Comparison

Golf Buddies vs D3 Golf

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Golf Buddies

Track golf scores for yourself and your friends in real-time, even across multiple tee times. Features include side games like Nassau and Skins, and a robust player and course database with handicap calculations.

Highlights
  • Group multi tee times score tracking
  • Nassau and Skins side games
  • Player database with Handicap Index
  • Course database with Slope Index
  • Real-time score updates
  • Add/remove players during play
Features
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Course Handicap with new calculation rule. Get one of the simplest, yet most useful golf score tracker apps for iOS. Watch your friends scores in other tee times while playing. Round score tracking just one tap away. At its core this is a golf score online tracker (with powerful Nassau and Skins side game feature). Great for tracking multiple Tee Times scores of group friends/buddies playing together. # HANDY GOLF SCORE TRACKER APP Golf buddies is one of the most unique and feature-rich golf tracking system. With its great options, abilities to add, remove and update indexes, scores and players, the app is one of the most handy golf apps you will ever use! # GOLF BUDDIES FEATURES: .Detailed instructions in the App .Default values settings definition .Group multi tee times score tracking online while playing. .Player database creation with Handicap Index .Handicap Index updates sync/sent to other Friends/Buddies app users .Course database creation with Slope Index for course handicap calculation .Save/search courses online for other usage (crowdsourcing) .You can include or delete players during play .Nassau and Skins side games Operation summary (detailed instructions in App): 1.everything that is blue color is "selectable" 2.to delete items from any database list, swipe left over item 3.Press over player to check side games (Nassau and Skins) 4.press scorecard to see scores and double arrows to look other tee times scores (one of each tee time with same Buddies Group Name and specific sequential tee time. Enjoy your game even more! Have a reliable golf score tracker all the time available for iPhone. Direct Comments/Questions/Suggestions click support link.

About

D3 Golf

Play on-course golf side games with friends remotely. Create challenges, invite players, track scoring, and view leaderboards automatically. The app handles all calculations for various game types, making it easier to compete and connect.

Highlights
  • Remote on-course golf side games
  • Create and invite players to challenges
  • Automatic scoring and tracking
  • Live leaderboard for all players
  • Supports Nassau, Skins, Stableford, Stroke Play
  • Patent-pending remote game technology
  • GPS hole-by-hole tracking
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D3 Golf is the first and only mobile way to play on-course golf side games with your friends. With the D3 Golf App, you can create challenges, invite players, track scoring, and check the leaderboard as you play. The app tracks everything for your skills challenge and figures out who won each hole and each challenge too. Finally, you don’t have to worry about calculating indexes, handicaps, course slopes, dots, and pops. The app does it all for you automatically as well as credits the game tokens to the winners. Play Nassau, Skins, Stableford or standard Stroke Play with DOTS or what some call JUNK over each game. It works just like your old paper score card only easier, no mistakes and no math with a live leaderboard for all players and full GPS hole-by-hole. The Patent-Pending D3 Golf Remote Game Technology removes time and place from the game of golf. Now you can play your friends anytime, anywhere within two weeks of each other on your actual round of golf. For example, player 1 played today in California, player 2 plays in Florida next week. The App manages the games and alerts the players to all outcomes. You compete hole by hole with the best net score to par. A par score on player 1’s first hole, beats player 2’s first-hole bogie. It’s that simple! The app takes care of it all. It's a whole new way to play, challenge and connect with friends even when apart. The app is approved to play in all 50 states excluding Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, lowa, Louisiana, Maryland and South Carolina where the Skill Challenge designation has not been approved yet. The D3 Golf App uses Geo-Fencing Technology to comply with all local state laws and blocks use where not approved.

Screenshots

Golf Buddies4 screens
D3 Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: D3 Golf at Free against Golf Buddies's $2.99. D3 Golf also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 33%) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). Golf Buddies's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

D3 Golf is free to download; Golf Buddies costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Golf Buddies holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Golf Buddies's written reviews are positive against 60% of D3 Golf's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf Buddies ships an update monthly, D3 Golf every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Golf Buddies versus D3 Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf BuddiesD3 Golf
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (4 ratings) — better3.8 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings416 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB71 MB
Age rating+417+
DeveloperLuis Carlos Araujo Morae RDOLLAR DOLLAR DOLLAR INC

Customer experience

Golf Buddies

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

D3 Golf

All ratings16 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative31.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Golf Buddies

No in-app purchases

None

D3 Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf Buddies free?
Golf Buddies costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is D3 Golf free?
D3 Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Golf Buddies or D3 Golf?
Golf Buddies is rated higher. Golf Buddies averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while D3 Golf averages 3.8 from 16 ratings.
Do Golf Buddies or D3 Golf have ads?
Neither Golf Buddies nor D3 Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Golf Buddies or D3 Golf?
Golf Buddies ships an update monthly, and D3 Golf every 3 months. Most recently, Golf Buddies was updated on October 5, 2026 and D3 Golf on October 3, 2026.

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