Comparison

Break vs PuttingAce

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

Head to head
About

Break

This app analyzes your golf performance to identify areas for improvement and generates personalized practice plans. It offers over 200 skill-based games and challenges, tracks your strokes gained across thousands of courses, and adapts plans as your game evolves.

Highlights
  • Personalized 4-week practice plans
  • Strokes gained analysis
  • 200+ skill games and challenges
  • Performance tracking across 40,000+ courses
  • Adaptable plans based on game changes
  • Manual data entry for other apps
Features
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Know exactly what's costing you shots, and get a practice plan built to fix it. Break X Golf turns your rounds into strokes gained stats, finds where you're losing the most shots, and builds a personalised 4-week practice plan around the time you actually have. PRACTICE PLANS THAT FIT YOUR WEEK - Choose 1–7 sessions a week, 30–90 minutes each - Every session targets the skill costing you the most shots - Warm-up, focused drills, then a performance challenge to test your skills - The app tells you when to rebuild your plan as your game changes EVERY SESSION BASED ON YOUR DATA & EXPLAINED No generic tips. Your plan breaks your game into 24 skill areas across putting, short game, approach and driving, then shows how many shots each one costs you and why each session was picked. The methods come from 20 years of coaching by PGA Professional Dr Will Shaw. 200+ SKILLS GAMES AND CHALLENGES Stop hitting balls into the void at the range. Every challenge has a target benchmarked to your handicap, so you know what good looks like. Beat it to unlock harder levels and set new practice PBs. Works at the golf range, putting green, short game area, or a home simulator. ALL YOUR STATS IN ONE PLACE - Track strokes gained on 40,000+ courses worldwide - Strokes gained by game area and by distance - Approach and driving dispersion, scoring trends and more - Already tracking with another app? Add those rounds with quick manual entry WHO IT'S FOR Golfers who practice at least 30 minutes a week and want every minute to count. Used by 1,000+ golfers from beginners to tour pros, plus coaches, high schools, and college teams. WHAT GOLFERS AND COACHES SAY 5 stars - Brilliant for practice "The strokes gained input section is easy to use and incredibly helpful in breaking down strokes gained. The personalised practice plans have helped me focus my driving range sessions and short game sessions with quick, easy to understand drills. Handicap has steadily dropped from 4-1.8 over 2 years with a full time job. Can’t recommend it enough, thank you Break X!" – Get me to Scratch 5 stars - Great tool for all players "This tool has massively helped my golf, in both providing structure and adding the link between technical practice and playing. I’d highly recommend this to the player looking to improve." – Rob Pritchard Golf 5 stars - Top App For Stats & Practice "I’ve got 8 rounds in the app so far and it gives me a great picture of my golf game, strengths and weaknesses. Practice suggestions and good and very targeted." – Wilberto__ Try it free for 7 days. Terms of Use: https://breakxgolf.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://breakxgolf.com/privacy-policy/

About

PuttingAce

Improve your golf game by tracking putting stats on the course and during practice. Analyze your performance by distance to identify strengths and weaknesses, and focus your training effectively. Includes free practice games and optional lifetime access to advanced features.

Highlights
  • On-course putt tracking
  • Strokes Gained analysis
  • Structured putting practice games
  • Performance analysis by distance
  • Hole-by-hole round review
  • Customizable round cards and Scorebugs
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Know your putting. Practice with purpose, track your putting stats on the course, and see where you gain and lose strokes. Designed by a professional golfer, PuttingAce brings structured putting practice, on-course putt tracking, and Strokes Gained analysis together. Build a baseline, understand your performance by distance, and use your results to decide what to practice next. PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE Start with PuttingAce 9 and PuttingAce 18, included free. Play scored putting games, compare your results with Tour Par benchmarks, and make your next session measurable. Full Access adds practice games and tests for short putting, mid-range putting, lag putting, and scoring distances. Record scores with a tap and review your session results. TRACK YOUR PUTTING ON COURSE With Full Access, log putts during 9- or 18-hole rounds. Record distances, holed putts, and miss/result locations. Choose Casual, Tournament, or Qualifying rounds and start from the hole that matches your round. Review completed rounds, hole-by-hole results, and putting Strokes Gained to understand how you performed on the course. UNDERSTAND YOUR PUTTING PERFORMANCE Full Access includes Performance Analysis for a clearer view of your practice and on-course putting results. Explore Strokes Gained by distance, make rates, three-putt avoidance, performance trends, and strengths and weaknesses across short, mid-range, and long putts. Use recommended practice focus areas to give your next session a purpose. REVIEW AND SHARE YOUR RESULTS Revisit saved practice sessions and on-course rounds. Full Access unlocks complete practice and round history, deeper analysis, and premium sharing. Create branded round cards or transparent Scorebugs for your own golf photos and videos. FREE TO START. LIFETIME FULL ACCESS. Download free and start with PuttingAce 9 and PuttingAce 18. Full Access is an optional one-time lifetime purchase that includes all practice games and tests, Performance Analysis, complete history, On-Course Putting, premium sharing, and premium account features. No subscription. Existing Full Access and Founding Player users keep their access permanently. Built for competitive golfers, serious amateurs, and anyone who wants to understand their putting and practice with purpose.

Screenshots

Break4 screens
PuttingAce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PuttingAce at 5.0 against Break's 3.4. PuttingAce also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and ratings volume (17 vs 5). Break's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.5). 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. Break sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.00 per month and PuttingAce sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PuttingAce holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Break's written reviews are positive against 100% of PuttingAce's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Break versus PuttingAce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreakPuttingAce
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings517 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPractice Labs LtdJL Golf, LLC

Customer experience

Break

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

PuttingAce

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Break

Subscriptions2
  • Break X Golf - Monthly7 Days trial$19.001 Month
  • Break X Golf - Annual7 Days trial$179.001 Year
1 purchases

PuttingAce

One-time1
  • PuttingAce Full Access$12.99

Questions

Is Break free?
Break is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PuttingAce free?
PuttingAce is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Break or PuttingAce?
PuttingAce is rated higher. Break averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while PuttingAce averages 5.0 from 17 ratings.
Do Break or PuttingAce have ads?
Neither Break nor PuttingAce shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Break or PuttingAce?
Break ships an update weekly, and PuttingAce weekly. Most recently, Break was updated on November 6, 2026 and PuttingAce on November 5, 2026.

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