Comparison

GolfPS vs Golf Frontier

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

Head to head
About

GolfPS

This golf GPS app provides your distance to the next pin and suggests a club based on your average distances. It's designed for simplicity, allowing you to focus on playing. Request new courses or suggest features via email.

Highlights
  • Distance to next pin
  • Suggested club based on average distances
  • Simple, focused interface
  • Course requests
  • Feature requests via email
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A simple golf GPS application giving your current distance to the next pin and a suggested club based on your average distances. This app is designed to give you only what you need so you can spend more time playing golf and less time staring at your digital devices. Request any course you would like added to the application and shoot us an email if you have any feature request!

About

Golf Frontier

This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for golfers, including a GPS rangefinder, score and stats tracker, and game analysis. It offers detailed course maps, shot distance measurement, and equipment tracking to enhance your game. Play offline and share your progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Global GPS rangefinder with multiple data views
  • Over 33,000 golf courses available
  • Auto hole transition
  • Integrated shot distance measurement tool
  • Score and stats tracking (Strokeplay, Matchplay)
  • Equipment tracking for club distances
  • Offline play capability
Features
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Play Golf with Golf Frontier, it the only golf app you need. Golf Frontier is a GPS rangefinder, a score and stats tracker, and a game analysis tool rolled into a single Golf Frontier Features Include: application, all for free! - Over 33,000 golf courses globally are currently available for download - Premium GPS rangefinder, with multiple data views. Choose which option works best for you. - Easy to understand and read view of all targets for the current hole with carry and/or reach distances clearly specified. - Enhanced map view with pan/pinch/zoom capability - Position the target ring to get accurate approach and layup distances from any location - Auto hole transition, as you reach the green for each hole, the app will automatically move to the next one - GPS sensitivity adjustment that allows you to configure the optimum accuracy and battery life setup for your phone, including "most frequent" mode for ultimate accuracy - Integrated measurement tool for accurately measuring shot distances - All distances displayed in either yards or meters - No data connection required while you play (After the course data has been stored locally). - Track your score, number of putts, fairways and greens in regulation - Record your scores using Strokeplay or Matchplay scoring and calculate Stableford points - Quickly and easily view an electronic scorecard of every round of golf you have played using the application, including a summary, statistics and comments for that round - Share your golfing activity with your followers. - Follow your friends and comment or like their own golfing achievements - Equipment tracking. Add details for each club in your bag, record the distance you hit each club, and then reference this information while playing. - Automatically calculate your approximate World Golf handicap (not an official handicap). - View your career statistics - Quickly find new courses for download from the course library by searching via by course name, city and postal code or nearest location If a course is not already listed in the directory, please contact us and let us know. Courses can be added within 72 hours of being requested. Unlike other apps, there is no charge to map courses, and no charge to download new courses.

Screenshots

GolfPS4 screens
Golf Frontier4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GolfPS at 5.0 against Golf Frontier's 4.4. GolfPS also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Golf Frontier's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GolfPS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Frontier has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GolfPS ships an update every 7 months, Golf Frontier monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GolfPS versus Golf Frontier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolfPSGolf Frontier
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGreg DeJongGolf Frontier LLC

Customer experience

GolfPS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Golf Frontier

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

GolfPS

No in-app purchases

None

Golf Frontier

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GolfPS free?
GolfPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Golf Frontier free?
Golf Frontier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GolfPS or Golf Frontier?
GolfPS is rated higher. GolfPS averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Golf Frontier averages 4.4 from 12 ratings.
Do GolfPS or Golf Frontier have ads?
Neither GolfPS nor Golf Frontier shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GolfPS or Golf Frontier?
GolfPS ships an update every 7 months, and Golf Frontier monthly. Most recently, GolfPS was updated on October 1, 2026 and Golf Frontier on October 11, 2026.

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