Cadet vs PuttingAce
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cadet
This sports app assists golfers with on-course strategic decisions to improve their game and lower scores. It offers various subscription plans for enhanced features and content.
- On-course decision assistance
- Score improvement strategies
- Paid digital content
- Weekly and monthly subscription options
- AI-powered features
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Cadet helps with on-course decisions to lower your scores. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Cadet includes paid digital content for its features.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PuttingAce at 100% against Cadet's 0%. PuttingAce also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Cadet's advantage is ratings volume (67 vs 18). 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
Both are free to download. Cadet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 3 months and PuttingAce sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PuttingAce holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Cadet's written reviews are positive against 100% of PuttingAce's.
Cadet ships an update monthly, PuttingAce weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cadet | PuttingAce |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jae Hyuk Lee | JL Golf, LLC |
Customer experience
Cadet
PuttingAce
In-app purchases
Cadet
- Cadet$4.993 Months
- Cadet Monthly$9.991 Month
- Cadet AI7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Cadet$12.493 Months
- Cadet Yearly 80% Off$13.991 Year
- Cadet Weekly$14.997 Days
- Cadet Quarterly$24.993 Months
- Cadet Yearly 50% Off$34.991 Year
- Cadet Yearly7 Days trial2 variants$69.991 Year
PuttingAce
- PuttingAce Full Access$12.99








