ffgolf vs ARVA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ffgolf
Access your French Golf Federation license, real-time updates on golf news, and competition details. Find golf courses across France and keep the official rules of golf readily available with a search function.
- Digital golf license
- Real-time golf news
- Competition index and ranking
- Tee time information
- Golf course finder
- Official golf rules with search
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The French Golf Federation with you throughout the year, wherever you are! Extension of Licensed Area on www.ffgolf.org, this application gives you access to all information that is useful to you. The ffgolf application allows you: - News - To monitor the timeliness of golf in France and abroad - To have your license, and updated in real time, in your pocket - Obtain information about your index, your ranking and your tee time competition - To find a golf course, across France, to know its location, its characteristics, to have their details, - Have the rules of golf with you constantly, and quickly find using a search engine rule that interests you.
ARVA
Access avalanche risk bulletins for various European and American regions. Configure your ARVA NEO BT PRO device, perform diagnostics, and engage in training modules for avalanche safety and search procedures. Includes a trip preparation checklist.
- Avalanche risk bulletins
- NEO BT PRO device configuration
- Transceiver diagnostics
- Snow Safety Program training
- Group Check procedure guide
- Search training simulations
- Trip preparation checklist
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**** Avalanche Risk Bulletins **** To help you plan your itinerary, you can find the Avalanche Bulletins for your favorite American, French, Swiss, Austrian and Italian regions. These are updated as soon as they are published. Find the widgets so the Avalanche Bulletins show up on the home page of your smartphone. **** NEO BT PRO **** The ARVA app has been designed as a support tool for our NEO BT PRO, as it allows users to configure their device. The tool has various options, such as fine search distance, Standby mode time or an alarm to tell you your device has been on for too long. You can also choose between digital or analog sound when in digital mode. **** Update and diagnostics**** Carry out maintenance of your transceiver directly in the app via Bluetooth. **** Training**** The ARVA app also has a training function, as it includes our Snow Safety Program. You can use the app to open or revise basic theory on avalanche safety. **** Group Check**** The “Group Check” section helps you understand and, more importantly, master the Group Check procedure. You will find a detailed users’ guide in the app. **** Search training**** Use our “SEARCH” section to practice searching for burials. You can do this while connected, thanks to the NEO BT PRO and fleet management, or more simply using any other device. You can perform search training with single burials or multiple burial situations. This program provides very realistic training. **** Preparing for a trip **** The app has a “Trip” tab which includes a checklist to make sure you don’t forget anything when preparing for your trip. The checklist is comprehensive, from a review of your itinerary to the food you will need. Find other features in our ARVA app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ARVA at 5.0 against ffgolf's 3.4. ffgolf's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (71% vs 57%). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ARVA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ffgolf has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of ffgolf's written reviews are positive against 57% of ARVA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ffgolf ships an update every 3 weeks, ARVA every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ffgolf | ARVA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 405 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ffgolf | NIC IMPEX SA |
Customer experience
ffgolf
ARVA
In-app purchases
ffgolf
No in-app purchases
ARVA
No in-app purchases








