Comparison

Room Golf vs 8

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

8

Experience a retro golf adventure with simple yet engaging gameplay. Navigate diverse terrains, account for wind and spin, and choose from multiple difficulty levels. Customize your experience with various rendering styles and even build your own courses.

Highlights
  • Classic 80s golf gameplay
  • Terrain and environmental effects
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Customizable rendering styles
  • Built-in course editor
  • AI opponents
Features
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8-bit Golf is a loving homage to the classic golf games of the late 1980s: * Simple gameplay suitable for fans and none-fans of golf * Navigate terrain including fairway, rough, bunker, pathways, greens and water * The ball is effected by wind, spin, and the slope of the green * 3 difficulty levels: Beginner, Amateur, Pro. Or customise to suit your preferences! * AI players * Choose from five rendering styles: PC (EGA), Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes and Spectrum * Built in course editor (iPad and Mac only) - recreate your local golf course or classic courses * 5 built in courses

Screenshots

Room Golf4 screens
84 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Room Golf at 12.0 against 8's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Room Golf ships an update every 6 weeks, 8 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Room Golf versus 8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoom Golf8
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDream Jack Inc.Accidental Fish

In-app purchases

None

Room Golf

No in-app purchases

None

8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Room Golf free?
Room Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 8 free?
8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Room Golf or 8 have ads?
Neither Room Golf nor 8 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Room Golf or 8?
Room Golf ships an update every 6 weeks, and 8 every 3 months. Most recently, Room Golf was updated on October 7, 2026 and 8 on October 13, 2026.

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