Best AI Ski Coach Apps (2026): Sensors, Phone or Video, and What Each One Costs

With Northern Hemisphere resorts getting ready for the 2026 to 2027 season, a lot of skiers are wondering whether an app can do some of the work of a lesson. Search for an AI ski coach and you mostly find one product’s own pages, reviews of that product, and App Store listings for new apps with a handful of ratings. What you do not find is a plain explanation of the thing that matters most: these apps measure your skiing in completely different ways.

One kind clips motion sensors to your ski boots. One kind uses the phone in your jacket pocket. One kind watches a video that a friend films of you. Each approach decides what you have to buy, what the AI can and cannot see, and what happens to your location data and your videos. This guide compares four AI ski coach apps on exactly those points, in each vendor’s own words, with prices as listed on 28 October 2026, and sets them against two popular ski trackers that make no AI claim at all.

How we put this together. We have not used these apps ourselves; this is a research-based comparison. Every price, rating, date and feature below comes from the app’s US App Store or Google Play listing, the vendor’s website, its returns page or its privacy policy, read on 28 October 2026, and each source is linked. App Store prices are the in-app purchase prices Apple lists for the US store, in US dollars. Carv’s website showed US dollars to our connection; SkiCoach’s website lists euros, which we report as listed and do not convert. Nothing below is a test result, and none of these companies paid to appear on this page.

What the AI in a ski coach app actually measures

Before you compare features, work out which of these three things the app is measuring. It decides almost everything else.

Boot sensors: Carv

Carv’s current hardware, Carv 2, is a pair of small sensors that clip onto your boot straps. Carv’s tech specs list a “6-axis motion sensor” with a gyroscope and accelerometer, “34g per sensor”, a “Waterproof design” and a “5-day battery”. The sensors stream motion data to your phone over Bluetooth, where the app builds a picture of what each boot is doing through every turn. Because the sensors sit on your boots, they can measure things a phone in your pocket cannot, such as how similar the edging is on each foot. The catch is that you have to buy the hardware and keep paying for the membership that unlocks the coaching.

Phone sensors: SkiCoach

SkiCoach uses “the sensors already in your phone”: GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope and barometer. There is nothing to buy beyond the app, and the developer says all processing happens on the phone. The trade off is precision. A phone in a pocket moves with your body, not your skis, and SkiCoach says plainly that it cannot measure edge angles or pole plants and that its score “is a relative indicator, not an absolute measure”.

Video: EDGIN, Skihelper and others

Video apps ask you, or more realistically a friend on the side of the run, to film you skiing, then analyse the clip. EDGIN’s pitch is “No wearables. No sensors. Just your ski video.” Video can show your whole body, your posture and the shape of your turn, which sensors cannot. But you need someone to film you, the AI only sees what is in frame, and your video has to go somewhere to be analysed. Where it goes, and for how long, varies a lot between apps.

Plain trackers: Slopes and Ski Tracks

Ski tracking apps use GPS to log your runs, speed, vertical and lifts. They are useful and popular, but neither Slopes nor Ski Tracks describes any AI or technique coaching on the pages we read. If what you want is stats and a map of your day, you do not need an AI coach at all.

AI ski coach apps compared

Read on 28 October 2026. Ratings are rounded to one decimal, with the number of ratings in brackets. App Store prices are US storefront prices; Carv’s prices are from its own website. Android update dates are given in each section.

How we chose and ordered these

Every app in the main lineup had to describe an AI feature for ski technique in its own words, be built for skiing, have been updated in the last 12 months, and be available to download in the US. We ordered them by how established the product is, how clearly the vendor explains what its AI measures, and how transparent its pricing and data terms are. Carv comes first because it is the only AI app here with years of history and thousands of ratings. The two trackers are included as a benchmark, because many skiers already have one and should know what an AI coach adds. Apps with no recent update, no ratings at all, or no AI claim are listed further down with the reason they were left out.

The four AI ski coach apps

1. Carv: boot sensors and real-time coaching, with a subscription

Carv, from Motion Metrics Limited, has been on the App Store since December 2017 and is the established name in this category. Its App Store listing says: “Powered by Motion AI, Carv analyzes every movement of your boots and transforms it into objective, real-time feedback that helps you improve without breaking up your day.” You choose how much coaching you hear, from no audio at all to tips on the chairlift or feedback on every turn, and the listing says it now detects the terrain, powder, groomers or moguls, and adjusts its coaching.

The Carv 2 product page describes the coaching loop this way: “From your very first run, Carv’s AI coach is building a picture of your skiing.” It picks “One clear thing to work on, explained on video and coached in real time while you ski”, and there is a chat feature: “Just ask. Carv AI has your data and brings the answer to you.” Each run gets a Ski:IQ score. Carv’s analysis page says Ski:IQ uses “machine learned weightings of ten performance metrics”, including Centered Balance, Edge Angle, Early Edging, Edging Similarity and Turn G-Force, while the product page’s tech specs list “13 performance metrics”. The analysis page also says “Carv works completely offline while you ski”, with runs uploading to the cloud later, and that the older Carv 1 insole sensors run the same software.

Carv’s product page says “71,479 skiers. 95% improved.” That is the vendor’s own figure, not an independent study.

What you pay. On 28 October 2026 Carv’s site offered two memberships, both for a year:

• Season Pass: “$249/year”, unlimited ski days, sensors included free. A pre-season sale, which a banner on 28 October said “ENDS SUNDAY” (1 November 2026), cut the first year to $199, “then $249/year”.
• Day Pass: “$119/year” for 6 ski days, with more days available to add, plus “+$129” for the sensors as a one-off cost. The sale cut the first year to $198, “then $119/year”.

The membership “automatically starts when you first hit the slopes”, after which you have 365 days. The page says “You can cancel or amend your membership at any time.” Carv’s gift pass wording explains what happens if a membership lapses: “run tracking features will still be accessible to them at any time, but the Ski:IQ score, real-time coaching and detailed metrics will be dormant until they become a member.” The sensors keep working as a tracker, but the coaching you bought them for stops.

The returns policy is generous on the first purchase: “you can return your Carv sensors within 100 days of delivery for a full refund”, including membership fees paid upfront, though you pay the return shipping. Renewals bought on Carv’s site have a much shorter window, “a renewal return window of 21 days”. If you buy through the App Store or Google Play, Apple or Google handles refunds.

Data and age. Carv’s privacy policy (last updated 13 August 2026) says it collects “GPS data, linked to your profile if you ski with the Carv app”, and that it uses motion, pressure, GPS and session data “To train, test and improve our machine learning models”, “in pseudonymised form wherever possible”. You can opt out of future model training by emailing Carv’s support address. It says outside AI providers that power its AI features “are contractually prohibited from using your data to train their own models”. On age, the policy is clear: “Our Terms of Service require users to be at least 16 years old.” The App Store rates the app 4+, so a parent buying Carv for a younger teenager should know the terms do not cover them.

The iPhone app had 4.8 from 2,807 US ratings and was updated on 23 October 2026. The Android app had 4.6 from 1,234 reviews and 50K+ installs, updated on 12 October 2026.

Choose it if you ski a week or more each season, are 16 or older, and want feedback during the run rather than afterwards. Skip it if you ski a few days a year and do not want a yearly renewal, or the skier is under 16.

2. EDGIN: AI video analysis on iPhone

EDGIN, from ZenGeneration LLC, launched on the US App Store in January 2026 and works from video. Its listing says it “automatically detects your turns and analyzes your skiing turn by turn”, with insights into “balance, edging, turn shape, rhythm, movement, and more”, followed by personalized coaching, next steps and drills. A Motion Photo feature “brings every phase of a turn into one image”, and you can put two runs side by side, match corresponding turns and mark them up, which the listing suggests doing with a coach. It states: “EDGIN includes AI-assisted and AI-generated features.”

On 28 October 2026 the US App Store listed a “pro, monthly subscription” at $14.99, a “Pro yearly subscription” at $99.99, a “Season Pass” at $59.99 and a “pro instructor” option at $69.99. The listing does not say whether the Season Pass renews, so check the paywall before you buy.

The privacy policy (last updated February 2026) says EDGIN “is not intended for children under the age of 13”, close to the App Store’s 12+ rating. It refers to “AI service providers for processing analysis requests” without naming them, and it does not say whether your videos are uploaded, stored or deleted. For personal data generally it says “We retain personal data only for as long as necessary.” If you will be filming children or other people on the slope, ask the developer what happens to the video before uploading.

The app had 5.0 from 15 US ratings and was updated on 23 October 2026. We found no Android version and no website beyond the developer’s policy pages.

Choose it if you have someone to film you and want detailed, turn by turn feedback on your body position without buying hardware. Skip it if you are on Android, or you want clear published terms on what happens to your videos.

3. SkiCoach: phone sensors, on the device, with one-time prices

SkiCoach is made by Mihajlo Grmaš and Brand Seeds Studio in Graz, Austria, with co-founder Bernhard Ratschiller leading the snowsports method. It gives real-time ski and snowboard coaching from your phone’s own sensors, through headphones, and scores each run from 0 to 100. The website explains the weighting: Edge Control 40%, Turn Quality 40% and Speed 20%. Version 2.0’s audio coaching is described as “Event-driven, not timer-based”, meaning it speaks when something happens in your skiing rather than on a timer.

The developer is unusually upfront about limits. The site says the app cannot measure edge angles, pole plants, snow conditions or calories, that “The score is a relative indicator, not an absolute measure”, and that scores vary by 5 to 10 points. Technique analysis also needs the phone’s screen on; with the screen locked, only GPS tracking works. Fall detection can alert an emergency contact you set up, but the site says it does not call emergency services and is not a certified safety device.

What you pay. SkiCoach sells one-time unlocks rather than subscriptions. The US App Store listed PRO Lifetime at $34.99, ELITE Lifetime at $59.99, a Season Pass at $17.99 and Snowboard Mode at $8.99 on 28 October 2026. The website lists its own euro prices: a free tier with two runs a day and no coaching tips, a Season Pass at €19.99 valid from 1 October to 30 April with no auto-renewal, PRO Lifetime at €39.99 and ELITE Lifetime at €69.99, which adds GPS run replay, season reports and snowboard mode.

Data. SkiCoach’s privacy story is the simplest here. The website says “All processing happens on your phone. No cloud, no accounts, no tracking.” Its privacy policy (last updated 28 April 2026) says “No skiing data uploaded anywhere”, that optional analytics are off by default, and that the app “can be used by skiers of all ages under parental supervision.” The App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected”.

The app is new. It launched in December 2025, had no US ratings on 28 October 2026 (four ratings, averaging 4.0, on the Austrian store), and was updated on 23 October 2026. The Android app showed 500+ installs and was updated on 24 October 2026.

Choose it if you want coaching without hardware, a subscription or an account, or you want to try the idea free. Skip it if you want measurements of what your skis are actually doing; a phone in a pocket cannot see that.

4. Skihelper: AI video coaching inside a family ski app

Skihelper, from JARCOY LLC, is a community app for ski and snowboard families in the western US (California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming). Alongside snow forecasts for 120 resorts, traffic cameras, carpool matching and a gear exchange, its App Store listing describes an AI Video Coach: “Upload ski and snowboard videos for personalized AI analysis”, with “Age-appropriate coaching from youth to high-performance levels” and “Body keypoint detection” for posture and alignment. You can set a reference video and the AI “detects improvements, regressions, and gives an overall progress rating”. Premium adds overlays: “AI draws coaching overlays directly on video frames”.

Its privacy policy (last updated 24 April 2026) is the most specific in this lineup about video. It names the AI: “Google Gemini (Vertex AI)”, with an unnamed backup model if that is unavailable. It says “Videos are stored in Google Cloud Storage” and “Videos are automatically deleted after 30 days (Regular accounts) or 12 months (Premium accounts)”, while the feedback is kept. Accounts are for parents: “Parents/guardians must be at least 18 years old to create accounts”, and the company says it does not knowingly collect information directly from children under 13. On location, the policy says “Location data stays on your device only”, although the App Store privacy label lists precise location among data not linked to you.

We could not find a Premium price. The App Store page listed no in-app purchases on 28 October 2026, the listing calls the app “Free to use”, and the website shows no prices. The iPhone app had 4.8 from 13 US ratings and was last updated on 4 May 2026, before this season. We found no Android app.

Choose it if you are a ski family in the western US and want video feedback for the kids alongside forecasts and carpools. Skip it if you ski elsewhere, are on Android, or want to see the Premium price before signing up.

Ski trackers with no AI claim

Most skiers already have a tracking app, so it helps to know what an AI coach adds on top.

Slopes

Slopes has far more ratings than any app in our AI lineup: 4.9 from 88,261 on the US App Store and 4.7 from 15,463 on Google Play, with 1M+ Android installs. It records runs and lifts automatically, shows speed, vertical and run times, lets you find friends on the mountain, and works on iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. Its listing says “Slopes free version is ad-free and truly free”, and accounts are optional. The Premium page lists an Annual Pass at $34.99 a year and a Family Plan at $59.99 a year for you and five family members, with a week’s free trial. Neither page mentions AI or technique coaching. It was last updated on 10 October 2026 on iPhone.

Ski Tracks

Ski Tracks is a long-running GPS tracker, on the App Store since 2010, with 4.8 from 8,749 US ratings. The US App Store listed Weekly premium at $4.99 and Yearly premium at $49.99, so ten weeks of the weekly plan would cost about as much as a full year. Its privacy label lists identifiers and usage data as data that may be used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, and lists third-party advertising among the purposes for the data it collects. Both the iPhone and Android apps were last updated in early May 2026, and the Android app had 3.9 from 9,564 reviews. No AI claim.

What an AI ski coach really costs

The headline price is rarely what you pay over a few seasons. Using the prices listed on 28 October 2026:

• Carv Season Pass: $199 in year one with the sale, then $249 a year. Three seasons come to $697.
• Carv Day Pass: $198 in year one including sensors, then $119 a year for 6 days. Three seasons come to $436, for 18 ski days. In year one, the Day Pass costs only $1 less than the Season Pass, which includes unlimited days.
• EDGIN: $14.99 a month, $59.99 for a Season Pass or $99.99 a year. If you ski four months a year, the monthly plan and the Season Pass cost about the same.
• SkiCoach: free with two runs a day, $17.99 for a Season Pass, or $34.99 once for PRO Lifetime on the US App Store.
• Slopes Premium: $34.99 a year, without AI coaching.

The Carv first-year sale is the one to watch. The page shows the renewal price next to the sale price (“then $249/year”), so the jump is disclosed, but it is easy to budget for $199 and forget the renewal a year later.

Privacy: location, video and age

Ski coach apps handle three kinds of sensitive data, and they treat them very differently.

• Location. Carv links GPS data to your profile. Slopes and Ski Tracks are GPS trackers by design. SkiCoach says it does no location tracking on its servers. Skihelper says location for its road map stays on your device.
• Video. Skihelper names Google Gemini, stores videos in Google Cloud and deletes them after 30 days or 12 months. EDGIN mentions unnamed AI providers and does not say how long videos are kept. Coachi Ski, left out below, says user videos are not used for model training.
• Training data. Carv says it uses customers’ motion and GPS data to improve its own models, with an opt out by email.
• Age. Carv requires users to be 16 or older, EDGIN says it is not for under 13s, and Skihelper accounts are for adults. All three apps carry App Store ratings of 12+ or lower, so the store rating is not a guide to the terms.

If you film other skiers, including your own children, think about where that footage ends up before you upload it.

What we left out, and why

Coachi Ski, from the UK company Sport Autonomy, says it analyses your movement “using AI pose tracking” from a video. It launched on 19 March 2026 and had not been updated since, had no US ratings, and its website still invites you to sign up as a tester, so it is too early to recommend. Its privacy policy is clear on age: users 13 to 17 need a parent’s permission.

Rossignol’s On Piste app is a free outdoor route app with ski tracking that gives a score, level, speed, power and turn rhythm, but it makes no AI claim on its site or US listing. Big Picture Skiing, from coach Tom Gellie, is a well rated video lesson library (4.9 from 135 US ratings) with no AI claim. Nivo AI and Zipperline both offer AI video analysis but had no US ratings. SnowMotion, an AI video app for cross-country skiing, has had one version since December 2025 and no ratings. Protern Video is a GPS and video tool for race coaches with no AI claim, and AlpineAI was last updated in February 2025, more than a year ago.

How to choose an AI ski coach app

Match the sensor to the feedback you want

For edging, balance and pressure through the turn, boot sensors (Carv) are the only option here that measures the boots themselves. For body position and posture, video (EDGIN, or Skihelper for families) shows the whole skier. For a cheap, private nudge during the run, phone sensors (SkiCoach) need nothing extra, with the limits the developer lists.

Count your ski days

If you ski a week a year, a monthly video plan for that month or a one-time phone app will cost far less than a yearly hardware membership. If you ski most weekends, Carv’s Season Pass spreads its cost across many more days.

Check the renewal price, not the sale price

Carv’s first-year sale renews at full price. EDGIN’s yearly plan costs more than a season of monthly payments. Ski Tracks’ weekly plan adds up quickly. App Store subscriptions renew until you cancel in your device settings; SkiCoach’s euro Season Pass on its website says it does not auto-renew.

Read the age terms before a child uses it

Carv is 16 and older by its own terms, EDGIN 13 and older, Coachi 13 and older with parental permission for under 18s, and Skihelper accounts belong to parents. SkiCoach says all ages with parental supervision. The App Store age rating does not reflect any of this.

Keep a human in the loop

Coachi says its AI is meant to support real learning, not replace it, and SkiCoach calls its score a relative indicator. A lesson with an instructor, or a video review with a coach, will catch things that a sensor score or a clip analysis cannot. Use the app to practise what the lesson taught you.

Training for other sports? See our comparisons of AI running coach apps, AI climbing training apps and AI golf swing analyzer apps.

Sources

• Carv: website, Carv 2 product and passes, analysis page, returns policy, privacy policy, US App Store listing, Google Play listing.
• EDGIN: US App Store listing, privacy policy.
• SkiCoach: website, privacy policy, US App Store listing, Google Play listing.
• Skihelper: website, privacy policy, US App Store listing.
• Slopes: website, Premium page, US App Store listing, Google Play listing.
• Ski Tracks: website, US App Store listing, Google Play listing.
• Left out: Coachi Ski, Coachi privacy policy, On Piste, Big Picture Skiing, Nivo AI, Zipperline, SnowMotion, Protern Video, AlpineAI.
• All store listings, websites and policies read 28 October 2026.

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