Comparison

Golf Pad GPS Range Finder vs ParPoints Golf

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

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About

Golf Pad GPS Range Finder

This app provides accurate GPS distances for golf courses worldwide, helping players make smarter club selections and improve their game. It offers features like shot tracking, digital scorecards, and advanced statistics to analyze performance. With Apple Watch integration, you can manage your round directly from your wrist.

Highlights
  • Accurate GPS distances to greens and hazards
  • Digital scorecard for up to 4 golfers
  • Automatic shot tracking and club distance measurement
  • Advanced statistics and round history analysis
  • Offline course maps
  • Apple Watch integration for on-wrist management
Features
Currently charting
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Accurate Free Golf GPS distances for EVERY golf course worldwide. Play faster, smarter golf with precise distances right when you need them. Have an Apple Watch? Connect in seconds! Get instant front, middle, and back yardages for confident club selection on every shot. Uncover insights that actually improve your game. Seamless on-course performance with a clean, fast interface that never slows you down. Golf Pad is the complete free golf GPS and rangefinder app designed to help you play faster, make smarter decisions, and lower your scores. Get precise distances to the green, hazards, and targets. With fast, reliable GPS, you’ll always know exactly what club to hit. Keep your focus on the game with full Apple Watch support. Get distances, track shots, and manage your round right from your wrist. With plays-like distances that factor in elevation and conditions, plus powerful round tracking and ALL NEW advanced stats, Golf Pad gives you everything you need to improve. Golf Pad delivers consistent updates, modern features, and exceptional value - all backed by a responsive support team that golfers trust. Download Golf Pad for free and be ready to play in seconds. FREE FEATURES: GPS RANGEFINDER: Accurate distances to the front, middle, and back of every green, plus hazards and layups on every course worldwide APPLE WATCH: Front, middle and back yardages on your wrist so you can leave the phone in the cart! DIGITAL SCORECARD: Track scores for up to 4 golfers in stroke play, Stableford, and more. Log putts, penalties, fairways, and sand saves SHOT TRACKING: Record every shot automatically and measure your real club distances over time STATS & ROUND HISTORY: Review your strengths, weaknesses, and trends after every round LIVE LEADERBOARD: Share your round in real time and compete with your group hole by hole OFFLINE COURSE MAPS: Download courses in advance and play anywhere in the world, even without a signal PREMIUM FEATURES: 14 Day Trail available any time. 3D GREEN MAPS: Read breaks and slopes on every green for smarter approach shots and better putting on 15,000+ courses IN DEPTH STROKES GAINED: Find out exactly where you're gaining or losing strokes: hole by hole, shot by shot, club by club ADVANCED STATS: Deeper charts, custom filters, and full performance breakdowns to pinpoint what to work on HANDICAP & USGA POSTING: Automatically track your handicap and post scores directly to USGA GHIN PLAYS-LIKE DISTANCES: Factor in elevation, weather and wind for true carry distances on every shot CLUB RECOMMENDATIONS: Get personalized club suggestions based on your own performance data ADVANCED APPLE WATCH FEATURES: Track shots, keep score, green maps and view distances to hazards right on your watch. MORE GAMES: Play modes like Stableford, Match Play, Skins, Nines GO AD-FREE: Enjoy more screen real estate and better battery life "Been using this app for 12 months and find it to be very helpful, in fact priceless on the course. It's simple to use and provides great feedback; distances, hazards, elevation etc. I particularly like the "feels like" distances" - Neil Morrison LOVE THE APP? Leave us a review! SUPPORT Questions, course requests, or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Reach us at support@golfpadgps.com SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Golf Pad Premium is available as an annual subscription via in-app purchase, charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in the App Store. For full details, visit golfpadgps.com/privacy and golfpadgps.com/terms-of-use. Take Tracking to the Next Level with Golf Pad Tags: Lightweight club tags for automatic shot tracking Available at golfpadgps.com You can view our privacy policy and terms of service at: https://golfpadgps.com/privacy https://golfpadgps.com/terms-of-use

About

ParPoints Golf

This app revolutionizes golf scoring by allowing players to earn points for achieving par or better from chosen positions on each hole. It offers features like personal record tracking, bag tag achievements, and real-time competition with friends on a global leaderboard. Accessible on over 38,000 courses worldwide, it aims to make golf more enjoyable and skill-building.

Highlights
  • Choose par positions on holes
  • Earn points for par or better
  • No bogeys penalties
  • Set personal records
  • Earn bag tags
  • Live group scoring
  • Global course access
Features
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"I admit I was skeptical, but ParPoints is a blast!" – Alan Shipnuck / Fire Pit Collective Join the new golf scoring revolution, where you choose the position on each hole you think you can score par from and score points when you shoot par or better. There are no penalties for bogeys or worse, so you can enjoy more of the shots that keep you coming back to the course—and less of the shots that make you want to throw your clubs in the river. "ParPoints is one of the most exciting golf ideas to come along in a long time." – Randy Syring / PGA Pro Set personal records, earn bag tags for special accomplishments, and compete against your friends with live group scoring. With access to over 38,000 courses around the world, load up ParPoints and head to your favorite course today, and play with anyone on any other course in real time, with a shared leaderboard. "I live in California, and I had to come all the way to the middle of Kansas to discover the most exciting thing going on in golf." – Chuck Mowrey / California golf enthusiast Looking to improve your game? Shoot par consistently from a certain distance before you move back, and watch your skills grow with your distance. This is a great approach for youth golfers, endorsed by PGA pros across the country. You can even keep score for kids without them needing an account. Setting up a tournament? Make it a ParPoints tournament to liven up the scoring and get a quick solution for a live, real-time leaderboard in everyone’s pockets. Have a regular game at your home course? Break up the monotony by playing your old holes from positions you’ve never been able to try before. "ParPoints is changing the game." – Matt Ginella / Fire Pit Collective Golf should be fun. We’re here to make sure it is. Par is possible. Go out there and get yours, with ParPoints. Privacy Policy: https://www.parpointsgolf.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://parpointsgolf.com/terms-conditions

Screenshots

Golf Pad GPS Range Finder4 screens
ParPoints Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Golf Pad GPS Range Finder at every 9 days against ParPoints Golf's every 2 months. Golf Pad GPS Range Finder also leads on ratings volume (22K vs 48) and chart position (#161 vs unranked). ParPoints Golf's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Pad GPS Range Finder sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year and ParPoints Golf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Golf Pad GPS Range Finder against 4.7 for ParPoints Golf. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Pad GPS Range Finder has 22K ratings behind it against 48, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Golf Pad GPS Range Finder's written reviews are positive against 100% of ParPoints Golf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf Pad GPS Range Finder ships an update every 9 days, ParPoints Golf every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Golf Pad GPS Range Finder versus ParPoints Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf Pad GPS Range FinderParPoints Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (22K ratings) — better4.7 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22K — better48
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#161 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size379 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperContorra LLCParPoints Golf

Customer experience

Golf Pad GPS Range Finder

All ratings22,371 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews823 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative14.1%

ParPoints Golf

All ratings48 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Golf Pad GPS Range Finder

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not closing properly on Apple Watch
  • Inaccurate shot distance tracking, especially for chipped shots
  • Issues with saving and syncing round data

Requested features

4 requests
  • Handicap estimator feature
  • Ability to select clubs directly from Apple Watch
  • Improved leaderboard and group play functionality
  • More advanced analytics and data visualization

ParPoints Golf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Golf Pad GPS Range Finder

Subscriptions7
  • Golf Pad Premium Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Golf Pad Premium Subscription14 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Golf Pad Premium Subscription14 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
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  • Golf Pad Premium Subscription3 Months trial$39.991 Year
  • Golf Pad Premium Subscription1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Golf Pad Premium Subscription1 Year trial3 variants$39.991 Year
  • Golf Pad Premium Subscription14 Days trial$49.991 Year
4 purchases

ParPoints Golf

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Access$3.991 Month
  • Organization Access Tier 1$150.001 Month
  • Organization Access$200.001 Month
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  • Organization Access Tier Two$250.001 Month

Questions

Is Golf Pad GPS Range Finder free?
Golf Pad GPS Range Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ParPoints Golf free?
ParPoints Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Golf Pad GPS Range Finder or ParPoints Golf?
Golf Pad GPS Range Finder is rated higher. Golf Pad GPS Range Finder averages 4.8 out of 5 from 22K ratings, while ParPoints Golf averages 4.7 from 48 ratings.
Do Golf Pad GPS Range Finder or ParPoints Golf have ads?
Neither Golf Pad GPS Range Finder nor ParPoints Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Golf Pad GPS Range Finder or ParPoints Golf?
Golf Pad GPS Range Finder ships an update every 9 days, and ParPoints Golf every 2 months. Most recently, Golf Pad GPS Range Finder was updated on November 6, 2026 and ParPoints Golf on November 3, 2026.

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