Abu Dhabi Golf vs Publinx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Abu Dhabi Golf
Explore a premier 27-hole championship golf facility featuring a challenging 18-hole course and a floodlit 9-hole garden course. Enjoy meticulously maintained fairways, bunkers, and greens designed for golfers of all skill levels.
- 27 holes of championship golf
- 18-hole championship course
- Floodlit 9-hole garden course
- Meticulously maintained greens
- Challenging yet fair layout
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Abu Dhabi Golf Club is home to 27 holes of Championship golf. The National, Abu Dhabi's 18 hole Championship course, provides a tough but fair challenge and is home to one of the European Tour's most popular events, the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship presented by EGA, A Rolex Series Event. With lush fairways, strategically placed bunkers and immaculate greens, the course has been described as a "super course" by leading representatives of the golfing press. The 162-hectares of the Abu Dhabi Golf Club also features the floodlit 9-hole Garden Course, which provides a great test for those keen to enjoy Championship golf once the sun's gone down!
Publinx
Discover and book tee times at Houston's public golf courses. Features live pricing, price-drop alerts, and real scorecards. Find playing partners and track your game.
- Live tee time booking
- Price-drop alerts
- Real scorecards
- Find playing partners
- Track rounds and handicap
- Money game tracking
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Publinx is the home of public golf in Houston. Find and book tee times across 24 public courses, with live pricing and price-drop alerts so you never overpay or miss a cancellation. • Live tee times across Houston's public courses, with good-deal badges and a 14-day price view • Real scorecards — per-hole pars, stroke index, and USGA course handicap for every tee • Find a playing partner or fill your foursome, with reliability ratings you can trust • Money games done right — Nassau, skins, wolf, and automatic settle-up (IOUs only; settle on Venmo) • Track your rounds, handicap, and saved courses • Driving ranges, simulators, and Topgolf with live pricing Publinx never automates bookings or holds your money — booking links open the course's own site, and side games track IOUs only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Publinx at every 10 days against Abu Dhabi Golf's every 3 months. Publinx also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Abu Dhabi Golf's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Publinx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Abu Dhabi Golf has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Abu Dhabi Golf ships an update every 3 months, Publinx every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Abu Dhabi Golf | Publinx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chronogolf, Inc. | AIDAN LANE CONNOLLY |
In-app purchases
Abu Dhabi Golf
No in-app purchases
Publinx
No in-app purchases
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