Golfing Around vs Pixel Pro Message Soccer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Golfing Around
Experience a simplified golf simulation with intuitive controls for driving, chipping, and putting. Design and share your own custom golf courses with a vibrant community.
- Easy-to-pick-up golf simulation
- Drive, chip, and putt mechanics
- Dynamic environmental challenges (wind, trees, water)
- Built-in course editor
- Share custom courses with the community
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Golfing Around is a easy to pick up golf simulation. Hit a long drive from the tee, Chip onto the green from the bunker, Putt into the hole on the green, A nice simple round of Golf. Once you get a feel for the controls maybe try curving a long shot onto the green across the lake, keep an eye on the wind though and watch out for the trees! Feel like building your own Golf Course? use the built in editor to create a course and share it with the community.
Pixel Pro Message Soccer
Engage in turn-based soccer matches with friends directly through iMessage. Master free kicks, penalty shootouts, and full matches with customizable teams and kits. Enjoy ad-free gameplay with an optional in-app purchase to unlock all features.
- Play over iMessage
- Turn-based football action
- Penalty shootouts
- Full matches
- Up to 8 players
- Customizable kits
- No Ads
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Take turns against your friends to see who is a dead ball maestro, who definitely isn't, and who is the ultimate Message Soccer player. Featuring: Play over iMessage Turn based football action Penalty shootouts Full matches Choose your team Customise your kit Action replays Up to 8 players Easy and Pro difficulty modes Swipe based direction, power and swerve Reply when you're ready Practice mode No Ads One In App Purchase to unlock everything THE CHANCE TO WIN THE BRAGGING RIGHTS! One single In App Purchase will unlock: Full matches Choose your team name Customise your kit
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Golfing Around at 4.5 against Pixel Pro Message Soccer's 2.3. Golfing Around also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 20%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months). Pixel Pro Message Soccer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. Golfing Around sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pixel Pro Message Soccer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Golfing Around holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golfing Around has 6.7K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Golfing Around's written reviews are positive against 20% of Pixel Pro Message Soccer's.
Golfing Around ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixel Pro Message Soccer every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Golfing Around | Pixel Pro Message Soccer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6.7K ratings) — better | 2.3 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6.7K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colin Lane Games AB | Pixamo |
Customer experience
Golfing Around
Pixel Pro Message Soccer
Bugs and requests
Golfing Around
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Scorecard issues with user-created holes
- Forced demo mode on course launch
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to create full 9/18 hole courses
- Wind direction indicator on map view
- More course variety and options
- Improved putting/chipping mechanics
Pixel Pro Message Soccer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Golfing Around
- Remove Ads$2.99
Pixel Pro Message Soccer
- Unlock Everything$0.99
Questions
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