Comparison

PGM Tour vs Golf Studio

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

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About

PGM Tour

Features
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Get the latest information on the Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM) Tour. View the current leaders, Order of Merit and upcoming events. Players can use their login details to enter & withdraw from tournaments.

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Golf Studio

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Golf Studio is your golf swing journal: every swing you film, every round you play and every practice session, kept together on your iPhone so you can see yourself improve. Record a swing, watch the shot tracer draw the ball's flight, check your swing tempo, compare it with last month side by side, and turn your best shots into a highlight reel. Free, no account, and everything stays on your phone. RECORD Film your swing at the range or on the course, or import golf videos you already have. Golf Studio finds the swing in the clip and trims to it for you, and Auto Level straightens a tilted horizon in one tap. SHOT TRACER Film a swing and Golf Studio looks for the ball and draws its flight over the video as a trail of light. Adjust the start, the peak and the landing by hand, choose the tracer's colour and style, and keep it on the clip for good. CLUB TRACER Mark your swing position by position, from setup to finish, and Golf Studio draws the path of the club head as a laser line: one colour going back, another coming down. SPEED RAMPS Ease into slow motion around the strike and back out again. Slide each ramp along its clip and choose how long and how slow. SWING TEMPO See the rhythm of your swing: the backswing and downswing timed on the video as it plays, and the ratio between them. Time a swing yourself in three marks, or let the club tracer's marks do it, in four designs and your own colours. At the end of a reel, a tempo score out of 100, from Beginner to Tour Pro, with confetti and applause. SWING JOURNAL & GOLF DIARY Every swing lands in your journal on the day you filmed it, with no typing needed. Add an entry when you want to remember something: what you did (practice, a round of golf, a lesson), up to ten videos and photos, and your notes on what you worked on and what to try next time. File it by shot, from driver and tee shots to chipping and putting, and search your notes later. SWING COMPARE Put two swings side by side, then and now. They are lined up on the strike so they move together, with slow motion replay at 1/4 and 1/8 speed and frame-by-frame steps for each side. Save it as one video to share with your coach. HIGHLIGHT REELS Cut your best shots together with music, transitions and title cards. Add a hit sound on the strike or a bass drop, and the music dips so you hear the club. Put your scorecard on the clip hole by hole, stand a target flag where you were aiming, add slow motion and freeze frames, choose a look, and export in portrait for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Start from a template or build your own. SCORES & STATS A score tracker for every round: keep score hole by hole, for yourself and your family or playing partners, with your handicap on your profile. Track your season on a chart, see your average at every course you play, and compare this month with last. Practice rounds are kept apart, so they never skew your stats. PRACTICE GAMES Chipping, putting and driving games with a score to beat, from the gate drill and putting ladder to up and down and fairway finder. Every game is logged in your practice log, so you can watch your scores climb week by week. FIND A COURSE Search more than 30,000 named golf courses around the world on the map, see the ones near you, and start a round from the course page. YOUR LIBRARY All your golf videos in one video gallery, grouped by day, with albums, best shots and practice sessions. Everything Golf Studio saves to your camera roll goes in its own Golf Studio album. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no sign-in. Your videos, photos, scores and notes stay on your iPhone, and nothing is uploaded. Anonymous usage statistics are only shared if you say yes, and you can turn them off at any time in Settings. Golf Studio is free, with every feature included. SUPPORT Questions or ideas? Write to us: golfstarapp@protonmail.com Privacy policy: https://golfstar.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://golfstar.app/terms.html

Screenshots

PGM Tour4 screens
Golf Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PGM Tour at 3 against Golf Studio's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PGM Tour ships an update weekly, Golf Studio every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
PGM Tour versus Golf Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPGM TourGolf Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOCS Sportmark fail

In-app purchases

None

PGM Tour

No in-app purchases

None

Golf Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PGM Tour free?
PGM Tour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Golf Studio free?
Golf Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PGM Tour or Golf Studio have ads?
Neither PGM Tour nor Golf Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PGM Tour or Golf Studio?
PGM Tour ships an update weekly, and Golf Studio every 5 days. Most recently, PGM Tour was updated on October 28, 2026 and Golf Studio on October 31, 2026.

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