Comparison

Tour Tempo vs Round Update Golf

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

Head to head
About

Tour Tempo

Learn to integrate the tempo of professional golfers into your swing with this scientifically proven app. It uses musical notes to guide your backswing and downswing timing, helping you improve your golf game. Suitable for all skill levels, from beginners to pros.

Highlights
  • Learn professional golf swing tempo
  • Scientifically proven method
  • Musical notes guide swing timing
  • Long game tempo ratios (3:1)
  • Short game tempo ratios (2:1)
  • Improves all facets of golf game
Features
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Used by beginners through Major Championship winners on the PGA Tour, and validated by an Independent Scientific Study by the Departments of Physics and Biomechanics at Yale University. The Tour Tempo Total Game allows you to learn how to correctly integrate the Tempo of the Tour Pros into your golf swing. Over 100,000 golfers worldwide, including Major Championship winners on the PGA Tour, have improved their games by using Tour Tempo. "In all the reviews I've written for MyGolfSpy (a number now pushing up on 100), I'd only given one perfect score. Now Tour Tempo can be added to that most-elite company. Tour Tempo is scientifically proven, it's easy to use, and it will help you in every facet of the game." — GolfSpy Matt: http://www.mygolfspy.com/tour-tempo-review "It will be the best thing that you will ever do for your game." — Pat Dempsey, 2011 RE/MAX World Long Drive Grand Champion 55+ "You will get better right away! When you synch your swing to that of the Tour Pros with Tour Tempo, you’ll get better right now!" — Dan Rooney, Folds of Honor "The Unified Theory of Tempo" — Golf Digest "No one has ever come up with a way to teach Tempo until now." — Travel + Leisure Golf Based on the international best selling golf book, Tour Tempo. The book outlines and explains the discovery of a specific mathematical ratio regarding the elapsed time of the backswing and the elapsed time of the downswing of the Tour Pros. The Tour Tempo System is simple and easy to learn. All you do is react to three scientifically spaced musical notes. These musical notes alert you to start your takeaway, start your downswing, and then the third note lines you up with impact. It’s just that easy - you literally download the app, turn it on, grab a club and start swinging to the Tempo of the Tour Pros. LONG GAME The Long Game Tones will teach you how to swing with the tempo ratio exhibited by the Tour Pros. We measured the time of their backswings and downswings by counting how many frames of video each part took. The magic ratio on full swings turned out to be three parts backswing to one part downswing. Tones are provided for each of the following frame ratios of Tour Tempo - 18/6, 21/7, 24/8 & 27/9. The Tour Tempo Tones have a clear purpose. They establish the intrinsic tempo of the golf swing in your subconscious mind. Once this is accomplished, you will not have to think about tempo while playing. This is what the Tour Pros have already done. You are about to acquire that same ability. SHORT GAME The Total Game App also contains the Short Game Tones of 14/7, 16/8, 18/9 & 20/10. After the publication of Tour Tempo, John Novosel studied the short game swings of the top touring pros, and discovered that virtually all of them employ a 2 to 1 swing ratio on or around the greens - a different Tempo than the 3 to 1 ratio of the Long Game. This is another reason why the game of golf is so hard to master. TEMPO TRACKS The Tempo Tracks are an easy way to integrate Tour Tempo into your daily routine. One of the best ways to use the Tracks is to listen to them while driving to the course before a round of golf. The more you listen to them, the more the Tour Tempo rhythm will be ingrained into your Golf Swing. FOCUS TRACKS The Focus Tracks are revolutionary relaxation songs that contain the Tones of Tour Tempo. Each Track has a Part II that has binaural tones embedded in the music to get your brain into an optimum state for concentration. This optimum state is more commonly known to athletes as “Being in the Zone.” VIDEOS The videos give a complete explanation of the Tones and how to use them to immediately and dramatically improve your Total Game. DISCOUNT Get a one-time $10 discount code from the Info screen, valid on future purchases at TourTempo.com and TourTempo.eu. TERMS OF USE (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Round Update Golf

This app allows golfers to share their live scores, photos, and video clips with friends and family. Viewers can follow along without needing an account, reacting and commenting on updates as the game progresses. It supports over 16,000 U.S. courses and various game formats.

Highlights
  • Live scoring and updates
  • Shareable live links
  • Photo and video posts
  • Interactive gallery with comments
  • Support for 16,000+ U.S. courses
  • Stroke play and match play formats
  • Push notifications for key events
Features
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Golf, with a gallery. Round Update is a live golf scoring app. Share one link and anyone can watch your round — scores, photos and clips, as they happen. Viewers don’t have to get the app or make an account. They just have fun watching. Courses Pick from over 16,000 U.S. courses and the scorecard fills itself in — par, yardage, stroke index, and the tees you’re actually playing. Stroke play or match play, with handicaps if you want them. Formats Classic Stroke Play and Match Play. Skins, carried over hole by hole. Set it up once at the start and the card keeps track, so nobody is doing arithmetic on the 18th tee. Updates Post a photo from the tee, a clip of the putt, or a voice note nobody needed to hear. Everyone watching can react and comment. It reads like a feed that lasts beyond the round. Notifications Watch a round from the app and get a buzz when it matters: someone posts, takes the lead, makes an eagle, or signs their card. You’ll also hear when someone replies to you, or joins a round you’re playing. Turn them on from any live round, and switch each kind off in your account whenever you like. Recaps A recap that is worth sending: the card, the story of the round, and share cards built from what actually happened. All of your rounds are saved to your account too. Free to Join Round Update is free. Create as many rounds as you like, keep every one of them, and share with as many people as you want. All Features ◉ Live Share Links ◉ Live Leaderboards ◉ Live Round Updates ◉ Push Notifications ◉ Posts by Hole ◉ Video and Photo Posts ◉ Add Voice Notes ◉ All Players Can Post ◉ Gallery Comments ◉ Skins and Carries ◉ Stroke and Match Play ◉ Score Change Charts ◉ Round Share Cards ◉ Round Recaps ◉ Saved Round History ◉ Watched Rounds ◉ Multi-Phone Scoring ◉ 16,000 U.S. Courses ◉ Add Handicaps ◉ Mid-Round Joiners ◉ No Account to Watch ◉ Teen Accounts ◉ Gross and Net ◉ Per-Player Tees ◉ 27-Hole Courses ◉ Conceded Holes ◉ PIN Protected Editor ◉ No Shared Location ◉ Local Time and Weather

Screenshots

Tour Tempo4 screens
Round Update Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Round Update Golf at Free against Tour Tempo's $24.99. Round Update Golf also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 64%). Tour Tempo's advantage is ratings volume (93 vs 3) and chart position (#5 vs unranked). On ads, monetization model 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

Round Update Golf is free to download; Tour Tempo costs $24.99 up front. Tour Tempo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Round Update Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Round Update Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tour Tempo has 93 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Tour Tempo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Round Update Golf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tour Tempo ships an update every 3 weeks, Round Update Golf daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Tour Tempo versus Round Update Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTour TempoRound Update Golf
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (93 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings93 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#5 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size411 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTour TempoRound Update LLC

Customer experience

Tour Tempo

All ratings90 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive63.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative29.7%

Round Update Golf

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tour Tempo

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes or freezes on intro
  • Videos do not load or app crashes when accessing them
  • Lost videos after upgrading
  • Audio difficulties
  • App no longer on Apple Watch
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  • App is glitchy and crashes frequently

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add an OFFLINE button for login timeouts
  • Allow customization of tempo ratios and tones
  • Include more diverse tones and voice cues
  • Add metrics tracking use over time
  • Include a tutorial for the driver
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  • Add real music instead of just tones
  • Randomize spacing between tone sets
  • Include 30/10 and 33/11 tempos on the app

Round Update Golf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tour Tempo

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$49.99
None

Round Update Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tour Tempo free?
Tour Tempo costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Round Update Golf free?
Round Update Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tour Tempo or Round Update Golf?
Round Update Golf is rated higher. Tour Tempo averages 4.3 out of 5 from 93 ratings, while Round Update Golf averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tour Tempo or Round Update Golf have ads?
Neither Tour Tempo nor Round Update Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tour Tempo or Round Update Golf?
Tour Tempo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Round Update Golf daily. Most recently, Tour Tempo was updated on October 31, 2026 and Round Update Golf on October 31, 2026.

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