Comparison

Sweetspot. vs The Back Nine Golf

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

Head to head
About

Sweetspot.

Easily discover and book various golf-related activities, including traditional golf, simulators, and driving ranges. Find and reserve times for mini-golf, disc golf, and even trailer parking at golf facilities.

Highlights
  • Book golf tee times
  • Reserve simulator sessions
  • Find Top Tracer driving ranges
  • Book mini-golf and disc golf
  • Reserve trailer parking
  • Discover golf facility services
Features
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Sweetspot makes it easy for you as a golfer to find and book times for all types of golf facilities. With us, you can book golf, simulators, Top Tracer driving ranges, mini-golf, disc golf, trailer parking, and other services available at your golf facility.

About

The Back Nine Golf

This app allows members to book and manage their golf tee times 24/7. It provides features for profile management, rewards, and cross-play at other locations. Non-members can sign up on the website.

Highlights
  • Book tee times
  • Manage tee times
  • Edit profile
  • Earn rewards
  • Cross-play functionality
  • Receive notifications
Features
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The Back Nine Golf app brings your golf experience together in one place. Book Your Next Session Find your preferred Back Nine location, explore available simulator times, and manage upcoming bookings from your phone. Understand Your Game Connect with Full Swing, review simulator sessions, explore shot and club data, and follow your performance over time. Find Ways to Compete Discover events and tournaments, create or join a team, invite other players, and manage your registrations. Manage Your Account Keep your profile, home location, payment methods, and account details up to date. Whether you are practicing your swing, planning your next round, or competing with friends, The Back Nine Golf app helps you spend less time organizing and more time playing.

Screenshots

Sweetspot.4 screens
The Back Nine Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sweetspot. at every 4 days against The Back Nine Golf's every 6 weeks. Sweetspot. also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and device support (3 vs 1). The Back Nine Golf's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 40%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sweetspot. holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 33 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Sweetspot.'s written reviews are positive against 69% of The Back Nine Golf's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweetspot. ships an update every 4 days, The Back Nine Golf every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sweetspot. versus The Back Nine Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweetspot.The Back Nine Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (25 ratings) — better4.3 (33 ratings)
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews69.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2533 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB352 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSweetspot ABThe Back Nine Golf

Customer experience

Sweetspot.

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

The Back Nine Golf

All ratings33 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.8%

In-app purchases

None

Sweetspot.

No in-app purchases

None

The Back Nine Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sweetspot. free?
Sweetspot. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Back Nine Golf free?
The Back Nine Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sweetspot. or The Back Nine Golf?
Sweetspot. is rated higher. Sweetspot. averages 4.6 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while The Back Nine Golf averages 4.3 from 33 ratings.
Do Sweetspot. or The Back Nine Golf have ads?
Neither Sweetspot. nor The Back Nine Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sweetspot. or The Back Nine Golf?
Sweetspot. ships an update every 4 days, and The Back Nine Golf every 6 weeks. Most recently, Sweetspot. was updated on October 7, 2026 and The Back Nine Golf on October 9, 2026.

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