# Golf NZ — user reviews > 49 indexed App Store user reviews of Golf NZ by DotGolf NZ LP. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-nz/id1362149135/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-nz/id1362149135.md ## Newest reviews (17 of 49) ### 2/5 — New update *2026-05-02, version 3.0.0* Seems to run very slow now and doesn’t load sometimes and layout is bad ### 2/5 — Too slow *2026-04-25, version 3.0.0* Preferred the older version, this one is too slow ### 3/5 — Tee Booking Issues *2026-03-17, version 2.0.8* Generally pretty good but the booking portion of the app sometimes does not work. No green dots appear even though you can book through the clubs website. Frustrating as by the time to log into the other, tee times are gone. ### 2/5 — Performance inconsistent *2025-12-02, version 2.0.8* Score cards not being produced and available tee times not accurate. Needs to be improved. ### 2/5 — Bad Gateway *2025-10-09, version 2.0.8* Unilaterally logged me out, won’t allow me to sign back in. When you click the link for ‘forgotten password’ it just says ‘bad gateway’. Useless ### 2/5 — Remove ads *2025-09-14, version 2.0.8* Ever since you introduced the home screen ad I've been averaging 5 app crashes/restarts per round of golf(from none). Also, could we get rid of the ad at app load? ### 3/5 — Incorrect score Pop Up *2025-08-20, version 2.0.8* It is frustrating when a score has been put in by your playing partner incorrectly then amended by the next hole but still get the same pop up for the rest of the round. Each time it comes up after entering a score so then have to swipe to enter another score on the same hole. Also why not have in the drop down menu a “go to hole #” for easy maintainence on the course. ### 2/5 — In need of simple improvements *2025-02-18, version 2.0.3* A few simple improvements would make this app ok but currently it’s poor. Searching for golfers and requiring their club would be fine, however when certain clubs don’t appear to a search it makes this useless ### 3/5 — Nice app but…. *2025-01-31, version 2.0.3* Would be great to fix the tee bookings search. When I look for Queenstown-Wanaka I get a lot of North Island courses…. ### 2/5 — Credentials Lost on Update/Unable to Login *2024-12-16, version 2.0.3* Used previous app version yesterday without issue, then updated it today after prompt. It logged me out after update installed and when I logged in with saved credentials it says invalid. When trying to reset it says membership number doesn’t exist. Now I have to wait until support responds to use the app again… ### 3/5 — What has happened *2024-11-15, version 2.0.0* The old version was ok as it was - I can no longer book anyone else to play golf with me my search won’t work when I want to add other players - I am using an iPhone 15 - really disappointed, used to love the ap . ### 2/5 — Can’t book friends *2024-11-15, version 2.0.0* Latest update doesn’t let me book friends into tee slots ### 2/5 — Update issue *2024-11-14, version 2.0.0* Friends list no longer visible in booking screen. Please fix ### 2/5 — Needs refresh and functionality updates *2024-11-12, version 2.0.0* The app is quite buggy; losing login credentials, friends profile pictures not appearing or mixing up between them. Tee times not auto refreshing, The app needs a full UI refresh as it would look more at home on an iPhone 4, not everything in NZ has to be black palettes. Please look at the official GHIN app, and many other scoring apps that provide a full suite of tools above and beyond just posting scores and booking a round. GPS, green heat maps; stats like fairway hits, putt counts, and the options to track different (non HCP counting) game types between your group. Would like to drop other apps and just have this one app for everything, even at a cost. Also, where is the basic addition of a watch app for fast score keeping that seems like a simple addition. Please bring some improvements. ### 2/5 — Latest update has bugs *2024-11-08, version 2.0.0* Updated today on IOS (9 Nov 24). Since then cannot add friends to my tee booking and cannot search for them to add either. ### 3/5 — Score card *2024-04-05, version 1.0.25* Since I updated the last app I can’t get in to see my previous score card. ### 3/5 — Change it back *2023-09-07, version 1.0.19* Can you change the app layout back to how it was the new layout is dumb thanks ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — New Update - Terrible *2026-04-25, version 3.0.0* The latest Golf NZ app update is terrible. Unbearable loading times when trying to book a tee time or load scores. The new interface is also messy and cheap looking. Looks like a first time developer remade the entire app. Please change it back! ### 1/5 — Remove ads *2025-12-27, version 2.0.8* Ever since you introduced the home screen ad I've been averaging 5 app crashes/restarts per round of golf(from none). Also, could we get rid of the ad at app load? Update: There's consistency: I consistently get served ads. Also consistently get app crashes. Loving this when I max a hole and have to painstakingly load the app, wait for the ad, open my scorecard and browse to the hole to mark my max score. ### 1/5 — Horrible update *2025-03-09, version 2.0.3* The latest update makes a bad app worse. Well done. The friends list is buggy showing wrong scores and wrong or just blank profile pictures. It now takes multiple steps to find someone you just had a tee time with. It insists I filter by my club but can’t even find my club, and then can’t find my partner who was on my sheet and booked the tee time for me. There is zero intuitiveness in this app, it’s slow, clunky, extremely buggy and feels like it’s 10 years behind in development. The app was bad enough before this latest update and now is even worse: why are we putting up with this in 2025, find a new developer and rebuild it, ### 1/5 — Friend Requesting *2024-12-27, version 2.0.3* Absolute nightmare trying to search or add friends. ### 1/5 — Worst app *2024-11-20, version 2.0.1* So many bugs, who developed this ? ### 1/5 — Bookings with Friends *2024-11-14, version 2.0.0* The current version has removed the option to book a tee time and include anyone in your friends list. Before this the app worked perfectly. Update needed. ### 1/5 — Poor update *2024-11-14, version 2.0.0* Was a good app, now I can’t book friends with me at all now…revert or fix immediately ### 1/5 — Can’t Add Friends with new Update *2024-11-11, version 2.0.0* Poor ### 1/5 — After I click update, I can’t make a booking *2024-11-10, version 2.0.0* Nov 11, 2024. When I opened app on my mobile (iPhone 8 plus), It told me that there was an update available. I did it, and then I tried to make a booking but it didn’t allow me to book for my friends because my friends list didn’t show up anymore. This is not good. ### 1/5 — Friends should be alphabetical order, what a nightmare *2023-09-17, version 1.0.19* Why on earth did they change friends list from alphabetical to NO EASY WAY TO FIND YOUR FRIENDS. That has to be the worst change ever. If you want to search a name, ALPHABETICAL ORDER. Friends List is an absolute nightmare to find friends in your list, go back to alphabetical order. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Delete scorecard *2024-12-24, version 2.0.3* Great app overall but it won’t let me delete my scorecard after I have created it if I got something wrong for example front or back 9 it won’t let me delete it very annoying ### 5/5 — I love it. Wish we had this in Canada *2024-02-09* It took awhile to be able to install this app on my Canadian phone but well worth the wait. And the customer help and app help people were truly on top of everything. Thank you so much. This is an awesome app. ### 5/5 — Great app, one suggestion *2019-02-27, version 1.0.2* Very handy app, I use it a lot. It would be great to see the differential of the score instead of projected handicap (or as well as). When I scroll down to see what score is dropping off next, seeing the projected handicap for an old score is irrelevant, I’m more interested in seeing what differential is dropping off the counting cards. ### 4/5 — Bad update feature *2024-12-01, version 2.0.2* The app is great, love it! But please undo the change you just made to the ‘player search’ feature. It was far more preferable to have a list full of people pop up when you search a name than having to search a club before you can search a person. There are far too many clubs to select from and if you don’t put in a specific club, you won’t get any type of search result for the person you’re searching. I need to do up a draw and I don’t have all the home clubs but at least in the list of names I could find who i needed. Please change it back! ### 4/5 — Bring back the friends tab! *2023-09-01, version 1.0.19* I like the new app and it’s great that it has combined the DotGolf booking system into a single platform. I find the messages tab irrelevant and would love that to be replaced back with the Friends tab! ### 4/5 — New update *2023-08-31, version 1.0.19* Update looks nice, and it’s good to be able to book in app now. Just need more clubs to get on board to open options up. One bit of feedback, can you make the Home Screen adjustable? I’d rather not see messages in the bottom bar, friends is much more relevant for myself. ### 4/5 — Outstanding App *2021-12-13, version 1.0.14* Well done team, what an awesome bit of kit, golf nz is now in the 21st century. Any chance this app could operate in “flight mode” while we play then turn off flight mode and let the app update / upload scores and signing attesting etc?? Would be a handy feature, no more annoying notifications, emails, texts or calls popping up while we’re playing and entering our scores… Cheers for the great work Mark ### 4/5 — Golf nz app not available to other country appstore account *2021-01-19, version 1.0.11* Hi, Please open this app to any country to download as some NZ golf users have their apple id set to their original country and its complicated to change country setting especially if you subscribed to apple music, takes time to change country setting etc... thanks ### 4/5 — Please add differential *2020-09-06, version 1.0.10* Excellent app but please add the differential to the round so I don't have to look it up on the website each time. Cheers ### 4/5 — Need an app *2019-04-15, version 1.0.3* Nice and easy. But it would show competition results even better. --- *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 2026-08-24.*