My CDGA vs ESPN Chicago
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My CDGA
Manage your golf game and membership with this app. Post scores, track stats, view progress graphs, and access your Handicap Index. Connect with clubs and discover member benefits.
- Post hole-by-hole scores
- Stat tracking
- Progress graphs
- Handicap Index access
- Member card display
- Club directory and contact
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My CDGA, the app that puts Chicago District golf and your CDGA membership at your fingertips, is available to all Association members with an iPhone device. My CDGA allows you to do the following from the convenience of your mobile phone: * Post home or away hole-by-hole scores from any course in the world, as well as view scoring history. * Utilize stat tracking when posting hole-by-hole scores, including fairways hit, greens in regulation, putts and more. * View graphs to track on-course progress when posting hole-by-hole scores and utilizing stat tracking during or after the round. * Utilize the integrated mobile application Leaderboard, which allows CDGA members to ink their Handicap Index® and score posting data and features social and on-course tools like GPS and game tracking. * Access your Handicap Index® quickly, view current handicap label and Handicap Index® history, calculate your course handicap and search member peer review. * Display CDGA member card and handicap label. * Utilize Peer Review and designate favorites for quick reference for any golfer around the country with a Handicap ID. * Connect with CDGA member clubs, view member club directory, map directions to a club and contact a club. * Browse various member benefits, such as up-to-date Member Perks, as well as participate in member-only contests like CDGA Fantasy Golf presented by Tour Edge. * Keep up with the Chicago District Golf Association, contact the CDGA, lookup event and tournament information and view your CDGA membership(s).
ESPN Chicago
Stay connected with Chicago's vibrant sports scene. Engage in discussions and debates about local teams with popular hosts. Experience the pulse of one of the nation's most talked-about sports cities.
- Live sports talk radio
- Interactive host discussions
- Debate latest team news
- Chicago sports coverage
- National sports stage updates
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ESPN 1000 is Chicago’s Home For Sports! Our hosts talk about the topics of the day and let you interact with them to discuss and debate the latest with our teams. Chicago, one of the largest, most talked about sports cities in the country, is frequently on the national stage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ESPN Chicago at 4.7 against My CDGA's 4.0. ESPN Chicago also leads on ratings volume (4.4K vs 7) and review sentiment (41% vs 32%). My CDGA's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
ESPN Chicago holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESPN Chicago has 4.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of My CDGA's written reviews are positive against 41% of ESPN Chicago's.
My CDGA ships an update every 5 months, ESPN Chicago every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My CDGA | ESPN Chicago |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (4.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.3% of reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 4.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | The Duhamel Group, LLC | GOOD KARMA BROADCASTING LLC |
Customer experience
My CDGA
ESPN Chicago
User reviews
My CDGA
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful and useful app
- 👍 Great for tracking handicap
- 👍 Convenient for showing membership card
- 👍 Accurate and up-to-date index
- 👍 Easy to post scores
Room to improve
- 🐛 Borderline unusable
- 🐛 Outdated look and feel
- 🐛 Screen doesn't fit on phone
- 🐛 Keyboard is messed up
- 🐛 Won't switch to landscape on iPad
ESPN Chicago
From 4.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎉 Entertaining content
- 🌍 Listen anywhere
- 📻 Great radio lineup
- 🐻 Bears coverage
Room to improve
- 🐛 App randomly turns on
- ⏯️ Playback issues (pausing, rewinding)
- 📢 Unwanted audio playback
- 🔍 Navigation/UX problems
- 🚫 Blackout issues for out-of-market users
Bugs and requests
My CDGA
Reported bugs
41 issues- Takes upwards of 15 times tapping next
- Multiple members found with same login credentials
- Need to restart multiple times before functional
- App crashes immediately after revisions
- App crashes when updating
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- Not recognizing CDGA number or email
- App crashes all the time
- App hardly ever works
- Won't let you post scores
- Fonts too small
- Peer review favorites does not work
- Shows wrong date for posted rounds
- Recent upgrade makes app unusable
- App won't open
- App crashed again
- Not recognizing my CDGA number or email
- Crashes all the time
- App fails all the time
- Has to reinstall every 2 days
- Too many crashes
- App crashes multiple times
- Cannot login
- Not working
- Shuts down and will not load
- Latest update does not work
- Crashes every time I start it
- Still crashes
- Can't even launch
- Crashing when I try to post a score
- Quit working
- Shuts off as soon as it opens
- Crash, crash, crash
- Does not stay open
- BIG PROBLEMS WITH LATEST VERSION
- Never stays open
- The app won't stay open
- Have had to delete and re add this app 3 times
- Latest update does not work
- App won't open
- It wouldn't open, just splash screen then nothing
- Fatal bug at startup
Requested features
6 requests- Merge with GHIN
- Extreme makeover needed
- Update the app
- Refresh the app's look
- Add a favorites tab to monitor friends
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- Add Peer Review Favorites page
ESPN Chicago
Reported bugs
4 issues- App randomly activates and plays audio
- Podcast episodes not playing in order
- Content disappearing from the app
- Buffering and connectivity issues
Requested features
3 requests- Podcast playback in chronological order
- Pause and rewind functionality
- Improved auto-play behavior
In-app purchases
My CDGA
No in-app purchases
ESPN Chicago
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is My CDGA free?
Is ESPN Chicago free?
Which has better reviews, My CDGA or ESPN Chicago?
Do My CDGA or ESPN Chicago have ads?
Which is updated more often, My CDGA or ESPN Chicago?
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