Comparison

Back Nine vs Strike Wedge Wind

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

Head to head
About

Back Nine

Create and share visually appealing golf scorecards with customizable themes and branding. Personalize your scorecards with country flags, logos, and unique color palettes extracted from images. More features are planned for future updates.

Highlights
  • Customizable scorecards
  • Themed scorecards
  • Image-based color themes
  • Country flag addition
  • Logo integration
  • Shareable scorecards
Features
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Back Nine enables you to create beautiful shareable score cards for your golf rounds. Back Nine offers many themes to showcase your golf scores. Our favorite is the Blend theme which extracts colors from your image and builds a beautiful theme custom for your image--a different theme every time! In addition to themes, you can add your country’s flag to your scorecard. You can also add a logo from your organization, tournament, or golf club as well! More themes and features are in development, including importing data from a picture of your actual score card! Privacy The app contains no ads and collects no personal information because we respect your privacy.

About

Strike Wedge Wind

Features
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Strike Wedge Wind tells you what the wind is really doing to your shot. Free, forever: - Manual mode. Set the wind speed and direction yourself, and get the plays-like distance for every club in your bag. - Wind Card. A printable card of your carries at three wind speeds, for rounds where phones aren't allowed. Pro (one-time purchase, no subscription): - Auto mode. Point your phone at the target. The app pulls live wind, gusts, temperature and elevation for where you're standing, and sets the wind angle from the compass. Free for your first week.

Screenshots

Back Nine4 screens
Strike Wedge Wind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Strike Wedge Wind at Free against Back Nine's $3.99. Strike Wedge Wind also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Back Nine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Strike Wedge Wind is free to download; Back Nine costs $3.99 up front. Strike Wedge Wind sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Back Nine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Back Nine ships an update every 6 months, Strike Wedge Wind weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Back Nine versus Strike Wedge Wind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBack NineStrike Wedge Wind
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFocused on Fit LLCStrike wedge pty ltd

In-app purchases

None

Back Nine

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Strike Wedge Wind

One-time1
  • Strike Wedge Wind Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Back Nine free?
Back Nine costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strike Wedge Wind free?
Strike Wedge Wind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Back Nine or Strike Wedge Wind have ads?
Neither Back Nine nor Strike Wedge Wind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Back Nine or Strike Wedge Wind?
Back Nine ships an update every 6 months, and Strike Wedge Wind weekly. Most recently, Back Nine was updated on September 20, 2026 and Strike Wedge Wind on September 7, 2026.

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