GolfRSS vs Golf Counter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GolfRSS
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I created GolfScore because I wanted a fast and simple way to keep score while playing. I have tried many of the golf apps on the App Store and most of them offer more features than GolfScore, including GPS features, but I found all of them to be more complicated than I needed. I wanted a really simple scorecard for my iPhone and Apple Watch. GolfRSS: A Really Simple Scorecard. # Instructions ## Play Golf Tap the 'Golf Ball' to start a new round. Set round details, such as 9 versus 18 holes, number of players, and handicap. If you have saved previous played courses, you can choose one of your saved courses. Use the stepper to advance your score. When you are done entering, click NEXT to go to the next hole. If you have more than one player, toggle to the other players and enter their scores before advancing to the next hole. If you need to edit a score you can tap on the hole or score to edit. The hole will highlight yellow to indicate that you are editing that hole. You can change the par of the hole by tapping on the number under the flag. It will cycle through possible pars of 3, 4, or 5. ## Save A Golf Course If you are playing a favorite course, or a course that you play regularly, after playing your first round of golf you can save this course. When you save the course, the specific par is saved for each hole. Other details, such as green fees, course slope, and course rating may also be saved, as well as a photo. Saved courses are accessed on the third page of the app. When you start a new round, you can start a blank round or choose from one of your saved courses. ## Handicap If you subscribe to GolfScore, through in-app purchase, you can use the Handicap feature. Handicaps may be entered for each player, and their scores will be adjusted accordingly when you toggle the handicap switch. A player's handicap may be changed by long-pressing on the handicap number. The in, out, and total scores are adjusted for handicap. ## Share Your Round After a good round, you can share your statistics with your friends and family. On the second page of the app, you can see your saved rounds. Tap on a round to see more details and statistics. Tap the share button to send a text or email to brag about your round. If you scored par or below, specific stats about number of pars and birdies will be shared. ## Apple Watch Access GolfScore on your Apple Watch to quickly enter your score. If you are playing with more than one player, tap the player's name at the top of the screen to enter their scores as well. Apple Watch widgets are available for showing GolfScore data on your watch face. You can choose from singular circular widgets that indicate current hole, score on last hole, and other player's scores. Two rectangular widgets show stats for player one or the scores of each of the players in your group. ## In-App Purchase Subscribe to GolfScore to remove the banner ads, unlock Handicap support, save more than three favorite golf courses, and help to support further development of GolfScore. Subscriptions may be purchased by month, year, or one lifetime purchase. # Privacy Policy The privacy policy may be accessed at the following URL: https://adamballif.com/privacy-policy
Golf Counter
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Golf Counter counts your golf strokes on Apple Watch. Counting, putts, penalties, courses and pars, the scorecard, playing partners and sharing are all free to use. No sign-up, no login. ONE TAP PER STROKE Tap the big number for a stroke, or turn the Digital Crown — it works with a glove on. Putts and penalties have their own buttons, and "−1" takes back only the last press. On Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 or later you can also double tap. YOUR ROUND IS NEVER LOST Every stroke is saved the moment you press. If the app closes or the watch goes back to the clock, open it again and you are on the same hole with the same count. A new round is always a new record, so an older round is never overwritten. PARS FILL IN BY THEMSELVES The nearest course is found with GPS and picked for you. On courses with known pars, all 18 pars are there from the first tee. On a course with no data, play it once and the pars are there next time. Clubs with three or more nines let you choose the front and back nine. SCORECARD ON IPHONE Strokes counted on the watch arrive on iPhone by themselves. Review them on a scorecard with circles for birdies and squares for bogeys, and share it as a picture. Finished rounds can be fixed hole by hole on iPhone. PLAYING PARTNERS Add up to three partners. When you tap Next at the end of a hole, the watch asks for their scores, already set to par, so most holes need one or two taps. EASY ON THE BATTERY No heart rate or motion sensors are used, and GPS only while the app is on screen. To keep the counter on screen for the whole round, turn on Record as workout; the round is also saved to Health as a Golf workout (it uses more battery). ONE TAP FROM THE WATCH FACE Put the complication on your watch face to open the counter with one tap. During a round it shows the hole and your score. STATS Your average and best score and putts per round at a glance. GOLF COUNTER PRO (IN-APP PURCHASE, ONE-TIME) The following features need the in-app purchase Golf Counter Pro. You pay once; it never renews. - Distance to the green on Apple Watch: middle, front and back - After you hole out, the next hole comes up by itself when you reach the next tee - Swing counting (beta): full swings are counted by themselves, swings from the same spot count once, putts are added by hand - Detailed stats: score trend, par 3 / 4 / 5 averages, greens in regulation, birdie and bogey rates - CSV export of every round On a new device, use Restore purchase in Settings. PRIVACY Your scores stay on your Apple Watch and iPhone and are never sent anywhere. No ads. After a round on a picked course, only that course's pars and the places of its tees and greens are shared, without any personal information (you can turn this off in Settings). Course data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) Privacy Policy: https://tomople.com/en/privacy/golfcounter/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Golf Counter at fortnightly against GolfRSS's every 2 months. Golf Counter also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. GolfRSS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Golf Counter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GolfRSS ships an update every 2 months, Golf Counter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GolfRSS | Golf Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Ballif | tomople |
In-app purchases
GolfRSS
- Unlock and Remove Ads - Month$0.991 Month
- Unlock and Remove Ads - Yearly$9.991 Year
- Lifetime Unlock$19.99
Golf Counter
- Golf Counter Pro$2.99
Questions
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