Comparison

Churchill Downs vs Chip Golf Assistant

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Latest news and updates
  • Racing schedules
  • Live results
  • Race highlights and videos
  • Digital ticket management
  • Easy entry access
Features
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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

About

Chip Golf Assistant

Features
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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

Screenshots

Churchill Downs4 screens
Chip Golf Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chip Golf Assistant sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Churchill Downs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Churchill Downs versus Chip Golf Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChurchill DownsChip Golf Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB104 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperChurchill Downs IncorporatedChristopher Cruz

In-app purchases

None

Churchill Downs

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Chip Golf Assistant

One-time7
  • Gold Stack$1.99
  • Gold Roll$3.99
  • Platinum Starter$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Platinum Player$9.99
  • Gold Vault$9.99
  • Platinum Foursome$19.99
  • Platinum Season$49.99

Questions

Is Churchill Downs free?
Churchill Downs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chip Golf Assistant free?
Chip Golf Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Churchill Downs or Chip Golf Assistant have ads?
Neither Churchill Downs nor Chip Golf Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Churchill Downs or Chip Golf Assistant?
Churchill Downs ships an update every 4 months, and Chip Golf Assistant every 5 days. Most recently, Churchill Downs was updated on October 24, 2026 and Chip Golf Assistant on October 12, 2026.

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