Comparison

Side Game Golf vs Golf Manners

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

Head to head
About

Side Game Golf

This app manages golf group competitions, tracking scores, handicaps, and leaderboards in real-time for various formats. It supports multi-day trips, weekly clubs, and single rounds, offering detailed match summaries and course data.

Highlights
  • Hole-by-hole score entry
  • Automatic handicap calculation
  • Live leaderboards with push notifications
  • Multiple game formats (Stroke Play, Skins, Best Ball, Ryder Cup)
  • Support for over 30,000 golf courses
  • Offline-tolerant scoring
  • Spectator TV mode
Features
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Side Game runs your golf group's competition so nobody has to run a spreadsheet. Enter scores hole by hole. Handicaps, net scores, and every leaderboard update the moment a putt drops — across every format you're playing at once. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Trips — multi-day golf getaways. Tee times, groups, team matches, and a leaderboard for every format, all the way to the last putt on the last day. Clubs — a permanent home for the group that plays every week. Rounds, handicaps, rankings and history that carry over instead of resetting. Rounds — a single round with the guys. Set it up in under a minute. FORMATS Stroke Play (gross and net), Skins with automatic carry-overs, Best Ball, Ryder Cup team match play with Singles, Best Ball and High-Low, and Stableford. Run as many at once as the group wants. HANDICAPS DONE RIGHT Use each player's official index, or custom handicaps assigned by the admin. Set a different allowance percentage per format — 100% in Best Ball, 90% in Stroke Play, whatever the group agrees on. Strokes apply automatically per course and tee. 30,000+ COURSES Pick the course and the tees; the scorecard fills itself in — pars, yardages and stroke indexes, every time. ALSO INCLUDED - Live leaderboards with push notifications on lead changes - PGA-style hole-by-hole match summaries - Spectator TV mode for the clubhouse - Offline-tolerant scoring that syncs when you're back in service - Shareable round previews for the group chat PRICING Free for trips of up to two rounds, with every feature and every format included. For longer trips, the trip admin pays one group fee that covers everyone — no per-player charge, and no subscription required for a trip. Side Game Clubs is an optional monthly subscription for groups that play year-round. One subscription covers every club you join. Title: Clubs Length: 1 month Price: $1.99 USD per month, with the first month free Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://playsidegamegolf.com/privacy.html

About

Golf Manners

Learn modern golf course etiquette with a pocket guide. It offers short, practical lessons organized by location on the course, covering traditional, modern, and official courtesies. Includes a glossary and over eighty illustrated lessons.

Highlights
  • Pocket guide to golf etiquette
  • Lessons organized by course location
  • Traditional, modern, and official courtesies
  • Glossary of golf terms
  • Over 80 illustrated lessons
  • No accounts or tracking
  • Save favorite lessons
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A pocket guide to modern golf course etiquette. Golf has a long list of unwritten rules that shape how the game is played, especially on public courses. Most are simple, but they are rarely compiled into a single place in a way that feels easy to learn. This app brings those expectations together into short, practical lessons, organized by where you are on the course and designed to be read quickly between shots. WHAT'S INSIDE Sorted by where you stand: Four chapters follow a round of golf from arrival to finish. Each lesson is placed where it naturally applies on the course. Traditional, modern, or official: Every lesson is tagged so you know what you're reading: an old club tradition, a modern courtesy, or an actual rule. A glossary at the back: A simple reference of common golf terms, explained clearly so you can understand them as you play. A myriad of manners: Over eighty lessons, each with a helpful illustration. Save the ones worth a second look. No accounts, no analytics, no nudges: Nothing to sign up for. Nothing tracked. Nothing buzzing in your pocket while you're putting.

Screenshots

Side Game Golf4 screens
Golf Manners4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Golf Manners at every 4 days against Side Game Golf's every 6 weeks. Golf Manners also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Side Game Golf's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Side Game Golf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Golf Manners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Side Game Golf against 4.9 for Golf Manners. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Manners has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Side Game Golf ships an update every 6 weeks, Golf Manners every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Side Game Golf versus Golf Manners: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSide Game GolfGolf Manners
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB134 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCamilo AlemanJessyel Gonzalez

Customer experience

Side Game Golf

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Golf Manners

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Side Game Golf

One-time10
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$139.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$140.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$142.99
Show 7 more
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$144.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$145.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$146.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$147.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$148.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$149.99
  • Side Game Trip Unlock$150.00
1 purchases

Golf Manners

One-time1
  • Unlock Golf Manners$0.99

Questions

Is Side Game Golf free?
Side Game Golf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Golf Manners free?
Golf Manners is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Side Game Golf or Golf Manners?
Side Game Golf is rated higher. Side Game Golf averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Golf Manners averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Side Game Golf or Golf Manners have ads?
Neither Side Game Golf nor Golf Manners shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Side Game Golf or Golf Manners?
Side Game Golf ships an update every 6 weeks, and Golf Manners every 4 days. Most recently, Side Game Golf was updated on October 14, 2026 and Golf Manners on October 24, 2026.

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