TheGrint vs Lapforge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TheGrint
Track your golf game, manage your handicap, and analyze performance with detailed stats. Connect with friends, discover courses, and use on-course GPS tools. Improve your game with comprehensive round tracking and historical data.
- Handicap tracking and history
- Digital golf scorecard
- Detailed performance stats
- Play with friends and leaderboards
- Golf course discovery and rankings
- Apple Watch integration
- GPS and rangefinder tools
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TheGrint is where golfers track their game, manage their handicap, and build a complete history of every round. More than a golf scorecard, TheGrint brings your Handicap Index®, score tracking, golf stats, friends, games, and on-course tools together in one place. Post scores, follow your progress, compare performance over time, and keep every round connected to your golf identity. HANDICAP TRACKING & SCORE HISTORY • Track your golf handicap and see how it changes over time • Link your USGA Handicap Index® and sync eligible scores in the US • Connect to the GHAP handicap network outside the US • Post rounds quickly with simple score uploads • Get a Handicap Estimate if you don’t have an official handicap • Look up other golfers’ handicaps and playing history • Keep your score history organized in one golf app GOLF SCORECARD & ROUND TRACKING • Record scores hole by hole with an easy digital golf scorecard • Track FIR, GIR, putts, penalties, and 18+ detailed performance stats modules • Save every round to build a long-term picture of your game • Track scores from your phone or Apple Watch • Upload a scorecard photo with TheGrint Pro GOLF STATS & PERFORMANCE Turn every score into something useful. • Analyze trends across your rounds and across seasons • See strengths and weaknesses across key golf stats customized to your game • Compare your performance with golfers at your skill level with Pro benchmarks • Follow your scoring, putting, accuracy, and approach-game progress over time PLAY WITH FRIENDS Golf is better when your rounds are connected. • Add friends and follow their rounds • Create live leaderboards • Play Skins, Stableford, Match Play, Wolf, Vegas, Animals, and more • Share scorecards, chat, and compete with your group • See how your game stacks up against the golfers you play with most Discover where to play next, rank the courses you've played, and build your golf bucket list. • Search and explore golf courses with our golf-specific Course Discovery Map • See golfer ratings, course difficulty, scorecards, conditions, and other course details • Find out which courses your friends have played and discover highly rated courses nearby • Build your personal course rankings with quick head-to-head course comparisons • Keep track of your favorite courses and golf bucket list • Explore TheGrint Top 100 rankings across the U.S., Canada, UK & Ireland, and around the world • See how courses rank based on real golfer ratings, rankings, and playing activity APPLE WATCH FOR GOLF Keep your phone in the bag. • Enter scores and stats from your Apple Watch • Track shots during your round • View on-course distances from your wrist • Access Green Maps with TheGrint Pro on supported courses GPS, RANGEFINDER & COURSE TOOLS When you need on-course information, TheGrint has it. • GPS maps for 40,000+ golf courses worldwide • Distances to greens, hazards, and landing areas • Green Maps for 25,000+ courses with TheGrint Pro • Explore courses, scorecards, rankings, difficulty, and friend activity • Target dispersion tool for smarter shot planning • Additional GPS widgets, with green depths and labeled points on the map THEGRINT PRO The free plan covers the main things you'll need to like Score tracking, GPS, and playing with friends. Upgrade to Pro for deeper game tracking and more ways to play: • Advanced stats and insights • Community performance benchmarks • Green Maps at 25,000+ courses • Enhanced Apple Watch features • Additional games and presses • Additional GPS tools and widgets • Scorecard Picture Service Whether you’re working toward a lower handicap, tracking every score, analyzing your golf stats, or competing with friends, TheGrint gives you one place to build your golf history and follow your game over time. Download TheGrint and make every round count. WHERE GOLF HAPPENS.
Lapforge
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Lapforge turns the phone on your dash into a lap timer for HPDE days, club track days and practice sessions. Press GO, drive through your start line, and each lap is timed from GPS. Lapforge places the crossing between two GPS readings instead of waiting for the next one, so a lap is not rounded to the nearest second. Your best and last lap sit in big condensed digits you can read at a glance, and the circuit is drawn as a racing line with your position on it. Built not to lose a session Every GPS point is written to the phone as you drive. If the app is closed mid-session, the laps are there when you open it again. The screen stays awake while timing, and finishing takes a one-second hold, so a bump with a glove does not end your run. Knows the track Lapforge recognizes more than 350 US road courses, ovals and kart tracks from OpenStreetMap outlines and remembers the start line you set at each one. At a track that is not on the list, set your own line as you cross it. Lapforge Pro • Live delta: how far ahead or behind your best lap you are, updated every second • Sector splits: every lap split into three equal-distance sectors, at any track • Lap comparison: a trace of where each lap gained or lost time against your best • Conditions: air temperature, humidity, wind and density altitude from the nearest National Weather Service station, saved with the session • CSV export of every lap and GPS point Free, with no account: lap timing, best and last lap, track detection, saved start lines and your whole lap history. A share card for your best lap is free too. Phone GPS updates about once a second, and accuracy depends on your phone and the sky. The timing screen shows the current GPS accuracy so you know how much to trust a lap. Pro comes two ways: yearly, where the first 7 days cost nothing, or monthly. Both plans bill again by themselves. To stop one before it bills, cancel it under Subscriptions in your iPhone's Settings with at least a day to spare. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://app-factory-privacy-policy.vercel.app/#lapforge
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: TheGrint at #59 against Lapforge's unranked. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. TheGrint sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Lapforge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TheGrint ships an update weekly, Lapforge every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TheGrint | Lapforge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (34K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #59 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 356 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GRINT LLC | Michael Glazebrook |
Bugs and requests
TheGrint
Reported bugs
4 issues- GPS not working properly on some courses
- Scores not syncing correctly between phone and watch
- App crashes when trying to upload rounds
- Course information not up-to-date
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to track club selection and shot distances
- Improve course map and pin placement features
- Integrate with more golf handicap systems
- Add wind and elevation data
- Allow more customization of stats and analytics
Lapforge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TheGrint
- Monthly Pro Merbership$2.991 Month
- Pro Membership 3.99/mo$3.991 Month
- PRO Membership Free Trial1 Month trial$3.991 Month
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- Pro Membership$7.991 Month
- PRO Membership$19.991 Year
- PRO Membership7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Pro Membership 39.99/yr$39.991 Year
- PRO Membership Free Trial1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Pro Membership7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- PRO Membership$59.991 Year
Lapforge
- Lapforge Pro, monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Lapforge Pro, yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Questions
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