SkyTrak ST MAX vs Square Golf Omni

The Square Golf Omni at $1,599 is one of the most disruptive launch monitors in the $1.5K–$3K tier — four-camera photometric tracking, no subscription, right- or left-handed play (Square says the unit may need to be repositioned when players switch), and explicit outdoor capability (rare for photometric units). On paper it does more than the SkyTrak ST MAX: it measures club path and attack angle with a shaft sticker and club speed and impact location with a face sticker as well, where the ST MAX reads no attack angle, though the Omni's face angle and dynamic loft are Square's estimates. It also costs about $100 less: $1,599 against $1,695. That gap rests on SkyTrak's pricing — $1,695 is what every retailer has charged since late August, but SkyTrak bills it as a sale off a $2,995 list, and if the sale ends the Omni is $1,400 cheaper. One catch on the Omni side: it has been on pre-order or backorder at most retailers this fall.

The SkyTrak ST MAX's case isn't hardware — it's its own software. Native Mac support, which the Omni's app doesn't offer; both run on iOS, so the gap is macOS specifically — and SkyTrak's app needs an M-series Mac or iPad (M1 or newer). GOLFTEC speed training integration. Years of bug-fixed first-party apps that just work, and Course Play with Foresight- and Trackman-licensed course libraries at Core: Foresight $299.99/yr, Core: Trackman $349.99/yr, or Elite $599.99/yr for both.

What that case is NOT is third-party breadth, and this is the reverse of how SkyTrak is usually described. Foresight Premier, which replaced FSX Play, does not run on SkyTrak hardware at all. E6 Connect is no longer sold for it. And no SkyTrak model appears on GSPro's official supported-hardware list; a new owner can't reach GSPro at all, because the community plugin that bridged them supports SkyTrak app 5.4–5.8 and SkyTrak now offers only 6.2. The Omni, by contrast, is on GSPro's official list with no Square-side fee. SkyTrak in 2026 is a deep first-party ecosystem, not an open one.

The honest decision is around your tolerance for early-stage software. The Omni's data is photometric-grade; the company is real and the hardware is solid. If you don't mind being a year or two behind on the latest course library, sim platform integrations, and OS support polish — and you'd rather keep the money — Omni is genuinely the better value. Course play widens the gap: SkyTrak's starts at Core: Foresight ($299.99/yr), while the Omni's own app plays courses on pay-per-hole credits (1,000 included, about 55 rounds, then a few cents a hole). Over five years at a round a week that is about $3,195 for the ST MAX against about $1,700 for the Omni. If you want to plug it in and have polished course play running on your M-series iPad an hour later, ST MAX is the path of least friction.