SkyTrak+ Review: The Discontinued Flagship Is 2026’s Closeout Bargain
Launched at $2,995, replaced by the ST MAX, and now $1,195 at PlayBetter while stock lasts. What the + measures, what its plan ladder really costs, and who should move fast.
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The SkyTrak+ is the strangest review on this site: a launch monitor we can recommend largely because it was replaced. It launched at $2,995 as SkyTrak’s flagship. SkyTrak has since moved the range on to the ST MAX ($1,695) — a unit independent reviewers describe as running the same tracking technology — and no longer sells the + new. What happens next is the interesting part. As of October 2026, PlayBetter lists the + at $1,195, with a year of Foresight course play bundled, and SkyTrak itself sells certified pre-owned units from $895. A camera-and-radar flagship at that money rewrites every comparison it touches — provided you read the fine print, which is most of what follows.
The Lab verdict, up top
At closeout prices the SkyTrak+ is the best value in its class: measured ball and club data from beside the ball, no radar depth required, at $1,195 while new-old stock lasts or from $895 pre-owned. Buy it if your room is short, your budget is $1,000–$1,500, and you accept two things going in: course play lives on a paid plan ladder, and there is no angle of attack in the data at any tier. If either is a dealbreaker, the Uneekor EYE MINI LITE at $1,999 is the honest alternative in our full guide.
SkyTrak+ (ST+)
- Photometric camera + dual radar
- Club path & face measured
- Sits beside the ball
- Course play needs a paid plan
A discontinued flagship at a mid-tier price: measured ball and club data from beside the ball while closeout stock lasts. The catches are the plan ladder — course play rents by the year — and no angle of attack at any tier.
What it measures
The + pairs an upgraded photometric camera with dual Doppler radar, and sits beside the ball like the other camera units in this class. Ball data — speed, launch, spin rate and spin axis — is photographed at impact rather than tracked downrange, which is why it works in rooms too short for radar. The radar’s job is the club: head speed, smash factor, club path and face angle, the last being a number the sub-$1,000 pair in our R10 vs. MLM2PRO head-to-head cannot give you at all. The gap is angle of attack — absent here, and for a player working seriously on delivery that absence is not a footnote. Independent testing against a TrackMan found carry, club speed and spin tracking closely across wedge, 7-iron and driver, with side carry reading generous; keep that in mind before you fully trust a drawn ball flight on the sim.
Strengths
The footprint. Beside-the-ball placement means a room of roughly 12–13 feet works — the exact rooms where radar units behind the ball cannot set up at all. Mac and iOS support. Native Apple support is rare in this category, where most rivals are Windows-first; a Mac household skips the dedicated-PC tax entirely. The course libraries. Behind the plan tiers sit the Foresight and TrackMan course packs — genuinely the best-rendered golf in the business, Pebble Beach included. Portability. A battery good for about five hours in a unit under three pounds still travels to the range (on a mat, as SkyTrak specifies outdoors), which a permanently wired camera unit does not.
Honest weaknesses
The plan ladder is the business model. The free Basic tier is a driving range. Essential — $99.99 to $129.99 a year depending on the month’s promotion — unlocks the practice libraries. Course play starts at Core: $299.99 a year for the Foresight pack or $349.99 for TrackMan’s, and the everything tier, Elite, is $599.99 a year. The hardware is cheap because the software rents; price the + as $1,195 plus the tier you will actually hold. No native GSPro support — the community’s favourite simulator software is not on the official menu (E6 Connect and TGC 2019 are), and workarounds are exactly that. A small shot-to-display delay persists: much better than the original SkyTrak, still perceptible next to a GC-class unit. Putting is the weak shot — short putts register inconsistently, a known complaint of this photometric generation. Setup fuss: the Wi-Fi network-mode handshake generates more owner complaints than any accuracy figure; direct mode is the workaround everyone lands on. And it is discontinued. The discount is the upside; a shorter software-support horizon is its price. Buy the protective shield while you are at it — a floor unit beside the ball lives in shank range, and it is not in every bundle.
Against the tier it now undercuts
| Model | Price (Oct 2026) | Sits | Club data | Recurring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyTrak+ | $1,195 closeout | Beside ball | Path, face, speed | Plans from $99.99/yr |
| SkyTrak ST MAX | $1,695 | Beside ball | Path, face, speed | Plans from $99.99/yr |
| Uneekor EYE MINI LITE | $1,999 | Beside ball | Full, plus impact video | None for data |
| Bushnell Launch Pro | $2,999.99 | Beside ball | Via subscription | From $199/yr |
The ST MAX row is the awkward one for SkyTrak itself: same tracking, current product, $500 more. The case for the MAX is warranty and support horizon; the case for the + is arithmetic. Against the EYE MINI LITE, the Uneekor measures more, films the strike, never bills you for data — and needs a Windows PC tethered beside it. The + is $800 cheaper today and friendlier to the other half of households. Neither answer is wrong; they are answers for different golfers, which is what a closeout is for.
Who should buy it
Buy the SkyTrak+ if your room is short, your budget tops out near $1,500, and your practice is ball-flight and club-path work with course play as a winter bonus — at closeout money, nothing else measures this much. Skip it if you are a GSPro devotee, if angle of attack anchors your practice, or if a five-year software horizon matters more than $500. And move like a closeout buyer: stock is finite, bundles differ (some include the Foresight year, some the shield, some neither), and the certified pre-owned route from $895 is the value play if the warranty terms suit you. When it is gone, the ST MAX at $1,695 inherits the recommendation — at the price the + used to command.
