Longboard Spots vs PDGA Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Longboard Spots
Discover and share longboard spots and routes worldwide. Explore nearby locations on a map, filter by type and difficulty, and view detailed information. Save your favorites and contribute your own discoveries.
- Discover nearby spots on a map
- Filter spots by type and difficulty
- View detailed spot information
- Save favorite spots
- Submit new spots and routes
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With this app you can find longboard spots and routes based on your own location. All these spots and routes are submitted by users all around the world. Features - Explore nearby spots on a map - Filter spots by type (downhill, cruising, dance, pool, trick) and by difficulty - See detailed information about spots such as road quality and traffic level - Keep a list of your favorite spots - Submit your own spots and routes
PDGA Live
Track scores for PDGA disc golf events with live results from major tournaments. Access and search the official rules and competition manual.
- PDGA event scorekeeping
- Live tournament results
- PDGA Majors and Elite Series
- Official Rules of Disc Golf
- Competition Manual search
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The PDGA Live app allows scorekeeping for PDGA events, includes current results for PDGA-sanctioned events including PDGA Majors and Elite Series like the Disc Golf Pro Tour, and contains interactive and searchable Official Rules of Disc Golf and Competition Manual.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Longboard Spots at 75% against PDGA Live's 19%. Longboard Spots also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.2). PDGA Live's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 8). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Longboard Spots holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PDGA Live has 61 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Longboard Spots's written reviews are positive against 19% of PDGA Live's.
Longboard Spots ships an update every 6 months, PDGA Live every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Longboard Spots | PDGA Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better | 3.2 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 18.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mathijs Bernson | PDGA |
Customer experience
Longboard Spots
PDGA Live
In-app purchases
Longboard Spots
No in-app purchases
PDGA Live
No in-app purchases
