Chasing vs GolfDock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chasing
This golf app simplifies the game experience, focusing on core features. It offers large, easy-to-read fonts, real-time yardage updates, and score tracking. Designed for league play, it provides essential conveniences for golfers.
- Simplified golf experience
- Large, readable fonts
- Real-time yardage updates
- Score and stat recording
- League support
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Chasing Birdies boils down the golf app experience to the bare necessities -- focusing on golf. It features several conveniences that other apps often overlook: * Simplicity * Very large fonts, easy to read without your cheaters or from behind / beside the cart * Real time yardage updates * Record scores and the most common stats * League support at its core
GolfDock
This app enhances your golf game with GPS course mapping, score tracking, and AI-powered caddy insights. Organize rounds with friends, manage leagues, and analyze your performance to improve your play.
- GPS course mapping
- Score tracking for solo, friend, and league rounds
- AI Caddy insights
- Shot tracking
- My Bag club management
- League and competition tools
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GolfDock brings golf GPS, score tracking, course discovery, Apple Watch tools, friends, competitions, and AI-powered insights together in one app. Find a course, start your round, track every hole, compete with friends, or use Round Discovery to find and host upcoming games with other golfers. Choose how you want to play, from a fast Simple Scorecard to a full GPS round with live course yardages. GolfDock keeps your round, stats, clubs, friends, challenges, and golf history connected in one place. Features include: • Simple Scorecard and full GPS round modes • Faster nearby course discovery and course search • Front, center, and back course yardages • Score tracking for solo, friend, shared, and league rounds • Putts, fairways, greens in regulation, and shot tracking • Apple Watch yardages and round controls • Round Discovery for finding and hosting upcoming games • Private proximity-based matching without sharing live golfer locations • Completed scorecards, round history, and performance stats • My Bag club and distance management • AI Caddy insights based on your clubs and playing data • Friends, round invitations, messaging, and shared-round tools • Challenges and Dock Points • League, ladder, tournament, and competition features • Course, tee, scorecard, and round summaries Whether you are playing nine holes after work, tracking a full GPS round, finding golfers for your next tee time, competing with friends, or reviewing your game afterward, GolfDock keeps your golf experience organized and connected. Round Discovery is available to users age 18 and older. GolfDock uses location privately to help surface nearby courses and rounds. Your live location is not shown to other golfers. Optional GolfDock Pro and GolfDock Premium subscriptions unlock advanced tools such as AI Caddy, shot maps, deeper performance statistics, advanced scoring formats, and expanded golf insights. Available features vary by plan, with current pricing and plan details shown inside the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.golfdock.app/privacy GolfDock Terms of Use: https://www.golfdock.app/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://www.golfdock.app/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chasing at 5.0 against GolfDock's 4.0. Chasing also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). GolfDock's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Chasing holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Chasing ships an update every 10 days, GolfDock every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chasing | GolfDock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brock Weaver | Jakob Young |
Customer experience
Chasing
GolfDock
In-app purchases
Chasing
No in-app purchases
GolfDock
No in-app purchases









