Comparison

Chasing vs GolfDock

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

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.

Highlights
  • GPS course mapping
  • Score tracking for solo, friend, and league rounds
  • AI Caddy insights
  • Shot tracking
  • My Bag club management
  • League and competition tools
Features
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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

Screenshots

Chasing3 screens
GolfDock4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chasing versus GolfDock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChasingGolfDock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB57 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperBrock WeaverJakob Young

Customer experience

Chasing

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GolfDock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chasing

No in-app purchases

None

GolfDock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chasing free?
Chasing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GolfDock free?
GolfDock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chasing or GolfDock?
Chasing is rated higher. Chasing averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while GolfDock averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chasing or GolfDock have ads?
Chasing shows ads; GolfDock does not.
Which is updated more often, Chasing or GolfDock?
Chasing ships an update every 10 days, and GolfDock every 2 weeks. Most recently, Chasing was updated on September 27, 2026 and GolfDock on October 5, 2026.

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