Athla Velocity: Free app review: a very cheap app to measure the speed of your ball 2021

Introduction

Athla Velocity: Free for iPhone and iPad is a fantastic radar gun app that that will help you measure the speed of a ball in several sports.

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The radar app for baseball itself claims to be able to save you over $1200 on official and professional equipment, but I doubt you will be able to get an accurate reading on every ball in every situation.

The app itself is free, but if you want to get access to one of the speed cameras for any of the sports, it will cost you $4.99 per sport. I do think that this app is a very good replacement for this expensive equipment, though I don’t think it will ever be used at any official sporting events.

Continue reading our app review on this pitch speed radar gun to see if it's one of the best baseball apps for your needs. 

What it Offers

When you boot up the app, you will need to choose your sport first and dish out the $4,99. Now you only have to place your iPhone or iPad about 20 feet away and 20 feet to the side and simply kick, pitch, or serve in-line and in-view of your device.

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This sounds like you not only have to be shooting very hard, but you will also have to be extremely accurate. When you manage to get the accuracy correct, the app will simply show the speed of your shot in either miles or kilometers per hour.

For now there are only four different sports available, namely baseball, cricket, football (soccer) and tennis. Of course you can share the speed of your shots with anyone you would like using social networks.

Connecting Worldwide

There is also another way to share all your speeds with your coaches, other athletes, or teammates. This technology is called FriendLink and it share all your stats with the people you want to share it with.

Coaches can track all the different team mates and geotagging locations help you to unlock message boards and find like-minded athletes in your neighborhood.

Using the GameLink technology you can link up to seven devices to mimic the measurement of one, helping you bringing the speed meter home, use voice announcements to speak the speeds to the spectators and get the community involved with your measurements. 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• A great new way to measure your speeds of shooting, pitching or throwing
• Easy to use and set up
• Almost as accurate as the real thing

Cons

• Pay for each sport separately
• Need to be accurate

Conclusion

If you want to have a near professional measurement kit at the comfort of your own home, this is a fantastic way to start.

This sports and fitness app, designed for both iPad and iPhone, and linkable with up to seven devices, is a great way to get communities involved or even set up a voice announcer to speak the scores out over your Bluetooth speakers. The connectivity this app offers is unrivaled and it weighs in at just under 100 MB.