Comparison

My CDGA vs Loop Golf

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Post hole-by-hole scores
  • Stat tracking
  • Progress graphs
  • Handicap Index access
  • Member card display
  • Club directory and contact
Features
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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).

About

Loop Golf

This app simplifies golf trip planning and management for groups. It centralizes trip details, manages game formats and scoring, handles expense splitting, and archives past trip data for easy retrieval.

Highlights
  • Centralized trip itinerary
  • AI-generated trip details
  • Multiple golf game formats
  • Live leaderboard
  • Expense splitting with Venmo
  • Trip and score archive
Features
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The trip management app for golf groups. Plan the trip. Run the games. Remember the loop. Built by Captains who actually run these trips, for the Captains who run them. No more shared docs nobody updates. No more group texts about who owes who. No more digging through camera rolls for last year's scores. — The Trip — Courses, lodging, and itinerary in one place. Invite players with a link. AI-generated trip details so everyone shows up knowing the plan. — The Round — Stroke play with handicaps, dialed in. Wolf, Nassau, Skins — set the format, the app handles the math. Live leaderboard the whole crew can see in real time. — The Settlement — Expense splitting with Venmo deep links. Nobody chasing nobody for $43. Done in five minutes, not five days. — The Archive — Every trip, every round, every game— kept forever. Pull up scores from 2022 in two taps. The Commissioner writes a recap of every trip: readable, shareable, slightly biased toward whoever buys him dinner. — Pricing — Free for invited Players Captain — $199/year. Unlocks the full kit. Player — $39/year. Full access without needing an invite. Subscriptions are managed on the web at loopgolf.ai. — Loop Golf started as a tool for one trip — the Arizona Copper Cup. It turned out every group has the same headaches. So we built it for everyone. If you've ever been the guy who plans the trip, this is for you. Questions? hello@loopgolf.ai Terms of Use (EULA): https://loopgolf.ai/terms

Screenshots

My CDGA4 screens
Loop Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Loop Golf at 5.0 against My CDGA's 4.0. Loop Golf also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). My CDGA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (7 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. Loop Golf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.00 per year. My CDGA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Loop Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My CDGA has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My CDGA ships an update every 5 months, Loop Golf every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
My CDGA versus Loop Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy CDGALoop Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThe Duhamel Group, LLCLoop Technologies LLC (Arizona)

Customer experience

My CDGA

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive32.3%
Neutral4.8%
Negative62.9%

Loop Golf

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Loop Golf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My CDGA

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Loop Golf

Subscriptions2
  • Loop Golf Player1 Year trial$49.001 Year
  • Loop Golf Captain1 Year trial$199.001 Year
One-time1
  • Single Trip$79.00

Questions

Is My CDGA free?
My CDGA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Loop Golf free?
Loop Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My CDGA or Loop Golf?
Loop Golf is rated higher. My CDGA averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Loop Golf averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do My CDGA or Loop Golf have ads?
Neither My CDGA nor Loop Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My CDGA or Loop Golf?
My CDGA ships an update every 5 months, and Loop Golf every 2 months. Most recently, My CDGA was updated on October 30, 2026 and Loop Golf on October 28, 2026.

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