USGA DEACON® vs BreakMaster+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USGA DEACON®
This golf course management system centralizes data from tools like the GS3 ball and Moisture Meter. It provides superintendents and agronomists with insights to improve playing conditions, golfer satisfaction, and input management. Record daily readings and access analytics via a web interface.
- Centralized golf course data
- Insights from GS3 ball and Moisture Meter
- Improved playing conditions
- Enhanced golfer satisfaction
- Efficient input management
- Daily readings and analytics
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The USGA DEACON app: the golf course management system that puts all of your data into one place. Offering comprehensive insights and data gathered from tools like the GS3 ball and the new USGA Moisture Meter, the DEACON management system enables superintendents and agronomists to deliver better playing conditions, improve golfer satisfaction and manage inputs efficiently. Record precise, daily readings instantly through the app and view extensive analytics and reporting on the corresponding web interface. Measure what matters.
BreakMaster+
Gain detailed insights into golf green terrain to enhance your putting. Save favorite courses and eliminate the need for physical yardage books during play.
- Detailed green terrain insights
- Putting skill improvement
- Save favorite golf courses
- Eliminate need for yardage books
- Digitized green viewing
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1. This product offers an insight into all the terrain of the greens, moreover, improve your putting skills. 2. For using APP at the digitized green viewing, you are able to save the information of your favorite golf courses, especially, don't need to carry yardage book when playing.This product offers an insight into all the terrain of the greens, moreover, improve your putting skills.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: USGA DEACON® at 3.9 against BreakMaster+'s 1.0. USGA DEACON® also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). BreakMaster+'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
USGA DEACON® holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USGA DEACON® has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
USGA DEACON® ships an update every 4 weeks, BreakMaster+ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USGA DEACON® | BreakMaster+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United States Golf Association | Microtips Technology Inc. |
Customer experience
USGA DEACON®
BreakMaster+
In-app purchases
USGA DEACON®
No in-app purchases
BreakMaster+
No in-app purchases
