Comparison

Golf Journal vs Mar Hall Golf

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

Head to head
About

Golf Journal

Track your golf performance with this app, logging rounds, practice sessions, scores, and media. Analyze your game with performance graphs and iCloud syncing. Ideal for golfers of all levels aiming to improve.

Highlights
  • Round diary and score tracking
  • Practice session documentation
  • Photo and video gallery
  • Performance graphs
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Golf Journal is a golf diary for your rounds, your practice and your handicap. Log a round from its total in about 20 seconds, or hole by hole, and watch your handicap estimate move as you play. ROUNDS • Log the total, or score hole by hole: strokes, putts, fairways, greens in regulation and penalties. • Out and In totals, and a scorecard with your birdies, bogeys and doubles marked. • Notes, a feel rating, photos and videos for every round. • Scan a paper scorecard: take a photo and the hole scores are read on your iPhone for you to check. • Golf workouts recorded with the Workout app on Apple Watch show up ready to become rounds, with the date filled in. HANDICAP ESTIMATE • Uses the World Handicap System formula: the best 8 of your last 20 rounds, with nine-hole rounds paired. • See your trend, which rounds count, which one drops out next and what score would bring your estimate down. • Course handicap for each set of tees, net score and Stableford points. • Have an official Handicap Index from your club? Enter it and Golf Journal uses it for course handicap, net and Stableford. It's an estimate to follow your game, not an official Handicap Index. COURSES • Tees with course rating, slope, par and yardage, and a scorecard with par and stroke index for every hole. • Look up courses near you or by name. Course data comes from OpenStreetMap. • Your average and best score at each course. PRACTICE • Log practice sessions: range, putting, chipping, bunker, on course, lessons and more, with time, balls and notes. • Keep your swing cues and drills from one session to the next. • Start the practice timer and fill in the rest when you finish. • Turn a round's notes into a plan for your next session. INSIGHTS • How often you make birdie, par, bogey and worse, and how you score on par 3s, 4s and 5s. • Your hardest holes, your scoring by course and by month, and where your practice time goes. • Set a goal, such as breaking 90 or getting down to 15, and see how far off it you are. ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • iCloud sync between your devices. No account to create; your diary stays on your devices and in your iCloud. • Widgets for your handicap estimate and your last round. • Siri and Shortcuts: "Log round", "Log practice", "What's my handicap". • A reminder when you haven't logged a round for a while. • Yards or meters. GOLF JOURNAL PRO Golf Journal is free for up to 3 rounds, 3 practice sessions and 2 courses. Golf Journal Pro removes the limits and adds export: your rounds as a spreadsheet (CSV) and a printable season report (PDF). Pro is available as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.mygolfjournal.app/posts/privacy

About

Mar Hall Golf

Features
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Upgrade your Mar Hall Golf and Spa Resort experience! Book tee times and manage your game with ease. Our app offers electronic scorecards, house account statements, and push notifications. Track your handicap and enjoy golf in Bishopton, Scotland. Download now! Welcome to the prestigious Earl of Mar Scottish championship golf course and resort. Designed by golf architect Dave Thomas to bring a challenging, exciting new course to Scotland, whilst maintaining the charm of Mar Hall’s aged old Estate. Thomas was one of Britain's leading golfers during the 1950s and 1960s and latterly a renowned golf course architect. Now you can enjoy his creation. A five-star golfing experience located within 240 acres of aged parkland on the south bank of the River Clyde. The course sweeps through the Scottish countryside past 250-year-old chestnut and beech trees, adding history and challenge. Located just ten minutes from Glasgow Airport, the Earl of Mar course offers golf memberships and residential golf as well as being the perfect place to bunker down for both luxury golf holidays and corporate golf days in Scotland.

Screenshots

Golf Journal4 screens
Mar Hall Golf2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mar Hall Golf at none against Golf Journal's 5. Mar Hall Golf also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Golf Journal's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Golf Journal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Mar Hall Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf Journal ships an update weekly, Mar Hall Golf every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Golf Journal versus Mar Hall Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf JournalMar Hall Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB110 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGruffydd JohnstonChronogolf Inc.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Golf Journal

Subscriptions4
  • Pro7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

Mar Hall Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf Journal free?
Golf Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mar Hall Golf free?
Mar Hall Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Golf Journal or Mar Hall Golf have ads?
Neither Golf Journal nor Mar Hall Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Golf Journal or Mar Hall Golf?
Golf Journal ships an update weekly, and Mar Hall Golf every 6 months. Most recently, Golf Journal was updated on October 30, 2026 and Mar Hall Golf on October 30, 2026.

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