Comparison

GolfEase vs DuffMate

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

Head to head
About

GolfEase

This app provides golfers with smart GPS distances, live score and stats tracking, and interactive course maps. It also allows users to create and edit golf vlogs by automatically matching video clips with game data.

Highlights
  • Smart GPS distances
  • Live score and stats tracking
  • Visual stats breakdown
  • Interactive course maps
  • Automatic golf vlog creation
  • Ball flight tracer editor
Features
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Track your round, get GPS distances to the green, film your best shots and follow a live leaderboard - every hole, every round, at no cost. No hole limit, no trial, no account required. ON THE COURSE - Smart GPS distances to the front, centre and back of the green, plus hazards and layups - Live score and stats as you play: strokes, putts, fairways, GIR, points and handicap - Interactive course maps, hole by hole, so you can plan the next shot with confidence - Statistics and round history, with trends that show where the strokes go - Apple Watch companion YOUR OWN GOLF VLOG Film your shots while you play. GolfEase matches every clip to the right hole, shot and score using GPS and shot tracking. After the round, trim the clips and let the app build your highlight reel. - Hole and shot info overlaid in the finished video - Add your own ball flight tracer with the curve editor - Keep it raw, or polish it into something worth sharing PLAYING WITH OTHERS - ALWAYS FREE - Join any tournament or series you are invited to, by link, code or QR - Keep score for the other players in your ball - Follow the live leaderboard while you play - Play as a guest, with no app and no account of your own HOSTING YOUR OWN TOURNAMENTS Creating tournaments and series is what a subscription is for. It pays for the work our servers do while your event is running: collecting scores from every player, keeping the leaderboard live for everyone watching, and storing the results afterwards. - Create a single tournament, or a series with standings across every round - Split the field into balls of up to four players, drawn by the app or arranged by you - Let one marker score for the whole ball - Watch every stroke land on the leaderboard the moment it is entered - Add guests who do not use GolfEase at all and keep their scores for them YOUR PLAYERS NEVER PAY Invite as many as you like. Joining, playing, scoring for each other and following the leaderboard is always free for them. SUBSCRIPTION Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, available monthly, yearly or weekly. It keeps your tournaments running on our servers for as long as it is active. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of use: https://perkodar.se/terms

About

DuffMate

This app automatically detects and counts your golf swings using motion sensors on your Apple Watch. It also provides GPS distances to the green, live wind data, and allows you to manually log putts. Track your progress with scorecards, shot maps, and personal bests.

Highlights
  • Automatic swing detection
  • GPS distance to green
  • Live wind speed and direction
  • Manual putt logging
  • Real-time iPhone sync
  • Scorecard and shot map
  • Stats and personal bests
Features
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"Was that a 6 or a 7!?" - DuffMate has you covered. "My cart doesn't have a GPS screen!" - DuffMate has that one covered, too. DuffMate counts your golf shots. Full swings are detected automatically — so you can keep your focus on your golf round. Wear your Apple Watch. Swing. DuffMate feels the motion and logs the shot. Tap in your putts and the score is recorded. Your iPhone stores your stats, replays your round, and now shows a live satellite GPS view of the hole you're playing — or lets you preview any course before you tee off. WHAT DUFFMATE DOES • Automatic shot detection — Developed by a fighter aircraft flight control designer with a wife learning the game, the Watch's motion sensors recognize the golf swing and does the counting. Adjustments are made with a quick tap. • Live GPS on your iPhone — a satellite view of the hole you're playing, front/center/back yardages, and tap-to-measure distance to anywhere on the map. Works for the round in progress or to scout a course ahead of time. • GPS distance to the green — yardage to the front, middle, and back on every hole. Distance from your last shot is provided, a big help for learning club distances. • Live wind — speed and direction to the hole on your wrist before you pick a club. • Putts, your way — tap to log putts separately from your shots. Turn them off if you'd rather not track them. • Real-time sync — your scorecard and shot history update to your iPhone as you play, hole by hole. • Scorecard & shot map — after the round, see your full scorecard with saved driving distances on par 4/5's. A satellite map shows where each full shot was taken. • Stats & personal bests — round history, scoring trends, best rounds, and personal records, all on your phone. WHAT YOU NEED An Apple Watch and an iPhone. No extra sensors, no extra gadgets, no subscriptions. YOUR PRIVACY Your rounds live on your iPhone and Watch. There are no accounts to create, no data sold, and no tracking. DuffMate reaches out for two things only: weather data for your round, and looking up your course. That's it. --- DuffMate is made for golfers who want to devote more focus to their round and less focus on counting strokes. And oh by the way - the app has features that the low handicappers depend on.

Screenshots

GolfEase4 screens
DuffMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GolfEase at Free against DuffMate's $5.99. DuffMate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, 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

GolfEase is free to download; DuffMate costs $5.99 up front. GolfEase sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. DuffMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GolfEase against 5.0 for DuffMate. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GolfEase versus DuffMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolfEaseDuffMate
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerkodar ABMike Heller

Customer experience

GolfEase

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DuffMate

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

GolfEase

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Premium Month$3.991 Month
  • Premium Year$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Forever$69.99
None

DuffMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GolfEase free?
GolfEase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DuffMate free?
DuffMate costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GolfEase or DuffMate?
GolfEase and DuffMate are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do GolfEase or DuffMate have ads?
Neither GolfEase nor DuffMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GolfEase or DuffMate?
GolfEase ships an update weekly, and DuffMate weekly. Most recently, GolfEase was updated on October 5, 2026 and DuffMate on October 3, 2026.

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