Comparison

GolfSoftware.com vs Bushnell Golf Mobile

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • League management console
  • Tournament management
  • Online score input
  • Live leaderboard
  • Automated reporting
  • Online player registration
  • Course database
Features
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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

About

Bushnell Golf Mobile

This app provides accurate GPS distances and smart course management for over 40,000 golf courses. It also connects with compatible devices to enhance performance and track your game statistics.

Highlights
  • 3D Virtual Reality View
  • 3D Hole Flyover
  • GPS Distances with Slope
  • Approach Heat Maps
  • Club Landing Zone
  • Shot Tracking
  • Scores & Stats
Features
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Bushnell Golf has defined precision in golf for decades. Now, that same trusted technology lives in your pocket. ​​The Bushnell Golf app is two powerful tools in one. As a 3D GPS golf app, it gives you accurate distances, smart course management, and shot planning tools across more than 40,000 courses worldwide - so you can play smarter on every round. As the home for your Bushnell Golf devices, it lets you register your devices, connect via Bluetooth, and unlock enhanced performance features that take your game to the next level. Trusted Technology. Smarter Devices. Lower Scores. Download Today. FREE - START PLAYING SMARTER TODAY GPS access to more than 40,000 golf courses worldwide. Accurate front, center and back distances to the green you can trust on every hole, at every course, anywhere in the world. Shot planning with movable layup points lets you map out every tee shot and approach before you pull a club. Track and store your rounds and statistics to start building a picture of your game over time. Plus, wireless course updates keep your Bushnell GPS devices current automatically. BUSHNELL GOLF PLUS - WHERE GOOD ROUNDS BECOME GREAT KEY FEATURES: • 3D VIRTUAL REALITY VIEW: Experience fully immersive 3D virtual holes. Explore every course from tee to green, study elevation changes from any angle, and visualize your shots before you ever step to the tee. • 3D HOLE FLYOVER: A cinematic, real-time preview of every hole using your actual club distances. Watch your ball flight play out before you swing. Identify your landing zone. Execute with total confidence. • GPS DISTANCES WITH SLOPE: Tap anywhere on the course for instant yardages, automatically adjusted for elevation change. Play the true distance. Pick the right club. • APPROACH HEAT MAPS: Color-coded green maps reveal slopes and speeds so you always know the ideal place to land your approach. • CLUB LANDING ZONE: Overlay your personal club distances directly onto the hole. See exactly where your ball will land, visualize your shot shape, and avoid hazards before you swing. • PUTT BREAKS: Instantly see the precise break of every putt from anywhere on the green. Trust your line. Putt with confidence. Sink your putt. • DAILY PIN POSITION: Tap the flag to set the exact hole location. Always know the true distance to the pin. • SHOT TRACKING: Record every shot from tee to green and build an accurate, data-driven profile of how far you actually hit each club. No more overestimating. No more coming up short. • SCORES & STATS: Pro-level performance tracking. Monitor your improvement after each round so you always know exactly what to work on next. SUPPORT Questions about features, feedback, report technical issues, or don't see your course in our database? We want to hear from you. Visit https://www.bushnellgolf.com/contact/ to contact our team. Learn more about Bushnell Golf products and how they work with the app at bushnellgolf.com PAYMENT INFORMATION The Bushnell Golf app offers a free membership along with two Plus memberships: $8.33/month, billed annually or $19.99/month, billed monthly. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew at the same rate within 24 hours prior to the end of the current billing period. Manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. TERMS OF SERVICE: https://www.revelyst.com/termsconditions.html

Screenshots

GolfSoftware.com2 screens
Bushnell Golf Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bushnell Golf Mobile at 4.8 against GolfSoftware.com's 3.9. Bushnell Golf Mobile also leads on ratings volume (29K vs 27) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). GolfSoftware.com's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 39%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bushnell Golf Mobile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. GolfSoftware.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bushnell Golf Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bushnell Golf Mobile has 29K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of GolfSoftware.com's written reviews are positive against 39% of Bushnell Golf Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GolfSoftware.com ships an update every 6 weeks, Bushnell Golf Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
GolfSoftware.com versus Bushnell Golf Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolfSoftware.comBushnell Golf Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (27 ratings)4.8 (29K ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better39.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2729K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#126 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB522 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGolfSoftware.comBushnell Outdoor Products

Customer experience

GolfSoftware.com

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bushnell Golf Mobile

All ratings29,453 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews347 reviews
Positive39.5%
Neutral15.0%
Negative45.5%

Bugs and requests

GolfSoftware.com

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bushnell Golf Mobile

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Cannot register Wingman device
  • Cannot log in or create account
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • App constantly logging out users
  • Scorecard issues (advancing to next hole, unable to enter scores)

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add ability to select tees played
  • Add ability to track additional stats (penalties, missed greens, etc.)
  • Add Apple Watch compatibility
  • Add ability to share rounds with friends
  • Add handicap calculation
Show 4 more
  • Add option to view rounds by year
  • Add option to not advance to next hole after score entry
  • Add option to adjust measurement line to tee being used
  • Add option to enter where green was missed (short/long/left/right)

In-app purchases

None

GolfSoftware.com

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Bushnell Golf Mobile

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$19.991 Month
  • Yearly Plan$99.991 Year

Questions

Is GolfSoftware.com free?
GolfSoftware.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bushnell Golf Mobile free?
Bushnell Golf Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GolfSoftware.com or Bushnell Golf Mobile?
Bushnell Golf Mobile is rated higher. GolfSoftware.com averages 3.9 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Bushnell Golf Mobile averages 4.8 from 29K ratings.
Do GolfSoftware.com or Bushnell Golf Mobile have ads?
Neither GolfSoftware.com nor Bushnell Golf Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GolfSoftware.com or Bushnell Golf Mobile?
GolfSoftware.com ships an update every 6 weeks, and Bushnell Golf Mobile every 2 weeks. Most recently, GolfSoftware.com was updated on November 2, 2026 and Bushnell Golf Mobile on November 12, 2026.

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