Golf Roster vs Golfer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Golf Roster
Connect with compatible golfers before your tee time. Find playing partners based on handicap, location, age, and more to ensure enjoyable rounds. Organize events, create groups, and build your golf network.
- Find golfers by handicap, location, age
- Message and friend other players
- Create and join groups
- Set up events and tee times
- Public and private course event creation
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Play your best golf by connecting with like minded players before you even get to the course! Use GolfRoster to find your ideal golf buddies and create a great network. No more getting stuck spending 4 hours with a golfer you dread playing with. Use GolfRoster to find compatible playing partners by handicap, location, favorite course, age, tee choice and many more criteria in advance of your tee time. No more surprises on the first tee! Whether a member of a private course, a frequent player at a public course or playing one time at a course, use GolfRoster to find a compatible player to have a great round of golf every time. - Search for other golfers by: handicap, location, favorite golf courses, age, tee choice, and more. - Message and friend other players. - Accept invitations into groups and events set up by other users. - Set up events and tee times, send invitations with max attendees so first to accept, fill the event. - Create, organize and edit groups. Private and public courses can make events to engage their membership to help the Club thrive. Members can communicate, interact and connect with each other on GolfRoster allowing them to be more active at the course. Club’s will also be listed on the app allowing members to list your club in their profile and search for other members at the club. Join GolfRoster today and start maximizing your golf experiences! Pro membership subscription is needed to create events and groups. Current Club membership subscription is needed to be publicly listed as a club, and to create events or groups. Privacy Policy: https://golfroster.com/privacy_policy Terms of Use: https://golfroster.com/terms
Golfer
This app simplifies golf handicap calculations for groups and courses. It offers quick access to handicaps for any tee, allowing users to organize friends, family, or league players and favorite courses. Data is saved locally and on iCloud for access across devices.
- Group player setup
- Course and tee organization
- Rapid handicap access
- Local and iCloud data saving
- Cross-device data synchronization
- New interface for easier access
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With the recent changes, the calculation of handicaps for any tee has become more complicated. You can get handicaps for any tee from websites or apps, but it requires a number of steps through the process to get them. The Golfer App lets you setup groups of players and courses for the family, friends or league that like play together, and provides fast access to tee handicaps for anyone in your groups. Friends, family or league player groups can be setup to get rapid access to tee handicaps. Golf course tees can also be organized in groups of favorites. Once setup, selecting any golfer will show that persons handicap for all of the tees in all of the groups. Similarly, selecting any tee will show the handicaps for all players in all groups for that tee. The new version has been updated with a new interface providing easier access to handicap information for players and courses. Your golfer data is now saved locally on your device as well as on your iCloud Drive, making your data available anywhere with good or weak connections. This latest version has several improvements helping you get quick access to handicaps on the golf course, while still allowing you to use the same data on your other iCloud connected devices when you need to review at home. This version will also operate on a single device without an iCloud Drive connection, storing the information locally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Golfer at none against Golf Roster's 4. Golf Roster's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). 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
Both are free to download. Golf Roster sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Golfer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Golf Roster against 5.0 for Golfer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Golf Roster ships an update every 5 weeks, Golfer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Golf Roster | Golfer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GolfRoster LLC | Gordon Thomson |
Customer experience
Golf Roster
Golfer
In-app purchases
Golf Roster
- Pro3 Months trial$0.991 Month
- Club3 Months trial$4.991 Month
- PLAYER PRO FEATURE$0.99
- CLUB PRO FEATURE$5.00
Golfer
No in-app purchases









