Comparison

Home Tee Hero vs Sa Trail Golf

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

Head to head
About

Home Tee Hero

Experience a realistic golf simulator indoors with over 43,000 courses. Practice your game, play with friends, or compete in weekly tournaments. Requires a Garmin Golf membership and compatible launch monitor.

Highlights
  • 43,000+ virtual golf courses
  • Realistic simulation with fine-tuned physics
  • Enhanced courses with lidar data
  • On-course practice mode
  • Local multiplayer for up to 4 players
  • Weekly virtual tournaments
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The Home Tee Hero interactive golf simulator experience brings the game to you. Practice and play year-round on any of the 43,000+ preloaded courses. To access, you need an active Garmin Golf™ membership and your compatible Garmin launch monitor. • 43,000+ COURSES With more than 43,000 courses, you can tee off on your home course, play where the pros play or practice for an upcoming golf trip. • REALISTIC SIMULATION Enjoy unique course environments, including desert, grassland and tropical, plus fine-tuned shot physics and green friction. • ENHANCED COURSES Enjoy even more realistic play on 15+ courses with high-resolution lidar data for every green and more accurate tree coverage throughout the course. • ON-COURSE PRACTICE Hit a shot from anywhere on any course. Then do it again. On-course practice mode was made for dialing in your game and trying to hit that island green. • MULTIPLAYER MODE Gather your friends to play a virtual round. In local multiplayer mode, you can golf with up to 4 people. • WEEKLY TOURNAMENTS Compete in virtual tournaments against other golfers around the world. Each week, you can play the tournament course as many times as you want to climb higher on the leaderboard.

About

Sa Trail Golf

Book tee times, access GPS yardages, and track your golf rounds on San Antonio's municipal courses. Connect with friends and monitor course conditions all in one app designed for local golfers.

Highlights
  • Book tee times across 8 courses
  • Real-time availability search
  • Cancellation alerts
  • In-round GPS yardages (beta)
  • Track game statistics
  • View friends' tee times
  • Check course conditions
Features
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SaTrail is the home for San Antonio golfers who play the Alamo City Golf Trail. Book tee times faster, get GPS yardages in your cart, track every round, and see what your friends are playing — all in one app built specifically for the Trail's municipal courses. BOOK TEE TIMES IN SECONDS Search real-time availability across all 8 Alamo City Golf Trail courses — Brackenridge Park, Cedar Creek, Mission del Lago, Northern Hills, Olmos Basin, Riverside, San Pedro Par 3, and Willow Springs. Sign in with your existing course account and book with the membership rates you already have. NEVER MISS AN OPENING Want a Saturday morning slot that's already full? Set a watch and SaTrail checks for cancellations around the clock, then alerts you the moment a spot opens up. CART CADDY — GPS YARDAGES (BETA) A distraction-free, in-round GPS tool designed to be glanced at from a moving cart: • Live distances to the front, middle, and back of every green • Suggested club based on your own carry distances • Log shots as you play and see how far your last one went • Keep a running score as you go • Works offline once your round starts — no signal needed in the far corners of the course • Set up My Bag once with your clubs and distances, and Cart Caddy does the rest TRACK YOUR GAME Your rounds across the Trail sync automatically. See where you play most, how often you're out, and how you stack up on the community leaderboard. A COMMUNITY, NOT JUST A TEE SHEET • See when friends are playing and join them • Share your tee times with your group in one tap • Check current course conditions before you drive out • Get notified when something needs your attention Built by an ACGT golfer who wanted a better way to play the Trail. If you play San Antonio municipal golf, SaTrail makes every round easier — from booking to the 18th green. Note: SaTrail requires an Alamo City Golf Trail account to sign in. Cart Caddy GPS is in beta — send feedback right from the app and help shape what comes next.

Screenshots

Home Tee Hero4 screens
Sa Trail Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Home Tee Hero at 1.7K against Sa Trail Golf's 1. Sa Trail Golf's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sa Trail Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Home Tee Hero has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Home Tee Hero versus Sa Trail Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHome Tee HeroSa Trail Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size682 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGarminWade Lewis10330650091

In-app purchases

None

Home Tee Hero

No in-app purchases

None

Sa Trail Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Home Tee Hero free?
Home Tee Hero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sa Trail Golf free?
Sa Trail Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Home Tee Hero or Sa Trail Golf?
Sa Trail Golf is rated higher. Home Tee Hero averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Sa Trail Golf averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Home Tee Hero or Sa Trail Golf have ads?
Neither Home Tee Hero nor Sa Trail Golf shows ads.

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