Shot Golf vs Golf Rival
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shot Golf
Experience a unique twist on mini-golf with challenging courses filled with obstacles like hills, bunkers, and warp fields. Test your putting skills to complete each hole before running out of shots.
- Five unique crazy golf courses
- Challenging obstacles: hills, bunkers, warp fields, switches, water, ice
- Intuitive touch-and-drag controls for aiming and power
- Nine holes per course designed for challenge
- Progress through different themed courses
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Its mini golf, with a twist! Can you get to the end of the course before you run out of shots? Five crazy golf courses containing hills, bunkers, warp fields, tricky switches, water hazards and ice stand between you and Shot Golf glory. How does it work? Putting has never been easier: Touch the screen, drag your finger back to aim and set the power, let go to fire. Each golf course contains nine holes designed to challenge even the toughest golfing pro. The Village course sets you up with simple greens, rolling hills and wooden obstacles standing between your golf ball and the holes. The Breach Trip course throws a good measure of sand into the mix - will the bunkers prevent you from putting to victory? Warp Party brings inter-dimensional travel into your golfing mix. Switch City puts some very real obstacles between your ball and the hole. Only some weird yellow switches will help you clear this course. The Water Alert course features the hardest holes in the game. There are water hazards, icy straights and the most challenging mini golf you'll find in this game. This is crazy golf at its best!
Golf Rival
Compete in real-time multiplayer golf battles, showcasing your skills on over 300 courses. Collect powerful clubs and balls to outwit opponents and climb leaderboards. Enjoy various game modes, from 1v1 duels to tournaments, and improve your golf game with every match.
- Real-time multiplayer PvP golf
- Over 300 courses and 20+ themes
- Collect golf clubs and balls
- Tournament mode
- Play with friends
- Unlock new challenges and rewards
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The golf course is calling! Tee-off and become the ultimate golf champion in Golf Rival! Golf Rival is a free-to-play real time PVP golf game where real golf skills need infinite creativity. Show off your golf genius like never before! Collect powerful golf clubs and balls and play across 600+ courses in more than 21+ themes! Satisfy your golf dreams of hitting incredible shots, dueling your rivals, climbing the leaderboards and becoming a true golf master. Let's go for the perfect swing, a hole-in-one and prove you're a golf pro! We’re adding a new layer of depth in Golf Rival! With focus on golf clubs players already love, and a new fun world to prove them in! With Course Conditions in play, every hole feels unique. Wind zones and gravity shifts force you to read the course fresh, every single time. And Club Mods help in countering whatever the golf course throws at you. Players dust off clubs they already own, slot in new mod upgrades, and tune their golf clubs to personalized strategies. This exciting free golf game has many modes to play and master. From 1v1 golf shootout duels, to golf championship Tournaments against a global community of golfers, to playing golf with rivals and friends. In Golf Rival, scoring a birdie is only the start of the competitive fun! Outwit rivals with powerful golf balls and clubs, because no two online golf matches are ever the same. Grab your clubs, and enjoy the golfing fun, whether you're a golfing newbie or an ultimate sports game expert! PLAY EXCITING GOLF GAMES -Unlock incredible golf challenges and conquer them by winning real time golf clashes and shootouts -Master your golf swing with precision and creativity and watch your skills grow -Compete in both 9-hole and 18-hole golf championship Tournaments every exciting season -Multiplayer golf mode and daily challenges await - play golf now every single day! -Beautiful 3D golf courses across different themes and difficulties always deliver an ultimate golf challenge GROW YOUR GOLF SKILLS -Golf Rival is unlike any free golf game you've tried - a true golfing simulator with creative and fantastical clubs and balls -Win real golf duels to unlock amazing rewards for your golf bag and take your golf pro skills to the next level -With every real time golf clash, you'll sharpen your genius swing and pull off incredible golf shots! INFINITE GOLF FUN -Every Golf Rival season is fun and fresh, with new courses, golf balls and rewards all the time! -Skill games like Kingdom, Ace Open and Brink events put a unique spin on classic golf - putting, chipping and more -Add your friends and see who has the golf genius to become the #1 golfer! -Connect with players from the Golf Rival community on Facebook and join the conversation Join golf fans around the world and download Golf Rival now to start your journey to becoming an ultimate golf champion! Golf Rival is available in 13 languages. Join the Golf Rival community on Facebook! Golf Rival is FREE to download and includes optional in-game purchases (including random items). If you wish to disable in-game purchases, please turn off the in-app purchases in your phone or tablet’s Settings. Terms of service: https://www.take2games.com/legal/en-US/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shot Golf at none against Golf Rival's 11. Golf Rival's advantage is ratings volume (156K vs 236) and review sentiment (38% vs 25%). On price, rating, 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. Golf Rival sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Shot Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Shot Golf against 4.5 for Golf Rival. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Rival has 156K ratings behind it against 236, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Shot Golf's written reviews are positive against 38% of Golf Rival's.
Shot Golf ships an update every 2 weeks, Golf Rival every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Shot Golf | Golf Rival |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (236 ratings) | 4.5 (156K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 37.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 236 | 156K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #11 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 388 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Gray | Zynga Inc. |
Customer experience
Shot Golf
Golf Rival
Bugs and requests
Shot Golf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Golf Rival
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent disconnections and sync issues
- Glitches with shot trajectories
- Disappearing in-app purchases
Requested features
5 requests- More diverse course selection
- Fairer matchmaking system
- Ability to replay unlocked levels
- Improved club upgrade system
- More challenging putting
In-app purchases
Shot Golf
No in-app purchases
Golf Rival
- PIGGY_BANK$2.99
- Save Streak$2.99
- BIG PILE OF DIAMONDS$4.99
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- Arena Big Deal$4.99
- CHALLENGE PASS$4.99
- FULL BAG OF DIAMONDS$9.99
- Arena Super Deal$9.99
- CLUB OFFER 1$9.99
- FULL CHEST OF DIAMONDS$19.99
- Arena Amazing Deal$19.99
Questions
Is Shot Golf free?
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Which has better reviews, Shot Golf or Golf Rival?
Do Shot Golf or Golf Rival have ads?
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