Comparison

Opengolf vs Golf Apps

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

Head to head
About

Opengolf

This app acts as your real-time golf partner, providing accurate yardage, club recommendations, and scorekeeping. It features a satellite map of each hole, a rangefinder cursor for planning shots, and detailed shot tracking. The companion app for smartwatches offers convenient on-course access to key information.

Highlights
  • Satellite hole maps with distances
  • Drag-and-drop rangefinder cursor
  • Tap-to-record shot tracking
  • Smart caddie club recommendations
  • Slope-adjusted yardage
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Hole-by-hole scorecards
Features
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OpenGolf turns every round into your real-time playing partner. Phone in your pocket or a glance at your wrist on the fairway, OpenGolf gives you the yardage that matters, the club that fits, and the score for every hole, without breaking your tempo. ON THE COURSE - Satellite map of every hole, with live distance to the front, center, and back of the green, plus your own marked pin. - Drag the rangefinder cursor to plan layups and doglegs, and read the yardage for both legs instantly. - Tap once to record a shot. Drop a pin where your ball landed, and OpenGolf tracks every club, distance, and round. - Walk to the flag, tap "Mark Pin," and every distance switches from CENTER GREEN to TO PIN. ON YOUR WRIST - Apple Watch companion with hero yardage, a Digital Crown club picker, and one-tap pin marking. - Hole map, slope-adjusted yardage, score editing, and a next hole button, all without reaching for your phone. SMART CADDIE - Club recommendations built on your real carry numbers. Enter them by hand or import from a launch monitor. - Slope rangefinder with plays-like distance for uphill and downhill shots. - Handicap-aware par tracking and a live score-to-par chip on every screen. - Optional shot tracer turns your iPhone camera into a Vision-powered ball flight overlay. AFTER THE ROUND - Hole-by-hole scorecard, full shot history, walking step count, and share cards built for the group chat. OpenGolf is built for people who actually play. No banner ads, no aggressive upsells. Just yardage, score, and your bag, together at last. OpenGolf Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase and renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://opengolf.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://opengolf.co/privacy

About

Golf Apps

Features
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Build a golf routine you can keep. Golf Apps brings purposeful practice, clear lessons, a scorecard, and swing video review together on iPhone and iPad, with layouts that adapt to wider displays. PRACTICE WITH A PURPOSE Choose a ready-made session or build a range, short-game, putting, or home-practice plan. Set a target, record attempts, undo mistakes, pause, and resume. Plan a series of range visits and compare a baseline with a retest. VOICE NOTES & RECAP Capture practice observations by voice or typing. Edit your session recap, choose a next step and save it in History. Dictation needs microphone permission and supported on-device speech. Track active practice from your Lock Screen. LEARN, THEN TRY IT Explore 51 lessons across 14 courses. Browse by topic and experience level, search the library, save lessons, and keep personal takeaways. Diagrams and interactive examples explain each exercise. Continue where you left off or choose a daily selection. MAKE ROOM FOR HOME PRACTICE Create a gentle putting station using a clear carpet lane and materials such as socks, a towel, or surface-safe tape. Follow a defined target and a ten-attempt task. Each setup includes equipment and safety checks. REVIEW YOUR SWING Watch the included filming demonstration, record with the full-screen camera, or import a video from Photos. Saved videos begin replaying when you open review. Step through frames, draw guide lines, bookmark clips, and compare saved videos. Follow eight guided swing exercises with clear steps and repetitions. Experimental on-device tracking can estimate swing timing and timing repeatability when usable motion is detected. You can adjust markers manually and keep the original video when tracking is unavailable. These estimates are practice aids, not a professional technique or ball-flight assessment. KEEP AN HONEST SCORE Record a 9- or 18-hole round with strokes, putts, penalties, and editable par. Keep practice and round history together and organize a club bag with optional measured carry distances. Location-based round tools depend on device permissions and available course information; the app does not offer a worldwide GPS course-map database or an official Handicap Index. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH Record rounds and practice; enter scores, strokes and putts; save sessions to iPhone. GPS and beta swing detection need permissions; confirm swings and enter putts manually. Start a golf workout to detect swings with your wrist down, then save it to Apple Health or discard it. Golf requests permission to save workouts, not read health history. Manual scoring and GPS work without Apple Health. GET GUIDANCE FROM YOUR RESULTS Guided coaching questions and practice suggestions use your recorded activity. On compatible devices with Apple Intelligence and its model available, you can ask a short free-form question in English. Guided offline coaching remains available without Apple Intelligence. YOUR GAME, YOUR CHOICE Start without an account. Apple sign-in and iCloud progress sync are optional. Keep local practice and round history, lesson notes, and your club bag. Your swing videos are processed and stored on the recording device; videos and active sessions are excluded from progress sync. Export recorded data as JSON when you choose; video files are excluded. GOLF PRO The filming tutorial and one practice session are free. Golf Pro unlocks swing recording, analysis and comparison, the full lessons and guided practice plans, and bag, progress and round insights. Choose a weekly, monthly, or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Each plan provides the same access. Prices and billing periods appear before purchase. Restore purchases in the app and manage or cancel subscriptions in App Store settings. Golf Apps requires iOS 26 or later. New learning content is delivered through app updates. Privacy Policy: https://specterapps.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Opengolf4 screens
Golf Apps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Opengolf at none against Golf Apps's shown. Opengolf also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Opengolf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Golf Apps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Opengolf ships an update every 5 days, Golf Apps every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Opengolf versus Golf Apps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpengolfGolf Apps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMah Technologies Inc.Specter Apps Inc

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Opengolf

Subscriptions4
  • Opengolf Pro$3.997 Days
  • Opengolf Pro1 Year trial$19.991 Year
  • Opengolf Pro3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Opengolf Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Golf Apps

Subscriptions3
  • Golf Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Golf Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Golf Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Opengolf free?
Opengolf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Golf Apps free?
Golf Apps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Opengolf or Golf Apps have ads?
Golf Apps shows ads; Opengolf does not.
Which is updated more often, Opengolf or Golf Apps?
Opengolf ships an update every 5 days, and Golf Apps every 3 days. Most recently, Opengolf was updated on November 5, 2026 and Golf Apps on October 31, 2026.

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