Mini Golf Score Card vs The Scoring Machine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Golf Score Card
This app simplifies mini golf scoring by automatically calculating scores for up to six players across 18 holes. It allows for flexible data entry, editing, and even sending results via email or saving them as calendar entries.
- Score tracking for 2-6 players
- Supports 18 holes
- Automatic score calculation
- Flexible data entry and editing
- Save or email results
- Pocket mode
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Mini Golf Score Card is the ideal companion for anyone who likes to play mini golf. It keeps track of the score and takes care of all the calculations for you – no need to carry around pen and paper. Features: • Support for 2–6 players and 18 holes • Automatic calculation of the current score • Data entry in any order • Editing of results • Pocket mode • Send results via e-mail or save them as a calendar entry • Keyboard sounds (can be muted)
The Scoring Machine
This app helps organize and score golf games for individuals, groups, or entire events. It supports numerous game types, including medal, match play, best-balls, and scrambles, with automatic handling of handicaps, skins, and wagers.
- Organize and score golf games
- Supports dozens of play types
- Accurate individual and team scores
- Appropriate handicaps for all play
- Automatic skins and wagering
- Compatible with Mulligan's Eagle
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Organize and score for yourself, your foursome, your team, or a whole golf event. Keep accurate individual and team scores for dozens of kinds of play, including medal (stroke) play, match play, best-balls, foursomes, scrambles, Chapman, Stableford, Chicago and more. Use appropriate handicaps for every form of play. Handle skins and wagering automatically. You play golf and let The Scoring Machine do the work. Compatible with Mulligan's Eagle for the Mac.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: The Scoring Machine at every 2 months against Mini Golf Score Card's every 11 months. Mini Golf Score Card's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and chart position (#166 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Mini Golf Score Card costs $1.99 and The Scoring Machine $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Golf Score Card holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 81 and 130 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 76% and 76% positive.
Mini Golf Score Card ships an update every 11 months, The Scoring Machine every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Golf Score Card | The Scoring Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (81 ratings) — better | 4.6 (130 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better | 75.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 | 130 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #166 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baliza GmbH | Mulligan Software |
Customer experience
Mini Golf Score Card
The Scoring Machine
In-app purchases
Mini Golf Score Card
No in-app purchases
The Scoring Machine
No in-app purchases
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