I received the Player+ speaker for Father’s Day and was really happy with how it performed for the most part. The only 2 things that I’d deduct stars for are #1, the lack of integration with Apple Watch. Most golf apps work with Apple Watch and this allows for a much more seamless round. I ended up not using any of the premium features because if I took my phone in my pocket, the music would start cutting out around the greens, so I just didn’t input anything on the phone. If this was doable via my Apple Watch, it would have been 100% more functional. #2 is the battery life. It’s rated for 10 hours, but we played 1 round, lasting just around 4 hours and the Player + showed 25% batter left.
For the most part, this was great, but longer battery life and Apple Watch integration would make it dang near perfect! I just don’t see why I would keep the premium subscription after the trial without the Apple Watch integration.
Developer Response
Hello thank you so much for the feedback here. Very excited to share we are launching the new Blue Tees GAME Apple watch this week! Please check for an app update prior to this weekend. Please message us at michael@blueteesgolf.com for feedback on the initial version. We will be adding many features but starting with F/C/B GPS, scoring, shot tracking, hazard distances, simple score view, advanced score and more. Speaker and the GPS work well for me. It’s cool a pull up golf courses from around the world. I’m still working on understanding scoring through the app. Pulling my phone out while playing to keep score takes away from the experience.
Battery life would be an issue but if the cart has a USB plug-in, that issue is resolved. There is no Apple Watch function. Turn my Apple Watch into a golf tool I can use on the course and blue tees will be five stars. I’m locked in for the year. If there is no Apple Watch addition I will look at some of the other options on the market.
Developer Response
Hello thank you for your feedback. Yes Apple watch will be available in the June app release. We have it ready and are nearly complete testing. I've been using it during testing. It's a very convenient and nice experience. Please stay tuned! I have used a large number of golf tracking apps and deduced to give Blue Tees a try after getting the speaker as a gift this Christmas. Overall it’s okay, but makes some features harder to do than needed.
It’s easy to input score for a hole and putts, but adding info about fairways and greens hit is in a completely different flow. There is also no way to adjust a round after you start one. Played last week and on the first tee the group I got paired with selected to play the Blues when I had setup the app to use the whites. No way to correct it during the round other than to end the round and create a new one.
The hole fly over and distance details are great. And shot tracking is far easier than other apps. But scoring is clunky and needs work.
Developer Response
Hello Jesmith thank you very much for this feedback. You are right about scoring, we can reduce the friction here. We have a new improved scoring experience that will be going live this month based on feedback like this. I think that is great feedback about being able to change the tee box after the start of the round. We will get this functionality added within the next app release.
Regarding the ability to add about fairways and greens hit, are you using the lockscreen shortcut or within the app to add this information? Please message me here directly michael@blueteesgolf.comI use speaker and blue tees app with a diamond membership.
Speaker it’s awesome and sound quality phenomenal. It’s so good it has replaced all the portable speakers in my house. Having the ranges on the speaker for quick reference has made it so I don’t need to pull out my range finder and I have compared the ranges to a rangefinder they are very accurate!
I have used a lot of golf apps previously and this one is by far my favorite. Love the ability to track distances for each club and the simplicity of the app. It has a summary page that will throw all golf stats in a easy display and fun to look at, to include amount of Birdies, PARs, and bogeys based off the rounds logged through the app. The Blue Tees team is easy to work with and if a course is missing you can send in a score card and they always get it updated within a couple days. I just recently used some of their advanced features that include a reconstructed flyover or a hole I played that ended up being a hole in one on a short dogleft par 4 making a 260 yard 3 wood ACE! Used this feature in my post and people kept messaging me saying “the flyover was cool to see with the post”. As long as you track all your shots through the app you could use this feature for a full 18.
Overall I recommend the app and their products!
Developer Response
Hello there thank you very much for your thorough feedback here! Very happy to hear about your experience. We have many new features in store soon. Stay tuned! One question, can you share more about the reconstructed flyover that you posted? I'd love to learn more about what you are referring to here. Please message me at michael@blueteesgolf.comI heard about Blue Tees and bought their divot repair tools (one for my son and one for me), range finder and their GPS+Player combination. After ordering, I waited for several months having not received it yet. When I reached out, I received a quick email response apologizing for the delay (something had happened and they fixed it quickly). My Player arrived within 3-5 days. Fast forward it was too cold to use but once I brought it out, it finds the course you are at fast, very accurate yardages and outstanding sound quality.
Unfortunately, the magnet gave way (was attached to the metal roof bar) going over a bump, it fell of and cracked the screen. I contacted them and they again apologized and my new one is on its way.
Stuff happens even with great products. But what makes people customers for life are how companies respond when things happen and this company - Understood the assignment!!!!
Bought the Bluetooth speaker with the screen that shows distances. Tried using the golf features today and the app was super laggy and slow. Every time I opened it, it would go to a black screen and just sit there. Redownloaded the app multiple times and finally got logged into my profile but then could not start my round because the “select your tee box” option wouldn’t load despite having full strength 5G ultrawide connection.
Really disappointed with the user experience and will not be renewing the annual subscription if I cannot use these features.
Developer Response
Hello, We can completely understand how you feel regarding if you are not able to use the features. We had a server issue that was resolved. We are shipping a new update this week that will prevent this issue from happening. For this issue I would like to make it right. Please contact me at michael@blueteesgolf.com to see if we can help provide a complimentary app subscription experience. Thank you! MichaelMy club recently re-routed its course layout. I emailed the customer support team and they had everything updated within a week. Amazing customer service and kudos to the app development team for getting everything updated so quickly. You will not be disappointed with their products! I would recommend it to anyone.
Unfortunately my rangefinder went out of warranty shortly before my rangefinder broke! I knew I couldn’t get it replaced, but I said oh “what the heck let’s reach out to blue tees anyways this is the third one I’ve had and I’m not switching” I was happy to find that Alex and the rest of the customer service team, went above and beyond for me and helped me with the purchase of a new rangefinder. I’ve had a few rangefinders to say the least and no one has helped me out HALF as much as bluetees. I never leave reviews, but I was genuinely surprised, baffled to say the least. I thought the days of customer service were gone, but not here. Thank you Bluetees!!
Had difficulties logging in. My wife bought this as a gift and purchased the premium subscription and didn't want me to find out about the gift prior to giving it to me therefore she put the account in her name. Had difficulties trying to get it transferred over to me but they got it resolved. As frustrating as it was, the Customer service was amazing even though we couldn't get it figured out the first time.
They responded within minutes each time I reached out. Thank you for the great customer service!
Played yesterday on Fort Cavazos, the front 9 it worked great, have to get better with working the app and logging scores, but the back 9….hmmm
Now we get to the “not five star level” after getting the correct course, the app showed me at one location, but I was at another. It kept saying 999 yards. I even restarted it several times and the app kept saying 999 yards. I looked at it and it looked as though I didn’t move.
Love the look of the app, and hope there is an apple watch version, but if we’re paying 50 dollars for a subscription, then it should work.
Developer Response
Hello thank you for the feedback here! Great to hear it working well for you on the front 9 but back 9 it looks like you've encountered an issue. Please message at michael@blueteesgolf.com so that I can better assess what happened here. It seems to be a course issue on the back 9 which we can quickly do a course update.
Additionally, we will be going live very soon with the Apple watch version. Stay tuned!
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