Comparison

GL Golf vs [AR] Pocket Golf

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

Head to head
About

GL Golf

Experience realistic 3D golf with simple graphics and a physics system. Play solo or with up to four players across numerous holes, featuring various environmental challenges and game modes. Enjoy online tournaments, customizable golfers, and constant free updates.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D golf simulation
  • Multiplayer support (up to 4 players)
  • Realistic physics system
  • Numerous holes and courses
  • Online tournaments
  • Customizable golfers
  • Driving range and practice modes
Features
Currently charting
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GL Golf is a 3D sports game for the casual gamer. With a realistic physics system and great simple graphics, you and up to four players can golf all 720 holes (some available through in-app purchase) for countless hours. Everything in a real game of golf is included, such as water hazards, sand traps, trees, bushes, wind, four seasons, different time of days to play, and a driving range. Other great features include both an internet and individual high score list, game saving, great music, iTunes controls, 3 difficulty modes, mulligans, the ability to choose your set of clubs, match/stroke play, online tournaments, customizable male and female golfers, and much more. GL Golf is constantly being updated with free new features. Four new courses are released every year, available for in-app purchase. *New Game Center Multiplayer Support* - Play against your friends or a random opponent on any of your favorite courses. Golfers alternate every three hole until a winner is crowed after all 18 holes are finished. If you like GL Golf, make sure to check out Nuclear Nova’s other games, all available for the Mac/iPhone/iPad/iPod.
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About

[AR] Pocket Golf

Experience a new way to play golf with augmented reality. Use your device as a virtual golf club to hit the ball with realistic 3D movements. Enjoy a fun and immersive golfing experience anywhere, anytime.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality golfing
  • Realistic 3D movements
  • Virtual golf club controls
  • Driver and putter options
  • Customizable settings
  • Left-handed mode
  • High-quality graphics
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Playing Golf requires a lot of space and asks you for expensive memberships. With «[AR] Pocket Golf» this is now over. Just play golf whenever and wherever you want. With «[AR] Pocket Golf», you get the first augmented reality golfing app, that really gives you the feeling of playing golf, combined with a completely new gaming experience. Play golf with proper 3D movements. Use your device like a virtual golf club. Choose between a driver or putter. Hole in and tee off. Use the settings menu. Here you find useful configuration options such as the sensitivity of the club, momentum of inertia or the direction of light. In addition, you can increase the size of the golf ball, which is unexpectedly funny, so we left this in the app. In addition the app offers a special left handed mode, to mirror the major elements and the affected gaming area. Last but not least, there is a an alternative contrast color, intended to be used if you play with the app on a certain lawn. All graphic 3D elements are of the highest quality. As always, this game will be without in-app purchases or annoying ads to help you get a nice product. We wish you a lot of fun with this AR title.

Screenshots

GL Golf4 screens
[AR] Pocket Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: [AR] Pocket Golf at 5.0 against GL Golf's 4.0. [AR] Pocket Golf also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). GL Golf's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (106 vs 1). On ads 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

GL Golf costs $4.99 and [AR] Pocket Golf $1.99 up front. GL Golf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. [AR] Pocket Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

[AR] Pocket Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GL Golf has 106 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GL Golf ships an update every 3 months, [AR] Pocket Golf every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
GL Golf versus [AR] Pocket Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGL Golf[AR] Pocket Golf
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.0 (106 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings106 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 40 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuclear Nova SoftwarePhilippe Zay

Customer experience

GL Golf

All ratings105 ratings
Positive74.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews179 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral14.0%
Negative23.5%

[AR] Pocket Golf

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

GL Golf

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Swing button not functioning
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Courses not loading properly
  • Incompatibility with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More course options
  • Improved graphics and visuals
  • Better putting system
  • Online leaderboards and multiplayer

[AR] Pocket Golf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

GL Golf

One-time10
  • GL Golf Lob Wedge$0.99
  • GL Golf Mulligan Pack$0.99
  • GL Golf Tour Clubs$1.99
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  • GL Golf Square Grooves$1.99
  • GL Golf Driver 330$2.99
  • GL Golf Course Pack 1$2.99
  • GL Golf Course Pack 2$2.99
  • GL Golf Course Pack 3$2.99
  • GL Golf Course Pack 4$2.99
  • GL Golf Course Pack 5$2.99
None

[AR] Pocket Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GL Golf free?
GL Golf costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is [AR] Pocket Golf free?
[AR] Pocket Golf costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GL Golf or [AR] Pocket Golf?
[AR] Pocket Golf is rated higher. GL Golf averages 4.0 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while [AR] Pocket Golf averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do GL Golf or [AR] Pocket Golf have ads?
Neither GL Golf nor [AR] Pocket Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GL Golf or [AR] Pocket Golf?
GL Golf ships an update every 3 months, and [AR] Pocket Golf every 40 months. Most recently, GL Golf was updated on October 31, 2026 and [AR] Pocket Golf on November 3, 2026.

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