Comparison

TrueGain vs Data Driven Golf

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

Head to head
About

TrueGain

This golf app provides detailed shot-by-shot analysis to identify specific areas of your game that are costing you strokes. It offers data-driven insights to help you practice more efficiently and improve your scores.

Highlights
  • Strokes gained analysis by game area
  • Shot-by-shot round tracking
  • Automatic WHS handicap calculation
  • Club distance and equipment analytics
  • Hole-by-hole round analysis
  • Course library with real data
  • iCloud sync and backup
Features
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TrueGain is the golf stats app that shows you exactly where you’re losing strokes so you know what to work on next. Most golf apps give you numbers. TrueGain gives you answers. Track every shot, measure strokes gained across your game, and see whether your scores are being held back by driving, approach play, short game, putting, or course management. Instead of guessing what to practice, you get clear insight into the parts of your game that actually cost strokes. TrueGain helps you turn every round into a plan for improvement. Track the stats that actually lower scores: Strokes gained across tee shots, approach shots, short game, and putting Driving distance, longest drives, and good-drive percentage Approach performance by distance and lie Birdie opportunities, eagle chances, and scoring trends Makeable putts, putting performance by distance, and 3-putt frequency Up-and-down percentage, sand saves, and short-game performance Hole-by-hole round analysis and score history Go beyond basic scorekeeping: Compare fairway versus rough results See how much greens in regulation improve scoring Learn whether laying up or attacking par 5s actually saves strokes Track which clubs help and which clubs cost you Compare golf ball performance with real data from your rounds Built for golfers who want real improvement: Shot-by-shot round tracking Automatic WHS handicap index calculation Club distance tables and equipment analytics Hole notes and round-wide strategy notes 9-hole and 18-hole support Course library with real course data and multi-tee support iCloud sync and backup Personal records, milestones, and round history TrueGain helps you stop chasing generic advice and start improving based on your actual game. Whether you want to lower your handicap, practice more efficiently, or finally understand why your scores change from round to round, TrueGain gives you the data to improve with confidence. Practice what costs you strokes. Measure what actually matters. Build a better game with TrueGain. This app operates under Apple's standard terms of use found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Data Driven Golf

This app helps golfers improve by tracking their performance based on their individual handicap. It analyzes every shot to show where strokes are gained or lost, providing personalized practice recommendations. Users can log shots easily, view real-time stats, and access detailed round summaries and trends.

Highlights
  • Hole-by-hole shot logging
  • Real-time strokes gained analysis
  • Personalized handicap calibration
  • AI round recaps
  • Performance trends and charts
  • Course catalog with yardage
  • Friend sharing and public links
Features
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Data Driven Golf tells you exactly where your game gains and loses strokes, calibrated to YOUR handicap instead of a PGA Tour baseline. Most strokes gained tools compare every shot to tour pros. Interesting, but it doesn't tell a 12-handicap what to practice this week. Data Driven Golf calibrates expected strokes to your target handicap, so every number answers one question: did that shot help or hurt against the golfer you're trying to become? HOW IT WORKS - Log each shot in seconds with the hole-by-hole wizard. Lie and distance is all it takes. - See strokes gained on every shot in real time as you play. - Off the tee, approach, short game, putting: find out which part of your game actually costs you strokes. WHAT YOU GET - Round summaries with a full strokes gained breakdown, scorecard, and best/worst shot highlights - AI round recaps that read like a caddie's notes on your day - Trends across rounds: rolling averages, par 3/4/5 splits, performance by lie and by distance - Charts benchmarked against PGA, scratch, 10 and 20 handicap curves, so you can see exactly where you sit - A 25,000+ course catalog with tee-by-tee yardage, rating, and slope, plus manual course entry - Friends: share your rounds, stats, and charts with your regular group - Public share links for any round YOUR DATA IS YOURS Export every round to CSV anytime. No lock-in. Data Driven Golf is free and built in the open with a small community of golfers whose feedback shapes every release. Questions or ideas? drew@datadriven.golf gets read by an actual human named Drew.

Screenshots

TrueGain1 screens
Data Driven Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Data Driven Golf at none against TrueGain's 4. Data Driven Golf also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. TrueGain sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Data Driven Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TrueGain against 5.0 for Data Driven Golf. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Data Driven Golf has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TrueGain versus Data Driven Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrueGainData Driven Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrueGain LLCANDREW DOMINIC VARANO

Customer experience

TrueGain

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Data Driven Golf

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TrueGain

Subscriptions4
  • All Access$9.991 Month
  • All Access$24.993 Months
  • All Access6 Months trial$49.996 Months
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  • All Access$99.991 Year
None

Data Driven Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TrueGain free?
TrueGain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Data Driven Golf free?
Data Driven Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TrueGain or Data Driven Golf?
TrueGain and Data Driven Golf are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do TrueGain or Data Driven Golf have ads?
Neither TrueGain nor Data Driven Golf shows ads.

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