Comparison

Tee Time Social vs Golf Sync

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

Head to head
About

Tee Time Social

Easily organize golf rounds with friends, eliminating the hassle of group texts and last-minute cancellations. Build your golf network, send invites with response windows, and manage your foursome efficiently. Features social ratings to reward reliability and automated group chats for seamless coordination.

Highlights
  • Organize golf rounds with friends
  • Roster and group management
  • Social rating system for reliability
  • Automated group chats for confirmed tee times
  • Set weekly availability and find matching times
  • Invite non-users via SMS
  • Filter and sort players by various criteria
Features
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Tee Time Social is the easiest way to organize rounds of golf with friends. Built for casual and serious golfers who are tired of juggling group texts, unanswered invites, and last-minute cancellations, Tee Time Social turns round coordination into a fast, reliable social experience. Build your roster of golf buddies, then send invites two ways: Roster, which goes out in sequence with response windows so your regulars get priority, or First Come First Serve, which broadcasts to everyone and locks in the first responders. Either way, the app fills the foursome while you go about your day. Key features: Roster and Groups. Organize your playing partners into a prioritized Roster, keep reserve players in On Deck, and save custom Groups like "Weekend Crew" for quick invites to specific friends. Social Rate. Everyone starts at 100 points. Accept invites to earn points, lose points for late cancellations and no-shows. Your reputation shows on your profile, so reliability gets rewarded. Availability. Set your weekly availability and see when your friends are free. Matching times are highlighted, so finding a round takes seconds, not a dozen text messages. Automated Group Chats. The moment a tee time is confirmed, a group chat is created for everyone playing. All coordination stays in one place. Simple Check-In. Five minutes before tee time, the organizer gets a quick "Is everyone here?" prompt. One tap confirms the group, or flags no-shows. Invite Anyone. Send invites by phone number, even to friends who don't have the app yet. They get an SMS invite, and when they sign up, the invite is waiting for them. Filter and Sort. Browse your roster by Social Rate, distance to the course, handicap, or club membership. Make smarter invite decisions. QR Code Roster Adds. Scan a new friend's code at the clubhouse to add them to your network instantly. Tee Time Social is built from the ground up for golfers. No more chasing down RSVPs, no more missed rounds, no more scrambling to fill a foursome. A safe community. Tee Time Social has zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive  behavior. Every user agrees to community standards on signup. You can report or block any user from their profile. Our team reviews reports and acts within 24 hours. Download Tee Time Social and get back to the game.

About

Golf Sync

This app simplifies golf group coordination, from scheduling tee times with polls to automatically logging scores from paper scorecards using AI. It also facilitates group chats, manages payments, and supports tournament organization with live leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Automated tee time scheduling polls
  • AI-powered scorecard scanning
  • Group chat for foursomes and leagues
  • Payment tracking for group rounds
  • Tournament organization tools
  • Live leaderboards
  • Peer-rated partner system
Features
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Golf Sync is the group-chat-that-actually-golfs for your weekend foursome — and the league that grew out of it. Stop coordinating tee times in five separate text threads. Stop spreadsheeting handicaps. Snap a paper scorecard and watch every hole fill in by itself. WHAT IT DOES Tee-time polls that actually settle. Pick three Saturdays. Your foursome votes. The thread closes itself when you have four. No more "is anyone in for 8 a.m.?" left on read. Snap a paper scorecard. Our AI reads pars, yardages, and your strokes from a photo in 10 seconds. Works on the napkin-sized scorecard your club hands you. No typing. Clubhouse Chat for your group. One tap to start a new chat. Group threads for your league, DMs for your foursome, picker for the people you actually play with. No more searching three apps for who said what. Group rounds with money in. Track who paid, who's playing, who's the marker. Your league owner sees who needs to Venmo without chasing. Tournaments built for organizers. Stableford with USGA-correct stroke index. Net allocation. Countback tiebreaks. Multi-course tournaments — run a 4-week league across 4 different courses. Per-flight leaderboards so your A-flight isn't reading off the same board as the scratch golfers. Live leaderboards your foursome can refresh on the cart path. Team play, including Ryder Cup style (preview). Two-team format, match play scoring, points roll up to the team — same shape as the tournament you watched on TV last September. Jump straight from your league page to whatever's live. Per-hole detail that respects your time. Pars, yardages, gross + net on every scorecard, hole-by-hole. Standard mode for "just strokes." Advanced mode when you actually want to track GIR, putts, fairways. Polls that reach everyone. League owners post a poll, every member gets an email — so the people who don't open the app every day still vote. Multi-question support for the "where are we playing next month and who's bringing the beer" kind of post. Peer-rated partners. Played with someone? Rate their pace, etiquette, honesty. Build a private profile of who you want to play with — only visible after multiple independent reviews so it stays honest. WHO IT'S FOR Weekend foursomes who book the same Saturday tee time week after week. Organized groups — the ten friends who play together every weekend but don't call it a "league." Polls, chat, roster, scoring. No tournament setup required. Casual leagues — Stableford, scrambles, Ryder Cup weekends, club championships — where the organizer is one person with a real job. Tournament organizers who want a leaderboard they're not building from a Google Sheet. WHAT'S DIFFERENT We don't send you generic "rounds in your area" notifications. We don't badge-gate features behind ads. We don't make you type your scorecard. Free through June 30, 2026 — no credit card required. After that, the free plan stays free for everyone who plays in someone else's league. New membership options for league and tournament organizers are coming in a future update. Built by a former weekend-foursome organizer who got tired of texting six people to lock in a Saturday tee time. Voice-powered scoring Record your score, ask for the current leaderboard, or look up your round without breaking your swing rhythm. Works with Siri on iOS. Snap-a-card Already wrote your round on a paper scorecard? Snap a photo and the app reads every hole automatically. Questions or feedback: support@golfsync.io

Screenshots

Tee Time Social4 screens
Golf Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Golf Sync at every 3 days against Tee Time Social's every 8 days. Golf Sync also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tee Time Social against 5.0 for Golf Sync. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tee Time Social ships an update every 8 days, Golf Sync every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tee Time Social versus Golf Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTee Time SocialGolf Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB61 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTee Time Social, LLCGolf Sync LLC

Customer experience

Tee Time Social

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Golf Sync

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tee Time Social

No in-app purchases

None

Golf Sync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tee Time Social free?
Tee Time Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Golf Sync free?
Golf Sync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tee Time Social or Golf Sync?
Tee Time Social and Golf Sync are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Tee Time Social or Golf Sync have ads?
Neither Tee Time Social nor Golf Sync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tee Time Social or Golf Sync?
Tee Time Social ships an update every 8 days, and Golf Sync every 3 days. Most recently, Tee Time Social was updated on October 24, 2026 and Golf Sync on October 25, 2026.

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