Comparison

Golf GPS Range Finder vs Simple Golf GPS

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

Head to head
About

Golf GPS Range Finder

This app provides precise golf course distances and detailed green contour maps. It offers advanced shot tracking, club suggestions, and comprehensive scorekeeping with performance analytics. Enjoy an all-day battery life and a customizable experience for every hole.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch integration
  • AI-powered green contour maps
  • Dynamic yardages
  • Shot dispersion tracking
  • Elevation, wind, and club suggestions
  • Advanced score tracking
  • Customizable course details
Features
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A clean, focused experience - trusted by millions. Switch between Apple Maps and Google Maps for accurate, up-to-date map views. Customize every course detail including pin positions to match your game. 1. Built for Apple Watch – Check GPS distances, view satellite & green heatmaps, track shots, and record scores – right from your wrist. 2. 300,000+ AI-powered Green Contour Maps – Detailed contour and heatmap data to help you read every green with precision. 3. Dynamic Front/Back Yardages – Shows the real front and back from your angle, rather than just the fixed points. 4. Dispersion Patterns & Shot Tracking - Track every shot and see your dispersion patterns projected in real time on the rangefinder. 5. Elevation, Wind & Smart Club Suggestions – Combine slope, wind, temperature, altitude, pressure, and humidity for precise, real-time club recommendations. 6. Strokes Gained Analysis – Compare your performance across driving, approach, short game, and putting to understand exactly where you gain or lose strokes. 7. Golf Tracers – Quickly create polished shot and putt tracing videos from your clips, with easy tracing, fine-tuning, and unlimited edits and saves. 8. Engineered for all-day play – ultra-efficient GPS technology keeps your battery powered through 36 holes and beyond. 9. Dual Map Support – Switch between Apple Maps and Google Maps to avoid outdated layouts and low-res imagery. 10. Fully Customizable 40,000 Courses – Edit GPS points, tee locations, hole layouts, or build an entire course in minutes - every detail is yours to control. 11. Advanced Score Tracking – An expert-level scorecard that captures strokes, putts, fairways hit, penalties, bunkers, and greens in regulation (GIR) for complete stat analysis 12. 24 Performance Charts – Visualize everything from round stats to long-term trends like putting, GIR, and scoring averages. 13. Measure Distance to Hazards, Water, and Layup Spots – Instantly see distances to bunkers, water, carries, and other key course targets so you can plan every shot with confidence. 14. Digital Scorecard & Live Sharing – Supports up to six players and four game formats (stroke, match, Stableford, or skins). 15. Smart Hole Auto-Advance – Automatically jumps to the next hole in both GPS and scoring views. 16. Ultra-light app – just 30.4 MB with no junk packed in, lightning-fast, smooth to use, battery-efficient, and far smaller than 300 MB alternatives. 17. Calligraphy Scorecard – A handwritten-style scorecard that turns every round into a beautiful keepsake, perfect for saving or sharing. …and much more for you to explore. Terms of the in-app purchases: Golf GPS Rangefinder Annual Membership with advanced features can be purchased from Apple App Store. Payment for in-app upgrades will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the original subscription amount. Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are located at: http://www.infotalkcorporation.com/privacypolicy.html

About

Simple Golf GPS

This app provides golfers with an easy-to-use GPS tool on the course. It allows users to set multiple markers, measure distances between points, and track shot distances. The functionality is entirely map-based, requiring a wireless signal for map imagery.

Highlights
  • Easy-to-use GPS for golfers
  • Set and measure distances between multiple markers
  • Measure shot distance
  • Map-based functionality (no course data download)
  • Adjustable marker locations
  • Pinch-to-zoom map
  • Demo mode for practice
Features
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Try this easy to user GPS for golfers! On the golf course just point your phone at the green then press the lock button to stop screen rotation. Touch anywhere to set a marker and see the distance to that point. Supports multiple markers and displays the distance between them. Place a marker on the green then a second marker where you'd like to hit your tee shot. Markers can be dragged to adjust their location. Pinch the map to zoom in and out. Under the menu enable demo mode to practice using the app. Disable demo mode when using on the golf course. Supports distances in both yards and meters. To measure shot distance press the measure button then go to your ball. The functionality is 100% map based, there is no course data to download. Adequate wireless signal is required in order to retrieve map imagery.

Screenshots

Golf GPS Range Finder4 screens
Simple Golf GPS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Golf GPS at none against Golf GPS Range Finder's 3. Simple Golf GPS also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16.0). Golf GPS Range Finder's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (34K vs 15). On price, ads and device support 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 GPS Range Finder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Simple Golf GPS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Golf GPS Range Finder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf GPS Range Finder has 34K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Golf GPS Range Finder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simple Golf GPS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Golf GPS Range Finder versus Simple Golf GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf GPS Range FinderSimple Golf GPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (34K ratings) — better4.3 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInfoTalk LLCMobile Software Design, LLC

Customer experience

Golf GPS Range Finder

All ratings33,705 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews283 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative16.3%

Simple Golf GPS

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Golf GPS Range Finder

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Scoring and stat tracking issues on Apple Watch
  • Crashes or freezes when using certain features
  • Inconsistent GPS performance across different devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add front/back/middle green yardages
  • Improve course data update frequency
  • Enhance Apple Watch integration and experience
  • Provide more customization options
  • Integrate handicap calculation within the app

Simple Golf GPS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Golf GPS Range Finder

Subscriptions2
  • 1-Month Membership$6.991 Month
  • 1-Year Membership$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Tip our developers$2.99
None

Simple Golf GPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf GPS Range Finder free?
Golf GPS Range Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Golf GPS free?
Simple Golf GPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Golf GPS Range Finder or Simple Golf GPS?
Golf GPS Range Finder is rated higher. Golf GPS Range Finder averages 4.7 out of 5 from 34K ratings, while Simple Golf GPS averages 4.3 from 15 ratings.
Do Golf GPS Range Finder or Simple Golf GPS have ads?
Neither Golf GPS Range Finder nor Simple Golf GPS shows ads.

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