Cap Patrol vs Golf Digest Open
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cap Patrol
This app helps golfers monitor their handicaps and track performance with detailed analytics. Understand your strengths, compare stats with friends, and gain insights to improve your game. Features include score tracking, club rankings, and tournament analytics.
- Detailed trends and analytics
- Comprehensive score tracking
- Club rankings and comparisons
- Hot Gauge for recent performance
- Posting percentage tracking
- Smart scorecard entry
- Tournament analytics
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Cap Patrol is the ultimate golf handicap monitoring and performance tracking app, designed to give you deeper insights into your game and fuel friendly competition. Whether you're a weekend golfer or a tournament competitor, our innovative features help you understand your strengths, track your progress, and compare your stats with friends. Features include: • Detailed Trends and Analytics – See how you and your friends are playing over time, including your round history, lowest scores on every course, and performance in tournaments versus regular rounds. • Comprehensive Score Tracking – Monitor your lowest gross and net scores for the current year and all time, and see how you rank compared to others at your club. • Club Rankings – Get ranked in multiple categories at your home course and compare your performance against your peers. Compare essential stats like indexes, rounds at the club, posting percentage, and unique courses to get a real-time snapshot of where you stand. • Hot Gauge – Instantly see how your recent performance stacks up against your partners and know who's on fire. • Posting % Tracking – Keep a close eye on your consistency with posting percentage insights. • Smart Scorecard Entry – Easily enter your scorecards and let our auto-balancing match-up feature create evenly matched teams, making every round more competitive. • Tournament Analytics – Track your tournament results and use our analytics to optimize team setups and strategy. With Cap Patrol, you're not just keeping score – you're unlocking the insights to elevate your game. Download now and join a community where every round counts, and every stat tells a story.
Golf Digest Open
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The Golf Digest Open app for Apple. Key Features: • View Golf Digest Open tournament info and leaderboards. • Find courses and course info - across the U.S. and Canada. • Read the latest Golf Digest Open news. • Season standings and stats. • Check in to Golf Digest Open events and keep the scorecard on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Golf Digest Open at 3 against Cap Patrol's 1. Golf Digest Open also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Cap Patrol | Golf Digest Open |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 10.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cap Patrol, LLC | Michael Rich |
Bugs and requests
Cap Patrol
Reported bugs
70 issues- Login impossible
- Sign in fails
- App never loads
- App is unstable
- Doesn't show recent hot rounds
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- Shows old tournament data
- Very buggy
- Rarely works
- Unreliable
- Doesn't work regularly
- Can't create account
- Errors on registration
- Login stalls
- Password reset email not received
- App still doesn't work
- Non-functioning app
- Version 1.1.12 is broken
- App hangs and CTDs
- Can't log in
- GHIN number incorrect
- App crashes on GHIN registration
- Does not recognize GHIN
- Won't recognize GHIN number
- Garbage app
- Can't connect
- App does not work
- Lost historical data
- Login just sits there
- Technical development is bad
- Very glitchy
- Often stops working
- App functional very poor
- Poor explanation of meters
- Hard to understand rankings
- Doesn't allow positive index
- Misleading statistics
- Data doesn't match GHIN
- Member listed as HOT passed away
- Stroke penalty for tournament
- No answers from support
- Cannot support allegations
- Has app been abandoned?
- Won't accept verified GHIN
- Error message loop
- Contact support didn't work
- Work out the bugs
- Doesn't recognize GHIN
- GHIN app says different
- Chalk full of useless information
- Mumbo-jumbo
- Participation trophy winners
- Punishes winners
- Club members hate it
- Half baked
- Implementation doesn't inspire confidence
- No explanation of results
- Broad sweeping assumptions
- Zero stars
- Account issue: needs to be email
- Hard to use
- Rushed to market?
- GHIN # entry problem
- App continues to cycle
- No GHIN Recognition
- Keyboard blocks login button
- Password reset email never arrived
- Pathetic App
- Failure notice on GHIN entry
- Can't find GHIN
- Can't log in
Requested features
7 requests- Better explanation of data points
- More explanation of index assessment
- Better defining of data points
- Explanation of how odds are calculated
- Clarification on positive/negative index entry
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- Odds calculation based on rounds played, not time
- Guidance on account creation issues
Golf Digest Open
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cap Patrol
No in-app purchases
Golf Digest Open
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cap Patrol free?
Is Golf Digest Open free?
Do Cap Patrol or Golf Digest Open have ads?
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