Pro Golf Challenge vs Builders Idle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pro Golf Challenge
Experience realistic golf simulation on your mobile device. Master your swing with intuitive touch controls and explore various gameplay modes on challenging courses. Track your scores and share your achievements.
- Intuitive touch-based swing mechanics
- Bird's eye view and ball path prediction
- Multiple gameplay modes (Front 9, Back 9, Full Course, Free Play)
- Automatic scorekeeping
- Accomplishment sharing
- Universal app support for iOS devices
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Enjoy the convenience of being able to play a round of golf, any time you want, right on your iPhone or iPad. Touch the club head to select and drag it up out of your golf bag. Pivot left or right to adjust your stance and aim. Use your finger as the golf club, touching the club head and dragging it to the right to wind up, and back to the left to hit the ball. You control the distance by adjusting how far and strongly you swing. The View Button zooms out to let you see a bird’s eye view of the current hole. The Path Button lets you see the predicted path of the ball using the selected club. Your bag includes 3 woods, 7 irons, a wedge, and a putter. Automatically keeps score. Optionally shares your accomplishments via email, instant messaging, or social media. Multiple gameplay modes: - 1 Player, Front 9 (holes 1-9) - 1 Player, Back 9 (holes 10-18) - 1 Player, Full Course (holes 1-18) - Free Play, practice whatever hole you wish Challenging for all ages. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays.
Builders Idle
Build iconic world landmarks by tapping to boost and upgrade your builders. Travel the globe to assist in the construction of famous buildings in this engaging simulator.
- Build famous world landmarks
- Tap to boost builders
- Upgrade builders
- Travel around the world
- Construction simulator
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Amazing constructions simulator - create the most famous buildings in the world! Easy to play: tap to boost your builders, upgrade them and build the greatest world landmarks. Travel around the world and help your builders to finish beautiful buildings!
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Verdict
Pro Golf Challenge and Builders Idle both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pro Golf Challenge's written reviews are positive against 29% of Builders Idle's. Pro Golf Challenge also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Builders Idle's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 29 months). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Builders Idle is free to download; Pro Golf Challenge costs $2.99 up front. Builders Idle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pro Golf Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pro Golf Challenge against 4.6 for Builders Idle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Builders Idle has 312 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pro Golf Challenge's written reviews are positive against 29% of Builders Idle's.
Pro Golf Challenge ships an update every 29 months, Builders Idle weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pro Golf Challenge | Builders Idle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (312 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 29.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 312 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magnin & Associates | LittleBit |
Customer experience
Pro Golf Challenge
Builders Idle
Bugs and requests
Pro Golf Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Builders Idle
Reported bugs
8 issues- Crashes offline
- Loses progress after crashing
- Game freezes at new buildings
- Builders not building
- Incomplete structures
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- Game crashes and loses upgrades
- Won't move to next building
- Ad-free purchase doesn't stop ads
Requested features
4 requests- Add more buildings
- Add more levels
- Add better backdrops and scenery
- Add more idle gameplay mechanics
In-app purchases
Pro Golf Challenge
No in-app purchases
Builders Idle
- No ads mode$2.99
Questions
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