Comparison

Golf GPS vs PinFinder

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
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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

PinFinder

This app provides golfers with a straightforward and precise GPS rangefinder. It helps players accurately measure distances on the course to improve their game.

Highlights
  • Accurate GPS rangefinding
  • Simple user interface
  • Golf course distance measurement
  • Improves gameplay
Features
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PinFinder is a simple accurate rangefinder for golfers.

Screenshots

Golf GPS4 screens
PinFinder3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PinFinder at none against Golf GPS's 1. PinFinder also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Golf GPS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Golf GPS sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PinFinder asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf GPS ships an update every 2 months, PinFinder every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Golf GPS versus PinFinder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf GPSPinFinder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeong ParkCameron Cronheimer

Customer experience

Golf GPS

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

PinFinder

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

PinFinder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Golf GPS

One-time1
  • Remove Ads & Upgrade$0.99
None

PinFinder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf GPS free?
Golf GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinFinder free?
PinFinder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Golf GPS or PinFinder have ads?
Neither Golf GPS nor PinFinder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Golf GPS or PinFinder?
Golf GPS ships an update every 2 months, and PinFinder every 9 months. Most recently, Golf GPS was updated on October 22, 2026 and PinFinder on October 17, 2026.

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