Golf Genius vs Ballwashers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Golf Genius
Enhance your golf game with live score entry, real-time leaderboards, and access to your member portal. This app also streamlines operations for pro shop staff and league managers, offering event management and sponsor visibility.
- Live score entry
- Real-time leaderboards
- Custom member portal access
- Event management for club pros
- Photo gallery uploads
- Sponsor branding opportunities
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Registered Golf Genius players will find the free Golf Genius mobile app an exciting and useful addition to their golf experience. The app is also designed to reduce effort and save valuable time for the pro shop staff and league managers. Here are a few of the most important app functions: (1) Live score entry out on the course (scores can be entered by players or pro staff) that immediately updates full field leaderboards on large TV displays in the clubhouse and on the app itself; (2) access to the custom member portal where players can view tee sheets, results, statistics, etc.; (3) an easy and fast way to upload photos, creating photo galleries that add to the fun for any event; (4) mobile access for club pros and league managers to all events on the golf calendar, with dates, registrants, tee sheets, hole-by-hole scorecards, final results, etc.; (5) mobile, contextual branding exposure and messaging customized for corporate and charity outings sponsors, which translates into an attractive and differentiated “outings offer” and the opportunity for clubs hosting outings to maximize revenue. The Golf Genius mobile app is designed for both iPhone and iPad.
Ballwashers
Track live scores for your annual golf tournament with this app. It provides real-time updates for your golf outing, ensuring everyone stays informed about the game's progress.
- Live scoring
- Golf outing tracking
- Real-time updates
- Sports scorekeeping
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Live scoring for your yearly golf outing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Golf Genius at every 3 weeks against Ballwashers's every 12 months. Golf Genius also leads on ratings volume (75K vs 1) and chart position (#58 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ballwashers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Genius has 75K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Golf Genius ships an update every 3 weeks, Ballwashers every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Golf Genius | Ballwashers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (75K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 75K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #58 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Golf Genius Software, Inc. | Base11 Studios Ltd |
Customer experience
Golf Genius
Ballwashers
Bugs and requests
Golf Genius
Reported bugs
4 issues- Compatibility issues with newer devices
- Syncing problems between app and website
- Incorrect handicap calculations
- Scores not saving properly
Requested features
5 requests- Allow reorganizing player names
- Increase font size
- Add Apple Watch functionality
- Ability to cancel registrations
- Putt tracking feature
Ballwashers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Golf Genius
No in-app purchases
Ballwashers
No in-app purchases
