Churchill Downs vs Chip Golf Assistant
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
Chip Golf Assistant
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Chip Golf is an AI golf concierge for tee times, live rounds, scorecards, and group games. Chip Golf Assistant is your AI golf concierge for finding tee times, playing smarter rounds, keeping score, and running group games from one place. Ask Chip to find nearby courses, call the pro shop for tee-time availability, and keep returned options in one live transcript. During the round, use Chip to track scores, enter hole-by-hole stats, scan scorecards, and keep your golfer profile up to date. Ask Chip to search nearby courses, help with tee-time calls, and keep course options organized in a live chat. When it is time to play, Chip helps you manage the whole round: GPS yardages, club guidance, scoring, stats, scorecard photos, player invites, and round history. New for Apple Watch: Chip now brings course GPS to your wrist. See front, center, and back yardages at a glance, check wind speed and direction, get club suggestions from your synced bag, track shot distances, switch holes, enter scores, adjust putts, and finish or cancel a round without constantly reaching for your phone. Your watch, iPhone, and cloud round stay connected so your game can keep moving. Group games make match play, skins, Nassau, Stableford, scramble, best ball, and side bets easier to create and follow. Chip keeps player invites, live round status, wagers, score entry, and scorecard photo review together in one place. Group games make match play, skins, Nassau, Stableford, scramble, best ball, and side bets easier to create and follow. Chip keeps invitations, live round status, leaderboards, wagers, score entry, and scorecard review together so the whole group knows where the match stands. Chip also supports clubhouse ordering workflows for food, drinks, and pro shop items where participating courses make those services available. Features: - AI golf concierge chat and voice help - Course search and tee-time call assistance - Apple Watch GPS with front, center, and back yardages - Wind, club suggestions, shot tracking, scores, and putts on Apple Watch - Live round scoring and scorecard photo support - Golfer profile, stats, wallet, and round history - Group games, live leaderboards, side bets, and invitations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Churchill Downs at none against Chip Golf Assistant's 7. Chip Golf Assistant's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chip Golf Assistant sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Churchill Downs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Churchill Downs ships an update every 4 months, Chip Golf Assistant every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Churchill Downs | Chip Golf Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Churchill Downs Incorporated | Christopher Cruz |
In-app purchases
Churchill Downs
No in-app purchases
Chip Golf Assistant
- Gold Stack$1.99
- Gold Roll$3.99
- Platinum Starter$4.99
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- Platinum Player$9.99
- Gold Vault$9.99
- Platinum Foursome$19.99
- Platinum Season$49.99
Questions
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