Needuum vs The Fairway Ledger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Needuum
Access comprehensive collectible data, including pricing and images, from experts. Manage your collecting wishlists with flexible search and free core functionality, enhanced by optional premium subscriptions.
- Comprehensive collectible data
- Pricing and image content
- Collectible category experts
- Flexible search functionality
- Manage collecting wishlists
- Premium subscription content
Read full descriptionHide full description
Needuum is a new way to access the most comprehensive, detailed, accurate and informative data (for its focused interest categories) available anywhere (online or off). Needuum has aggregated listing, pricing, descriptive and representational images content from internationally recognized collectible category experts and puts it into the palm of your hand wherever you are. Needuum offers unprecedented search flexibility and the capability to manage the lists of what you NEED to fulfill your collecting pursuits. Needuum has a very useful set of Free functionality that can be enhanced by purchasing In-App Subscriptions to access Premium content. Additional content for existing Interest categories will be regularly added, as new memorabilia is issued and previously unknown older memorabilia is re-discovered. New Interest categories will be regularly added from sources of expert information that meet Needuum's standards of utility.
The Fairway Ledger
Log your rounds at America's top golf courses. Track played, pending, or unplayed status, record scores, dates, and notes. Visualize your progress geographically and share your achievements with others.
- Track played, pending, or unplayed status for 100 greatest courses
- Log round details: date, tees, score, notes
- View courses on a color-coded map
- Track progress milestones and state completion
- Share progress via read-only link or public leaderboard
- Local or cloud sync options
Read full descriptionHide full description
The Fairway Ledger is your personal scorecard for Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses — the definitive ranking of the country's best. Whether you're chasing the full list or just keeping score of the legendary courses you've already played, The Fairway Ledger gives every round its own line in the ledger. TRACK EVERY COURSE Mark each of the 100 as Not Played, Pending, or Played. Log the date, tees, score, and notes for every round — the conditions, who you played with, the hole you'll never forget. SEE IT ON THE MAP View the entire list geographically, color-coded by status. Share your location and find the nearest unplayed course to where you're standing right now. WATCH YOUR PROGRESS Track milestones from First Tee to the Grand Slam, see your Top 25 and Top 50 completion, and check off every state with a course on the list. SHARE YOUR ROUND Turn on a read-only link to show off your progress to friends — no account needed for them to view it. Or join the public leaderboard and see how you stack up against everyone else chasing the 100. YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL Track locally on your device with no account at all, or sign in to sync your ledger across every device you own. Golf Digest's America's 100 Greatest is updated every two years — The Fairway Ledger keeps your record current with it, one round at a time.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Fairway Ledger at none against Needuum's 10. The Fairway Ledger also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Needuum sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months. The Fairway Ledger asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Needuum against 5.0 for The Fairway Ledger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Needuum ships an update every 2 months, The Fairway Ledger every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Needuum | The Fairway Ledger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Needuum Ltd. | Adam Levy |
Customer experience
Needuum
The Fairway Ledger
In-app purchases
Needuum
- Canadian Football P&E$1.996 Months
- Vintage Hockey S&P TS$2.496 Months
- Vintage Hockey P&E$2.496 Months
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- Canadian Football S&P LW$8.996 Months
- Canadian Football S&P TS$8.996 Months
- Canadian Football N&S$8.996 Months
- Vintage Hockey N&S$8.996 Months
- Vintage Hockey S&P LW$15.996 Months
- Canadian Football Compl Bundle$22.496 Months
- Vintage Hockey Compl Bundle$22.496 Months
The Fairway Ledger
No in-app purchases









