Comparison

Benchmark Golf vs Bitfish

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

Head to head
About

Benchmark Golf

Practice and play simulated golf at home with AI-powered accuracy. Hit the range or play courses without a ball, gaining instant feedback to improve your game anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • AI-powered golf simulation
  • Practice range and course play
  • No-ball required
  • Instant feedback for consistency
  • Compact and storable design
  • Play regardless of weather
Features
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PRACTICE & PLAY GOLF AT HOME Practice and play simulated golf at home and hit more pure shots. The Benchmark Golf app uses patented AI swing tracking, with accuracy comparable to simulators that cost thousands of dollars. ANYWHERE, ANYTIME - Hit the range or play 18 holes on a course - Swing real clubs on the Benchmark Golf mat. No ball needed. - Compact setup that stows away in seconds GET BETTER AT GOLF - Instant feedback on every swing so you can groove a repeatable move - Build muscle memory you can take to the course - Play through bad weather or booked-out tee times DOWNLOAD NOW AND PLAY GOLF AT HOME ------ Requirements: You'll need an official Golf At Home by Benchmark Golf, Golf Daddy Simulator Mat, or Divot Daddy PRO, plus a phone stand (Benchmark Golf or unbranded) to record your swing, and your own golf clubs. Support: Reach us at https://benchmarkgolf.com/pages/contact or through the in-app support portal. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Covered by U.S. Patent No. 12,752,158

About

Bitfish

Features
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Hollow County has ten waters in it and a hundred and twenty fish. You start at Willow Pond with a cheap rod, six-pound line and ten worms, and you work your way out to the trench. Cast. Wait. When it bites you get two seconds to set the hook — then hold the reel and find out what you hooked. THE FIGHT Tension climbs while you reel and falls when you let off. Push into the red and the line frays, and it does not mend. A fish that runs hard for a long time costs you more line than a heavy one that gives up early. Rod power, line strength, hook size and what you tied on all change the math, and you feel every upgrade. TEN WATERS A farm pond, a cedar creek, a granite lake, a blackwater bog, a copper river, a harbor pier, a tidewater marsh, coral shallows and a kelp forest — and off the shelf, a trench that will not take you until you are a Rank 8 angler with a deep rig in the bag. 120 SPECIES Twelve in every water. Bluegill and pumpkinseed in the weeds, tarpon and permit over the flats, something with teeth in the bog after dark. The Fishdex remembers every fish you have landed and every one that broke you off, with your personal best beside it. DAY AND NIGHT The clock runs while you fish. Some species only move at dawn and dusk, some only after dark, and the bog is a different place at night. THE TANK Anything over the trophy weight goes in the trophy tank. Everything else goes in the bucket and gets sold at the shack, and what the shack pays buys the next rod. NO ACCOUNT. NO SERVER. Your save lives on your device. There is no sign-in, no cloud, no leaderboard, no tracking and nothing collected about you. It works with the phone in airplane mode. TACKLE SHOP The tackle shop runs on coins you catch, and that part of the game is free and complete. A separate coin shop sells coins for real money and can remove the ads — you can lock it behind a PIN in about ten seconds from the tackle bag, and turn it off again the same way.

Screenshots

Benchmark Golf4 screens
Bitfish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bitfish at 100% against Benchmark Golf's 6%. Bitfish also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and device support (3 vs 1). Benchmark Golf's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 3). 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. Benchmark Golf sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $15.99 per month and Bitfish sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bitfish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Benchmark Golf has 2.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Benchmark Golf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bitfish's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Benchmark Golf ships an update every 2 days, Bitfish daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Benchmark Golf versus Bitfish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBenchmark GolfBitfish
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.4K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size414 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGolfDaddyHUNTER CALEB BARNETT

Customer experience

Benchmark Golf

All ratings2,420 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews424 reviews
Positive6.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative88.7%

Bitfish

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Benchmark Golf

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Inability to load courses and features
  • Swing registration issues
  • Account and data loss problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • More club options
  • Multiplayer and online play
  • Improved calibration and setup process
  • Customizable timer and swing detection settings
  • Better app stability and error handling

Bitfish

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Benchmark Golf

Subscriptions5
  • Benchmark Unlimited Monthly$15.991 Month
  • Benchmark Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Benchmark Unlimited Yearly7 Days trial$119.991 Year
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  • Benchmark Unlimited Yearly3 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Benchmark Unlimited Yearly$119.991 Year
4 purchases

Bitfish

One-time4
  • Bitfish Coins — A Handful$0.99
  • Bitfish — Remove Ads$1.99
  • Bitfish Coins — Tackle Box$4.99
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  • Bitfish Coins — Boat Load$9.99

Questions

Is Benchmark Golf free?
Benchmark Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bitfish free?
Bitfish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Benchmark Golf or Bitfish?
Bitfish is rated higher. Benchmark Golf averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Bitfish averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Benchmark Golf or Bitfish have ads?
Bitfish shows ads; Benchmark Golf does not.
Which is updated more often, Benchmark Golf or Bitfish?
Benchmark Golf ships an update every 2 days, and Bitfish daily. Most recently, Benchmark Golf was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bitfish on October 24, 2026.

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