Chains vs Parked Disc Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chains
This app helps disc golf players improve their putting skills through detailed tracking, structured drills, and engaging games. Log practice sessions, analyze statistics by distance, and create custom routines to make every putt count. It offers Apple Watch support for convenient logging.
- Log putts from any distance
- Structured practice drills
- Putting games for engagement
- Custom practice session creation
- Apple Watch logging
- Detailed make percentage statistics
- Progress tracking over time
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Chains is the putting practice app for disc golfers who want to know if they're actually getting better. Log every putt, see your make percentage at every distance, and watch it improve over time. Practice in your backyard or at the course, from your iPhone or straight from your Apple Watch. PRACTICE YOUR WAY • Free Practice – log putts from any distance with one tap per make or miss • Four built-in drills – Ladder, Peak Finder, Lock-In and Progression give every session structure and pick up where you left off • JYLY – a scored putting game of 20 rounds from 5 to 10 meters. The more you make, the farther back you go. Chase your best score, see your pace against it round by round and share your scorecard • Apple Watch – leave your phone in your bag, log putts or play JYLY from your wrist and set the distance with the Digital Crown SEE WHAT'S REALLY IMPROVING • Make percentage at every distance, from tap-ins to beyond Circle 2 • Trends over time for any distance – find out if your 30-footers are really dropping more often • Compare each drill with your last one, distance by distance • Filter by Circle 1, Circle 2 or a specific distance • Current and best make streaks • A full history of every session and putt SIMPLE BY DESIGN • Feet, meters or yards • Syncs between iPhone and Apple Watch with iCloud • No account or sign-up needed MADE BY A DISC GOLFER Chains is built by a solo developer and huge disc golf nerd who got tired of not knowing whether practice was paying off. Your feedback shapes every update – get in touch from the Settings screen. Start building a putting stroke you can trust.
Parked Disc Golf
This app helps disc golfers track their game, find new courses, and improve their skills. It offers social features for sharing progress and discovering new places to play.
- Track rounds
- Discover courses
- Improve game
- Social scoring
- Progress tracking
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Parked Disc Golf is the social scoring app built for disc golfers who want to track rounds, discover courses, and improve their game. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chains at none against Parked Disc Golf's 1. Chains also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 3). Parked Disc Golf's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Parked Disc Golf sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Chains asks for nothing beyond the download.
Parked Disc Golf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chains has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Chains ships an update fortnightly, Parked Disc Golf every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chains | Parked Disc Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gruffydd Johnston | Christopher Verzwyvelt |
Customer experience
Chains
Parked Disc Golf
In-app purchases
Chains
No in-app purchases
Parked Disc Golf
- Supporter$1.991 Month
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