Disc Golf Caddy Pro vs SwellPilot Surf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Disc Golf Caddy Pro
Track your disc golf scores, find courses, and discover tournaments. Access detailed course information, maps, and reviews. Sync your scorecards with an online platform for analysis and backup.
- Score tracking and analysis
- Comprehensive course information
- Course maps and directions
- Tournament search
- Shop search
- Scorecard syncing
- Round ratings
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Disc Golf Caddy Pro, powered by DiscGolfCourseReview (DGCR) app offering score tracking and the most current and comprehensive disc golf course information, including course descriptions, locations (with driving directions), hole/par details, maps for almost every disc golf course, 100,000+ course photo,s and 60,000+ course reviews for over 6000 courses (and growing!). Record your rounds/scorecards and upload them directly to your Scorebook on DGCourseReview.com for score analysis and safe keeping. You can even upload your friend's rounds to the site and your friends can download their rounds on their own devices later! Track your scores, putts and penalty throws for each hole and keep holes notes for all the players in your group! Wondering if a disc golf tournament is nearby? Use the app's tournament search! Out of town and lost your go-to driver or mid? The app's shop search has you covered! Disc Golf Caddy Pro, powered by DGCourseReview, is the most comprehensive and current source of disc golf information available on iPhone. Features and benefits include: * Upload or sync yours or your friends scorecards directly to DGCR for backup and scoring analysis. * Friends can sync rounds submitted to DGCR from other devices to their own device. No need to email scorecards and enter scores manually! * Share an image of your round with friends via email, facebook, text or more! * Uploading rounds to DGCR automatically enters you into our monthly disc giveaway! (see details on site) * Edit your rounds on the site and sync the updated scorecard with your device. * Round ratings for all your rounds and an overall player rating! * Import all your rounds entered or backed up on DGCR onto any device with the DGCR app. Getting a new phone doesn't mean you have to lose your scoring data! * Import rounds from other popular apps using the Round Importer on DGCR and sync those with the DGCR app. * Rounds on DGCR are stored on our main server and are also backed up on another offsite server on a 5 day rolling backup schedule. * Integrates directly with DGCourseReview to provide you with up to the minute course, tournament and shop information! * Search for courses using a standard search form, a proximity (GPS) search or via a map interface. * Filter your course searches using criteria ranging from hole count to the rating on DGCourseReview to how wooded a course is (among many other filters!) * Vote on course reviews as your read them! * Update Course Conditions from the course! * Mark courses as played right from the app (immediately reflected on your DGCR account online)! * Search for shops using a standard search form, a proximity search or via a map interface. * Search for tournaments using a standard search form, a proximity search or via a map interface. * Comprehensive tournament information including which courses will be used, registration fees, flyers, and more! * Overall and course level score stats including average putts, best score, eagles, birdies, pars, bogies... and whatever comes after bogies! * Much, much more! FAQ's - To import your rounds from DGCR, tap Stats -> Menu -> Import All Rounds from DGCR - Your played courses list will be downloaded from DGCR the first time you go to the "Played Courses" list when starting a round Official Support: http://www.dgcoursereview.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SwellPilot Surf
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Find the best surf spots near you — right now. SwellPilot analyses real-time swell, wind, and tide data to score every spot within range and rank them by surfability. No more guessing, no more wasted drives. HOW IT WORKS • Open the app and SwellPilot finds spots near your location • Each spot gets a live score (0–100) based on current and forecast conditions • Smart summaries explain why each spot is firing — or not • Tide charts, swell direction, wind speed, and best-window timing at a glance FREE FEATURES • Discover the best surf spots within 50 km of your GPS location • Today's forecast with scored recommendations • Save any spot as a favourite • Report spot data issues to help improve the community SWELLPILOT PRO • Unlimited search radius — check any spot in the world • 7-day forecast planning — find the best session all week • Custom push alerts — get notified when your saved spots fire • Evening previews — "tomorrow's looking good" alerts at 8 PM COVERAGE SwellPilot covers 1,500+ surf spots worldwide. Atlantic Europe is fully mapped — Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Ireland, Morocco — alongside major travel destinations: California, Hawaii, Australia (east + west), New Zealand, Bali, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Fiji, Mauritius, the Philippines, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and more. BUILT FOR SURFERS Whether you're a beginner looking for clean 1m beach breaks or an advanced surfer hunting overhead reef slabs, SwellPilot adapts its scoring to your skill level and preferences. Privacy-first: your location is used only to find nearby spots. We never sell your data. Full details at https://www.swellpilot.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://www.swellpilot.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Disc Golf Caddy Pro at every 5 days against SwellPilot Surf's every 2 months. Disc Golf Caddy Pro also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Disc Golf Caddy Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and SwellPilot Surf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Disc Golf Caddy Pro ships an update every 5 days, SwellPilot Surf every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Disc Golf Caddy Pro | SwellPilot Surf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (229 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 229 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DGCourseReview | OU Datadaa |
Bugs and requests
Disc Golf Caddy Pro
Reported bugs
31 issues- Error when marking courses as played
- App crashes after switching to new format
- Unable to access courses played
- Difficulty logging into desktop version
- Map pins disappear after zooming out
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- App goes black after logo screen
- App crashes on login
- App crashes when trying to start
- App crashes when reviewing past rounds
- App crashes when updating an existing round
- Names don't appear for scoring
- Cannot add to scoring
- Numbers at the bottom not available to type over score/putts
- Cannot add players who aren't registered DGCR users
- Search by city doesn't work
- Syncing rounds from app to DGCR site is cumbersome
- Player names doubled and automatically placed on scorecard
- Missing ability to delete people from player list
- App crashes after deleting a round
- Deleted round still shows up
- App crashes when clicking deleted round
- Only see half of scorecard after updating round
- Previous round ratings are N/A
- Crashing when trying to update an existing round
- Cannot change par on holes once a layout is selected
- App crashes after round is finished
- App crashes when viewing stats
- Scorecard is hard to swipe through
- Score entry is cumbersome
- Cannot delete a round
- Missing information error on login
Requested features
24 requests- Allow marking courses as played
- Improve map functionality
- Sort courses by basket types
- Add more innovative features
- Integrate more website features
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- Add dark mode
- Improve player stats
- Allow editing par on holes
- Add ability to recommend course changes
- Allow rating courses in-app
- Add Apple Watch support
- Ability to delete players from list
- Input old scores with correct date
- Add +/- score to stats
- Allow adding unregistered players
- See list of discs from website
- Better stats for other players
- Edit tee type and basket type
- Submit rounds to DGCR
- Correct distance covered stats
- Integrate disc organizer, forums, messaging
- Improve course bagger features
- Add lost disc feature
- View and mark courses played
SwellPilot Surf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Disc Golf Caddy Pro
- Premium$9.991 Year
SwellPilot Surf
- SwellPilot Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- SwellPilot Pro Annual$39.991 Year
Questions
Is Disc Golf Caddy Pro free?
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