Comparison

Golf Stacks vs Sides Golf

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

Head to head
About

Golf Stacks

Manage golf groups, track complex game formats, and automate payouts. This app simplifies scorekeeping and calculations for casual rounds or large tournaments, letting you focus on your game.

Highlights
  • Real-time leaderboards
  • Support for multiple game formats
  • Automated payout calculations
  • Group management and invitations
  • Detailed player statistics
  • Guest player support
Features
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Elevate Your Golf Game with Golf StacksGolf Stacks is the premier app for managing golf groups, tracking complex games, and simplifying payouts. Whether you're playing a casual round with a foursome or organizing a large society tournament, Golf Stacks handles the math so you can focus on the swing. Key Features:•Real-Time Leaderboards: Watch the standings update live as scores are entered. Know exactly where you stand on every hole.•Comprehensive Game Support: Built-in support for Stroke Play, Stableford, Skins, Closest-to-Pin, and 2-Man Team formats.•Automated Payouts: Effortlessly calculate "Stacks" (points/currency) distribution for Front 9, Back 9, Overall, Skins, and more. No more spreadsheet headaches.•Group Management: Create private groups, invite friends, and maintain a history of all your games and stats.•Detailed Statistics: Track your performance over time with stats like Eagles, Birdies, Pars, and Skins won across all your groups.•Guest Player Support: Easily add guest players to any game without requiring them to create a full account. Download Golf Stacks today and bring a pro-tour experience to your Saturday morning foursome. Note: Stacks have no monetary value.

About

Sides Golf

Features
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Two sides. One cup. Sides Golf is the app for the recurring tournament you run with your friends every year — the one that's been living in a Google Sheet since 2019. Sides handles the draft, the matchups, and the trash talk. You just show up and play. Built for the friend group. Whether it's a weekend cup, a season-long ladder, or a one-off Ryder-style match, Sides keeps your scores straight and your standings live. WHAT'S INSIDE • Captain mode — two captains, alternating picks. Draft your sides like the Ryder Cup, with worse golf and better commentary. • Real golf formats — Match Play, Best Ball, Alternate Shot, Scramble, Stableford, and High-Low. Pick the format your group actually argues about. • Live tournament dashboard — standings, your next match, every round in flight. Everyone in your group sees the same thing, the same way. • Hole-by-hole scoring with qualifier tags — tap your number, color-coded for birdie, bogey, the occasional snowman. Add chirps like "lost a ball" or "great approach" so the recap writes itself. • Tournament chat — per-club channels for the year-round trash talk. Per-tournament for the in-the-moment reactions, mentions, and reactions. • AI sportscaster — entertaining match, round, and tournament recaps. Submit anonymous chirps to the caster to have them incorporated into the recaps! WHO IT'S FOR Friend groups who already have a recurring golf tournament and are tired of: — Reading scores out of a group chat — Updating a spreadsheet on the 17th tee — Forgetting who won what three years ago If your tournament has captains, sides, a name, and a trophy — Sides was built for you.

Screenshots

Golf Stacks4 screens
Sides Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Golf Stacks at every 10 days against Sides Golf's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf Stacks ships an update every 10 days, Sides Golf every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Golf Stacks versus Sides Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf StacksSides Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB44 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperBrandon FarlowMatthew Sadowski

In-app purchases

None

Golf Stacks

No in-app purchases

None

Sides Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf Stacks free?
Golf Stacks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sides Golf free?
Sides Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Golf Stacks or Sides Golf have ads?
Neither Golf Stacks nor Sides Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Golf Stacks or Sides Golf?
Golf Stacks ships an update every 10 days, and Sides Golf every 2 months. Most recently, Golf Stacks was updated on October 7, 2026 and Sides Golf on October 14, 2026.

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