igMember vs Batchwood
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
Batchwood
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Batchwood Golf & Sports Centre However you want to enjoy getting active, we’ve got something for everyone here at Batchwood Golf and Sports Centre. There’s our fantastically well-equipped gym where you can work out however you want, a huge range of group exercise classes on offer. We also have both indoor and outdoor tennis courts available for hire, alongside squash courts too. The centre is also has a Bowls Green and is home to Batchwood Hall Bowls club. Finally, Batchwood boasts a superb 18-hole golf course that’s perfect for players of all abilities.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Batchwood at none against igMember's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Batchwood asks for nothing beyond the download.
igMember ships an update every 6 weeks, Batchwood every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | igMember | Batchwood |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ClearCourse Events & Leisure Limited | Chronogolf, Inc. |
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
Batchwood
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
igMember
- intelligentgolf subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Year
Batchwood
No in-app purchases
