Goated Golf vs gVault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goated Golf
This app celebrates golf legends and inspires greatness through premium products. It offers high-performance putters inspired by iconic sports moments and individuals. The platform aims to merge performance, style, and the spirit of legendary athletes.
- Celebrates golf legends
- Inspires greatness
- Premium golf products
- High-performance putters
- Sports history homage
- Performance and style merge
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At GOATED Golf, we believe that greatness isn’t just a destination - it’s a journey. Our future is rooted in our commitment to honoring the legends who’ve redefined excellence while inspiring a new generation to chase their own greatness. As we continue to grow, we remain dedicated to creating premium golf products that merge performance, style, and the spirit of legendary or GOATED people! Each month, we pay homage to iconic moments in sports history by creating high-performance putters built for GOATs!
gVault
This app transforms golf rounds into a discovery experience. Use your camera to instantly identify golf balls, cataloging their brand, model, and rarity. Build your personal collection, earn rewards, and level up your finds with daily challenges.
- Instant golf ball identification via camera
- Catalog brand, model, and rarity
- Personalized golf ball vault
- Earn coins and badges
- Daily quests and leveling system
- Ball condition grading
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Turn every round into a treasure hunt. gVault is a collecting game for golfers. Point your camera at any golf ball you find, and gVault reads the model, grades its condition, and assigns it a rarity tier — from everyday Commons to the Mythics fewer than five people own. Every find lands in your personal vault. SCAN & IDENTIFY On-device AI reads the printing on the ball and judges its condition as Mint, Ok, or Poor. No typing, no guessing — just point and scan. BUILD YOUR VAULT Every ball you scan is displayed by rarity in your own vault. Locked slots show what you haven't found yet, turning the whole catalog into a checklist worth chasing. Re-find a ball to level it up and keep its best-ever condition. EARN & SPEND Rare finds pay out coins. Complete daily and weekly quests for more. Spend them in the shop on animations for your 3D avatar — idle loops, dances, and emotes, with fresh deals every day. CLIMB THE RANKINGS Every find grows your Account XP. Compare your collector level against players worldwide on the global leaderboard. COLLECT BADGES Earn permanent badges for collection milestones, scanning streaks, and seasonal events all the way through 2027. Grab your phone, hit the course, and start your legend. Your rarest find is still out there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: gVault at none against Goated Golf's shown. gVault also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Goated Golf's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Goated Golf against 5.0 for gVault. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Goated Golf ships an update every 3 weeks, gVault monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goated Golf | gVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goated Golf LLC | Advanced Decisions |
Customer experience
Goated Golf
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In-app purchases
Goated Golf
No in-app purchases
gVault
No in-app purchases









