V1 Golf App Reviews

Frustrating. Paid for this and I can’t log in.

First of all my coach sends all of my golf lesson videos to through this app so I wanted to try it out and make it easier on myself, but after I sign up and fill in everything. It won’t let me login, it’ll say “Unable to connect, check password” when I have the exact same password. Someone please help. Thanks!

I have been a V1 user since the early 1990’s. It is my go to video technology. It’s always made my day to day teaching and coaching wonderfully easy. Now just like any technology it has its issues from time to time, but for my dime V1 has always been my go to video resource day to day.

I just recently began using this app through the graves golf academy and really love it. The ability to analyze my swing and have tools to help me determine if I am on plane or not is really great. In addition I can send my videos to my golf instructor for review and feedback. In addition the customer service I received through the company who created this app is outstanding and very helpful. I highly recommend it!

This app will not allow me to upload to the V1 Cloud so I can view videos on different devices. After three hours, it is still trying to upload.

Love this app for game improvement!

The app fails when creating an account and is therefore worthless.

I would love to use this app but after I created my account it won’t let me log in.

I always set it to off, but the timer will default back to 5 or 10 seconds. Otherwise fantastic app

I can no longer record a swing and then immediately review the swing. After recording I now have to tap through 4 interfaces before I can analyzing the swing. I have to tap save, then tap out of record mode, then tap analyze before being able to break down the swing. This wastes a lot of time and is annoying to say the least. Next, It is no longer possible to delete more than one recording at a time. Finally, you have to set the record delay time every time you record the swing. More wasted time

V1 is extremely professional an reliable an is extremely helpful with improving your golf game, support staff is second to none an if there is every an issue the staff is the best

Much improved. To the developers......Please add a feature that will allow me to delete multiple swings at once. Deleting a list of swings one by one is time consuming.

I love the app. Used the slow motion with very telling results. Thank you Gus so much for a wonderful golf app.

Update: after several months, a new update was released that returned functionality to the V1 app. It seems to work great now. The only thing lacking is the amount of included models. The 'original' had more pro model swings that users could utilize in swing comparisons. Overall I am relieved that this App is once again a good tool to use.

Updated: New update is improved and usable again, but the app is still missing mass delete / move to folder capabilities, which were core features in the previous version. The overall stability of the app seems much improved from previous versions.

To much personal information. They require you to enter you phone number to use the software. If you read the fine print in the users agreement they have the right to call you to sale you more stuff. I purchase the software for my pc over a decade ago and bought upgrades but free isn’t really free when you have to give up your personal information.

The new updates are very good. Would be great if there was an Apple Watch app to control starting and stopping recordings of swing.

Phenomenal app, have used it for years with a lot of success, went from a double digit handicap to a single (3) with this app alone. The update is great for naming new swings but with the new update it actually takes a tad longer to perform the same function as it previously did. Highly recommend this app.

My favorite swing app of all time is back and better than ever!! As a PGA professional I have used this app for years and years and always loved it. A few months ago they came out with an update that just didn’t live up to the V1 quality I had come to expect, in fact it had quite a few very troublesome bugs. I emailed and spoke with several people in the company (Kelly, Mike, Thom & Chris). All of them were very understanding and very helpful. So much so that they added me to their Beta testing team. So after weeks of testing, communicating and a boat load of hard work on their part they released this most recent update. All I can say is WOW!!! My V1 app was back to the quality I remembered AND they added a bunch of new features that really enhanced the user experience. You can now trim and edit the videos with ease, add student names along with club used and save or send the videos to your students. Plus if you name the video, you can go back and search by your student’s name. Everything is seamless now. THANK YOU V1 TEAM!! Job very well done!!

I have used this app for several years. My playing group have me evaluate them almost weekly. One player has modified his swing plane 30 degrees, handicap now a strong seven Watch golf swing gurus film your swing and make the changes !!! Enjoy

Been a user for years and now use V1 Golf to help with my son’s swing. This March update really puts this app heads and tails above the rest. Good work.

Harder to trim videos, can’t go frame by frame

I wanted to use this app with my iPhone on a tripod when I’m by myself at the range but the app doesn’t support a Bluetooth remote. A significant shortcoming in my opinion.

I know there’s some reviews on here because of the prior version’s shortcomings. Looks like the people behind V1 listened to the users and worked hard to correct what was wrong with the app!

V1 Golf’s App (2.1.41) is terrific . . . With customer service to match! Record your swing, edit the video, then analyze it with a variety of helpful tools or compare yourself to a tour pro! Then label your videos and save each or share it with your pro! As if that’s not enough, flip over to the “Drills” page for short videos. For those of us who work on improving our game, I don’t know how it gets any better than V1 Golf’s App.

The updates are great when using the app with my students seeing is believing for them.

This is exactly what we needed. Thank you!

Love the new improved update. Perfect locker to store your swings & lessons. Access to PGA LPGA & Senior tour player swings. Must have for everyone looking to improve & keep track of their golf game.

Very good so far! My initial reaction is great.

The previous version of this app allowed the user to store videos in a virtual locker (cloud) or on the device. On the device, videos could be sorted into folders (Face On, Down the Line, etc). I had dozens of videos meticulously sorted in this manner. This “upgrade” completely removed my hours of work sorting and organizing videos. And without warning in the update notes. Additionally, by removing 240fps, this app is now useless compared to other alternatives. Put back those two things, and I’ll use again. Until then, this app is just unacceptable — a shame.

Paid for version then they changed it and took away all the good features!!!! Was an awesome tool in the past so I purchased it, now the new update is completely different and they took away all the good features I paid for!!! Company screwed over all people who paid for it and took the application to a completely different direction.

Changes to visual interface and functionality fall short of expectations.

Not worth free anymore. I had paid for the upgrade and with the latest update lost frame by frame advance and 240 FPS. Compare no longer works.

This is the worst app update i have ever seen, i have used this software for 7 + years now it is useless. I do not give enough lessons for a subscription to make sense. You have just lost my support.

Terrible update. Won’t allow landscape mode comparisons any longer. Also, won’t allow angles to be drawn/determined and videos take forever to upload. The lack of these features makes this app useless to me any longer and I will look elsewhere for an alternative. I wish you guys would have left a good app alone instead of taking away all the useful features like you have. Extremely disappointed!!

I already paid for it! Can’t believe they took it away

DO NOT USE V1! The new update has made the app slow and useless. They have taken out all the good features that made V1 great. No more side by side comparison, no more 240 frames per second, no more frame by frame, and tons of missing features from the previous version. The new V1 app won’t even start without internet connection now! Stupid! Not all iPads have internet connection. Especially out on golf course. They want you to upgrade to the premium to get all the features back. Greedy company! Use Hudl or coaches eye instead. I’m a golf instructor from San Jose, CA. I have used the old V1 to teach golf to high school teams, college teams, and pro golfers. I have given thousands of lessons. Please bring the old version back or fix the new version. In the mean time I will be trying to restore the old app. Thanks for making things more difficult!

I purchased this app long ago at a cost. Now the developer replaced my working app with a version that strips away features that I had such as frame by frame playback and now wants me to pay again to get that back! So shady, I understand if you want to make more money, then go ahead and create a new app and leave the previous one be and don't improve on it. However, to replace my paid version with something less functional in an effort to squeeze more money out of me, dishonest to say the least.

Have used V1 for years as a scratch golfer, but now the app is a complete mess. I paid the 5 bucks to get unlimited tour pros swings and the ability to compare, but now I can’t even access it. They obviously don’t care with their 1.3 Star average reviews.

V1 lost all the great things about it with the new update. Disappointing and upsetting.

All functionality has been removed. No longer a useful app. Look elsewhere.

As a golf teaching pro for over 2 decades, I have been using this app since it came out. Today I must delete it and look for a new app. What you guys thought was an improvement was very disappointing. Keep It Simple Stupid !

What a terrible shame what developer did to this app. Are used to really look forward to reviewing my swings with the old version of the app but now I can’t to frame by frame or 240 FPS. Unusable. Had I known how horrible this update was going to be I would’ve kept the old version forever.

I’ve been using this app for the better part of four years, it was better in the beginning. It just keeps getting worse. You can no longer stop the action at the precise moment. I miss it by a frame or two because the app makes the user tap the screen to pause it. It used to let you slow-motion forward play back and slow-motion backward play back. Also, it used to let you see the video immediately without downloading, uploading and storing. It can now take over a couple minutes if I use more than one swing. How does the company find the engineer to make things worse… I don’t get it.

Was really good, but update killed it.

Paid for this app. Used it. A lot. Liked it. Back surgery. 12 months off. Try to use it again and I am no longer allowed to because I’m not using one of the pros. Videos gone. They ruined it and ripped me off. Bye.

I have been using your V1 app for a few years now and was not pleased with the newest version you just released. Getting in to see my swings is not that easy any more I had to play around with it to work. Don’t you ask your customers to review new versions before you release them? Seems like poor quality control with concern from your customers. Take a look at your overall customer ratings. They STINK!!!!!!!

This update is mind boggling bad. Destroyed the app. Basically not usable any more. I just don’t understand.

This used to be good. Now it’s a flagrant effort to bilk you out of money on an annual basis. It’s unethical to sell a product then when updating it remove features like many of the old model swings. I paid for those and no one asked my permission to take them back. The new screen orientation makes no sense and functions poorly compared to the original.

I’ve used V1 for more then two year and WAS very satisfied. Gave it 5stars. But now they changed the format. Today I opened it to find I need to pick an Academy. I was starting a golf lesson. Not only I couldn’t access the program but most of my students videos were gone. Then I tried to access pro swing videos and was prompted to pay $39.95 after paying for my yearly subscription. My advice. don’t get trapped into V1. Bad investment.

The V1 app is awesome. I use it all the time and my students love seeing their swing positions in slo-mo. The tool bar works well with the position evaluated. Thanks Rich Bland

V1 has bug it will startup but crashing and it was fine this morning...tried reinstalling and rebooting no luck!

App doesn't work. Every time I try to open it just crashes. Please fix otherwise it's a waste of 5 dollars

The app won't even open anymore!

The app was both quite functional and useful prior to the last update. That update has ruined the app, which constantly crashes upon opening.

If my phone doesn't have near full battery the app will cause my phone to crash and then act as though it has no battery left. It will shutdown and when I try to turn it on it will say it needs to be plugged it.

At last, after three months, the bug with the action can is fixed. Haven't used it yet but will report back on how the use and download for analysis works soon. Moved from 1 to 3 stars for the time being.

They updated this and made it much better, no more crashing so imports work now. Thanks for the bug fix. App is great now very useful. Will change rating to 5 stars when they add some more modern golfers. :)

It doesn’t work anymore. Just takes me to Academies and nothing else. You broke it!

I purchased this app years ago and just updated... really!!! You took away features! What kinda garbage is that??? Now you want me to upgrade to get the compare feature that I already owned in the last version??? How do I know you won't take it away again???

Sony action cam does not work hs a20 After sept update does not work anymore . Fix it

Since the update it crashes ...please fix this now!!!

Have always loved using V1 for instruction. Has been my go-to for the last few years. The new update kills the whole thing. It is now REALLY SLOW to get videos up to analyze. Limited to 120 fps, no single frame advance option, no way to draw—only straight lines and shapes...everything that was so good is now no good at all. Going to have to find something better. As it is now it doesn’t work for me at all. I’ve done over 2500 lessons using V1 but until they make this right...I’m out. Poor. Very poor.

I have such a better understanding of my swing after using this app. Very intuitive to use and perfect for anyone who wants to analyze their swing in detail and against the best. WELL done!

Great app! Excellent functionality for taking and analyzing videos. The only thing I would ask is for newer, updated model videos. And, some of the model videos could be edited to remove some of the dead time before and after the swing. Thanks!

The app is incredibly useful if you know what you want to look for in your swing. I am still only a mid-handicapper looking to get into single digits, but I just use the suggestions my instructor says to tweek some things in my swing. This app allows me to see my club path and face angles, along with comparing it to tour players. The HUGE draw back with this app is that it randomly shuts down sometimes. Sometimes it doesn't record the video correctly and it becomes corrupt, causing the app to shut down and then you lose that video along with any possible markings you made on it. All in all the app is extremely useful if you know what you're doing, but V1 PLEASE fix the glitch! This app could be an easy 5 star with that!

I used to use this app but it now won't even open. Seems like they need an update. I really liked the pro videos but it's worthless now that you can't use it.

I could send videos with prior IOS software version. I updated to IOS 9.3.1 and now when I try to send a video from the "analyze" feature it just closes the app all together. I can only send unanalyzed video via text on my iPad/iPhone.

This thing crashes every time I try to open it, and I'm using a new iPhone with a fully updated operating system. Don't waste your money.

I am having the same problem as others. When importing a video from my iPhone it shows a blank screen then boots me out of V1. Needs to be fixed!

I've used this app for years. And it is useful to analyze your swing. Unfortunately the developers have cut back on the slow mo models included in the app. Especially today when slow mo videos of professional golfers are littered across YouTube. I've been using the app and the camera doesn't engage consistently when beginning to capture video. Screen says initializing and about half time the screen remains black. Have to shut app down and start over again til the camera does initialize on my iPhone 6+. Seems like the company is more interested in digging deeper into my pocket than satisfying their customers.

V1 golf has helped my lessons now for 3 years. It is extremely easy to navigate and has all the tools needed. I would strongly recommend using 👍🏻

Compare and overlay. Those two features set this app apart. Using them allows me to very quickly spot the subtle improvements that I’m striving for. I use the iPhone 6 camera exclusively for filming. After The session I then trim and import the swings into the V1 app. Importing is quick. From there I prefer to include the date along with a short note in the title able to title. This allows me to later scroll through and find the exact swings I want to compare.

Forget about band aide tips and trying to pick up info from everyone all you will get is Frankenstein. V1golf has everything you need to make you’re self a real player. I even have had pros want to know how I improved so much V1 golf its all there

V1 is extremely professional an reliable an is extremely helpful with improving your golf game, support staff is second to none an if there is ever an issue the staff is the best I’d also like to add as a frequent user of this app it allows me the quick review of swings an able to critique an evaluate an pass onto my students, as with all apps there’s growing pains but what I’ve found that support staff is very professional an there able to correct any problems that arise I recommend this app as the best

It says unable to connect incorrect password. Tried it a mil times

Great software. Pairs well with a new generation iphone or ipad. I use it weekly. It would be nice if they would get some new swing content from some of the pros with the best swings (long irons/driver from adam scott).

Indispensable for learning. Great for comparisons between models and also between previous swings.

My Bluetooth remote works with the camera app by commanding the volume up function which many camera apps interpret as a shutter button press. V1 doesn’t, so that means I have to walk to the camera to start and stop recording. I notice other reviewers have pointed out this deficiency but the feature is still missing. 2018-10-31. I look forward to the update. I practice golf alone and the app without the remote trigger support is extremely impractical for my use. I’ll update my rating when the update comes out.

I have been using V1 for several years. There has been only one update that I did not like. The people at V1 Golf listened to my issues along with other users and they quickly responded to our concerns. Firstly, they sent me a message that they were working to correct the issues after I emailed my concerns, and secondly, the very next update they had addressed almost all of the concerns. This app is fantastic!

This app is absolutely terrific. Easy to use and incredibly helpful. Of course you have to know what to look for, where and how to draw the lines, etc. So I would recommend using this app along with video lessons from a pro. The one thing I really hope they add to this app is iWatch support. It would be great to be able to start / stop recording from the watch. Currently I have to set the timer, walk to my ball, hit the shot and walk back to stop.

When will this app be updated to take full use of the larger iPhone screens?

Thanks for selling me a product then taking a portion of it back, and then offering to re-sell me that portion for a monthly fee! If I did that in my business I’d be in prison! Make it right! Give me back the swing model Library that was part of what I originally paid for or grandfather me in! Last chance before I file an FTC complaint Update: In response to your attempt to deflect and put a positive spin on my complaint I will respond with this, yes I do have access to the free swing model library, all 10 or 11 of them. When I paid for the app originally(before you bought the company and/or decided to change your business model) I got ALL 50 or 60 swing models. And, no, I will not contact your customer service so they can help me locate the 10 free swing models that I already know where to find...as I’m not very impressed with your level of CS thus far! How about this! You can contact me and tell me how sorry you are for ripping me off and to make up for that bad decision you’ve decided to offer me a free lifetime account to give me back what I rightfully paid for. Hopefully it won’t take you two weeks to respond this time

The update on the app is not working well at all. Lost the landscape view, cannot login with internet, no single frame by frame option and limited camera speed. I will not renew be paying for next month if not adjusted. There are other apps that work just as well.

The new V1 golf app has updated the design and how you operate the video. The main thing I liked about the V1 program was the fact I could look at my swing frame by frame and back up between each frame, unfortunately this option is no longer available, really?! How stupid is that! This app went from a great help to a bad choice!

As a high school golf coach, it is very disappointing to see what was done to V1. I have used this app for 8+ years to work with my teams. Now the functionality is gone. It appears to me to be a cash grab. They now want to charge for all the functions it once enjoyed, like the ability to look at swings at 240 FPS for example. Also, the drawing tools are now too basic to be of any real use. Another big minus is the amount of time needed to access a video. Also missed is the ability to watch a video frame by frame. A shame. Unfortunately, I have been forced to find another alternative. I hope that I can someday return to V1.

They’ve completely ruined this app with the new update. Now it’s extremely difficult to analyze video and it’s always crashing. Don’t waste your money.

New update is not as good as the original. My models I use to use are no longer on my app. Of course I can get the same videos but I need to pay extra for them now. The side by side feature is no longer available either. New swings must upload first. It’s a shame because I have recommended this app to many of my students. No more recommendations from me.

I have been using this app for years as a teaching professional and got suckered into paying for the upgrade but have found that is actually worsened my experience. I’m sad to say this, but I really hate this app now. :(

Two major problems cannot turn the phone 90 degrees anymore phone keeps the same angle when analyzed! The screen should turn like it used to! Also, can only in record in 120 fps, 240 fps does not work when I tried to set it that way.