Trackd is a phone mount that physically follows the ball during a soccer match using on-device computer vision. Plug your iPhone in, mount on a tripod near the half-way line, and the motorised pan-tilt rig automatically pans and tilts to keep the ball centred. No subscription, US$199, works with any iPhone 12 or newer running iOS 17.
What 'follows the ball' actually means
Some phone mounts marketed as 'tracking' actually follow a person, not the ball — usually a wearable beacon or facial recognition of a single subject. Trackd is different: the AI specifically detects the soccer ball every frame and points the mount at it. Players come and go in the frame; the ball stays centred. That's the design that produces match-day game film, not solo-creator vlog footage.
How the physical mount works
- Two motors: one pan (horizontal), one tilt (vertical).
- Brushless, damped — smooth motion under load.
- Bluetooth Low Energy link to the phone at 30 to 50 Hz update rate.
- Standard 3/8-inch tripod thread on the underside, plus a 1/4-inch adapter.
- Powered via the iPhone's charging cable — also charges the phone while filming.
How the AI works
On-device neural network detects the ball every frame (YOLOv11n). A short-horizon tracker maintains the ball's identity through occlusion (OC-SORT). A player re-identification model stabilises the framing when the ball is briefly hidden (OSNet-AIN). All processing happens on the iPhone — no cloud, no streaming, no per-frame inference cost. /how-it-works has the full breakdown.
Versus other phone-mount form factors
| Spec | Trackd | XbotGo Chameleon | Pivo Pod Max | BallerCam |
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