Sides Golf vs TopStick Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sides Golf
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Two sides. One cup. Sides Golf is the app for the recurring tournament you run with your friends every year — the one that's been living in a Google Sheet since 2019. Sides handles the draft, the matchups, and the trash talk. You just show up and play. Built for the friend group. Whether it's a weekend cup, a season-long ladder, or a one-off Ryder-style match, Sides keeps your scores straight and your standings live. WHAT'S INSIDE • Captain mode — two captains, alternating picks. Draft your sides like the Ryder Cup, with worse golf and better commentary. • Real golf formats — Match Play, Best Ball, Alternate Shot, Scramble, Stableford, and High-Low. Pick the format your group actually argues about. • Live tournament dashboard — standings, your next match, every round in flight. Everyone in your group sees the same thing, the same way. • Hole-by-hole scoring with qualifier tags — tap your number, color-coded for birdie, bogey, the occasional snowman. Add chirps like "lost a ball" or "great approach" so the recap writes itself. • Tournament chat — per-club channels for the year-round trash talk. Per-tournament for the in-the-moment reactions, mentions, and reactions. • AI sportscaster — entertaining match, round, and tournament recaps. Submit anonymous chirps to the caster to have them incorporated into the recaps! WHO IT'S FOR Friend groups who already have a recurring golf tournament and are tired of: — Reading scores out of a group chat — Updating a spreadsheet on the 17th tee — Forgetting who won what three years ago If your tournament has captains, sides, a name, and a trophy — Sides was built for you.
TopStick Golf
Enhance your golf game with automated scoring, live tracking, and AI-powered insights. Wager on matches, analyze performance, and receive personalized practice plans to improve your play.
- Automated scoring and stats tracking
- Wagering options (Nassau, Skins, Wolf)
- Live round tracking and chat
- AI Caddy for club recommendations
- AI Coaching with personalized practice plans
- League management and scheduling
- Advanced performance analytics
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Play golf with something on the line. TopStick Golf handles everything. Scores, wagers, and stats tracked automatically so you can stay focused on the round. WAGER EVERY WAY YOU PLAY Nassau, Skins, Wolf, and more. Set your stakes on the first tee and let the app settle the tab when it's done. Link your Venmo or Coinbase account for instant payouts, no math, no arguments, no chasing people down. WATCH YOUR CREW LIVE Join a round in progress and follow every hole in real time. Chat with players mid-round and see the leaderboard update as scores come in. AI CADDY Shot-by-shot club recommendations from an AI Caddy that knows your yardage, the course layout, weather, and the match situation. When you're down in the Nassau with the pin tucked, it knows the difference between playing it safe and going for it. AI COACHING Your AI Coach analyzes your game after every round and builds a personalized 2-week practice plan based on where you're actually losing strokes. LEAGUES Run a season with your regular group. Schedule rounds, track standings, and let the app manage the format. Stroke play, match play, Ryder Cup style, and more. ADVANCED STATS AND ANALYTICS Every round builds your profile. Fairways, greens in regulation, putts, sand saves, and scoring trends over time. See exactly where your game is and where it's going. COURSE RECORDS Set records on every course you play and see how you stack up against your friends. Get notified the moment someone in your circle sets a new one. COURSE BRIEFS Heading somewhere new? Get an AI-powered pre-round brief with warm up instructions and hole-by-hole strategy tailored to your game. SHAREABLE SCORECARD Turn every round into a scorecard worth sharing. TopStick Golf lays out your full front and back nine with color-coded birdies, bogeys, and blow-ups, then caps it with your personal stat line (FIR, GIR, putts, score to par, and your wager result) so the group chat sees exactly how it went. POST ROUND BRIEFING Your own AI golf coach, waiting at the 18th green. The Post Round Briefing reads the round you just played against your history at the course and hands you a sharp recap of what went right, where the strokes slipped away, your highlights, and exactly what to work on before the next tee time. VOICE ROUND SETUP Speak your round setup out loud such as course, tees, game type, and stakes. TopStick Golf fills it all in. WEEKEND RECAPS A weekly summary of what your crew shot, who won, and who owes who. TopStick Pro unlocks AI Caddy, AI Coaching, Course & Post Round Briefs, Leagues, and advanced analytics. Free to download — start a round and see how it plays. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://topstickgolf.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sides Golf at none against TopStick Golf's 2. TopStick Golf's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. TopStick Golf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Sides Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sides Golf ships an update every 2 months, TopStick Golf every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sides Golf | TopStick Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Sadowski | ERIC PAUL TARAPACKI |
In-app purchases
Sides Golf
No in-app purchases
TopStick Golf
- TopStick Pro$9.991 Month
- TopStick Pro$29.991 Year








