Pivo Alternative for Sports: Trackd Follows the Ball

Pivo is a motorised phone holder built for solo creators — it follows a person, which is exactly right for vlogs and fitness drills but ill-suited to team sports where the action shifts between players. Trackd is the team-sports alternative: same motorised-mount form factor, but the AI follows the soccer ball instead of a single subject. A$199 hardware, no subscription, designed for matches.

Trackd vs Pivo at a glance

Why person-tracking doesn't work for team sports

Pivo's tracking model assumes a single subject — typically the person who set up the camera. In team sports the ball moves between many players many times per minute. A person-tracking camera ends up locked on one player while the ball is elsewhere, producing footage where the action is happening off-frame. Ball-tracking solves this directly.

Where Pivo is the right pick

• Solo training drills where you're the only subject.
• Skill-acquisition videos for personal-coach content.
• Fitness, dance, vlog — single-subject creator workflows.
• Indoor training with limited camera distance.

Where Trackd is the right pick

• Team match filming.
• Coaching review of multi-player action.
• Parent filming of kids' matches.
• Recruiting highlight reel material — you want match film, not training film.

Solo training: can Trackd work?

Yes — set the training preset and the mount will follow the ball through your drills. For pure solo skill training (juggling, technical work, drills against a wall), Pivo's person-tracking can be marginally simpler since the subject is fixed. But for any drill involving an actual ball moving, Trackd's tracking is at least as good and produces match-realistic framing.