Comparison

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius vs Bobby Jones Golf Club

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

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About

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius

This app provides a free, accurate golf GPS rangefinder and digital scorecard. It offers features like shot tracking, handicap estimation, and daily instruction tips. Premium upgrades unlock advanced analytics, club recommendations, and personalized training plans.

Highlights
  • Free GPS rangefinder with distances to greens and hazards
  • Digital scorecard with auto hole advance
  • Free handicap estimate
  • Shot tracking and club distance insights
  • Daily golf instruction tips
  • Apple Watch integration for distances and scoring
  • AI-powered digital caddie with club recommendations
Features
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SwingU is the top-rated golf GPS rangefinder and scorecard app, trusted by more than 8 million golfers worldwide to play smarter, shoot lower scores, and get more out of every round. Rated 4.7 stars from 131,000+ reviews. GPS, scoring, and handicap tracking are always free, no subscription required. Upgrade when you're ready — it's always your call. WHAT DO I GET FOR FREE • GPS rangefinder that works on every course in the world, with distances to greens and hazards • Digital scorecard that tracks score and putts and auto-advances hole to hole • Golf Genius tournaments, live leaderboards, and scoring • Free handicap estimate after posting just 9 holes • Shot tracking that shows how far you really hit each club • Tap the flag on any hole for distances to 5+ tiers of the green • A daily instruction tip from our team of Top-100 teachers • Apple Watch app: distances and scoring for you and your group • HealthKit support on the Watch, including calories burned The only golfer community-verified course database in the world — 34,000+ courses and growing. CAN I PLAY REAL TOURNAMENTS IN SWINGU Yes. SwingU is part of the Golf Genius family, the tournament management platform used by thousands of clubs, courses, and golf associations worldwide. Golfers can join a Golf Genius event, post scores from the SwingU scorecard, and follow live leaderboards without leaving the app. WHAT IS SWINGU PLUS SwingU Plus is our AI-powered digital caddie subscription. It adds: • AI Digital Caddie with "Plays Like" yardages using live wind speed and elevation • Club recommendations based on your club distances, shot tracking, and conditions • StrackaLine Green Maps for 20,000+ courses — precise slopes and break lines on laser-mapped greens • Hole Insights — your hole stats vs. all SwingU golfers for strategic decision making • Hole notes you can reference the next time you play • Enhanced scorecard — putts, driver accuracy, bunker play, penalties, and detailed round summaries • On-the-course games with handicap-adjusted scoring: Stroke Play, Skins, Stableford, Match Play, and Nassau WHAT IS SWINGU PRO SwingU Pro is our elite game-improvement subscription, and includes everything in Plus: • SwingU strokes gained — the world's easiest-to-use strokes gained platform, used by 50+ active tour players and 100+ college golfers • Performance comparison vs. your target handicap (from +6 to 30) • Relative handicap for every facet: driving, approach, short game, bunker play, and putting • Post-round #1 improvement priority, plus a prescriptive drill from a Top-100 teacher • SwingU TV — 600+ lessons and drills from Top-100 teachers, anytime WHY DO MILLIONS OF GOLFERS USE SWINGU • Reliable and easy to use — one tap and you're playing • Helping golfers improve since 2008 • The only golfer community-verified course database in the world • Backed by Golf Genius, the technology behind competitive golf at thousands of clubs === OTHER INFO Monthly and yearly subscription upgrades are available. Payment for in-app subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by you, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. As a registered user, you'll be subscribed to the world's top golf daily newsletter which includes promotions from our partners. You can 1-click unsubscribe at any time. Despite years of optimizing the app, constant use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life. Full terms and the EULA are available at: • swingu.com/terms-of-service/ • clubhouse.swingu.com/eula/

About

Bobby Jones Golf Club

Enhance your golf game with this app, offering interactive scorecards, various game modes, and GPS tracking. Measure your shots, track your stats automatically, and access course information. Stay updated with live tournaments and book tee times.

Highlights
  • Interactive Scorecard
  • Golf Game Modes
  • GPS Tracking
  • Shot Measurement
  • Automatic Stats Tracker
  • Live Tournaments & Leaderboards
  • Tee Time Booking
Features
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Improve your golf experience with the Bobby Jones Golf Club app! This app includes: - Interactive Scorecard - Golf Games: Skins, Stableford, Par, Stroke Scoring - GPS - Measure your shot! - Golfer Profile with Automatic Stats Tracker - Hole Descriptions & Playing Tips - Live Tournaments & Leaderboards - Book Tee Times - Message Center - Offer Locker - Food & Beverage Menu - Facebook Sharing - And much more… Donald Ross: Donald J. Ross (November 23, 1872–April 26, 1948) was one of the most significant golf course designers in the history of the sport. He was born at Dornoch in Scotland, but spent most of his adult life in the United States. Ross served an apprenticeship with Old Tom Morris in St Andrews before investing his life savings in a trip to the U.S. in 1899 at the suggestion of a Harvard professor named Robert Wilson, who found him his first job in the America at Oakley Country Club in Watertown, Massachusetts. In 1900 he was appointed as the golf professional at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, where he began his course design career and eventually designed four courses. He had a moderately successful playing career, winning three North and South Opens (1903, 1905, 1906) and two Massachusetts Opens (1905, 1911), and finishing fifth in the 1903 U.S. Open and eighth in the 1910 British Open. He later gave up playing and teaching to concentrate on course design, running a substantial practice with several assistants and summer offices in New England. His brother Alec won the 1907 U.S. Open. Ross's most famous designs are Pinehurst No. 2, Seminole, Oak Hill and Oakland Hills. He was involved in designing or redesigning around 600 courses. Some of his early work was in Virginia and includes Jefferson Lakeside Country Club. In some cases he didn't even visit the site, but on the courses where he was most closely involved he displayed great attention to detail. Often he created challenging courses with very little earth moving; according to Jack Nicklaus, "His stamp as an architect was naturalness." His most widely known trademark is the crowned or "turtleback" green, most famously seen on Pinehurst No. 2, though golf architecture writer Ron Whitten argued in Golf Digest in 2005 that the effect had become exaggerated compared to Ross's intention because green keeping practices at Pinehurst had raised the centre of the greens. Often he created challenging courses with very little earth moving; according to Jack Nicklaus, "His stamp as an architect was naturalness." Ross often created holes which invited run-up shots but had severe trouble at the back of the green, typically in the form of fallaway slopes. In the 1930s he revolutionized greenskeeping practic-es in the Southern United States when he oversaw the transition of the putting surfaces at Pinehurst No. 2 from oiled sand to Bermuda grass. Ross was a founding member and first president of the American Society of Golf Course Architects, which was formed at Pinehurst in 1947. He was admitted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1977, a rare honor rarely awarded for anything other than playing success. Ross is most closely compared to the other two leading architects of the early 20th century, Alister MacKenzie and A.W. Tillinghast. Many argue that Ross's work does not consistently carry the same standard of quality as Mackenzie and Tillinghast's works. Evidence supporting this argument includes the fact that a much higher percentage of Ross's courses have been altered, redesigned, or de-stroyed than Mackenzie and Tillinghast's. However, Ross is unmatched in the quantity of work he completed. Ross died while completing his final design at Raleigh Country Club in North Carolina.

Screenshots

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius4 screens
Bobby Jones Golf Club3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius at 63% against Bobby Jones Golf Club's 0%. SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (135K vs 1). Bobby Jones Golf Club's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Bobby Jones Golf Club asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius has 135K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bobby Jones Golf Club's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius ships an update monthly, Bobby Jones Golf Club every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius versus Bobby Jones Golf Club: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwingU Golf GPS by Golf GeniusBobby Jones Golf Club
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (135K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings135K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#41 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwing by Swing Golf, Inc.Antares Golf, LLC

Customer experience

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius

All ratings135,392 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews628 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative27.1%

Bobby Jones Golf Club

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App freezes/crashes mid-round
  • Scores not syncing between phone and watch
  • Incorrect hole/course information
  • Yardages not updating in real-time

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Stableford scoring option
  • Allow manual club distance entry
  • Improve Apple Watch UI and functionality
  • Integrate with GHIN handicap system
  • Add green/hazard images to Apple Watch

Bobby Jones Golf Club

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius

Subscriptions9
  • SwingU Premium Monthly$13.991 Month
  • SwingU Premium2 variants$14.991 Month
  • SwingU Pro$14.991 Month
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  • SwingU Pro$24.991 Month
  • SwingU Plus$59.991 Year
  • SwingU Plus7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • SwingU Premium2 variants$99.991 Year
  • SwingU Premium Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • SwingU Pro7 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

Bobby Jones Golf Club

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius free?
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bobby Jones Golf Club free?
Bobby Jones Golf Club is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius or Bobby Jones Golf Club?
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius is rated higher. SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius averages 4.7 out of 5 from 135K ratings, while Bobby Jones Golf Club averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius or Bobby Jones Golf Club have ads?
Both SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius and Bobby Jones Golf Club show ads.
Which is updated more often, SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius or Bobby Jones Golf Club?
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius ships an update monthly, and Bobby Jones Golf Club every 4 months. Most recently, SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius was updated on September 24, 2026 and Bobby Jones Golf Club on July 6, 2026.

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