Chains vs Flightpath 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 metres. The more you make, the further 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.
Flightpath Disc Golf
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Lifetime stats. Free. Forever. Flightpath is the disc golf scorecard that never asks you to pay for your own history. Every round you log and every stat it builds — birdie rate, scoring breakdowns, round history — stays free, forever, and lives right on your phone. FREE, FOREVER • Fast, clean scorecards • Lifetime stats: birdie rate, scoring breakdowns, round history • Your bag: every disc with its rated flight numbers • Course directory with satellite hole maps • GPS distance to the basket as you play YOUR DISCS, MEASURED (PREMIUM) The flight numbers on a disc tell you what it does for a pro. Flightpath Premium tells you what it does for you: • Auto GPS throw logging — real distances captured as you play • Measured flight per disc — your numbers vs. the rated chart • Average distance by disc, ranked • Flight-path tracing for every throw • The Caddie: per-hole disc reads built from your own measured throws • Eagle & ace rate tracking (birdie rate stays free) MAP A COURSE, EARN PREMIUM No hole map for your local course? Walk it once with Flightpath's guided mapper and satellite view. Be the first to map a course and Premium is free for a month — map 12 courses and earn a full bonus year. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No ads. Your scorecards, throws, and courses never leave your phone. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Premium is an auto-renewing subscription (annual or monthly) with pricing shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://rossc25.github.io/legal/flightpath/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://rossc25.github.io/legal/flightpath/privacy.html Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Satellite imagery © Mapbox.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chains at none against Flightpath Disc Golf's 2. Flightpath Disc Golf's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Flightpath Disc Golf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Chains asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Chains | Flightpath Disc Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gruffydd Johnston | Christopher Ross |
In-app purchases
Chains
No in-app purchases
Flightpath Disc Golf
- Flightpath Premium14 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Flightpath Premium14 Days trial$27.991 Year
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