Comparison

Golf GPS vs yARd Caddy

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

Head to head
About

Golf GPS

This app provides distances to course features like bunkers and water hazards. It displays customizable yardage circles around your current location and allows you to drop custom markers to measure distances to any point on the course. It works on any course with an internet connection and supports both yards and meters.

Highlights
  • Distance to bunkers, water hazards, and pins
  • Customizable yardage circles (50-300 yards/meters)
  • Drop and drag custom yardage markers
  • Compass view for orientation
  • Supports yards and meters
  • Saves yardages for later use
  • Marker history view (with purchase)
Features
Read full description

Golf GPS is a simple app. It tells distance to bunkers, water hazards, and pins. Many similar apps requires subscription (hopefully no additional cost) , or you need to build your own map ahead of time. While struggling with my terrible iron shot, I got an idea. When you play golf, you see red, white, blue yardage represents 100, 150 and 200 yards respectively from the pin. The idea was why don’t I reverse it on my iPhone screen. It draws a map around you, and put blue pin where you are. And draw red, white, blue circle around you. Since I can add circle easily, I add three more: 50, 250 & 300 yard. For those who are familiar with meter, I add an option for you. Those circle should be enough for most player while the app allows you to drop yardage wherever you want. Drop and drag it to a point you want, and it will tell exact distance from your location. Those yardages will be stored internally and will be displayed again until you delete it. *** You need internet connection to use this app *** Features - It works any courses as long as you have internet connection - Distance circles around your current location: 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 - Support both yard and meter - 10-yard(meter) circles when you zoom in - Drop yardages wherever you want to know exact distance - Relocate yardages by drag & drop - App saves yardages for later play - Compass view (rotate map) to match the direction you are facing; easy to find green - Yardages in 3 different sizes - Support background mode for quick restart - More yardage circles when zoom closely for accuracy - Drop a marker (shot from) where you hit and calculate distance from it - Purchase option to remove ads and enable Marker History View, which allows you to review your mark (short from) history after a game

About

yARd Caddy

This app uses augmented reality to overlay virtual yard markings onto any golf course. It helps golfers accurately measure distances, improving their game by eliminating guesswork.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality yard markings
  • Virtual distance measurement
  • Improve golf accuracy
  • Works on any course
  • Eliminates guesswork
Read full description

yARd Caddy unleashed the power of augmented reality to the game of golf. Gone are the days of extra strokes due to guessed distances and poorly marked courses. yARd Caddy augments any hole on any course with virtual yard markings, helping you to know your distance and shoot better.

Screenshots

Golf GPS4 screens
yARd Caddy3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Golf GPS at 4.0 against yARd Caddy's 2.0. Golf GPS also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 50%) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). yARd Caddy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price 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. Golf GPS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. yARd Caddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Golf GPS holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf GPS has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Golf GPS's written reviews are positive against 50% of yARd Caddy's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Golf GPS versus yARd Caddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf GPSyARd Caddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (24 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeong ParkCole Richards

Customer experience

Golf GPS

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative17.3%

yARd Caddy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Golf GPS

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Flag/pin cannot be removed, app shuts off
  • App shuts off after placing flag
  • Geo error-204, operation could not be completed
  • Map takes several minutes to load
  • App crashes a few times
Show 9 more
  • App crashes when locking/unlocking screen
  • App crashes after being open for a while
  • App is slow and not always working
  • v1.8 doesn't work
  • Quit working
  • Map does not show
  • Glitch occasionally
  • Roams to another location before locating position
  • Too dark for golf

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add compass data to rotate map
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Ability to delete previous tags/markers
  • Add a basic scorecard
  • Ability to create names for dropped markers
Show 10 more
  • Always show distance with crosshairs
  • Larger yardage marker numbers
  • Link to an instructional page
  • Add more circles
  • Add a remove cloud feature
  • Update to newer iOS versions
  • Add search functionality for courses
  • Allow crosshairs to show yardage as it scrolls
  • Automatically position map according to hole direction
  • Add score/fairway/greens in regulation tracking

yARd Caddy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Golf GPS

One-time1
  • Remove Ads & Upgrade$0.99
None

yARd Caddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf GPS free?
Golf GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is yARd Caddy free?
yARd Caddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Golf GPS or yARd Caddy?
Golf GPS is rated higher. Golf GPS averages 4.0 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while yARd Caddy averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.

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