GolfPlayed vs Open Links Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GolfPlayed
Connect with golfers worldwide to share your game, track performance with detailed stats and reports, and compete on leaderboards. Build a global community around your passion for golf.
- Global golf community
- Record golfing experiences
- Track performance with stats
- Share with friends
- Leaderboards
- Flexible reports
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The vision of GolfPlayed.com is to create The Ultimate Global Golf Community by establishing a database of like-minded individuals who record, recall and relive their golfing experiences, share these with friends and track performance through stats, leaderboards and flexible reports.
Open Links Golf
This platform connects golfers with golf facilities, offering filters to find courses, driving ranges, and simulators. Users can book tee times and access facility information. Facility owners can share updates on conditions, events, and promotions.
- Golf facility discovery
- Tee time booking
- Course condition updates
- Event and promotion listings
- Golfer and facility profiles
- Search filters
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Open Links is the world's first golf-specific communication platform, directly linking golfers and golf facilities! Golfers can find everything they want for the best possible golf experience, with easy-to-use filters and access to profiles for nearly 20,000 facilities in the U.S., including golf courses, driving ranges, golf simulators, indoor simulators, mini golf, and putting courses. Plan your next golf trip and book tee times effortlessly! Facility owners/operators can register their accounts and tap into a new distribution channel, sharing all relevant information that golfers care about before deciding where to play, including course conditions, events, promotions, pace of play updates, specials, and more! Terms of Use: https://www.openlinksgolf.com/termsofservice Privacy Policy: https://www.openlinksgolf.com/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Open Links Golf at 100% against GolfPlayed's 76%. Open Links Golf also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). GolfPlayed's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Open Links Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of GolfPlayed's written reviews are positive against 100% of Open Links Golf's.
GolfPlayed ships an update every 2 weeks, Open Links Golf fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | GolfPlayed | Open Links Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Golf Played Inc. | Open Links Golf, Inc. |
Customer experience
GolfPlayed
Open Links Golf
In-app purchases
GolfPlayed
No in-app purchases
Open Links Golf
No in-app purchases
