Quick Review vs Full Review — Choosing Your Practice Mode
The problem with saving every swing
If you're grinding on the range — hitting 50 or 100 balls in a session — you probably don't want 50 or 100 videos cluttering your library. Most of those swings are feel-based repetitions. You might want to keep 5 or 10 that felt great (or terrible) for later review. The rest can go.
MotionEdge gives you two review modes to match how you're practicing.
What is Quick Review mode?
Quick Review is designed for rapid-fire practice. After each swing, a lightweight viewer pops up showing your video with pose overlays. You have three choices:
- Save — keeps the swing in your session for later analysis
- Discard — deletes it immediately
- Close — moves on (the video is automatically replaced by your next swing)
If you don't explicitly save, the video lives in a temporary cache and is replaced when your next swing is captured. No cleanup needed — only the swings you chose to save end up in your library.
The lightweight viewer gives you video playback with slow motion (down to 1/8x speed), a frame scrubber, and your skeleton overlay — enough to decide if the swing is worth keeping. It intentionally leaves out the full analysis tools so you can make a quick decision and get back to hitting.
What is Full Review mode?
Full Review saves every swing automatically and opens the full analysis screen — all 9 panel types (video, filmstrip, tempo, TrackMan, posture, AI coach, and more), multi-panel layouts, drawing tools, and everything else MotionEdge offers.
This is the mode for focused, deliberate practice where you want to study every swing in detail. Detection continues in the background, so new swings swap into the viewer seamlessly — you never have to leave the review screen.
When to use which
| Situation | Best Mode | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Grinding on the range — working on a feel, hitting ball after ball | Quick Review | Only save the swings that matter. No cleanup afterward. |
| Block practice — 10 balls with a 7-iron, focused on one change | Either works | Quick Review if you're selective. Full Review if you want to analyze every rep. |
| Lesson prep — recording swings to send to your coach | Full Review | Save everything so your coach can see the full picture. |
| Working with TrackMan — correlating radar data with video | Full Review | Every swing has radar data; you want full analysis tools. |
| Warm-up — loosening up before a round | Quick Review | You're not analyzing, just getting loose. Save one or two if you see something. |
| Troubleshooting a miss — something feels off and you need to find it | Full Review | You need filmstrip, overlays, and slow motion on every swing until you spot the issue. |
Where to find the setting
Open the camera in MotionEdge (tap the camera button from the Sessions tab, All Swings tab, or Session Hub). Tap the Capture Settings gear icon. Under the Behavior section, you'll see the Review Mode picker — choose Quick Review or Full Review.
Does Quick Review work with Apple Watch auto-detect?
Yes. The Watch detects your swing, triggers the camera to save a clip, and the lightweight viewer opens. You glance at your wrist for tempo, glance at your phone for the video, tap Save if you want it, and hit the next ball. The whole cycle takes a few seconds.
What about storage and iCloud?
This is one of Quick Review's hidden benefits. When Auto-Save is off (the default in Quick Review), captured videos stay in a temporary cache — they're not synced to iCloud. If you hit 50 balls and only save 5, only those 5 videos get uploaded and stored. Without Quick Review, all 50 would sync, potentially consuming gigabytes of iCloud storage and cellular data.
Can I switch modes mid-session?
Yes. Open the Capture Settings at any time during a session and switch between Quick Review and Full Review. Swings already saved stay saved regardless of which mode you switch to.
What does the lightweight viewer include?
The Quick Review viewer is intentionally streamlined for fast decisions:
- Video playback with auto-loop
- Slow motion (1/8x, 1/4x, 1/2x, 1x speed)
- Frame-by-frame scrubber
- Skeleton pose overlay
- Drawing tools (toggle with the pencil icon)
- Save and Discard buttons
What it does not include (these are in Full Review only):
- Multi-panel layouts
- Filmstrip
- TrackMan data display
- AI coaching
- Swing comparison
- Detailed posture analysis
The idea: see enough to decide, then either save for deep analysis later or move on to the next ball.