GolfSoftware.com vs Golfer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GolfSoftware.com
Manage golf leagues and tournaments with this comprehensive app. Features include online score input, automated reporting, player registration, and live leaderboard tracking. Simplify event setup and enhance player enjoyment.
- League management console
- Tournament management
- Online score input
- Live leaderboard
- Automated reporting
- Online player registration
- Course database
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The Golf Software app serves as your golfers’ companion golf apps to League Manager (golf league), Tournament Manager (golf tournament software), and Handicap System (golf handicap) for groups, clubs and golf courses by GolfSoftware.com. In addition, the Golf Software app provides live golf leaderboard capability during golf league and golf tournament play. League Manager: Our cloud-based League Manager provides an administrator’s console for managing a league and a dedicated league website for players. League Manager enables league secretaries and league golfers to save time and effort running and participating in a golf league and increases the enjoyment factor for all. What does League Manager do for you and your golf group? ► simplifies your league management tasks ► allows you to set up your league with minimal effort ► reduces your time spent on league management to a minimum ► lowers the hurdle for your group to recruit subsequent league secretaries ► provides your league information automatically to players via a dedicated website ► enables online score input by your players, designated league officials or one league secretary ► equips your group with the capacity for online league membership registration ► provides an option for online collection of league dues Easy pre-season setup puts you on near auto-pilot for rest of season ► create a new season’s league by importing your players, scores, point and handicap settings from last season, or create new season’s league from scratch ► select your league’s results report(s) which will automatically appear on your league website once scores are posted and an event finalized ► select your league’s course(s) from a course database or manually input course(s) ► set your league schedule ► add multiple league secretaries (administrators) to take over when you’re absent, or to share duties Simple, 3 recurring event-related steps ► Pre-event – manage pairings and substitutes; print scorecards and pairings sheet; etc. ► Play – input scores during or after play ► Post-event – close and finalize event to trigger automatic reports on league website Tournament Manager: With Tournament Manager your group can run any kind of golf tournament: ► Individual, team or both types of competition ► Scrambles ► Best ball ► Eclectic ► Stableford ► Gross and net ► and many more… Features for Tournament Manager include… ► Select courses from 20,000+ course database ► Send your members to included tournament website ► Provide online registration / sign up ► Build randomized pairings automatically (foursomes, threesomes, etc.) ► Automatically flight players ► Set tee times for regular start or start hole for shotgun ► Print scorecards ► Post scores in a variety of ways including by golfers on smartphones ► Watch competition progress on live leaderboard from any device ► Select a results report appropriate to your play format ► Determine and post results to your group’s Tournament Manager website ► Include any tournament on season leaderboard for cumulative statistics ► Manage tournaments from any device connected to Internet ► Integrates with Handicap System Handicap System: Handicap System includes three golf handicap modes: USGA, RCGA and Custom. The program stores and computes handicaps on whatever schedule you would like or that is stipulated by the handicap type. ► Post scores by administrator or player ► Transfer scores from Tournament Manager ► Create roster(s) of players ► Select a handicap mode for each roster ► Auto schedule handicap update (“revision”) ► View exactly how a player’s handicap is calculated ► Assign multiple administrators ► Auto post reports to your group’s included handicap/tournament mobile friendly website ► Most improved golfer report ► Integrates with Tournament Manager
Golfer
This app simplifies golf handicap calculations for groups and courses. It offers quick access to handicaps for any tee, allowing users to organize friends, family, or league players and favorite courses. Data is saved locally and on iCloud for access across devices.
- Group player setup
- Course and tee organization
- Rapid handicap access
- Local and iCloud data saving
- Cross-device data synchronization
- New interface for easier access
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With the recent changes, the calculation of handicaps for any tee has become more complicated. You can get handicaps for any tee from websites or apps, but it requires a number of steps through the process to get them. The Golfer App lets you setup groups of players and courses for the family, friends or league that like play together, and provides fast access to tee handicaps for anyone in your groups. Friends, family or league player groups can be setup to get rapid access to tee handicaps. Golf course tees can also be organized in groups of favorites. Once setup, selecting any golfer will show that persons handicap for all of the tees in all of the groups. Similarly, selecting any tee will show the handicaps for all players in all groups for that tee. The new version has been updated with a new interface providing easier access to handicap information for players and courses. Your golfer data is now saved locally on your device as well as on your iCloud Drive, making your data available anywhere with good or weak connections. This latest version has several improvements helping you get quick access to handicaps on the golf course, while still allowing you to use the same data on your other iCloud connected devices when you need to review at home. This version will also operate on a single device without an iCloud Drive connection, storing the information locally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Golfer at 5.0 against GolfSoftware.com's 3.9. GolfSoftware.com's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 2) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Golfer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GolfSoftware.com has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GolfSoftware.com ships an update every 6 weeks, Golfer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GolfSoftware.com | Golfer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GolfSoftware.com | Gordon Thomson |
Customer experience
GolfSoftware.com
Golfer
In-app purchases
GolfSoftware.com
No in-app purchases
Golfer
No in-app purchases








