Vertex Golf vs Golf Wind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vertex Golf
This app pairs with a motion sensor device to provide detailed putting stroke data and statistics. It offers personalized explanations and tips to help golfers understand and improve their game. Users can compare their performance to others, including professionals.
- Detailed putting stroke data
- Personalized explanations and tips
- Performance comparison
- Intuitive user interface
- Motion sensor integration
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VERTEX SmartCore is a Motion sensor device that is inserted in to your putter head, giving you the most realistic and detailed putting data & stats available for your putting stroke. The Vertex Golf App (iOS), is designed to be simple and intuitive. To aid you on a daily, monthly or ad-hoc basis to further understand and improve your putting stroke! From simple data grids, to personalised explanations and tips, all focussed on your key target areas for improvement. Compare yourself to fellow golfers and/or professionals. The power is literally in your hands. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Golf Wind
This app provides accurate wind forecasts at the height your golf ball flies, not just at ground level. It offers two visual modes for reading wind data and includes a tournament mode that adheres to golf rules.
- Wind forecast at ball height
- Arrow view with speed and plays-like distance
- Map view with satellite imagery and wind arrows
- Tournament mode adhering to golf rules
- No accounts, tracking, or ads
- Location-based forecasting
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Golf Wind shows you the wind at the height your ball actually flies — not the wind on your face. Every forecast blends the surface reading with the wind higher up, where a well-struck shot spends most of its time. That's usually stronger, and often from a different direction than what you feel standing over the ball. TWO WAYS TO READ IT Arrow view — a single glance shows the wind relative to where you're aiming, with speed and a plays-like distance ladder. Map view — satellite imagery with wind arrows drifting across the hole, so you can see what's happening before you get there. BUILT AROUND THE RULES OF GOLF Wind from a forecast is permitted during a round. Plays-like distances are not. Tournament mode hides them and shows wind only, so the same app works for a casual four-ball and a card-and-pencil round. NO ACCOUNTS, NO TRACKING, NO ADS Golf Wind doesn't ask for your email, doesn't have a login, and doesn't track you between sessions. It reads your location to fetch the forecast and nothing else. Full detail in the privacy policy, linked below. Free, with no in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Golf Wind at none against Vertex Golf's 4. Golf Wind also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Vertex Golf's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Vertex Golf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Golf Wind asks for nothing beyond the download.
Golf Wind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vertex Golf has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Vertex Golf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Golf Wind's.
Vertex Golf ships an update every 9 days, Golf Wind every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vertex Golf | Golf Wind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vertex Golf Ltd | SAM JOHN FALAISE |
Customer experience
Vertex Golf
Golf Wind
In-app purchases
Vertex Golf
- Premium Monthly$14.991 Month
- Elite Monthly$29.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$59.991 Year
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- Elite Yearly$119.991 Year
Golf Wind
No in-app purchases









