Comparison

GuestFirst vs Golfund

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

Head to head
About

GuestFirst

Access event details and information provided by your host. A unique ID dynamically tailors the content displayed to you, ensuring relevant event information is easily accessible.

Highlights
  • Event information access
  • Host-provided details
  • Dynamically tailored content
  • Unique ID access
  • Event details accessibility
Features
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GuestFirst Mobile is provided to guests by their hosts to make event information and details easily accessible. Your event host will provide you a unique ID which allows us to dynamically tailor the event information shown to you.

About

Golfund

This app transforms an iPhone into a point-of-sale system for charity golf tournaments. It allows for easy acceptance of various payments like entry fees, raffle tickets, and donations directly on the device, streamlining event fundraising.

Highlights
  • Accept entry fees, tickets, and donations
  • Tap-to-pay on iPhone (contactless, Apple Pay)
  • Real-time event totals and breakdowns
  • Multi-staff event support with role management
  • Customizable payment categories
  • Secure Stripe-backed payments
  • CSV data export
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Golfund turns any iPhone into a complete point-of-sale system for charity golf tournaments. Accept entry fees, mulligan packages, raffle tickets, 50/50 sales, putting and hole-in-one contests, auction wins, and donations — all without a separate card reader or extra hardware. BUILT FOR CHARITY GOLF EVENTS Every screen, default category, and report in Golfund is designed for the way charity tournaments actually run. Set up an event in under a minute, hand iPhones to your volunteers, and start collecting at the first tee. TAP TO PAY ON IPHONE Donors tap their contactless card, Apple Pay, or any mobile wallet directly on the back of an iPhone XS or newer running iOS 16.7 or later. The full transaction completes in seconds. If a card won't tap, a manual fallback is one tap away. REAL-TIME EVENT TOTALS Watch the running total climb live as your team sells across the course. Drill into category breakdowns, search every transaction, and export a clean CSV for your accountant the moment the event ends. MULTI-STAFF EVENTS Invite as many volunteers as you need by email. They join your event automatically the first time they sign in — no codes, no shared logins, no waiting at the registration desk. Owners and admins can promote staff, transfer ownership, and remove access at any time. CUSTOM CATEGORIES Eight defaults cover most events out of the box. Need a hat sale, a beat-the-pro challenge, or a sponsor package? Create event-specific categories with your own presets, icons, and golfer-info fields in seconds. SECURE STRIPE-BACKED PAYMENTS Every charge runs through Stripe, the same payments infrastructure used by millions of businesses worldwide. Card data never touches your device or our servers. Funds settle directly to your charity's connected Stripe account, with full PCI compliance handled for you. TRANSPARENT FEES A single 3% platform donation funds the app — no monthly subscription, no per-event charge, no hidden costs. Donors can optionally cover Stripe's processing fee at checkout so 100% of their gift reaches your cause. WHAT YOU CAN DO IN GOLFUND - Set up a tournament with name, date, and course location - Accept tap-to-pay donations across eight built-in categories - Add unlimited custom categories per event - Capture optional golfer name, email, phone, and notes - Issue automatic Stripe email receipts to every donor - Track real-time totals and category breakdowns - Search and filter every transaction - Export full event data to CSV - Invite unlimited volunteer staff by email - Manage owner, admin, and staff roles per event REQUIREMENTS iPhone XS or newer running iOS 16.7 or later. A free Stripe account (created in-app) is required to receive funds. Questions or feedback? Email scott@gopgolf.com. Golfund is operated by Golf Outing Productions, LLC.

Screenshots

GuestFirst3 screens
Golfund4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Golfund at every 10 days against GuestFirst's every 3 months. GuestFirst's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GuestFirst against 5.0 for Golfund. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GuestFirst ships an update every 3 months, Golfund every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
GuestFirst versus Golfund: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuestFirstGolfund
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.7
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB90 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpotlight Ticket ManagementHumam Al Rubaye

Customer experience

GuestFirst

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Golfund

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

In-app purchases

None

GuestFirst

No in-app purchases

None

Golfund

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GuestFirst free?
GuestFirst is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Golfund free?
Golfund is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GuestFirst or Golfund?
GuestFirst and Golfund are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do GuestFirst or Golfund have ads?
Neither GuestFirst nor Golfund shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GuestFirst or Golfund?
GuestFirst ships an update every 3 months, and Golfund every 10 days. Most recently, GuestFirst was updated on October 14, 2026 and Golfund on October 8, 2026.

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