Comparison

Select Pi vs Fore

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Select Pi

This app allows golfers to manage their golf ball dispensing accounts at participating facilities. Users can register, add funds, and dispense buckets of balls directly from their device.

Highlights
  • Register account
  • Add value to account
  • Dispense golf ball buckets
  • Check facility-specific balance
  • Automatic balance sync for existing cards
Features
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Register, add value, and dispense balls at any facility equipped with the Select Pi technology. NOTE: Not all facilities allow in-app reloads. support@ontogolf.com.

About

Fore

This app is a social networking platform designed for golfers to connect with others, organize games, and track scores. It facilitates finding playing partners, running competitions, and building a golf community.

Highlights
  • Golf social feed
  • Connect with golfers by handicap/industry
  • Organize and join tee times
  • Run golf competitions
  • Live scoring for rounds
  • Handicap index calculation
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Fore is the social network for golfers, the modern clubhouse. Find your foresome, follow your friends' rounds, score live, and grow your golf community. Golf is one of the last places people still connect in person. But most of us do not have a country club, or the community that comes with one. So every round starts the same way: the same group chat, or showing up alone and hoping to get paired with someone decent. Fore is built to fix that. It is not a GPS, a swing analyzer, or another tracking app. It is a social network built specifically for golfers. THE CLUBHOUSE Your feed. See your friends' recent rounds, their scores hole by hole, and the moments worth talking about. Like, comment, and give someone a hard time about the back nine. CONNECT Meet golfers who actually match your game. Filter by handicap so you are playing with people at your level, by where they are based, or by industry to network on the course instead of over coffee. TEE TIMES Post an open seat in your group, or claim one in someone else's. Invite the members you want to play with, and see who is already in the group and what they play to before you commit. LIVE SCORING Score a round together on your phones. Everyone's card updates as you play, so the group sees where they stand on the walk to the next tee. Stroke play, match play, scramble, Wolf, Nassau and skins. EVENTS Run a real competition: a scramble, skins, match play, or a full Ryder Cup with teams, sessions and a running points board. Describe your event in plain English and Fore builds the structure for you, pairings and side games included. LEADERBOARD A monthly points ladder for the whole club, earned hole by hole from real scores, plus head-to-head records against the people you play with most. YOUR HANDICAP Fore calculates an index using the World Handicap System method once you have posted enough rounds, so the numbers on your card mean something. OPEN TO PLAY Tell the club when you are free and Fore matches you with open tee times and members looking for a game. MEMBERSHIP Every member is reviewed before they join, because a community is only as good as the people in it. Request access in the app and we will get back to you quickly. Find your foresome. Grow your golf community.

Screenshots

Select Pi4 screens
Fore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fore at 100% against Select Pi's 36%. Fore also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Select Pi's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 19). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Select Pi has 2.8K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Select Pi's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Select Pi ships an update every 2 months, Fore every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Select Pi versus Fore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelect PiFore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.8K ratings)5.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K — better19
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLeisure Design SystemsBRUCE EDWARD COPPOLA

Customer experience

Select Pi

All ratings2,696 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive35.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative56.4%

Fore

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Select Pi

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent QR code scanning
  • Duplicate charges
  • Dispensing issues at ball machines

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to load funds directly in the app
  • Implement universal balance that can be used at any participating course
  • Integrate with Apple Watch for seamless access

Fore

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Select Pi

No in-app purchases

None

Fore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Select Pi free?
Select Pi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fore free?
Fore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Select Pi or Fore?
Fore is rated higher. Select Pi averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Fore averages 5.0 from 19 ratings.
Do Select Pi or Fore have ads?
Neither Select Pi nor Fore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Select Pi or Fore?
Select Pi ships an update every 2 months, and Fore every 3 weeks. Most recently, Select Pi was updated on October 29, 2026 and Fore on October 24, 2026.

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