HomeCourt alternatives: what to use now

Who's writing this: I make Tally Hoops, one of the apps below, so weigh this with that in mind. Everything about HomeCourt and the other apps comes from their own App Store listings (US storefront), read on October 13 and 14, 2026, and I haven't tested them side by side. Prices are US prices.

Where HomeCourt stands

As of October 14, 2026, HomeCourt is still on the App Store, listed by NEX Team Inc. for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Its current version is 3.34, released on January 20, 2022, and there hasn't been an update since: more than four and a half years. It's rated 4.8 from about 14,950 ratings.

It's still a free download. The listing describes a free tier with more than 100 drills and activities and unlimited shot tracking, and a paid HomeCourt Plus that adds your full workout history and complete skill ratings, among other things. Its in-app purchases list HomeCourt Monthly at $7.99 and HomeCourt Yearly at $69.99.

I haven't tested how it runs on current versions of iOS. If it still works for you and does what you need, there's no rush to switch. The trade-off with any app that isn't updated is that it doesn't get fixes when a new iOS changes something it relies on, and it won't gain new features.

What HomeCourt did well

HomeCourt deserves its reputation. It used the camera on your iPhone or iPad to track your shots in real time, with no sensors, special ball or extra equipment: prop the phone up with a clear view of the court and shoot. Its listing describes metrics like shooting percentage, release time, dribble speed and vertical jump, drills that feel like a video game with augmented-reality targets, and a Battle Mode for taking on friends and teammates. Apple made it an App Store Editors' Choice. It showed how much a phone propped up courtside could do, and a free tier with unlimited shot tracking made it easy to try.

The alternatives

Today's shot trackers count in one of three ways: a camera watches the hoop, an Apple Watch senses the shot, or you log each shot yourself in about a second. Which one suits you depends mostly on how much setup you'll put up with.

If you want the camera to count: Ball AI

Ball AI is the closest thing to HomeCourt that's still being updated. You set the phone on the ground or on a tripod behind the three-point line, and it tracks makes, misses, shooting percentage and where you shot from, plus finishing and dribbling workouts. Its tracking features need a subscription: Pro is $9.99 a month or $57.99 a year (the listing shows a few other price points too), with a free trial. It was updated in October 2026 and is rated 4.8 from about 6,400 ratings. Hoops, below, also analyzes video on your iPhone.

If you want the watch to sense the shot: Hoops, Hot Hand, TruRep

Hoops: Basketball Tracker (Westy Studios) detects each shot on Apple Watch and has you tap to mark the makes. On iPhone it can record a session and analyze the video on the device, finding shots for you to confirm. It adds daily drills from a choice of coaches. The first five sessions are free; Hoops Legend is a monthly or yearly subscription. It requires iOS 26 and watchOS 26.

Hot Hand (Oumeng Zhang) has you wear the watch on your non-shooting hand and tap Made or Missed, or use a wrist-gesture mode, and its newer Auto Detect (in beta) learns your shooting motion to count shots for you. Its Spot Mode maps each make and miss to a spot on the court using only the watch, and it tracks heart rate and calories. It's $4.99 a month, $35.99 a year or $99.99 for life.

TruRep is a different kind of tool: it doesn't count makes, it scores your shooting motion. The watch measures each rep's follow-through and gives you haptic feedback on its quality, with or without a ball. Subscriptions start at $4.99 a month.

If you'd rather log it yourself: Tally Hoops, Shoot a Hoop

Shoot a Hoop (Paulo Branco) logs from Apple Watch: tap for a make, tap and hold for a miss. It focuses on your conversion rate over time, hot and cold zones around the court, and how your accuracy changes as you tire. It's $7.99 a month or $67 a year after a free 7-day trial.

Tally Hoops is mine; more on it below.

Side by side

"You log it" means a tap, button, gesture or the Digital Crown after each shot. The full Apple Watch basketball apps comparison also covers Shotistics, which like HomeCourt was last updated in 2022, and Swish Counter, a multi-sport movement app that counts shots too.

How to choose

• What did you use HomeCourt for? If it was the camera counting your shots, Ball AI is the closest replacement. If it was ball-handling, Ball AI also lists dribbling workouts, and Swish Counter (in the full comparison) builds movement paths on the watch; the other watch apps here are about shooting.
• Was the setup worth it? A camera app needs the phone positioned with you and the rim in view every session. If that's what kept you from training, a watch app removes it.
• Automatic or exact? Automatic detection saves a motion per shot. Logging it yourself means you decide every make, so the count is as right as you are. Some apps offer both.
• Subscription or not? Most of these are subscriptions. Hot Hand and Tally Hoops both list a $99.99 lifetime option, and Tally Hoops is free to log with.
• Try before you commit. Ball AI and Shoot a Hoop list free trials, Hoops gives you five free sessions, and Tally Hoops has a free version.

Where Tally Hoops fits

Tally Hoops is a by-hand shot tracker built around Apple Watch. After each shot you roll the Digital Crown up for a make or down for a miss, or Double Tap on Series 9, Ultra 2 and later. The watch app runs on its own as a basketball workout and syncs to your iPhone later, and every shot you log on it is tagged with your heart rate, so you can see how your shooting holds up as you tire. On iPhone, Assist Mode takes Make and Miss taps or your voice, recognized on the device.

What it doesn't do: it doesn't use the camera to count and doesn't detect shots on its own; it doesn't track dribbling or vertical jump; and it records whether each shot went in, not where you took it. If you want footage, Record films your session with your live stats drawn on the video (one recording a month free, unlimited with Premium), and Film Room, in Premium, puts a chapter on the video for every shot you logged.

Logging, your history, records and a week or month of stats are free, with no account and no ads. Premium is $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 once in the US; here's what's in each. If you're coming from HomeCourt's camera, the guide to tracking without a camera shows every way to log.

Checked against Tally Hoops 3.11 on October 14, 2026.