Can't find your ball in tough conditions? Spotter finds it in seconds — using computer vision, LiDAR and AR. No extra hardware. No internet needed.
Four steps. Seconds. Back on the fairway.
Head to where you think the ball landed. Get within 1–6 metres of the search area.
Open the scanner and sweep your iPhone slowly. The AI processes 30 frames per second in real time.
A bounding box appears with distance and confidence. On Pro iPhones, an AR trail guides you directly to the ball.
Tap found, log the brand and add notes. Your stats update automatically. Back in play in seconds.
Everything you need on the course. Nothing you don't.
Custom-trained YOLOv11 model built on golf balls in every condition — rough, leaves, sand, shadow. Runs entirely on-device.
On iPhone 12 Pro and later, LiDAR provides real-time distance measurement and an AR trail guiding you directly to the ball.
Low-light scanning with exposure adjustment for early mornings, late afternoons, and courses in heavy tree cover.
Everything runs on-device. No signal required. Works on remote courses, in dead zones, everywhere your round takes you.
Track balls found per round, time saved, course history, and streaks. Your stats build into a personal record of your game.
Track your whole group's balls found in one shared session. See who found the most by the 18th hole.
First ball, tenth ball, century club. Milestones that reward consistency and keep you scanning across rounds.
Every course you've played, balls found per visit, and your personal best rounds. Your golf life in data.
First-to-market combination of AI, LiDAR and AR for golf ball detection.
Custom-trained object detection model. 97.2% mAP accuracy across varied environmental conditions. Bounding box detection with confidence scoring.
Captures millions of precise distance data points per second. Measures exact ball distance and projects 3D world position for AR guidance.
AR overlay guides you from your position to the ball's exact 3D location. Built on ARKit with ARWorldTracking.
All AI inference runs via Core ML. No data transmitted. No latency. No dependency on network connectivity.
Download before you play — so it's there when you need it.
Less than the cost of the balls you lose.
Get PremiumAbout the price of one box of balls for a full year.
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Download before you play — so it's there when you need it. Free to start, Premium from £2.99/month.
Requires iPhone iOS 16 or later. LiDAR features require iPhone 12 Pro or later.
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This Privacy Policy describes how Spotter Golf Ltd ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use the Spotter Golf AI mobile application ("the App") and website at spottergolf.com.
Spotter Golf Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales. Contact us at [email protected].
We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with Apple for authentication and payment processing, analytics providers with anonymised data only, and legal authorities where required by law.
Usage stats and preferences are stored locally on your device using iOS secure storage. Where data is transmitted to our servers, it is encrypted in transit using TLS. We retain your data for as long as your account is active.
You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, or port your personal data, and to withdraw consent at any time. Use the "Delete Account & Data" option in the App or contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.
The App is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.
If you grant permission via Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt, we may use your data for personalised advertising and analytics. You can change this in your iPhone Settings at any time.
Location access is used solely to log GPS coordinates of golf ball finds and identify nearby courses. We request "While Using the App" permission only. Location data is not shared with third parties.
The App uses your iPhone camera and LiDAR sensor to scan for golf balls. The camera feed is processed entirely on-device in real time. No camera footage or images are captured, stored, or transmitted.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version is always available at spottergolf.com/#privacy.
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Spotter Golf Ltd, England and Wales