Comparison

GolfDock vs Scratch

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

Head to head
About

GolfDock

This app enhances your golf game with GPS course mapping, score tracking, and AI-powered caddy insights. Organize rounds with friends, manage leagues, and analyze your performance to improve your play.

Highlights
  • GPS course mapping
  • Score tracking for solo, friend, and league rounds
  • AI Caddy insights
  • Shot tracking
  • My Bag club management
  • League and competition tools
Features
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GolfDock brings golf GPS, score tracking, course discovery, Apple Watch tools, friends, competitions, and AI-powered insights together in one app. Find a course, start your round, track every hole, compete with friends, or use Round Discovery to find and host upcoming games with other golfers. Choose how you want to play, from a fast Simple Scorecard to a full GPS round with live course yardages. GolfDock keeps your round, stats, clubs, friends, challenges, and golf history connected in one place. Features include: • Simple Scorecard and full GPS round modes • Faster nearby course discovery and course search • Front, center, and back course yardages • Score tracking for solo, friend, shared, and league rounds • Putts, fairways, greens in regulation, and shot tracking • Apple Watch yardages and round controls • Round Discovery for finding and hosting upcoming games • Private proximity-based matching without sharing live golfer locations • Completed scorecards, round history, and performance stats • My Bag club and distance management • AI Caddy insights based on your clubs and playing data • Friends, round invitations, messaging, and shared-round tools • Challenges and Dock Points • League, ladder, tournament, and competition features • Course, tee, scorecard, and round summaries Whether you are playing nine holes after work, tracking a full GPS round, finding golfers for your next tee time, competing with friends, or reviewing your game afterward, GolfDock keeps your golf experience organized and connected. Round Discovery is available to users age 18 and older. GolfDock uses location privately to help surface nearby courses and rounds. Your live location is not shown to other golfers. Optional GolfDock Pro and GolfDock Premium subscriptions unlock advanced tools such as AI Caddy, shot maps, deeper performance statistics, advanced scoring formats, and expanded golf insights. Available features vary by plan, with current pricing and plan details shown inside the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.golfdock.app/privacy GolfDock Terms of Use: https://www.golfdock.app/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://www.golfdock.app/support

About

Scratch

Features
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Scratch is the calm, pay-once way to actually get better at golf. It is built around the one number serious golfers care about — STROKES GAINED — and pairs every figure with one plain-English thing to work on. No subscription. No sensors. No GPS. One simple price, forever. STROKES GAINED, DONE RIGHT See exactly where you are losing strokes: Off the Tee, Approach, Around the Green, and Putting — measured against a benchmark for your level. Quick mode logs a whole round in under 30 seconds; Detailed mode captures every shot for exact, measured numbers. Every estimate is labeled honestly. KNOW WHERE TO PRACTICE Scratch names your single biggest leak — "Approach is costing you ~1.5 strokes a round" — and suggests a drill for it. Track practice sessions and auto-scored games, then watch the leak close. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS - An unofficial handicap ESTIMATE (clearly never an official index) - Fairways, greens, putts, scrambling, up-and-down, penalties - Club carry distances and gapping - Trends across rounds, months, and seasons - An Apple Watch companion to log from the wrist PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data lives on your device. No account, no tracking, no ads. Scratch deliberately skips GPS and course maps. Distances are entered by you — that is what keeps it honest, fast, and one-time.

Screenshots

GolfDock4 screens
Scratch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GolfDock at none against Scratch's 1. GolfDock also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Scratch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GolfDock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GolfDock ships an update fortnightly, Scratch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GolfDock versus Scratch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolfDockScratch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJakob YoungSahil Jain

In-app purchases

None

GolfDock

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Scratch

One-time1
  • Scratch Pro$16.99

Questions

Is GolfDock free?
GolfDock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scratch free?
Scratch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GolfDock or Scratch have ads?
Neither GolfDock nor Scratch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GolfDock or Scratch?
GolfDock ships an update fortnightly, and Scratch every 3 weeks. Most recently, GolfDock was updated on September 18, 2026 and Scratch on September 15, 2026.

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