An auto-tracking gimbal and tripod kit is a handheld phone gimbal, a lightweight tripod and an app sold in one box. The gimbal is the same kind of product as a DJI Osmo Mobile: a three-axis stabiliser designed to be held. Before you buy one to film games, compare its gimbal with a DJI, then compare the whole kit with a purpose-built sports mount. For games the purpose-built mount wins: it's designed for the tripod, follows the play and covers basketball, netball, soccer, futsal, rugby union, rugby league and AusTag/Touch.
What's actually in the box
| Part | Gimbal-and-tripod kit | What to check | Trackd Complete Kit |
|---|---|---|---|
| The head | A handheld three-axis phone gimbal, sometimes sold as a "universal" gimbal with no maker or model named | Maker, model, phone weight limit and warranty, published the way DJI publishes them | Trackd Mount: a purpose-built pan and tilt sports head with 360° pan and a 12-month warranty against manufacturing faults |
| The tripod | A lightweight tripod | Maximum height, leg spread and somewhere to hang a counterweight | 183 cm aluminium Trackd Tripod with a weight hook and carry bag |
| The tracking | An app that pans left and right with the action, or the gimbal's own person tracking | Whether it tilts as well as pans, and which sports have a real mode | Pan and tilt, with Group Sports modes for seven sports |
| Weather | Not part of a gimbal kit | Cover for the phone in sun and rain | Sideline umbrella that clicks onto the tripod |
| Phone power | The gimbal's own battery | Whether it charges your phone through a full game | Up to 8 hours, and the mount charges your iPhone while it records |
| Delivery | Some are sold as preorders | The ship date, before your season starts | In stock, with free shipping |
Step one: compare the gimbal with a DJI
DJI makes the best-known phone gimbals and publishes the details a buyer needs: compatible phone weight (170 to 300 g), how battery life was measured, what its tracking module can follow (it "only supports tracking human subjects") and where its built-in tripod belongs ("stable, level surfaces in windless environments"). Ask any kit for the same facts. If its gimbal has no maker, model or published limits, you're paying for a box you can't compare.
Step two: compare the kit with a purpose-built mount
Even the benchmark gimbal is a handheld product. Put any gimbal on a tripod and its three-axis stabilisation has nothing left to do. What a game needs is a head that turns with the play, from the right spot, for the sport you're filming. That's the job Trackd was designed for: a sideline mount with seven Group Sports modes, tripod positions set for each sport, and a Complete Kit that includes a tripod with a counterweight hook and a sideline umbrella.
Buying the kit for the stats? You don't need their camera
Some gimbal kits are sold by game-stats apps. Stats and filming are separate jobs: stats services that work from uploaded game video typically accept footage from any phone or camera, so choose the camera on its own merits. Trackd records the whole game to your iPhone and exports it as a standard video file you can upload anywhere.
Questions to ask before you buy a kit
- Who makes the gimbal, and which model is it?
- Does it follow one person, or the play?
- Does it tilt, or only pan left and right?
- Which sports have a dedicated mode?
- Is it made for outdoor sidelines, and does it include weather cover?
- When does it actually ship?
Trackd kit and setup
DJI's own pages
- DJI Osmo Mobile 7P — Tracking, built-in tripod and battery footnotes; checked 16 October 2026.
- DJI Osmo Mobile 7 Series specifications — Operating time with tracking, phone weight, built-in tripod length and extension rod.
- DJI Osmo Mobile 7 Series FAQ — Built-in tripod conditions, tripod thread and wide-angle clearance.
Gimbal or sports mount? Compare by sport
Buy the kit built for game day
Mount, tripod and sideline umbrella, in stock, with modes for seven sports.