Chip vs Golf Groups
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chip
Enhance your golf game by tracking every ball, reducing penalty strokes, and speeding up play. This app requires a compatible smart golf ball to function.
- Track every ball hit
- Reduce penalty strokes
- Accelerate pace of play
- Minimize search time
- Save on spare balls
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Score better Knowing you find every ball will not only boost your confidence but also significantly reduce your penalty strokes. Play faster With the Chiping smart ball and this app you reduce the search time to the minimum and accelerate the pace of play. Save balls Did you know an average player looses 4-5 balls a round? With Chiping smart balls you don't need a bag full of spare balls To fully use this app you need the Chiping golfball.
Golf Groups
Easily create golf groups without manual methods. Add players, select them as they arrive, and let the app optimize pairings for 2, 3, or 4 balls. Share the generated groups instantly via social media or messaging apps.
- Add up to 24 players
- Optimize for 2, 3, or 4 ball groups
- Automatic group generation
- Share groups via social media
- Notify players of their groups
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The simple way to draw golf groups. No need for bits of paper or throwing balls up. Add your players (24) to the app. Then as they arrive select their name, then when all players are selected, choose to optimise for 2,3, or 4 ball groups and press the pick button. Moments later you have your chosen groups. Then with a click, you can share this on social media, Messenger, Whatsapp etc, and notify the players who they have in the next game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Golf Groups at 67% against Chip's 0%. Golf Groups also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). Chip's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (3.5 vs 1.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Chip is free to download; Golf Groups costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chip holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Chip's written reviews are positive against 67% of Golf Groups's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chip ships an update every 3 months, Golf Groups weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 23, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chip | Golf Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #197 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chip-ing AG | Kevin Stevenson |
Customer experience
Chip
Golf Groups
In-app purchases
Chip
No in-app purchases
Golf Groups
No in-app purchases
