igMember vs DECADE powered by BirdieFire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
igMember
Stay connected with your golf club and membership details. Receive instant notifications for competition results, course updates, and club news. Manage your membership and communicate with your club directly from your device.
- Push notifications for competitions
- Course status updates
- EPOS transaction alerts
- Knockout results
- Access to results and upcoming competitions
- Club news updates
- Built-in messaging
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Access your intelligentgolf information easily through the app. Get instant push notifications for finalised competitions, course status changes, EPOS transactions and knockout results. With access to results, upcoming competitions, club news and now with built in messaging your membership and your club is truly in the palm of your hand. ------------------------------------ In App Purchases: This app offers in app purchases and the full igMember experience for a yearly fee of £1.99 with a 1 month free trial. This subscription will auto renew at the end of your free trial period and continue to renew yearly within 24 hours of the end of your current period unless you cancel. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. Privacy Policy - http://www.intelligentgolf.co.uk/privacy Application Terms - http://www.intelligentgolf.co.uk/application_terms
DECADE powered by BirdieFire
Learn proven course management strategies used by top golfers to improve your game. Access tour-level insights, statistical profiling, and weekly video content. Optimize your strategy to reduce lost strokes and achieve better results on the course.
- DECADE Strategy access
- Tour-level course management
- Statistical profiling
- Weekly video content
- Course strategy optimization
- Strokes lost reduction
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You can't play the odds if you don't know the odds Stop Wasting Shots & Get The Results You Deserve Harness the DECADE strategy that is used by: -5 World #1's -PGA Tour Winners -Web.com Winners -NCAA Champions -USGA Champions Through the DECADE app, you get access to the proven and revolutionary DECADE Strategy. Tour Level Course Management and Statistical Profiling at your fingertips, anywhere. Learn how tournament winners manage their game by optimizing course strategy. Also, unlike other tools on the market, DECADE will constantly bring you fresh new video content on a weekly basis, due to work with our PGA Tour players and top college programs. Its not about Strokes Gained as much as it’s about reducing Strokes Lost. DECADE FOUNDATIONS SUBSCRIPTION Since launching the DECADE App three years ago we have learned many things, not the least of which is that it can quickly make virtually anyone a much better player, and it’s a lot for younger or less experienced players to consume. The Elite version of the DECADE App was designed to replace the live DECADE Seminar which is over four hours long and intended for elite players. We did not anticipate all the interest it would generate with junior golfers and mid-handicap players. I guess we should have. With that in mind we have created DECADE Foundations to replace our Lite product to better serve that audience. Junior will drastically slow down the avalanche of information within the App. This will more appropriately match the Golf IQ of our subscribers. Over the course of six months the content within the App will walk a player through the basics of course management and mindset slowly morphing into the Elite version of strategy over time. The statistics portal will also start slow and build into a robust and easy to use portal DECADE ELITE SUBSCRIPTION required for GPS Stats Entry, Peer Strokes Gained Comparison and Custom Tailored Yardage Books. **DECADE account required to access content 6 Month DECADE Foundations Subscription available through App Store for $99.99 which is charged to your iTunes account upon purchase. The subscription auto-renews unless turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current 6 month period. You can manage your payment details or cancel your membership in user's Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.birdiefire.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.birdiefire.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DECADE powered by BirdieFire at 64% against igMember's 20%. DECADE powered by BirdieFire also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). igMember's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. igMember sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year and DECADE powered by BirdieFire sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
igMember ships an update every 6 weeks, DECADE powered by BirdieFire weekly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | igMember | DECADE powered by BirdieFire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (189 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 63.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 189 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ClearCourse Events & Leisure Limited | BirdieFire LLC |
Customer experience
igMember
DECADE powered by BirdieFire
User reviews
igMember
From App Store reviewsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well for some users
- 👍 Easy to use for general play rounds
- 👍 Good for tracking handicap
- 👍 Can order drinks at the 19th hole
- 👍 Provides member messaging
Room to improve
- 🐛 App is riddled with bugs
- 🐛 Performance is terrible
- 🐛 UI is difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Many features stop working
- 🐛 Support is non-existent
DECADE powered by BirdieFire
From 189 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Revolutionary course management strategy based on math and statistics
- 📊 Effective stat tracking and strokes gained analysis
- 🎓 Comprehensive educational content with detailed videos
- ⛳ Proven scoring improvements (multiple users report 2-4 stroke reductions)
- 🧠 Mental game and expectation management framework
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing issues
- 📱 Poor mobile responsiveness on iPhone and iPad
- 🎨 Outdated UI/UX design (described as Windows 98-era)
- 🎬 Video playback problems and black screen issues
- ⚙️ Clunky navigation and confusing interface
Bugs and requests
igMember
Reported bugs
65 issues- Apple Pay top up no longer works
- App does not work on iPad with M3 chip
- Cannot get on to enter competition
- Booking UI is almost impossible to use
- App hangs when booking tee times
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- Does not work with iOS 12.5.7
- Edit/clock/weather not in view in portrait view
- Messaging is chaotic with random symbols
- Cannot connect and won't load data
- Matches do not show
- Network connection error message
- Cannot subscribe to premium subscription
- Cannot pay for tee times
- Matches have disappeared since April 2024 update
- Not calculating playing handicaps correctly
- Playing handicap calculations are incorrect
- Cannot open up tee times
- New tee time booking format is awful
- Cannot book a tee time, always times out
- Cannot select stableford or stroke play for general play
- Competition list resets to the top after viewing a comp
- Cannot book a competition, it removes it from the list
- Gets stuck on tee time booking page with no menu bar or back arrow
- Cannot top up bar account
- Diary will not sync individual events, crashes
- Cannot attach anything in chat
- No emojis in chat
- Unable to access app data on iPad
- Anonymous appears on time sheet when booking tee times
- Cannot make any payments
- Cannot download on to an iPad as well as a phone
- Payment shows taken but not on competition fee management page
- Cannot add second club membership
- Pair phone option does nothing
- Score entry is overly complicated
- Layout very poor on some screens
- Scores on holes 14-18 are off screen
- Player 4 on bookings is not fully visible
- Constant updates to fix problems
- Tricky to input and upload scores
- Tiny, faded writing which cannot be enlarged
- Error connecting to WHS platform
- Does not find other clubs when searching
- App takes you to the web with no way back to the app
- Daily tee times not showing
- Cannot add name to play with a partner
- Supplementary card for front 9 shows incorrect stroke index
- Does not link to England Golf and CDH number
- View on web button no longer works
- Viewing results no longer works
- Support/send feedback button doesn't do anything
- T-time bookings don't work
- Devices won't pair
- Stopped alerting messages
- Cannot transfer subscription to a new phone
- Cannot access through Safari or Chrome
- Tutorial won't work
- Cannot book a comp without visiting club's web page
- Tee times are blank
- Course conditions of 9-hole course shown on front page by default
- Messages do not produce alerts
- Cannot load competitions
- Eclectic feature not on app
- App only runs in compatibility mode on iPad
- Cannot book a tee time, times out
Requested features
7 requests- Enable top up using Apple Pay
- Make messaging icon more obvious or link to email alert
- Add ability to cancel a round
- Add search option on future competitions
- Introduce color coding for tee times
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- Improve UI for mobile users
- Allow users to log in directly instead of pairing
DECADE powered by BirdieFire
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes when entering rounds or using driving target tool
- Video player freezes and won't load content
- Yardage books fail to download
- Login screen shows infinite loading wheel
- Tee shot feature red dot misalignment with club selection
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- Yardage calculation errors
- App freezes on startup screen after updates
- Driving targets tool crashes on specific courses
- Cannot add strokes gained data
- Rounds not saving without phone restart
- Videos missing audio
- Progress tracking shows incorrect completion status
- Putting simulation fields disappearing
- Embedded web pages display too small
- Constant app crashes on iPad and iPhone
Requested features
12 requests- Unified single app (currently requires three separate apps for coaches)
- Ability to edit or delete entered rounds
- Better video organization and progress tracking
- Support for nine-hole courses
- Improved course database coverage
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- Dark mode option
- Background audio playback for videos
- Better progress bar positioning in video player
- Clearer FAQs and onboarding tutorials
- GIR percentage tracking in base version
- Side of green miss tracking
- Improved driving tool functionality
In-app purchases
igMember
- intelligentgolf subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Year
DECADE powered by BirdieFire
- DECADE$49.996 Months
- DECADE Foundations7 Days trial$124.996 Months
- DECADE Elite$229.996 Months
Questions
Is igMember free?
Is DECADE powered by BirdieFire free?
Do igMember or DECADE powered by BirdieFire have ads?
Which is updated more often, igMember or DECADE powered by BirdieFire?
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