Three ways to record

Tap “Record” at the bottom of the screen to choose one of three methods. Use whichever suits the session.

Shot conditions (all three methods)

Choose the club, range, date and time, swing (Full, 3/4, Half) and theme with “Change” under “Shot conditions”.

• If you continue with “Record next shot” after saving, the club, range, swing and theme carry over.
• You can save without a club, but the record is marked “Needs review” and stays off the Bag Map until you choose a club.
• If you do not choose a swing, the shot is saved as “Full”.
• You cannot save with a date in the future.
• A theme is an optional tag for the record (starting suggestions: “Wind”, “Turf”, “Feel”). Add one with +, and long-press to rename or delete it. Deleting a theme only removes it from the suggestions; past records keep it.

Record from photo

Take a photo of a launch monitor or simulator screen, and AI reads the numbers on it.

1. Tap “Record” → “Record from photo”.
2. Take a photo, or choose photos you already took from “Photos” (up to 20 at a time).
3. If needed, use “Adjust ROI” to mark the part of the screen with the numbers. Save it to the range to reuse it next time.
4. Choose how to save.

5. Analysis usually takes 20–30 seconds. When the result appears, check it against the photo, fix anything needed, and tap “Save”. Each result has a confidence level (high, medium, low). Analysis continues if you close the screen, and the result arrives in the Log.

Consent

The first time you tap “Analyze now”, a “Start analysis?” screen appears. Only if you agree is the photo sent through the BanteNote server to an external AI service. If you decline, you can still save the photo only or enter the numbers yourself.

You can withdraw consent at any time in Settings → Data & Privacy → Photo analysis consent. The Privacy Policy lists the companies involved and how long data is kept.

Allowance and connection

• The allowance is used only when an analysis starts (“Retry analysis” and analyzing from the Log also use 1 each). Once started, it is not returned even if the numbers cannot be read.
• With no allowance left, “Analyze now” is disabled. Save the photo only, and analyze it after the allowance recovers or you change plans (it is not analyzed automatically).
• With no connection, the photo is kept on the device as pending. Analyze it once you are online, or type the numbers in to finish it.

See How allowance works for amounts by plan.

Photos that read well

• A screen showing one shot’s result in large numbers works best. On a table of many shots, the distance may be left blank.
• Shoot at an angle where the numbers are readable, avoid glare, and keep the camera still. If a photo looks unlikely to read, you are asked to retake it before analysis.
• Screens that are not supported show “Unsupported screen image.”

Importing many photos

When you choose 2–20 photos from your library, they are saved together as waiting for analysis, without analyzing them. You can analyze them together later from the pending list; each photo uses 1 allowance.

How photos are kept

• Photos on your device are stored at a reduced size and deleted automatically after 30 days (you can change this in Settings). Your numbers stay after the photo is gone.
• Location, date, device model and other extra information are removed from the photos stored on your device and the photos sent for analysis. The date taken is read only on your device, to set the record’s date.

Enter numbers

1. Tap “Record” → “Enter numbers”.
2. Enter “Carry” and “Total”. Either one is enough. The unit is the range’s input unit (or your Settings unit if no range is set).
3. To also record direction, misses or simulator values, choose the fields in “Edit input fields”. Your choice is kept for the next record.
   • Miss: choose only when the shot was a miss (Fat, Top, Pop-up, Shank, Off-center, Off line, Other). If you choose nothing, the shot counts as no miss.
   • Simulator metrics: club speed, ball speed, smash, launch angle, launch direction, face angle, back spin, side spin, spin, spin axis, apex and offline.
4. Tap “Save Shot”.

Enter at least one of distance, direction, miss or a simulator value. An unusual distance (an iron over 250 yd, for example) can be saved, but it stays off the Bag Map.

Record vs. target

At a range with no numbers, count “Short”, “Equal” and “Long” against a target such as a distance sign, and the app estimates a distance range.

1. Tap “Record” → “Record vs. target”.
2. Set the distance to the target (50, 100, 150, 200 buttons, ±10, or type it in).
3. After each shot, tap “Short”, “Equal” or “Long”. Tap “Undo” to take back a mistake.
4. Check the “Estimated Range” and tap “Save”.

• Five or more shots are recommended. You can save with fewer, but the record is marked “Needs review” and stays off the Bag Map.
• The range treats Short as target −5, Equal as the target, and Long as target +5 (in the unit you entered). With five or more shots, the range leaves out the shots at both ends (the 20th to 80th percentile).
• On the Bag Map, the estimate appears as an “Estimated range” for clubs with no measured values (Carry only).

Editing and deleting records

• Open a record from the Log and tap “Edit record”.
• To keep a record off the Bag Map, turn off “Use in Bag Map”.
• If left and right are reversed compared with your monitor, use “Left/right reversed?” to flip just that record or fix the range’s sign convention.
• Tap “Delete record” to delete it. Deleting cannot be undone. Deleting a photo record deletes the photo too, and any allowance used is not returned.