Comparison

Golf Journal vs GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT

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 rounds, practice sessions, and handicap estimate with detailed stats and insights. Log scores hole-by-hole, add notes and photos, and analyze your performance trends. Syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Log rounds hole-by-hole or by total score
  • Track strokes, putts, fairways, GIR, and penalties
  • Add notes, feel ratings, photos, and videos to rounds
  • Estimate handicap using World Handicap System formula
  • Log practice sessions with time, balls, and notes
  • Analyze scoring trends and performance insights
  • iCloud sync across all your devices
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

GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT

Features
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高尔夫教练 专为高尔夫教练与学院打造的学员管理与教学平台。轻松管理学员信息、课程安排、付款记录与挥杆视频分析,让教学流程更加高效、专业。 核心功能包括: • 学员管理 集中管理学员资料、联系方式、球龄、差点、目标与课程记录。 • 课程安排 快速查看课程状态与剩余课时,轻松安排日程与训练计划。 • 付款记录 记录学员付款情况与课程余额,帮助教练更清晰地管理收入与课时。 • 挥杆视频分析 上传并分析挥杆视频,支持逐帧查看与教学标注,提升教学效率。 • 教学效率提升 将教学、管理与沟通整合到一个平台中,帮助教练专注于提升学员表现。 Golf Coach is an all-in-one platform built for golf coaches and academies to manage students, lessons, payments, and swing video analysis. Key Features: • Student Management Manage student profiles, contact information, golf experience, goals, and lesson records in one place. • Lesson Scheduling Track lesson status and remaining sessions while organizing training schedules efficiently. • Payment Tracking Record payments and lesson balances to better manage coaching operations. • Swing Video Analysis Upload and review swing videos frame-by-frame with coaching annotations to improve teaching effectiveness. • Built for Coaches Streamline coaching, student management, and communication in a single platform.

Screenshots

Golf Journal4 screens
GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT at none against Golf Journal's 5. GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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. GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf Journal ships an update fortnightly, GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Golf Journal versus GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf JournalGOLF COACH MANAGEMENT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGruffydd JohnstonCalvin Deng

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

GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf Journal free?
Golf Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT free?
GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Golf Journal or GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT have ads?
Neither Golf Journal nor GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Golf Journal or GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT?
Golf Journal ships an update fortnightly, and GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT every 3 days. Most recently, Golf Journal was updated on November 8, 2026 and GOLF COACH MANAGEMENT on October 31, 2026.

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