Dialed vs BirdieLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dialed
This app helps golfers improve their short game by simulating real course conditions with varied distances and pressure. Practice becomes more engaging and effective by breaking repetitive habits and focusing on critical shots.
- 9 or 18-hole practice formats
- Indoor and outdoor modes
- Pre-designed course layouts
- Detailed scoring and statistics
- Performance metrics
- Round history
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Traditional practice often fails because repeating the same shot creates artificial comfort that vanishes on the course. Dialed breaks this pattern by introducing varied distances and the subtle pressure of recording every shot. This approach mirrors actual play conditions, where you face different shots each time and every stroke counts. Practice becomes more engaging and meaningful when it genuinely reflects the challenges of a real round. FEATURES • Select 9 or 18-hole practice formats for both indoor and outdoor settings • Choose from a variety of pre-designed course layouts • Detailed scoring and statistics tracking • Performance metrics to identify patterns and weaknesses • Round history with complete scorecards INDOOR AND OUTDOOR MODES • Indoor mode: Practice putts from 2.5 to 10 feet on a putting mat • Outdoor mode: Complete chip-to-putt sequences from 10 to 40 yards at a practice green * Coming soon: Build practice routines tailored to your own setup The short game is where strokes are saved. Dialed helps you focus your practice time on the shots that matter most.
BirdieLab
This app tracks your golf game hole by hole, providing real-time scores, GPS yardages, and handicap calculations. Analyze your performance with detailed statistics and discover nearby courses.
- Hole-by-hole scoring
- Live GPS yardages
- USGA handicap calculation
- Performance statistics
- Nearby course finder
- Course reviews and info
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BirdieLab tracks your golf rounds hole by hole — keeping score while building a clear picture of your game over time. Score Every Hole, The Right Way Enter your score, fairways hit, greens in regulation, and putts for each hole as you play. Your total and score-to-par update in real time, so you always know where you stand. Play a full 18, or just the front or back nine. Live GPS Yardages Open the GPS view on any hole and see front, center, and back-of-green distances from your current position or the tee. Drop a layup marker on the course map to measure to a target. Auto mode switches from tee distance to your position as you move down the fairway. Your Handicap, Calculated Right BirdieLab computes your USGA handicap index as your rounds accumulate — best N differentials from your last 20 rounds, multiplied by 0.96. The number updates automatically, and you can track how it moves over time. Stats That Actually Tell You Something See your average score, average putts, fairway percentage, and GIR percentage across your rounds. A score trend chart shows where your game is heading. Filter by course to compare your performance at each track. Career stats give you lifetime totals at a glance, along with your best and worst rounds. Find Courses Nearby Open the Play tab and BirdieLab surfaces courses near you automatically using your location. Search by name for any course in the database. Select your tee box before you start — multiple tees per course, sorted by rating. Course Info and Reviews Each course page shows hole-by-hole detail: par, handicap index, and yardages by tee box. Rate courses on overall quality, difficulty, and value. Log the course condition and pace of play, and leave notes for other golfers. Your Round History Every saved round is logged with full hole-by-hole detail. Swipe to delete a round. Tap to review your scorecard. Start tracking. Start improving.
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Verdict
Dialed and BirdieLab are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 Dialed against 5.0 for BirdieLab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Dialed ships an update every 10 days, BirdieLab every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dialed | BirdieLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sam Pochyly | Raymond Flores |
Customer experience
Dialed
BirdieLab
In-app purchases
Dialed
No in-app purchases
BirdieLab
No in-app purchases









