Comparison

Front Nine vs PreSwing

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

Head to head
About

Front Nine

Easily rank golf courses you've played by rating them Loved, Liked, or Didn't Like. Compare your rankings with friends and see community verdicts for courses worldwide. Add photos and follow others to see their golf course experiences.

Highlights
  • Rank golf courses
  • Head-to-head course comparisons
  • Community course verdicts
  • Personalized course pages
  • Add course photos
  • Follow friends and compare
  • Activity feed
Features
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The simplest way to rank every golf course you've ever played. Rate each course, then rank them through head-to-head matchups. Watch your definitive list take shape. Log every round you play. Each time you go back, add your score, the date, a note and a photo, then decide whether the course still belongs where you ranked it. Every course has its own page: your rounds there, the verdict from members everywhere, where it lands across people's lists, and the rankings, notes, photos and rounds from the people you follow. Search real courses worldwide Smart head-to-head ranking Log every round, with your score, notes and a photo A page for every course: the community verdict and where it ranks Add your own course photos Follow friends and compare rankings Activity feed for what your circle is playing Discover new courses Share your rankings

About

PreSwing

Enhance your golf game with expert coaching and precise GPS distances delivered directly to you before each shot. Build personalized routines, access PGA Tour pro tips, and track your performance with AI-driven recaps for better scores.

Highlights
  • Expert coaching from PGA Tour pros
  • Personalized pre-swing routines
  • Precise GPS distances to greens
  • AI-powered round recaps
  • Apple Watch and Siri integration
  • Shot tracking and scorekeeping
Features
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Most golfers step up to the ball unprepared. Fifty different thoughts racing through their head, no clear focus, no commitment. That's where shots are lost. PreSwing fixes that. Right before you hit, PreSwing delivers the right thought and the right number at the moment that counts most. Expert coaching and precise GPS distances in your ear, simple, clear, and perfectly timed, so you can commit to the shot and execute with confidence. SMYLIE KAUFMAN, YOUR PGA TOUR PRO IN YOUR EAR PGA TOUR winner and golf analyst Smylie Kaufman is a PreSwing partner. His personal tips are built into the app, recorded specifically for PreSwing and organized by Skill. Choose his tip for your Driver, Irons, Wedges, Putting, and more. Hear a PGA TOUR winner's voice right before you swing. That's something no other golf app can offer. YOUR PRESWING ROUTINE, PERSONALIZED Skills are the heart of PreSwing. Build a repeatable PreSwing routine for every part of your game. Store your own notes, audio reminders, and lesson videos by shot type. Use Smylie's tips, your personal coach's voice, or your own recorded reminders. Over time your Skills become a system you trust before every single shot. GPS DISTANCES Get accurate front, middle, and back distances to the green across more than 45,000 courses worldwide. Use the layup slider to measure distance to any point on the hole, hazards, corners, or landing zones. APPLE WATCH & SIRI Access distances and Skills from your wrist. Ask Siri for yardage hands-free. PreSwing keeps coaching and GPS in your workflow without interrupting your rhythm or pace of play. AI ROUND RECAP Track shots, keep score, and add hole notes during your round. After every round PreSwing generates an AI-powered recap based on your data, so you know exactly what to work on next. Longer shots. Lower scores. Better golf. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Front Nine4 screens
PreSwing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Front Nine at none against PreSwing's 2. Front Nine also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). PreSwing's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. PreSwing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. Front Nine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Front Nine against 5.0 for PreSwing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Front Nine ships an update every 3 days, PreSwing weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Front Nine versus PreSwing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFront NinePreSwing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRon LipkinPreSwing Golf, LLC

Customer experience

Front Nine

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PreSwing

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Front Nine

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PreSwing

Subscriptions2
  • PreSwing Premium - Monthly$15.001 Month
  • PreSwing Premium - Yearly$90.001 Year

Questions

Is Front Nine free?
Front Nine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PreSwing free?
PreSwing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Front Nine or PreSwing?
Front Nine and PreSwing are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Front Nine or PreSwing have ads?
Front Nine shows ads; PreSwing does not.
Which is updated more often, Front Nine or PreSwing?
Front Nine ships an update every 3 days, and PreSwing weekly. Most recently, Front Nine was updated on November 5, 2026 and PreSwing on October 31, 2026.

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