Do I need a launch monitor or any hardware?
No — and that's the point. Range Coach doesn't measure ball flight, carry or spin. You grade your own shots, which means it works at any range in the world: at night, off a mat, with a bucket and a phone on your bag. Nothing else.
How does self-grading not just become cheating?
Because the question is never "how did that feel". Each block grades one specific thing and states exactly what a pass is — "started at the right edge, moved right to left, about eight yards of curve". You either saw that or you didn't. And the score that matters, transfer, only counts the cold, one-attempt blocks at the end.
What is the transfer score, exactly?
It's the headline number, and it's deliberately the hardest. It's scored only from the random, game and pressure blocks at the end of a session — where the shot is called cold, you get one attempt, and there are no do-overs. It's the closest thing on a range to golf.
Does it work without signal at the range?
Yes. Your routines, your history and your voice calls are all on the device, and the whole session's audio is cached before the first ball. A driving range is exactly where a phone has no bars.
Will it analyse my swing?
No. No camera, no video, no mechanics. Range Coach never tells you how to swing — it tells you what to hit and whether you hit it. If you want swing analysis, you want a different app, and probably a coach.
Do I need an account?
No account, no login. There are also no social features, no leaderboards and no friends — you rank only against yourself.
What's the evidence behind the sessions?
Every session is built on the Driving Range Practice Framework v1.0: Golf Digest's analysis of 250,000 range shots, 2025 Masters practice data including per-player ball counts, research on random versus blocked practice, the TrackMan Combine protocol, and published instruction on the nine-window matrix. Every shot in every session is written against it.
Does it cover chipping and putting?
No — driving range only, by design. It does one job properly rather than four badly.