Golf Genius vs Sandals Golf
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.
Sandals Golf
Experience unlimited golf at select Caribbean resorts with complimentary transfers to prestigious courses. Enjoy endless rounds without green fees at all-inclusive locations in Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Saint Lucia.
- All-inclusive golf resorts
- Free green fees
- Complimentary transfers
- Caribbean locations
- Endless rounds of golf
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Sandals is heaven for golf lovers! At our all-inclusive golf resorts in the Caribbean - located in the golf heavens of Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Saint Lucia - enjoy free transfers to some of the most challenging and prestigious courses in the Caribbean where you can play endless rounds without paying any green fees.Í
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Golf Genius at 76K against Sandals Golf's 1. Golf Genius also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and chart position (#123 vs unranked). Sandals Golf's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sandals Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Genius has 76K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Golf Genius ships an update every 3 weeks, Sandals Golf every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Golf Genius | Sandals Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (76K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 76K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #123 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Golf Genius Software, Inc. | Chronogolf, Inc. |
Customer experience
Golf Genius
Sandals Golf
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
Sandals Golf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Golf Genius
No in-app purchases
Sandals Golf
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Golf Genius free?
Is Sandals Golf free?
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Do Golf Genius or Sandals Golf have ads?
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