WHALE GOLF vs CHIP'd Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WHALE GOLF
Engage in real golf skill challenges during your rounds. Accept and complete shots like hitting a specific distance or landing on the green to win. Suitable for all skill levels, the game adjusts to ensure everyone has a chance to win.
- Real golf skill challenges
- Driver and Iron shot challenges
- Adjusts to player skill level
- Win rewards
- All skill levels welcome
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Real Golf Skill Challenges - Make the Shot - WIN As you play a round of golf, skill challenges will pop-up. Accept the Challenge, make the shot & WIN. Driver Challenges, hit X amount of yards or more in the fairway and Iron Challenges, hit your shot and land on the Green. All Skill Levels are welcome, Pros to high handicaps. Whale will adjust based on your skill level, everyone can WIN.
CHIP'd Golf
This app provides real-time putting data directly from a smart golf ball. Analyze your performance with detailed insights and track your progress over time to improve your game.
- Bluetooth connectivity for smart golf balls
- Real-time putting data capture
- Detailed session insights (ball speed, skid, length)
- Practice history tracking
- Putter performance comparison
- Golf ball management and firmware updates
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CHIP’d Golf is the world’s first launch monitor for the putting green, powered by IntelliCore™, our proprietary sensing technology embedded inside a regulation golf ball. Capture real putting data directly from the golf ball and receive instant feedback after every putt — no cameras, no manual input and no guesswork. Key features include: • Connect your CHIP’d golf balls in seconds using Bluetooth. • Measure every putt with real ball data captured by IntelliCore™. • Analyse detailed session insights including ball speed, skid distance, putt length, outcome and more. • Track your complete practice history to monitor improvement over time. • Compare the performance of different putters. • Manage your golf balls, monitor usage, update firmware and keep every ball ready to play. Whether you’re practising at home, on the putting green or working with a coach, CHIP’d Golf helps you understand your putting like never before. Practice with purpose.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CHIP'd Golf at none against WHALE GOLF's shown. CHIP'd Golf also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). WHALE GOLF's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
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 WHALE GOLF against 5.0 for CHIP'd Golf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
WHALE GOLF ships an update daily, CHIP'd Golf monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WHALE GOLF | CHIP'd Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WHALE GOLF | Chip'd |
Customer experience
WHALE GOLF
CHIP'd Golf
In-app purchases
WHALE GOLF
No in-app purchases
CHIP'd Golf
No in-app purchases
