Comparison

Parfour vs Course Vaults

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

Head to head
About

Parfour

This app provides competitive golfers with essential tools in one place. Features include live GPS distances, weather data, smart club recommendations, scoring, USGA handicap display, and live tournament leaderboards. It aims to be the only golf app you'll need.

Highlights
  • Live GPS distances
  • Live weather data
  • Smart club recommendations
  • Everyday scoring
  • USGA handicap display
  • Live tournament leaderboards
  • Event access and management
Features
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PARFOUR The Only Golf App You'll Need. Parfour gives competitive golfers everything in one place. Live GPS distances, live weather data, smart club recommendations, everyday scoring, USGA handicap display, live tournament leaderboards. No more paying for score keeping apps. No more switching between platforms. The Parfour mobile app is completely free for all players. LIVE GPS & WEATHER Get accurate, real time yardages plus live weather data while you play. Know the number, know the conditions. SMART CLUB RECOMMENDATIONS Receive club suggestions based on live GPS distances so you can step up and commit with confidence. USGA HANDICAP DISPLAY & INTEGRATION Display your USGA Handicap and connect your handicap information directly inside the app. EVERYDAY ROUND SCORING Track your personal rounds quickly and cleanly. LIVE TOURNAMENT SCORING Playing in a Parfour powered event? Enter scores hole by hole and watch the leaderboard update instantly. REAL TIME LEADERBOARDS Follow tournaments as they happen, see movement across the entire field. FOLLOW PLAYERS & GROUPS Track specific players or follow groups during competitive rounds. ONE PLAYER PROFILE One profile for all your events, view your rounds, stats, and tournament history in one place. EVENT ACCESS Search and join tournaments in seconds. View tee times, pairings, seasons, leagues, and complete results directly from your phone. BUILT FOR COMPETITIVE GOLF High school, college, club events, amateur tournaments, mini tours. If you compete, Parfour is built for you. FOR CLUBS & TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS Looking to create events or run your club on Parfour? Visit Parfour.com to access the event and club management portal. PRICING The Parfour mobile app is free for all players. No subscriptions. No paywalls for core mobile features. Download Parfour and stop paying for golf apps.

About

Course Vaults

Track, rate, and rank every golf course you've played. Discover top courses through honest player reviews and build personalized lists of your favorites. This app serves as a digital golf passport for serious players.

Highlights
  • Log every golf course played
  • Rate and rank courses personally
  • Discover courses via player ratings
  • Build bucket lists and collections
  • Follow other golfers' rankings
  • No ads or paid placements
Features
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Course Vaults is a golf course tracking and discovery app for golfers who want to log every course they’ve played, rate and rank their favorites, build a golf passport, and discover where to play next. As seen in MyGolfSpy, Course Vaults brings golf course tracking, community ratings, rankings, reviews, lists and discovery into one place. Build your passport. Rank the courses you’ve played. See what thousands of other golfers think. Find the next course worth the trip. YOUR GOLF PASSPORT Track every golf course you’ve played and build a personal record of your golf history. See your played courses on a map, revisit where you’ve been, and watch your golf passport grow as you play new places around the world. RATE & RANK GOLF COURSES Rate every course you’ve played from 0–10 and create your own personal golf course ranking. Compare your ratings with the Course Vaults community, see how other golfers rate each course, and find out where your favorites stack up. DISCOVER WHERE TO PLAY Find golf courses around the world using community ratings, rankings and filters. Explore courses by location, architect, public or private access, rating and more. Discover nearby golf courses, browse top-ranked courses, and find places worth adding to your next golf trip. BUILD YOUR GOLF BUCKET LIST Create lists for anything: bucket-list courses, upcoming golf trips, favorite public courses, regional rankings or your own Top 100. Sort and filter your lists by location, access, Course Vaults rating or your personal rating. SEE WHAT OTHER GOLFERS THINK Follow friends and other golfers whose opinions you trust. See what they’re playing, discover courses through their ratings and reviews, and get a better sense of what a golf course is actually like from people who have played it. COURSE VAULTS PRO Upgrade to Course Vaults Pro for unlimited course logging and lists, expanded rankings, advanced map filters, course insights, partner perks and more. BUILT FOR GOLF COURSES, NOT GOLF SHOTS Course Vaults isn’t a GPS, rangefinder, scorecard or shot-tracking app. It’s a golf course tracker for the places themselves — a home for your golf passport, course ratings, personal rankings, bucket lists and golf course discoveries. Track where you’ve played. Remember what you loved. Discover what’s next. Terms of Use: https://www.coursevaults.com/terms

Screenshots

Parfour4 screens
Course Vaults4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Parfour at none against Course Vaults's 10. Parfour also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). Course Vaults's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (156 vs 47). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Course Vaults sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Parfour asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Parfour against 4.8 for Course Vaults. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 156 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Parfour's written reviews are positive against 90% of Course Vaults's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Parfour ships an update every 2 weeks, Course Vaults weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Parfour versus Course Vaults: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterParfourCourse Vaults
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (47 ratings) — better4.8 (156 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.4% of reviews
Number of ratings47156 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB118 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperParFour, Inc.Andreoni-Group LLC

Customer experience

Parfour

All ratings47 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Course Vaults

All ratings156 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive90.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.8%

In-app purchases

None

Parfour

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Course Vaults

Subscriptions10
  • Course Vaults Pro$4.991 Month
  • Course Vaults Pro$6.991 Month
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Seasonal$23.993 Months
  • Course Vaults Pro$29.991 Year
  • Founding Member$44.951 Year
  • Course Vaults Pro$49.991 Year
  • Pro+ Annual$54.991 Year
  • Course Vaults Pro$59.991 Year
  • Annual$74.991 Year

Questions

Is Parfour free?
Parfour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Course Vaults free?
Course Vaults is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Parfour or Course Vaults?
Parfour is rated higher. Parfour averages 4.8 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Course Vaults averages 4.8 from 156 ratings.
Do Parfour or Course Vaults have ads?
Neither Parfour nor Course Vaults shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Parfour or Course Vaults?
Parfour ships an update every 2 weeks, and Course Vaults weekly. Most recently, Parfour was updated on October 24, 2026 and Course Vaults on October 28, 2026.

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