# 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker — user reviews > 1,277 indexed App Store user reviews of 18Birdies by 18Birdies LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 297,263 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/18birdies-golf-gps-tracker/id892700751/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/18birdies-golf-gps-tracker/id892700751.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 279,032 · 4★ 15,107 · 3★ 1,620 · 2★ 471 · 1★ 1,033 ## What do users think of 18Birdies? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate GPS - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Helpful features - 👍 Great app - 👍 Useful for improving game - 👍 Excellent app - 👍 Fantastic app - 👍 Awesome app - 👍 Best golf app - 👍 Simple and helpful - 👍 Saved strokes - 👍 Essential golf app - 👍 Detailed stats tracking **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🐛 Yardages inaccurate on Apple Watch - 🐛 Buggy after updates - 🐛 Difficult to use - 🐛 Annoying referral prompts - 🐛 Handicap calculation issues - 🐛 Inconsistent shot tracking - 🐛 Lack of home course stats - 🐛 Unreliable Apple Watch connectivity **Commonly reported bugs** - Yardages not syncing correctly between watch and phone - Inability to save rounds or enter scores - Incorrect course information and tee box layouts - Frequent crashes and performance issues **Most requested features** - Automatic handicap calculation - Customizable home course stats - Dark mode option - Ability to record scores for non-app users - Layup yardages and hazard distances - Improved Apple Watch integration - Better social features and leaderboards ## Newest reviews (14 of 1,277) ### 2/5 — Another instagram AI Slop App *2026-08-25, version 16.37.1* Just another instagram spam ad. They force you into a subscription to use any feature on the app. I’d be better off using an asking a basic Ai how my swing looks for free. ### 4/5 — Free *2026-08-22, version 16.37.1* The free version is good with a score card and swing recorder but the ai swing is a premium feature and most of what they advertise ### 4/5 — A work in progress *2026-08-21, version 16.37.1* Helpful, as soon at it is dialed in, this will be a great help ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-17, version 16.37.1* Great app ### 5/5 — Good app *2026-08-16, version 16.37.1* I haven’t paid for the premium yet but probably will soon. GPS is good and tracks handicap and has swing analysis to help with improvement. ### 3/5 — Nope *2026-08-16, version 16.37.1* I think they should state that it’s a free 7 day TRIAL just to be clear. 👍 ### 5/5 — Love this *2026-08-16, version 16.37.1* App is wonderful ### 5/5 — W speed *2026-08-16, version 16.37.1* W speed ### 5/5 — App *2026-08-15, version 16.37.1* Super good app! Worth every penny! ### 5/5 — he ultimate tool for tracking my game and staying dialed on the course. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ *2026-08-15, version 16.37.1* I have tried several golf apps, but 18Birdies is easily the best. The GPS distance mapping to greens and hazards is incredibly accurate, making club selection easy right from the tee. Tracking stats like fairways hit, greens in regulation, and putts per round gives great insight into my game. It is fast, easy to use without slowing down play, and handling league scoring or casual bets with friends is effortless. An absolute must have! ### 5/5 — Great tool *2026-08-15, version 16.37.1* Great tool ### 5/5 — 76 years old *2026-08-14, version 16.37.1* Best free app ### 5/5 — Grate app *2026-08-14, version 16.37.1* Grate app ### 5/5 — Christopher Meeks *2026-08-14, version 16.37.1* Love the app ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App was great until …. *2026-08-26, version 16.37.1* The app worked great. Loved it until one day when it went haywire holes were all incorrect scoring jumped around par on holes was incorrect tried to fix by downloading new version. Nothing worked waited a few days thought it was going to correct itself. It didn’t so I’m deleting it again. Trying you something else. No way to really get a hold of anyone to help fix ### 1/5 — Charged 129.00 never agreed to it *2026-08-24, version 16.37.1* Be careful! I downloaded this app to see if it was something I could use as a new golfer. It’s too complicated for my level, so I disregarded it. Lo and behold I received a charge on my card for 129.00 for some kind of premium membership that I never signed up for. Be aware of this negative option trap. Should be illegal ### 1/5 — Terrible! *2026-08-23, version 16.37.1* Does not register swing. Tried with my son and I. Different places. Indoor and outdoor and it would not register. ### 1/5 — Account is gone *2026-08-18, version 16.37.1* I used “hide my email” apple sign in and not i cant change my email to my real one as i don’t receive the hidden emails from icloud. ### 1/5 — Unreal ad riddled mess *2026-08-15, version 16.37.1* I don’t want 47 feature, most annoying golf app I’ve ever used. ### 1/5 — They will automatically bill you for 1 year of service without telling you! *2026-08-14, version 16.37.1* I was only trying to use the free version, but it automatically signed me up for 1 year and when I canceled immediately afterwards, it only cancels the next following year. Scam!!! ### 1/5 — Scam!!! *2026-08-10, version 16.37.0* Can’t go to basic account scam!!! No help canceling. Don’t do it ### 1/5 — Make their money hoping you forget to cancel *2026-08-10, version 16.37.0* Downloaded the trial for a couple of weeks to test the app. Not for me, but without warning or a reminder get charged £99.99 for a year’s subscription. This is exactly what the UK government will be stopping soon. Poor behaviour. Any decent company would remind you first. ### 1/5 — Absolute rubbish *2026-08-08, version 16.37.0* The AI swing is absolutely rubbish. No matter what I do I can never get it to analyse my swing. I’ve wasted my time recording dozens and dozens of videos. It always has a problem even though I read the FAQ and make sure I’m wearing a light colour T-shirt and don’t have my face covered. Also no matter what I do, for some reason I always get reverted to a random hole like 12 or 14 irrespective with the course I play on where it asked me to input my score. This is even after I haven’t reached that hole yet and I’ve only played the first three or four holes. It also happens when I start on the back 9 and I’ve gone through to the front 9 it still goes and asks me to input my score. Even though I input my score and confirm it repeatedly I still have to go back to my correct hole. After coming from Arccos, I can see why they’re an extra hundred dollars a year, as soon as this subscription runs out, with 18Birdies, probably earlier I’m going back to our Arccos ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2026-08-01, version 16.36.0* It could be a good app but i experienced too many problems when I am in a golf course. Golf can be frustrating enough. Don’t need more with this app. 1- the front 9 and back 9 of my home course should be switched. Despite interactions with the support who assured me it was corrected, it wasn’t. 2- the app will jump from hole 1 to hole 13. Impossible to switch back to hole 2 3- the yardage is very approximate. I’ll go from my tracked ball to my bag and back to my ball and see a 7 yard difference. This makes the app unreliable for club recommendation. 4- the analytics on club doesn’t take the elevation difference of different shots which make it useless. My club #3 is 220 yards when played on a flat ground, 280 when descending and 180 when going up. 5- when chipping with a 7 you screw up all analytics of this club And so on… ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — In love with this *2026-08-27, version 16.37.1* Fairly new, played around 10 rounds but absolutely in love with this app. So far I’m using it just for distance, no more Rangefinder. I just synced my Apple Watch in last round and don’t even need my phone, I can see the distance on my watch 👏🏼. About to explore how to find my swing speed. ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-08-27, version 16.37.1* Love this app. Use it every time ### 5/5 — Review *2026-08-24, version 16.37.1* Great app. Really impressive Makes the game more enjoyable. Helps me pick right club ### 5/5 — One of the best if not best app to use. *2026-08-24, version 16.37.1* I almost never even consider upgrading to a premium version of anything but this app is so good that I genuinely will go ahead and do that because it has so many good features. ### 5/5 — Golf app *2026-08-22, version 16.37.1* Great golf game tracking device. Accurate GPS. Inexpensive handicap tracker. ### 5/5 — First round with 18 Birdies *2026-08-21, version 16.37.1* Loved the Nav and the user friendly app! ### 5/5 — Review *2026-08-21, version 16.37.1* Love this app, helps my game a lot ! ### 5/5 — GPS *2026-08-17, version 16.37.1* Great ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2026-08-17, version 16.37.1* Amazing app ### 5/5 — Rating *2026-08-17, version 16.37.1* This is so convenient. I used to make distance cards out of cardboard but they would always tear and never work well. But with 18 birdies it keeps track of my didatances for me. It’s great. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*