Offcourse Golf vs Hole19
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Offcourse Golf
This free golf application provides a GPS rangefinder, digital scorecard, and tools to track your handicap and statistics. It helps golfers understand their game, identify areas for improvement, and enhance their overall enjoyment on the course.
- Free GPS rangefinder
- Digital scorecard
- Handicap tracking
- Golf stats tracker
- Course deals
- Friend following
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Offcourse Golf helps you have fun on the course. It is completely free and gives you a GPS rangefinder, digital scorecard, handicap and stats tracker. Offcourse Golf is the one app you need to download now to help you keep track of your golf scores, lower your handicap, and have more fun. - Very easy and straight forward to use - Deals from local golf courses - Keeps track of all your important stats - Track all the details of your round, just the hole by hole score, or just the final total - Thousands of courses world wide - Free and accurate GPS rangefinder for the distance to the hole, or anywhere you might want to measure. - Tap screen in overhead hole view to find lay up or hazard distances - Take photos and make memories - Follow your golf friends This app tracks your stats and shows you what you can do to shave the most strokes off your game. Above all... Offcourse Golf lets you have fun golfing with your friends. The scoring interface is quick and easy so you won't spend the day on your phone; you'll spend it golfing. Every feature is completely free from beginning to end. iPhoneincanada.ca says: "Offcourse is just the app to help you understand your game, how you play it, and where you need to improve." Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. The Offcourse Golf app only runs the GPS in the background as you are tracking a round of Golf.
Hole19
This golf app provides accurate GPS yardages, a digital scorecard, and AI-powered shot tracking for over 42,000 courses. Enhance your game with features like plays-like distances, club recommendations, and detailed statistics to help lower your score.
- Accurate GPS rangefinder
- Digital scorecard and stats
- AI-powered shot tracking
- Plays Like Distances
- Club recommendations
- Apple Watch integration
- Global handicap tracking
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The #1 golf GPS app and rangefinder trusted by 5M+ golfers worldwide. Hole19 delivers pinpoint accurate yardages, AI-powered shot tracking, a digital scorecard, and a handicap tracker, all on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Whether you're chasing your first sub-90 or defending single digits, Hole19 has the tools to lower your score. Coverage of 42,000+ courses in 201 countries, a full-featured Apple Watch integration, and features built with 10+ years of real golfer feedback. Golfers who track their shots with Hole19 Premium save an average of 3 shots per round. Try Premium free for 14 days. FREE FEATURES: - Golf GPS Rangefinder: Pinpoint distances to the front, center, and back of the green plus every hazard and target across 42,000+ courses. - Digital Scorecard: Scores, putts, fairways hit, and GIR tracked on your phone or Apple Watch. - Course Preview: Explore every hole layout and hazard before you tee off. - Apple Watch GPS: Front, center, back distances on your wrist. Phone-free play. - LivePlay: Organize rounds, track live leaderboards, and share the round in real time. - Golf Social Network: Connect with golfers worldwide, share scores and course photos. - Siri Voice Commands (iOS): Start a round hands-free. - Monthly Challenges: Compete for prizes. PREMIUM FEATURES: - Plays Like Distances: Real yardages adjusted for elevation. - Shot Tracker: Track every shot and see exactly where it landed. - Club Recommendation: Personalized club suggestions based on your actual distances. - Augmented Reality (iOS): Distances and directions overlaid on your camera view. - Handicap Calculator: Global-standard handicap index with improvement tracking. - Club & Overall Stats: Driving accuracy, greens in regulation, short game, putting. - Apple Watch Scoring & Maps: Full score input and flyover maps on your wrist. - Game Modes: Stroke Play, Stableford and Side Games free; Match Play and team formats Premium. - Shot Dispersion Tool: See where your shots are likely to land and pick smarter aim points. - Auto-Change Hole: The app advances automatically as you move. - Distance Arcs: Free in Course Preview only; Premium in-round. - Notes & Highlights: Course strategy notes plus your career highlights. - Ad-free experience. INTELLIGENCE (Hole19's AI tier): - Otto AI: Your personal AI caddie. Unlimited AI round reports that tell you exactly where you're losing strokes and what to work on. - Auto Shot Detection: Track every shot with one tap after the round. - Strokes Gained Analysis: Pro-level stats that reveal which part of your game is costing you the most. - Handicap Benchmark: Compare your game to golfers at your exact handicap level. - CORE Golf included (iOS Only): 100+ drills and 15+ practice plans to structure your practice. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings. If you upgrade to Premium or Intelligence during your free trial any remaining time left on your trial will be forfeited. NOTES: - help@hole19golf.com - Technical support - mapping@hole19golf.com - Mapping requests - partners@hole19golf.com - Partnerships - Premium and Intelligence features are available via in-app purchase - The app is optimized for iOS 18.0+ on iPhone SE (2nd generation) and newer - Hole19 for Apple Watch requires watchOS 10 or later - Hole19 is not optimized for iPad - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life - Family Sharing is not supported - Privacy Policy - https://www.hole19golf.com/terms/privacy-policy - Terms of Use - https://www.hole19golf.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Offcourse Golf at none against Hole19's 10. Offcourse Golf also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (91% vs 72%). Hole19's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (23K vs 5). On price, rating 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. Hole19 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Offcourse Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Offcourse Golf against 4.7 for Hole19. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hole19 has 23K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Offcourse Golf's written reviews are positive against 72% of Hole19's.
Offcourse Golf ships an update every 5 weeks, Hole19 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Offcourse Golf | Hole19 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.7 (23K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 91.4% of reviews — better | 72.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #58 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Offcourse Golf Inc. | Stat Track Technologies Lda. |
Customer experience
Offcourse Golf
Hole19
Bugs and requests
Offcourse Golf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hole19
Reported bugs
3 issues- Hole numbers not displaying correctly on some courses
- Apple Watch app freezing or losing sync with phone
- Inconsistent GPS distances compared to other devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to manually adjust pin locations
- More customization options for scoring and statistics
- Standalone Apple Watch app with full functionality
- Support for 9-hole courses and shotgun starts
In-app purchases
Offcourse Golf
No in-app purchases
Hole19
- Premium Pro Weekly7 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Premium Pro Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Premium Pro Monthly - Legacy$20.001 Month
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- Lite Basic - Legacy$29.991 Month
- Lite for Wearables - Legacy$29.991 Month
- Lite Birdie - Legacy$29.991 Month
- Premium Pro 6 Months7 Days trial$49.996 Months
- Premium Pro Yearly14 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Premium Pro Yearly1 Month trial$69.991 Year
- Intelligence 1 Year14 Days trial$99.991 Year
Questions
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