Comparison

PinDrop Golf vs Data Driven Golf

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

Head to head
About

PinDrop Golf

Log every golf shot with GPS accuracy to gain insights into your game. Analyze strokes gained across different aspects of your play, track club performance, and view detailed shot maps. All your game data syncs automatically across devices.

Highlights
  • Strokes gained calculator
  • Shot-by-shot logging with GPS
  • Automatic course pars and ratings
  • Per-round detail with scorecard
  • Stats tab with SG trends
  • Bag setup with custom clubs
Features
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PinDrop turns a round of golf into a clear picture of your game. Log each shot on your phone, place the pin at the end of the hole, and PinDrop shows you the strokes-gained breakdown against PGA Tour baselines across tee shots, approach, around-the-green, and putting. It's built around how golfers actually play. Tap through a round hole by hole, drop GPS shots on the map, pick your lie and club, and keep moving. When you're done, the round is saved to the cloud and rendered with per-hole shot maps, trend charts, club performance, and traditional stats like fairways, greens, and up-and-downs. • Strokes gained calculator — SG off the tee, approach, around the green, and putting, calibrated to PGA Tour expected-strokes data • Shot-by-shot logging with GPS placement, lie, club, and penalty tracking • Automatic course pars and ratings from a built-in course database • Per-round detail with scorecard, SG bars, and shot maps on satellite imagery • Stats tab with SG trends over time, club performance, and aggregate numbers • Bag setup with presets and custom clubs • Sign in with Apple or Google; your rounds sync automatically across devices • No subscriptions, no ads, no tracking PinDrop is a phone-only app. Everything you need to track a round and learn from it lives on the device in your pocket. Questions or feedback? steelcity2003@gmail.com

About

Data Driven Golf

This app helps golfers improve by tracking their performance based on their individual handicap. It analyzes every shot to show where strokes are gained or lost, providing personalized practice recommendations. Users can log shots easily, view real-time stats, and access detailed round summaries and trends.

Highlights
  • Hole-by-hole shot logging
  • Real-time strokes gained analysis
  • Personalized handicap calibration
  • AI round recaps
  • Performance trends and charts
  • Course catalog with yardage
  • Friend sharing and public links
Features
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Data Driven Golf tells you exactly where your game gains and loses strokes, calibrated to YOUR handicap instead of a PGA Tour baseline. Most strokes gained tools compare every shot to tour pros. Interesting, but it doesn't tell a 12-handicap what to practice this week. Data Driven Golf calibrates expected strokes to your target handicap, so every number answers one question: did that shot help or hurt against the golfer you're trying to become? HOW IT WORKS - Log each shot in seconds with the hole-by-hole wizard. Lie and distance is all it takes. - See strokes gained on every shot in real time as you play. - Off the tee, approach, short game, putting: find out which part of your game actually costs you strokes. WHAT YOU GET - Round summaries with a full strokes gained breakdown, scorecard, and best/worst shot highlights - AI round recaps that read like a caddie's notes on your day - Trends across rounds: rolling averages, par 3/4/5 splits, performance by lie and by distance - Charts benchmarked against PGA, scratch, 10 and 20 handicap curves, so you can see exactly where you sit - A 25,000+ course catalog with tee-by-tee yardage, rating, and slope, plus manual course entry - Friends: share your rounds, stats, and charts with your regular group - Public share links for any round YOUR DATA IS YOURS Export every round to CSV anytime. No lock-in. Data Driven Golf is free and built in the open with a small community of golfers whose feedback shapes every release. Questions or ideas? drew@datadriven.golf gets read by an actual human named Drew.

Screenshots

PinDrop Golf4 screens
Data Driven Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Data Driven Golf at 15.1 against PinDrop Golf's 17.0. 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 PinDrop Golf against 5.0 for Data Driven Golf. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PinDrop Golf versus Data Driven Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinDrop GolfData Driven Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConnor JoyceANDREW DOMINIC VARANO

Customer experience

PinDrop Golf

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

Data Driven Golf

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PinDrop Golf

No in-app purchases

None

Data Driven Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PinDrop Golf free?
PinDrop Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Data Driven Golf free?
Data Driven Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PinDrop Golf or Data Driven Golf?
PinDrop Golf and Data Driven Golf are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 9 ratings respectively.
Do PinDrop Golf or Data Driven Golf have ads?
Neither PinDrop Golf nor Data Driven Golf shows ads.

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