Thousand Greens vs Open Links Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thousand Greens
Connect with other golfers from exclusive private clubs in a secure and confidential community. Share experiences and build relationships with like-minded individuals.
- Exclusive golfer community
- Private and confidential
- Connect with like-minded golfers
- For members of top clubs
- Free to join
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Your club, everywhere you go. Thousand Greens is a private, members-only community for golfers who belong to private clubs. If you love the experience of your home club — the course, the camaraderie, the hospitality — Thousand Greens lets you find that same experience wherever life takes you, through fellow members who host each other. It's built on the oldest tradition in golf: members hosting members. HOW IT WORKS • Build your profile and connect your home club • Discover fellow members wherever you're traveling • Request a game — or host a visiting member at your course • Coordinate everything in the app, then go play WHY MEMBERS LOVE IT • Belonging — walk onto a course anywhere as a welcomed guest, not a stranger • Reciprocity — host great people at your club and they'll return the favor • Trust — a verified, private community of real club members, kept confidential • Connection — meet golfers who share your passion, at home and on the road WHEREVER YOU PLAY From your next business trip to a family vacation, Thousand Greens turns "I wish I had a game there" into a tee time with a new friend. Thousand Greens — your club, everywhere you go.
Open Links Golf
This platform connects golfers with golf facilities, offering filters to find courses, driving ranges, and simulators. Users can book tee times and access facility information. Facility owners can share updates on conditions, events, and promotions.
- Golf facility discovery
- Tee time booking
- Course condition updates
- Event and promotion listings
- Golfer and facility profiles
- Search filters
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Open Links is the world's first golf-specific communication platform, directly linking golfers and golf facilities! Golfers can find everything they want for the best possible golf experience, with easy-to-use filters and access to profiles for nearly 20,000 facilities in the U.S., including golf courses, driving ranges, golf simulators, indoor simulators, mini golf, and putting courses. Plan your next golf trip and book tee times effortlessly! Facility owners/operators can register their accounts and tap into a new distribution channel, sharing all relevant information that golfers care about before deciding where to play, including course conditions, events, promotions, pace of play updates, specials, and more! Terms of Use: https://www.openlinksgolf.com/termsofservice Privacy Policy: https://www.openlinksgolf.com/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Open Links Golf at 100% against Thousand Greens's 56%. Open Links Golf also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Open Links Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Thousand Greens's written reviews are positive against 100% of Open Links Golf's.
Thousand Greens ships an update every 3 weeks, Open Links Golf fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thousand Greens | Open Links Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (46 ratings) | 5.0 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PTC Golf Inc. | Open Links Golf, Inc. |
Customer experience
Thousand Greens
Open Links Golf
In-app purchases
Thousand Greens
No in-app purchases
Open Links Golf
No in-app purchases
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