Comparison

Curling Stats vs Golf Journal

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

Head to head
About

Curling Stats

Track your curling match performance directly from your wrist. Log shot results, analyze your strengths, and identify areas for improvement with detailed statistics after each game. Designed for ease of use during play.

Highlights
  • Log shot results on Apple Watch
  • Track draws and take-outs
  • Review detailed post-game statistics
  • Analyze performance and consistency
  • Designed for in-game use
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[Apple Watch] Curling Stats is a simple, powerful way to track your performance during a curling match. Designed with curlers in mind, the app allows you to record and review your shot results—both draws and take-outs—so you can better understand your strengths and areas for improvement. Built for Apple Watch, Curling Stats makes it easy to log shots right from your wrist, even in the middle of a game when reaching for your phone isn’t practical. After the game, review detailed statistics to gain insight into your overall performance and consistency on the ice. A short video walkthrough demonstrates how to use the Apple Watch app: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JphKa14KlJA With appreciation to USA Curling and Curling Canada for their continued support in growing the sport. Good curling!

About

Golf Journal

Track your golf performance with this app, logging rounds, practice sessions, scores, and media. Analyze your game with performance graphs and iCloud syncing. Ideal for golfers of all levels aiming to improve.

Highlights
  • Round diary and score tracking
  • Practice session documentation
  • Photo and video gallery
  • Performance graphs
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Golf Journal is a golf diary for your rounds, your practice and your handicap. Log a round from its total in about 20 seconds, or hole by hole, and watch your handicap estimate move as you play. ROUNDS • Log the total, or score hole by hole: strokes, putts, fairways, greens in regulation and penalties. • Out and In totals, and a scorecard with your birdies, bogeys and doubles marked. • Notes, a feel rating, photos and videos for every round. • Scan a paper scorecard: take a photo and the hole scores are read on your iPhone for you to check. • Golf workouts recorded with the Workout app on Apple Watch show up ready to become rounds, with the date filled in. HANDICAP ESTIMATE • Uses the World Handicap System formula: the best 8 of your last 20 rounds, with nine-hole rounds paired. • See your trend, which rounds count, which one drops out next and what score would bring your estimate down. • Course handicap for each set of tees, net score and Stableford points. • Have an official Handicap Index from your club? Enter it and Golf Journal uses it for course handicap, net and Stableford. It's an estimate to follow your game, not an official Handicap Index. COURSES • Tees with course rating, slope, par and yardage, and a scorecard with par and stroke index for every hole. • Look up courses near you or by name. Course data comes from OpenStreetMap. • Your average and best score at each course. PRACTICE • Log practice sessions: range, putting, chipping, bunker, on course, lessons and more, with time, balls and notes. • Keep your swing cues and drills from one session to the next. • Start the practice timer and fill in the rest when you finish. • Turn a round's notes into a plan for your next session. INSIGHTS • How often you make birdie, par, bogey and worse, and how you score on par 3s, 4s and 5s. • Your hardest holes, your scoring by course and by month, and where your practice time goes. • Set a goal, such as breaking 90 or getting down to 15, and see how far off it you are. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • iCloud sync between your devices. No account to create; your diary stays on your devices and in your iCloud. • Widgets for your handicap estimate and your last round. • Siri and Shortcuts: "Log round", "Log practice", "What's my handicap". • A reminder when you haven't logged a round for a while. • Yards or meters. GOLF JOURNAL PRO Golf Journal is free for up to 3 rounds, 3 practice sessions and 2 courses. Golf Journal Pro removes the limits and adds export: your rounds as a spreadsheet (CSV) and a printable season report (PDF). Pro is available as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mygolfjournal.app/posts/privacy

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Golf Journal at Free against Curling Stats's $2.99. Golf Journal also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). Curling Stats's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On rating, ads and device support 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

Golf Journal is free to download; Curling Stats costs $2.99 up front. Golf Journal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Curling Stats asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Curling Stats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Journal has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Curling Stats ships an update every 2 months, Golf Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Curling Stats versus Golf Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCurling StatsGolf Journal
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwosome Solutions LLCGruffydd Johnston

Customer experience

Curling Stats

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Golf Journal

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Curling Stats

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Golf Journal

Subscriptions4
  • Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Curling Stats free?
Curling Stats costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Golf Journal free?
Golf Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Curling Stats or Golf Journal?
Curling Stats is rated higher. Curling Stats averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Golf Journal averages 4.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Curling Stats or Golf Journal have ads?
Neither Curling Stats nor Golf Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Curling Stats or Golf Journal?
Curling Stats ships an update every 2 months, and Golf Journal weekly. Most recently, Curling Stats was updated on October 19, 2026 and Golf Journal on October 25, 2026.

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