Rounds Golf vs The Yips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rounds Golf
Track golf scores, follow live rounds in real time, and manage friendly wagers with friends. This app focuses on the social aspect of golf, allowing both players on the course and spectators at home to stay connected to the game and each other.
- Real-time score tracking
- Live round following
- Wager settlement
- Player statistics
- League building
- Group chat integration
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Your buddy is 2-up through 14 and you're watching it happen from your couch. Rounds is live golf with your crew — a clean scorecard on the course, friendly bets, and a window into the round for everyone who couldn't make the tee time. FOLLOW IT LIVE Every round on Rounds can be watched. Scores land hole by hole. The match flips on 16 and everyone following knows it the second it happens. There was a time when this meant waiting for a call from the parking lot. Not anymore. SCORE ANY GAME YOU PLAY Stroke play, Match Play, Skins, Best Ball, Scramble, Wolf, Nassau, Stableford, Vegas. Set it up in seconds, score it as you walk. No clutter — just the round and the people in it. SETTLE UP CLEAN Set the stakes before the first tee. Everyone sees the bet. Everyone sees the result. When the round closes, it settles — so the only argument left is about the swing, not the math. YOUR HISTORY, KEPT Every round you play builds your record: scores, trends, the day you finally broke 80. It gets better the longer you play. YOUR PEOPLE Follow your friends. Build leagues. Run season-long bragging rights. Keep the group chat where it belongs — around the round. Rounds is for the game played outside, on your feet, with the people who make it worth it. The early tee time. The long walk. The shot you’ll be talking about for years. Golf is best when everyone’s in it. This one’s for them too.
The Yips
This app helps golfers improve their mental game by building focus, composure, confidence, and resilience. It offers guided warmups, post-round reflections, and AI-powered insights to overcome performance anxiety and improve scores.
- Pre-round mental warmups
- Post-round reflection logging
- AI-powered performance insights
- Mental game goal setting
- Progress tracking over time
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STOP GETTING IN YOUR OWN WAY The mental game separates good golfers from great golfers. You know your swing. You've taken lessons. You hit it pure on the range. But on the course? You three-putt from nerves. One bad shot ruins three holes. You overthink every swing. You can't shake the anger. The Yips helps golfers build better focus, composure, confidence, and resilience on the course. IMPORTANT The app offers paid premium access through an annual subscription or a lifetime purchase. A purchase is required to access premium features, including guided warmups, AI-powered insights, mental game goals, and advanced progress tracking. WHAT YOU GET Pre-Round Mental Warmup Use a guided mental warmup before your round with breathing exercises, visualization, focus word selection, and a mental check-in. Post-Round Reflection Log your mental game after each round, including focus, composure, confidence, resilience, and what worked or did not work. AI-Powered Insights Premium access includes AI-generated insights that analyze your patterns and highlight opportunities to improve your mental game. Mental Game Goals Premium access includes goal-setting tools to help you work on areas like staying calm after bad shots or trusting your routine. Progress Tracking Premium access includes progress tracking so you can review trends, patterns, and improvement over time. WHO IT'S FOR The Yips is for golfers who want to stop getting in their own way. If you have ever played tight under pressure, stayed stuck on a bad shot, overthought your swing, or let nerves affect your score, this app is for you. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS Premium access is available through: Annual Plan: $29.99/year with 7-day free trial Lifetime Access: $49.99 one-time purchase A purchase is required to access premium features. Annual subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. RESULTS The mental game is trainable. The Yips makes it easier to build better habits on the course. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rounds Golf at none against The Yips's 3. Rounds Golf also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). 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. The Yips sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per year. Rounds Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rounds Golf against 5.0 for The Yips. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Rounds Golf ships an update weekly, The Yips monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rounds Golf | The Yips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rounds Golf LLC | Nathan Thayer |
Customer experience
Rounds Golf
The Yips
In-app purchases
Rounds Golf
No in-app purchases
The Yips
- Annual Plan$59.991 Year
- Annual Exit Trail Plan3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$149.99









