iGolf vs Golf GPS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iGolf
Access free GPS distances and 3D course tours for over 36,000 golf courses. Book discounted tee times at thousands of US courses and track your scores with detailed statistics. Improve your game and save money on your next round.
- Free GPS distances
- 3D virtual course tours
- Discounted tee time booking
- Score tracking and statistics
- Shot distance measurement
- Handicap tracking
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iGolf Mobile is a tool for iGolf's data licensing partners, providing direct access to golf course mapping data for over 40,000 courses worldwide. Use iGolf Mobile to review scorecards and inspect course mapping accuracy in 2D, 3D, and 3D flyover views for any course in the iGolf system. Confirm data quality, validate course details, and see complete renderings of data provided in the iGolf Connect API. iGolf is the course intelligence platform behind the next generation of golf experiences. From satellite imagery and 3D terrain modeling to real-time GPS positioning and system integration, our technology powers the products and platforms golf relies on. With millions of rounds played, iGolf continues to maintain an internal and external organization of professional golf course mapping personnel to ensure all GPS Data is accurate and up to date.
Golf GPS
Enhance your golf game with AI-powered insights and a virtual caddie. Track your performance with detailed statistics and plan your strategy on any course worldwide. Improve your scores round after round.
- GPS satellite maps of golf courses
- Accurate GPS distances
- AI-powered virtual caddie
- Intelligent game planning
- Detailed performance statistics
- Shot tracking
- Bag management
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The best GPS app to improve your golf on every course! Get a better scorecard on your next round of golf by using AI to improve your game. Fill in your scorecard, view your game results and analyse the evolution of your golf performance with numerous statistics. An all-in-one GPS app to improve your game of golf, round after round. It helps you plan your game on a golf course in a rational way by calculating the most effective tactics for your game. It adapts to the particularities of every golf course in the world. It's like having a Tour-level caddie and a GPS rangefinder in your golf bag. Play each hole like a pro with accurate Plays-Like distances based on all parameters related to playing conditions such as golf course altitude, shot elevation, wind, temperature, humidity, etc. Optimize your golf training sessions by relying on your game statistics and AI-based suggestions that will help you improve specific areas of your game. Data from other players with a similar level of golf to yours is used to determine the areas of improvement that will have the most impact on your game. ______________ * Free features *_____________ • GPS Satellite maps of every golf course, • GPS distances. Your distances on the golf course to the green, • Scorecard for each round of golf with stableford and strokeplay calculations, • Shot-tracking for statistics after your round of golf, • Weather info, • Bag management: define the golf clubs you use for your round, • compatibility with Apple Health. ___________________________________ * Premium features - with free trial *__________________________________ • Real-time smart Caddie to get Plays-Like distances and Club Suggestions based on your strategy and game conditions, • Game Plan to prepare a personalized strategy based on your predicted performance, • Telemeter with Plays-Like distances, • Compatibility with Apple Watch Series and Ultra, • Training or Competition mode to enable only the GPS features authorized for your official golf game, • Stableford or Strokeplay mode, • Advanced stats and round history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Golf GPS at 4.6 against iGolf's 3.9. Golf GPS also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 51%) and ratings volume (104 vs 18). iGolf's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Golf GPS sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. iGolf asks for nothing beyond the download.
Golf GPS holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf GPS has 104 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of iGolf's written reviews are positive against 76% of Golf GPS's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iGolf | Golf GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (18 ratings) | 4.6 (104 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.1% of reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 104 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iGolf, Inc. | Hello Birdie |
Customer experience
iGolf
Golf GPS
In-app purchases
iGolf
No in-app purchases
Golf GPS
- Flexible Subscription Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
- Caddie - Monthly7 Days trial$9.901 Month
- Unlimited Subscription Monthly1 Month trial$15.991 Month
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- Planner - Monthly7 Days trial$15.991 Month
- Caddie - Yearly14 Days trial$47.901 Year
- Flex Subscription Yearly1 Month trial$49.991 Year
- Unlimited Subscription Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
- Planner - Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
- Flex Subscription Yearly14 Days trial$199.991 Year
- Unlock One Golf Course$7.99








