I like this. Only upgrade I would like to see is the ability to track other players scores from my watch - which either you can’t do or I can’t figure out how.

The features available on this app for free are awesome. For less than the cost of one Pro V1 Ball per month you can do the Looper upgrade. I love it. Shot tracking is awesome. Tip: track ALL your shots, not just the ones you’re happy with. That gives you a much more realistic picture of your averages and better club recommendations. Basic distance feature is very helpful. I can find distances to many course features I can’t shoot with a range finder. I also love the stats and being able to track things over time. I used to do all this manually with score cards and Excel, but now it’s done for me and available at my fingertips while I’m playing. Great app - nothing bad to say. A couple of suggestions: the ability to add some personal notes to a hole would be cool. Also a feature to share a score card via text, email, save image etc. would be cool.

Was a five star app, but has fallen off. It’s far more choked with ads and promotional material now, and I’m even a subscriber! Additionally, it previously had a great way to share rounds with others by text, email, etc. That function was removed without notice - shame.

Regarding the Apple watch: This app looks very cool. But it is very frustrating because it loads up fine, works for a few holes, then sticks and doesn’t go to next hole.

Best golf gps app I’ve used. Looper upgrade is well worth it for yardages to different areas around the green. Quick and easy doesn’t delay the round

GPS? Check. Rangefinder? Check. Caddie in your back pocket? Check. I love this app. It takes all the guesswork out of my game from tee to green. The wind and plays like info are perfect for those times when I’m second guessing my club selection. I don’t think I could play a round without it.

I’ve had this app for several years now. I like that it keeps my handicap. However, the past four times I’ve tried to use the app, it’s stuck on the last course I’ve used it on. I’ve tried al I know to do to correct it to no avail. Very frustrating! When it works, it’s pretty good!

First, the good. I bought the Looper level of the app to use with my Apple Watch Series 4, LTE, and iPhone. The app looks great. On the iPhone, the GPS is accurate and fast. I found the lack of controls (compared to other apps like SkyDroid) to be a small issue but nothing that would prevent me using this app. However... The bad (for me, at least): The app doesn’t advance holes automatically for me. Also, it would not function correctly on my Series 4 Watch. Specifically, it would not stay awake and on my watch screen. I had followed all the instructions the developers gave me yet every time I would look at the watch to see distance to the hole, there was my date and time showing - no SwingxSwing app! I kept having to go to my apps and press on it. And again, wouldn’t advance holes automatically. I don’t use it to keep score, only for GPS distances. That, coupled with the app not working with the watch alone (one of the reasons I like LTE is I don’t need the phone at all times) was the deal breaker for me. I believe this was just my expectations not being in line with what the developers have created. The app is good. Their customer service was fast and professional. I’m just sorry this didn’t mesh for me and I had to cancel my subscription. My only suggestion would be for the devs to make their website better by including some tutorials, and very clearly stating these types of things (like the app only working when the phone is on and nearby). Lots of people don’t want their phones on the golf course.

Good support from the company, I just don’t like the app. I’m gonna stick w GolfPad GPS. Update: I just added a star because your service is really good! The app just wasn’t intuitive for me and I couldn’t find any instructions related to learning the app. It looks like others like it so it’s probably good and just a preference thing. Like I said, your service and communication is great.

Have been using this app for over a year now. Have over 40 rounds loaded. Now, on my Samsung phone, it crashes every time I open the app. Had to download a new app on my phone for my distances.

I have experienced several “simple functionality” issues during my 1st 3 rounds with the App = crashes requiring rebooting my iphone, lockup when trying to use the layup function (sometimes fixed itself after a few minutes of “ignoring the problem” i.e. = didn’t use the App & had to guess on distances to preferred landing zone... BAD), difficulty “finding” simple features like “Tee selection” for the round (how about an option in settings for “preferred tee” - if the tee is NOT SELECTED at the start of the round it seems to be IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE = BAD... some examples of a need for a more FLEXIBLE & EASIER TO NAVIGATE interface. I don’t want to be a rocket scientist to figure out “HOW” to find “WHERE” & “when” to make a change - frustrating, on an otherwise good App with some very useful information on the “Hole GPS screen”! However, I am not yet convinced that this info is in fact accurate & useful, ex. = “plays like x yards”, helpful a bit, but sometimes bordering on “NO that isn’t going to work & my decision for club selection actually did work”. Bottom Line... Functionality of GPS is fast, but somewhat inconsistent on reliability. User interface needs to be improved for “Setting changes” = more flexible? Layup feature, especially, needs improvement on functionality & reliability of loading - I want the answer NOW, not a few minutes from now when the players following are getting irritated!!!

A free app that keeps track of my scores and stats! Must-have for any golfer looking to improve!!

I love the app- very accurate at the golf clubs I have used it but ur handicap equations can’t calculate a “+” handicap under zero? It seems that the app just calculates anything that should be +1 or +2 to just 0.0? Is that correct? Can that be modified in upcoming updates?

Works good, easy to use.

Been using this app for over a year without problems. Most recent update has resulted in the inability to login. It appears to be hung up between login and session expired login again. Problem recently corrected by developers. Great app.

I’ve been using this app for a while I found it extremely helpful especially as a newer golfer. It’s nice to be able to get the layout of each hole before you tee off in the distance it seem to be spot on. The one issue I have run into his when I use it with my Apple Watch, it drains my watch battery. Hopefully they can be improved upon in the future, because I really like the features of this app!

I have used this app for the last three years. I agree with some of the reviews. The old app was better than the summer of 18 upgrade. I have an iPhone 6 if that matters Often the app cannot find me and often it will crash and just show a white screen. I relaunch the app to get back to where I was. It is annoying. If they can fix the white screen issue it will be a good but not great app

This is the best GPS app I have used. It’s accurate and easy to use. I have recently upgraded to looper and loving it so far. Definitely recommend this app!

Used for several rounds and it’s a game changer. Made the game go faster and more enjoyable. Bravo, excellent app!