Sparrow vs Maxwell Golf Course
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sparrow
This app uses advanced AI to analyze your golf swing in real-time, providing personalized feedback and drills. Track your progress and compare your swing to professionals to lower your handicap.
- Real-time AI swing analysis
- Automatic swing detection
- Personalized swing feedback
- PGA Pro swing comparison
- Drill video library
- Swing progress tracking
- SparrowScore for improvement
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ELEVATE YOUR GAME Sparrow has the most advanced real-time A.I. swing analysis tech in the world! AI SWING ANALYSIS Sparrow auto-detects your swing in real time (you don't even have to press record!) and then provides you personalized feedback, instantly. DROP THAT HANDICAP Sparrow's swing advice is based on years of research on the biomechanics of the golf swing. You can compare your swing to a PGA Pro and have access to our extensive library of drill videos. SWING AT YOUR OWN PACE On the range, Sparrow automatically detects when you swing and you can swing up to 5 times in a row! TRACK YOUR IMPROVEMENT You can store your past swings to track your progress. See your SparrowScore go up as your swing improves! SOMETHING TO TELL US? Want to suggest a feature? Could something be working better? Connect with us at contact@sparrowup.com SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK Love Sparrow? Give us a review in the App Store! Thanks. TERMS OF SERVICE https://www.sparrowup.com/tos
Maxwell Golf Course
Book tee times quickly and easily. Track your scores, use GPS on the course, and view course updates. Access and redeem rewards and promotions.
- Tee time reservations
- GPS course navigation
- Score tracking
- Course social feed
- Rewards redemption
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Get the Maxwell Golf Course app to conveniently reserve your tee times, use GPS, track your score, and view our course social feed. Booking is fast and easy with just 3-taps. Look up your reservations at any time or view and redeem your rewards or promotion codes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maxwell Golf Course at none against Sparrow's 11. Maxwell Golf Course also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Sparrow's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (3.6K vs 8). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sparrow sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Maxwell Golf Course asks for nothing beyond the download.
Maxwell Golf Course holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sparrow has 3.6K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sparrow ships an update every 2 weeks, Maxwell Golf Course every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sparrow | Maxwell Golf Course |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.6K ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #155 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 649 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sparrow Vision, Inc. | Lonestar Golf Course Management, LLC |
Customer experience
Sparrow
Maxwell Golf Course
Bugs and requests
Sparrow
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes during swing analysis
- Inability to register or login
- Incorrect swing detection and feedback
- App freezing and becoming unusable
Requested features
4 requests- Add ball tracker and shot info
- Allow uploading of pre-recorded videos
- Improve joint and club head detection
- Provide more customization options
Maxwell Golf Course
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sparrow
- Monthly Pro Access7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Monthly Pro Access7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Month
- Annual Pro Access7 Days trial$71.991 Year
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- Annual Pro Access7 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Annual Pro Access7 Days trial2 variants$119.991 Year
- Annual Pro Access7 Days trial$149.991 Year
- Annual Pro Access7 Days trial2 variants$179.991 Year
- Annual Pro Access7 Days trial$239.991 Year
Maxwell Golf Course
No in-app purchases
Questions
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