Comparison

GolfPS vs TracerBuddy

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
Read full description

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

TracerBuddy

This golf app offers GPS distances and AI caddie assistance, functioning independently on Apple Watch. It tracks shots, provides detailed scorecards, and analyzes performance with AI-driven insights for personalized practice plans. Enjoy course maps, weather overlays, and social competition features.

Highlights
  • Standalone Apple Watch operation
  • AI caddie with voice interaction
  • GPS shot tracking on 42,000+ courses
  • Automatic swing detection on Apple Watch
  • AI Coach Cards for performance analysis
  • Digital scorecards and stats
  • Course maps with weather overlay
Features
Read full description

TracerBuddy is a complete golf GPS and AI caddie app for iPhone; that also runs entirely standalone on your Apple Watch, no phone needed to play. Club selection uses your own yardages, or smart averages if you're new — with a signal, it's already picked by the time you reach your ball, no taps needed; offline, one tap at your ball does the same thing. When you've got a signal, ask your AI caddie, powered by Claude, right from your phone or your wrist; out loud, and it talks back. Say "Hey Siri, TracerBuddy start my round" and you're teeing off before you've touched your phone. SHOT TRACKING & SCORECARDS - GPS shot tracking on 42,000+ courses worldwide - Digital scorecards: stroke play, Stableford, match play, skins & best ball - Hole-by-hole breakdown with fairways, GIR, and putts APPLE WATCH — SWINGTRACE - Automatic swing detection from your wrist, no manual input needed - Estimated swing speed, tempo, and backswing duration on every shot - No extra hardware required — built into the Watch you already wear AI COACH CARDS - After every round: your biggest strokes leak identified - Club misfiring detection and miss pattern analysis - Custom practice plan from your actual data - Handicap tracking and goal progression PERFORMANCE STATS - Strokes Gained breakdown - Club Confidence distances from your real swing data - 3-putt rate, 1-putt rate, GIR %, fairway % COURSE MAPS & WEATHER - Satellite maps with live GPS distances - Wind and weather overlay - Hazard and layup yardages SOCIAL & COMPETITION - Buddy Battles — head-to-head match play - Group tournaments and leaderboards Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GolfPS4 screens
TracerBuddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GolfPS at none against TracerBuddy's 2. GolfPS also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). TracerBuddy's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TracerBuddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. GolfPS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GolfPS against 5.0 for TracerBuddy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GolfPS ships an update every 7 months, TracerBuddy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
GolfPS versus TracerBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolfPSTracerBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB50 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGreg DeJongBrett Miller

Customer experience

GolfPS

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

TracerBuddy

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

In-app purchases

None

GolfPS

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

TracerBuddy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual$79.991 Year

Questions

Is GolfPS free?
GolfPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TracerBuddy free?
TracerBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GolfPS or TracerBuddy?
GolfPS and TracerBuddy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do GolfPS or TracerBuddy have ads?
Neither GolfPS nor TracerBuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GolfPS or TracerBuddy?
GolfPS ships an update every 7 months, and TracerBuddy fortnightly. Most recently, GolfPS was updated on September 14, 2026 and TracerBuddy on October 1, 2026.

Other comparisons