Comparison

Swing vs STROKES GPD

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

Head to head
About

Swing

This app offers a digital clubhouse experience for golfers, providing live leaderboards for any course, global amateur rankings, and social features to connect with friends. Track scores, manage your golf identity, and organize your own tournaments without any fees or ads.

Highlights
  • Live leaderboards for every course
  • Global amateur golf rankings
  • Digital clubhouse and locker
  • Track golf identity and achievements
  • Organize and run invitationals
  • Real-time on-course score tracking
  • Auto-tracked rivalry records
Features
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The "Club" experience, for every golfer. Country clubs have spent a century gatekeeping the best parts of the game - the clubhouse, the locker, the leaderboard, the rivalries, the ceremony of competition. SwingThoughts brings all of it to you. No dues. No gates. No initiation. Every golfer has a scorecard. SwingThoughts gives it a stage. Post a score. Climb the board. No tournament required. SwingThoughts is a live, social golf platform built for the way real golfers actually play - weekend rounds, group trips, backyard rivalries, and yes, the occasional invitational. Every course has its own live leaderboard. Every round counts toward a global ranking that reflects how you actually stack up against the amateur golf world. This is the only app that gives every golfer their own clubhouse, their own locker, and their own place in the game. === YOUR CLUBHOUSE === The social home of your game. See your crew's rounds as they happen, follow their scorecards live, post swing thoughts, share holes-in-one, celebrate the good shots. A feed built for golfers, not for algorithms. === YOUR LOCKER === A heritage walnut-and-gold space that holds your golf identity: birdies engraved, rivals pinned, clubs tracked, course quotes remembered. The way golfers have always displayed their game - now digital, now yours, no membership required. === YOUR CLUB CARD === Your handicap, ST Power score, global rank, achievements, and partners - all on a single engraved card. Your golf identity made tangible. === LIVE LEADERBOARDS, EVERY COURSE === Post a score at any course and you're on the board. No tournament. No registration. Just show up, play, post. See where you rank against everyone who's played that course - in real time. === ST WORLD RANKINGS === The first global leaderboard for amateur golfers. Not just your club. Not just your friends. A weekly-updated ranking built on your ST Power score, decayed over 52 weeks. Play more, climb higher. Stop playing, drop off. A true picture of amateur golf. === LIVE ON COURSE === Know when your friends tee off. Watch their rounds as they happen, hole by hole. No texting back and forth. No refreshing. Just open the app and see the whole crew's scorecards in real time. === RUN YOUR OWN INVITATIONAL === Plan the trip. Set the courses. Track every round across days. Crown your champion. Built for golf groups, member-guest weekends, buddies trips, and founding invitationals. PGA Tour-level infrastructure - your buddies, your rules. === RIVALRIES THAT EARN THEMSELVES === Every match has a story. Rivalry records auto-track from round one, across seven tiers. Silent until earned. The tally is always waiting. === CHALLENGES & BADGES === Par 3 Champion. Birdie Streak. Ace Hunter. Fairway Finder. GIR Master. Real achievements, earned through play, displayed on your Club Card for everyone to see. === NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. NO PAYWALLS. === Every core feature is free. No monthly fee. No premium tier. No ads. Post scores, track rankings, run invitationals, build your Locker - all free, forever, for every golfer. Where Golfers & Their Stories Live. ======================== WHO IT'S FOR ======================== - Regular golfers who want their scores to mean something beyond a paper scorecard - Golf groups running annual trips, member-guests, or buddies tournaments - Players who care about their ranking against the broader amateur world - Anyone who's ever felt that "club membership" was the wrong way to structure golf community - Anyone who's tired of apps that gate their features behind a paywall ======================== HOW IT WORKS ======================== 1. Sign up in under a minute 2. Post your first score at any course 3. Watch yourself appear on the local leaderboard and the global ranking 4. Invite your crew, start rivalries, earn badges 5. Open your Locker. Build your story. Run your own invitational when you're ready. Questions, feedback, or feature requests? Email support@swingthoughts.app

About

STROKES GPD

Analyze your golf swing with video, track detailed round statistics, and practice with purpose. Understand your performance patterns and make informed decisions to improve your game, all without an account.

Highlights
  • Swing analysis with video playback
  • Detailed round and shot tracking
  • Strokes Gained and Lost calculations
  • Customizable practice sessions
  • Virtual golf simulations
  • Group leaderboards and comparisons
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Know where your shots are being lost. See what your swing is doing. Make your next practice session count. STROKES GPD brings golf stats, swing analysis and purposeful practice together. Track your rounds, explore your swing on video and understand the patterns behind your performance—all without creating an account. SEE WHAT YOUR SWING IS DOING Does what you feel match what happens on video? Record or import a face-on or down-the-line swing with Swing Analyser. Explore your movement one position at a time, with plain-language guidance that helps you understand what you are looking at. • Review key swing positions from address to finish using P1–P10 • Learn how to identify each position and what to look for • Explore how positions can influence your swing • See estimated body movement compared with address • Slow down playback and inspect individual frames • Save your analysis and export your analysed video Use your own swing as the starting point for a clearer conversation with yourself or your coach. TRACK THE ROUND YOUR WAY Start with simple scoring or capture deeper shot-level detail. Search an extensive offline course catalogue, record what you know and leave anything else unanswered. TURN ROUNDS INTO ANSWERS Go beyond the scorecard with: • Estimated Shots Lost • Strokes Gained against a PGA Tour benchmark • 9-hole and 18-hole Game Pulse history • Scoring, driving, approach, short-game and putting patterns • Goal-based checkpoints and highlighted statistics • Round stories from the holes that shaped your score Personal Caddie guidance helps you understand what is costing you shots, what is protecting your score and where to focus next. FILM, EDIT AND SHARE YOUR GOLF Shoot & Edit lets you record or import clips, trim footage and customise golf overlays. Save projects to return to later, then export videos to share. PRACTICE WHAT MATTERS Turn on-course evidence into purposeful work. Build custom practice sessions, follow structured missions and save personal swing feels in your own words. BUILD A SMARTER GOLF GAME Performance Lab develops the skills behind better scoring. DECIDE Train course management, club selection, pressure decisions and scoring strategy without needing a launch monitor. SIMULATE Play interactive virtual golf experiences. Read greens, choose short-game shots and explore how wind, elevation, temperature and ground conditions change the ball. MEASURE Get more from your launch monitor. Learn your clubs, validate your numbers, build a wedge matrix and complete structured skill challenges. PLAY TOGETHER Create private groups and keep the rivalry going with: • Group leaderboards and records • Best partnerships • Round stories and talking points • Player profiles and performance comparisons • Offline sharing and nearby live Group Rounds Bring completed rounds together and follow your group over time. Sharing is your choice. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required • No advertising • No analytics profile • Core golf information stays on your device • Exporting and GroupSync are initiated by you STROKES Pro unlocks the complete Performance Lab and deeper mastery tools. Monthly and annual plans are available. Eligible new annual subscribers may receive a 14-day free trial when presented by the App Store. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Terms of Use: https://www.strokesgpd.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.strokesgpd.com/privacy Support: https://www.strokesgpd.com/support

Screenshots

Swing4 screens
STROKES GPD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swing at none against STROKES GPD's 2. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. STROKES GPD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Swing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swing ships an update every 5 days, STROKES GPD every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Swing versus STROKES GPD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwingSTROKES GPD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB330 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRyan ParsonsMrandMrsMuscle FZE

Customer experience

Swing

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

STROKES GPD

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Swing

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

STROKES GPD

Subscriptions2
  • STROKES Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
  • STROKES Pro Annual14 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Swing free?
Swing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is STROKES GPD free?
STROKES GPD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Swing or STROKES GPD have ads?
Neither Swing nor STROKES GPD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swing or STROKES GPD?
Swing ships an update every 5 days, and STROKES GPD every 4 days. Most recently, Swing was updated on October 10, 2026 and STROKES GPD on October 8, 2026.

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