Comparison

Foremates vs chalkgolf

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

Head to head
About

Foremates

Plan, play, and review golf rounds with friends. Features live leaderboards, GPS hole maps for distances, and detailed game performance analysis. Designed for casual and organized golf outings.

Highlights
  • Plan rounds with friends
  • Live hole-by-hole scoring
  • GPS distances to green
  • Hazard spotting
  • Performance analysis
  • Score distribution tracking
Features
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Golf with your mates should be simple. Foremates brings everything you need before, during and after a round into one modern golf app. PLAN THE ROUND Choose a course, set the tee time and add the group in seconds. Invite friends or add guest players who don’t have a Foremates account. PLAY TOGETHER Enter scores hole by hole for multiple players and follow the live leaderboard as the round unfolds. Everyone stays in the game, even across multiple groups. KNOW YOUR NUMBER Use detailed GPS hole maps to check distances to the front, middle and back of the green, spot hazards and see plays-like yardages while you play. SEE YOUR GAME Review completed rounds, score distribution, averages, best scores and performance over time—all presented clearly and simply. MADE FOR GOLF WITH MATES From a weekend fourball to a society day or regular club round, Foremates keeps the group organised, connected and competitive. Set up the round. Bring your mates. Let Foremates handle the rest. Terms of Use (EULA): https://foremates.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://foremates.com/privacy-policy

About

chalkgolf

Features
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Chalk Golf keeps your golf in one place. Trace your shots, see your swing against a coach's lines and read the break on the green. Keep score by voice or by hand, run a society day with friends and keep track of practice and spending. BALL TRACER Pick a video of your shot, or film one in the app. Chalk listens for the strike, follows the ball and draws its flight over the clip. If it can't tell which ball is yours, it asks you to tap it. Reshape the flight, choose a tracer colour and save the video to share. • Works from ordinary iPhone video, with a white or hi-vis ball • Best filmed from behind the golfer, with the sky in frame and the sound on • Free to try, with a daily limit. Saving the traced video requires Pro. SWING STUDIO Record your swing or pick a video you already have. Swing Studio draws the plane lines a coach would, steps through all ten positions from setup to finish, and scores the swing with the one thing to fix first, plus a cue and a drill to take to the range. • P1 to P10, frame by frame • Down-the-line and face-on views, each with its own checks • Swing score, tempo, shoulder turn, hip turn and spine angle • Compare two swings side by side, and track your numbers club by club • Save the video with the lines drawn in, or share a still It reads what the camera can see, not clubhead speed or ball flight. Requires Pro. PUTT HELPER AND GREEN MAPS Point your iPhone at the green. Chalk spots the ball and the hole, reads the slope between them and shows where to aim, how far to hit it and what the putt plays as. • Aim in balls and cups left or right of the hole • Hit-it and plays-as distances, slope, apex and fall line • Green maps: scan a green once with a LiDAR iPhone and keep a contour map of its slopes Requires Pro. The putt helper needs an iPhone that supports ARKit. Slope reads are most accurate with LiDAR (iPhone 12 Pro or a later Pro model); on other iPhones, distance is reliable but slope and break are rough estimates. Green maps need LiDAR. Reads are estimates. The Rules of Golf don't allow this kind of read in a competition round, so use it for practice and casual golf. ON THE COURSE • A scorecard for every round, built as you play • Voice shot logging: hold the mic and say "seven iron, pulled it left, short of the green", and Chalk adds it to the card. Works offline. • A satellite course map that follows the hole you're playing • Front, centre and back yardages, and distances to bunkers and water, where the course is mapped WITH FRIENDS • Host a round or a whole society day, with several groups on one live leaderboard • Stableford, match play, skins, Nassau, wolf, scramble, foursomes, greensomes and more, gross or net • Nearest the pin, longest drive and a twos club • Say the whole group's scores in one go, and sign each other's cards • Share a live board with friends who aren't playing • Plan a golf trip and run a season with an order of merit BETWEEN ROUNDS • Round history with score to par, holes played and notes • Practice log for range sessions, short game, putting, lessons and fitness • Tournament rounds kept apart from casual play • Golf budget: green fees, entries and the cost of your membership per round • A map of every course you've played, with your best score at each CHALK GOLF PRO • Swing Studio • The putt helper and green maps • Save traced shot videos, with a higher daily tracer limit • Cloud transcription that copes better with wind, distant voices and accents than on-device recognition • Unlimited round analyses (the free plan includes 2 a month) Log a round offline and it syncs when you're back online. Cloud features need an internet connection. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.chalkgolfapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

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chalkgolf4 screens

Verdict

The call

Foremates and chalkgolf are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Foremates sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and chalkgolf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Foremates ships an update every 9 days, chalkgolf every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Foremates versus chalkgolf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForemateschalkgolf
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB68 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperLudus LabsANDREW DAVID KEOGH

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Foremates

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

chalkgolf

Subscriptions2
  • ChalkGolf Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
  • ChalkGolf Pro — Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Foremates free?
Foremates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is chalkgolf free?
chalkgolf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Foremates or chalkgolf have ads?
Neither Foremates nor chalkgolf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Foremates or chalkgolf?
Foremates ships an update every 9 days, and chalkgolf every 5 days. Most recently, Foremates was updated on October 15, 2026 and chalkgolf on October 24, 2026.

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