Golfmetrics vs StatShot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Golfmetrics
This app helps golfers improve their game by tracking key performance metrics. It is designed for ease of use, even for time-pressed competitive players.
- Strokes Gained tracking
- Performance metric analysis
- Usability expert design
- Competitive golf focus
- Simple and easy to use
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Start improving today! Developed with usability experts and golfers to be simple and easy, for the time-pressed reality of competitive golf. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
StatShot
This app provides comprehensive golf statistics, focusing on strokes gained data to analyze and improve your game. It offers detailed insights into driving, approach play, short game, and putting, with a unique "True SG" statistic that accounts for course difficulty.
- Strokes gained analysis
- True strokes gained metric
- SG driving, approach, short game, putting
- Green and fairway in regulation percentage
- Handicap benchmarks
- Detailed round summary
- Quick data entry
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StatShot is the perfect golf statistics app for getting comprehensive strokes gained data for your golf game. Data entry is simple and quick, allowing golfers to input their rounds on the fly. A player’s strokes gained summary allows them to directly compare the relative performance of all parts of their game -- no more having to deal with the ambiguity of traditional golf statistics. The brand new "True SG" statistic also controls for course difficulty, providing golfers an even more nuanced picture of their performance. StatShot includes: -Strokes gained total -True strokes gained -SG driving -SG approach play -SG short game -SG putting -Green and Fairway in regulation percentage -Other common golf stats -Handicap benchmarks for all parts of the game -Detailed round summary and scorecard -Quick data entry StatShot is completely free to use -- there are no ads, subscriptions, or trials! To get in touch or for app support, please contact either ryantcoffey@icloud.com or joe@joecardenas.dev
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StatShot at 100% against Golfmetrics's 16%. StatShot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 13). Golfmetrics's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (122 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Golfmetrics sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. StatShot asks for nothing beyond the download.
StatShot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golfmetrics has 122 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Golfmetrics's written reviews are positive against 100% of StatShot's.
Golfmetrics ships an update fortnightly, StatShot every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Golfmetrics | StatShot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (122 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 122 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Golfmetrics LLC | JC Development, LLC |
Customer experience
Golfmetrics
StatShot
Bugs and requests
Golfmetrics
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes on startup or during round entry
- Missing holes after round submission
- Cannot place shots on first hole
- App freezes during initial setup and login
- Endless login loop with email already in use error
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- Cannot edit rounds or access edit round feature
- Home screen stuck on loading circle
- Crashes when clicking on previous rounds
- Crashes when selecting scorecard holes
- Subscription paywall not functioning
- Password reset functionality broken
- Login credentials not saved between sessions
- Incorrect course hole yardages (900K yards)
- Strokes gained calculations don't add up correctly
- Data syncing issues between iPhone and iPad
- Course data not persisting after app updates
- App requires reinstall to function
- Overlapping and misplaced UI icons
- Home course selection crashes app
Requested features
18 requests- Restore old manual data entry method as option
- Bring back legacy app version
- Add detailed putting statistics by distance
- Include handicap breakdown by shot distance
- Add make percentage and 3-putt statistics
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- Enable practice round data entry
- Implement round filtering by date range
- Add time series analytics and trend analysis
- Include shot miss characteristics (left/right/short/long)
- Allow offline GPS functionality
- Add ability to select specific rounds for analysis
- Implement easy hole editing after advancement
- Support satellite map view instead of cartoonish maps
- Add recovery shot designation option
- Enable tournament golfer mode (phone-free entry)
- Allow manual yardage entry option
- Add session save functionality to avoid re-login
- Support multiple tee box viewing
StatShot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Golfmetrics
- Individual Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Coach Lite Monthly7 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Coach Pro Monthly7 Days trial$69.991 Month
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- Individual Premium Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Coach Academy Monthly7 Days trial$199.991 Month
- Coach Lite Yearly7 Days trial$299.991 Year
- Coach Pro Yearly7 Days trial$499.991 Year
- One Month$9.99
- Team Subscription$19.99
- Six Month$39.99
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- Team Subscription$39.99
- Annual$69.99
- Annual Full Team Subscription$299.99
StatShot
No in-app purchases
