Rapsodo MLM2PRO vs FlightScope Mevo Gen 2

Rapsodo MLM2PRO

Why it shines

The MLM2PRO records a video of your swing after every shot, so you see what your body did next to that shot's ball and club data. With Premium, the MLM2PRO also records slow-motion video of the clubface meeting the ball.

The free Rapsodo app shows ball speed, launch angle, launch direction, club speed and carry. Rapsodo's Premium membership adds:

• Spin rate and spin axis (the tilt of the spin that curves the ball left or right), measured only with RPT balls from Titleist or Callaway, which carry a printed pattern the cameras read.
• Club path (the direction the club travels through impact) and attack angle (whether the club is moving down or up at impact).
• Rapsodo's courses and range, and the connection to the GSPro, E6 Connect and Awesome Golf simulator programs.

What owners say

Owners on Reddit split on accuracy: 18 say carry and ball data match what they get outdoors and on the course, or on another launch monitor, and for several of them that held only after aligning the unit, adding light, and covering or moving away from bare concrete. Distances read short for 13, mostly indoors and from pitching wedge up through driver. The most common reliability complaint, from 10 owners, is that the unit disconnects mid-session, and some say a firmware update or Rapsodo support fixed it.

Worth noting

At regular prices, the MLM2PRO with three years of Premium costs about as much as the Mevo Gen 2. The MLM2PRO reads no face angle (where the clubface points at impact) and no putts. For launch monitors that show spin and club data without a subscription, see the best launch monitors without a subscription.

Mevo Gen 2

Why it shines

The free FS Golf app shows the Mevo Gen 2's ball data (ball speed, launch angle, launch direction, spin rate and spin axis) and its club speed and attack angle. Indoors, spin reads accurately with one of the included aluminum stickers on the ball or a Titleist RCT ball; outdoors, regular balls work.

The Gen 2 reads putts and shows launch speed, total distance and ball direction. Its built-in camera records each swing with that shot's data and a tracer of the ball's flight over the video. Connecting to GSPro needs only a GSPro license.

The Pro Package, a one-time purchase, adds club path (the direction the club travels through impact), face angle (where the clubface points at impact) and dynamic loft (the loft on the clubface at impact).

What owners say

The complaint Gen 2 owners on Reddit raise most is short distances indoors: 17 say distances read short into a screen or net, often by 10 to 30 yards and worst with the driver and long clubs, and 4 say the Gen 2 reads accurately at the range. Home readings match real distances for 10 owners, mostly with irons and wedges and often with RCT balls. Connecting over Wi-Fi gave 9 owners trouble, which most fixed with a Wi-Fi extender, a second Wi-Fi adapter or FlightScope support.

Worth noting

FlightScope says all of the Gen 2's ball and club metrics are measured, with "no calculated estimates". Indoors, the ball hits the screen, so the Gen 2 can't see the ball reach its peak or land: carry, total distance and peak height are calculated from ball speed, launch angle and spin. See what each launch monitor measures and what it calculates.