Comparison

Room Golf vs Groats

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

Head to head
About

Room Golf

Features
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Aim for birdies in all holes! Welcome to the free game RoomGolf! How about playing golf in your room? Rooms with various layouts are full of furniture! We have prepared a fairway, rough, bunker and pond in the room. It's simple, but it's a condensed version of the interesting parts of golf. Feel free to enjoy full-scale golf! ■ No difficult operations! The operation has been made as simple as possible. Just decide the direction and the height of the hit ball, pull the ball and release it! ■ Free play mode You can challenge as many times as you like in each hole. Please challenge to achieve all hole birdies. ■ Championship mode Round 9 holes and get honor and crown with total score! ■ Hidden special hall We have a special hall (Par12) that only the prestigious people who have won a certain number of crowns can play. Please try it!

About

Groats

Experience a digital take on the classic Shove Ha'penny pub game. Master the unique 'shove' mechanic to strategically slide your groats into scoring beds. Enjoy single-player modes, practice sessions, or challenge others online.

Highlights
  • Unique 'shove' mechanic
  • Digital Shove Ha'penny gameplay
  • Single-player modes (Groats, Groatesk, Practice)
  • Online multiplayer (Match Play)
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Score points by landing groats in beds
Features
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To play Groats you'll need: Your iPhone or iPad A flat level surface with an edge (table, desk, shelf, bar etc.) that your device can slide on A bit of skill! These games are loosely based on the old pub game of Shove Ha'penny and features a real ‘shove’ mechanic - no having to flip the coins up the board with your finger in this one. You have to give your device a gentle shove to make your groat travel up the board and this can be as fun or frustrating as playing real Shove Ha'penny. Just make sure your device can travel a little across the surface. In all the games the objective is to land the groats in the ‘beds’ (the space between the lines) in order to score points, and any groats landing in a bed will score you points irrespective of the colour. You can shove the groat into a bed directly or get help from collisions with other groats on the board to achieve this.Any groat that lands on or over the side or end lines is lost. There are four modes of play: Groats - Plays on a single device with players playing from opposite ends of the ‘board’. Each player has three groats and the first to score three points in each of the five beds is the winner. Match Play - Allows you to play games with other players on-line. This requires that you are logged into Game Center (usually with your iCloud account) and you can either invite friends to play against or request a match against anyone who is also waiting for a game. You can start and play multiple games at the same time as this is a turn based game. Groatesk - this is a single player ‘blast’ game where the objective is to score as many points as possible. To help (or hinder) there are occasional ‘Joker’ groats placed randomly around the board Practice: This is a simple practice game for one player in which the three red groats are placed randomly on the board so that you can polish up your skills. This mode also offers you the ability to retry the last turn or reset the practice game from scratch. Shoving your groat is as easy as: 1 - Drag the groat left or right with your finger until it is in the position you want 2 - Hit the 'Done' button, this now freezes your groat in place horizontally 3 - Give your device a shove, a little for the lower beds or a bit more for the upper ones 4 - The groat now travels up the board, how far and at what angle depending on the shove. Full rules are include in the App (hit More on the first screen)

Screenshots

Room Golf4 screens
Groats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Room Golf at none against Groats's 1. Room Golf also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Groats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Room Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Room Golf ships an update every 6 weeks, Groats every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Room Golf versus Groats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoom GolfGroats
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDream Jack Inc.Stephen Arscott

In-app purchases

None

Room Golf

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Groats

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Room Golf free?
Room Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Groats free?
Groats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Room Golf or Groats have ads?
Groats shows ads; Room Golf does not.
Which is updated more often, Room Golf or Groats?
Room Golf ships an update every 6 weeks, and Groats every 2 months. Most recently, Room Golf was updated on November 3, 2026 and Groats on October 30, 2026.

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