Comparison

Delofted vs Side Game Golf

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

Head to head
About

Delofted

Features
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golf. reimagined. delofted brings your passion for golf together in one place: Tour, Fantasy, Community — all in a single app. EVERY TOURNAMENT. LIVE. Follow the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, and more in real time. Leaderboards, hole-by-hole scorecards, tee times, and stats — all at a glance. Whether it's Masters Sunday or a Thursday round in Dubai. FANTASY GOLF — DRAFT. DUEL. BRAGGING RIGHTS. Build your dream team for every tournament. Go head-to-head with your friends in private groups, follow live scoring during round breaks, and claim the bragging rights week after week. Easy to learn, hard to put down. MY GOLF — YOUR ROUND. YOUR HANDICAP. Track every round live: scorecard, club selection, putts, handicap progression. Your personal golf journal — kept automatically. Manage your bag and watch your game evolve, round by round. GOLF IQ — DAILY CHALLENGE. 10 questions. 15 seconds per question. New every day. Test your knowledge on rules, history, courses, and pros. Build streaks, crack highscores, challenge your friends — who's the real golf nerd? ARENA. Fantasy drafts, daily challenges, leaderboards. The Arena turns every day into a little tournament. 500+ PLAYER PROFILES. From Rory to the rookies of the season: full season stats, career history, personal details. Follow your favorites. Discover the stars of tomorrow. HOT NEWS. The most important golf news, curated and to the point. No endless feeds, no clickbait. Just what golfers actually need to know. — WHY DELOFTED? We're golfers ourselves. We wanted an app that captures the spirit of the game — elegant, smart, connected. No more juggling three different tools. One digital clubhouse for everything you love about golf. Tour. Fantasy. Community. All in one app. delofted. One app. Every round.

About

Side Game Golf

This app manages golf group competitions, tracking scores, handicaps, and leaderboards in real-time for various formats. It supports multi-day trips, weekly clubs, and single rounds, offering detailed match summaries and course data.

Highlights
  • Hole-by-hole score entry
  • Automatic handicap calculation
  • Live leaderboards with push notifications
  • Multiple game formats (Stroke Play, Skins, Best Ball, Ryder Cup)
  • Support for over 30,000 golf courses
  • Offline-tolerant scoring
  • Spectator TV mode
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Side Game runs your golf group's competition so nobody has to run a spreadsheet. Enter scores hole by hole. Handicaps, net scores, and every leaderboard update the moment a putt drops — across every format you're playing at once. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Trips — multi-day golf getaways. Tee times, groups, team matches, and a leaderboard for every format, all the way to the last putt on the last day. Clubs — a permanent home for the group that plays every week. Rounds, handicaps, rankings and history that carry over instead of resetting. Rounds — a single round with the guys. Set it up in under a minute. FORMATS Stroke Play (gross and net), Skins with automatic carry-overs, Best Ball, Ryder Cup team match play with Singles, Best Ball and High-Low, and Stableford. Run as many at once as the group wants. HANDICAPS DONE RIGHT Use each player's official index, or custom handicaps assigned by the admin. Set a different allowance percentage per format — 100% in Best Ball, 90% in Stroke Play, whatever the group agrees on. Strokes apply automatically per course and tee. 30,000+ COURSES Pick the course and the tees; the scorecard fills itself in — pars, yardages and stroke indexes, every time. ALSO INCLUDED - Live leaderboards with push notifications on lead changes - PGA-style hole-by-hole match summaries - Spectator TV mode for the clubhouse - Offline-tolerant scoring that syncs when you're back in service - Shareable round previews for the group chat PRICING Free for trips of up to two rounds, with every feature and every format included. For longer trips, the trip admin pays one group fee that covers everyone — no per-player charge, and no subscription required for a trip. Side Game Clubs is an optional monthly subscription for groups that play year-round. One subscription covers every club you join. Title: Clubs Length: 1 month Price: $1.99 USD per month, with the first month free Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://playsidegamegolf.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Delofted4 screens
Side Game Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Delofted at none against Side Game Golf's 10. Delofted also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). Side Game Golf's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Side Game Golf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Delofted asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Delofted ships an update every 3 days, Side Game Golf every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Delofted versus Side Game Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeloftedSide Game Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB46 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBJORN NOEL ROSENTHALCamilo Aleman

In-app purchases

None

Delofted

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Side Game Golf

One-time10
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$139.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$140.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$142.99
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  • Side Game Trip Unlock$144.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$145.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$146.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$147.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$148.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$149.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$150.00

Questions

Is Delofted free?
Delofted is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Side Game Golf free?
Side Game Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Delofted or Side Game Golf have ads?
Delofted shows ads; Side Game Golf does not.
Which is updated more often, Delofted or Side Game Golf?
Delofted ships an update every 3 days, and Side Game Golf every 6 weeks. Most recently, Delofted was updated on September 23, 2026 and Side Game Golf on September 10, 2026.

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