Churchill Downs vs Malibu Jack's
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Churchill Downs
Access the latest news, racing schedules, and live results from Churchill Downs. Manage your digital tickets for easy entry and view race highlights and videos.
- Latest news and updates
- Racing schedules
- Live results
- Race highlights and videos
- Digital ticket management
- Easy entry access
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The Churchill Downs app is your gateway to an easy raceday. Easily add your tickets to your mobile wallet, see the day's race schedule, and follow content of top contenders. • Scan, Transfer and resell tickets all in one place • Access facility wayfinding for turn-by-turn directions • View the day's race schedule
Malibu Jack's
This app provides a digital scorecard for mini-golf rounds, eliminating the need for paper. It allows multiple players to track scores, view leaderboards, and save game history for future reference. Focus more on your game and less on manual scorekeeping.
- Digital scorecard for mini-golf
- Track multiple players
- View live leaderboard
- Scorecard saves progress
- Game history saved
- Supports up to 8 players
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Digital scorecard for Malibu Jack's Mini Golf courses! Easily keep score of all members in your mini-golf round, allowing you to spend less time keeping score, and more time focusing on your putts! During a game: - View the leaderboard at any time during the game - Check how many strokes behind everyone is from the current leader - Scorecard saves progress if the app is closed After a game: - Saves the entire scorecard to your history to always remember who won the course! Miscellaneous: - Play with up to 8 players on a single scorecard
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Malibu Jack's at 100% against Churchill Downs's 25%. Malibu Jack's also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (668 vs 26). 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.
Malibu Jack's holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Malibu Jack's has 668 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Churchill Downs's written reviews are positive against 100% of Malibu Jack's's.
Churchill Downs ships an update every 4 months, Malibu Jack's every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Churchill Downs | Malibu Jack's |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (26 ratings) | 4.8 (668 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 668 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Churchill Downs Incorporated | Patrick Horton |
Customer experience
Churchill Downs
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In-app purchases
Churchill Downs
No in-app purchases
Malibu Jack's
No in-app purchases
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