PuttingAce vs The Czar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PuttingAce
This app provides structured putting practice and performance tracking for golfers. It helps users identify areas for improvement through detailed insights and benchmark tests. Play games, log putts quickly, and review sessions with clear feedback.
- Structured putting games (PuttingAce 9 & 18)
- Performance insights by distance
- Benchmark tests (5ft & 10ft)
- Tour Par scoring
- Fast putt entry
- Session history and analysis
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PuttingAce is a putting-performance platform built to help golfers practice with purpose, track real on-course putting, and understand exactly where strokes are gained or lost. Designed by a professional golfer, PuttingAce combines structured putting games, Strokes Gained analysis, practice guidance, and fast on-course stat tracking in one simple experience. PRACTICE WITH PURPOSE Turn ordinary putting practice into measurable performance. PuttingAce includes structured games and benchmark tests designed to challenge different areas of your putting: • PuttingAce 9 • PuttingAce 18 • Scoring Zone 9 • Short Putting Challenge • Lag Putting Challenge • 5-Foot Test • 6.5-Foot Test • 10-Foot Test • Additional performance games and drills Compare your scores against Tour-level benchmarks and make every practice session mean something. TAKE PUTTINGACE ON COURSE PuttingAce 2.5 introduces fast on-course putting tracking built to give you meaningful data without slowing down your round. Log: • First-putt distance • Putt result and miss location • Follow-up putt distances • Holed putts • 3-putts • Skipped or incomplete holes Choose between Casual, Tournament, and Qualifying rounds, track 9 or 18 holes, and start from the hole that matches your round. UNDERSTAND YOUR PUTTING PuttingAce uses Strokes Gained to turn your practice and on-course results into actionable feedback. Performance Analysis helps you understand: • Strokes Gained by distance • Make rates • 3-putt avoidance • Short, mid-range, and long putting performance • Strengths and weaknesses • Performance trends • Recommended practice focus areas Instead of guessing what needs work, use your results to guide your next practice session. REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS Save practice sessions and on-course rounds so you can track how your putting develops over time. Full Access unlocks complete history, deeper summary analytics, additional games and tests, On-Course Putting, Performance Analysis, and premium account features. SHARE YOUR PERFORMANCE Turn completed rounds into polished PuttingAce graphics. Choose from branded round cards or transparent scorebugs designed to work over your own golf photos and videos. BUILT FOR GOLFERS WHO WANT TO GET BETTER Whether you’re preparing for competition, working on a specific weakness, or simply trying to make your practice more measurable, PuttingAce gives every putt a purpose. Purposeful Practice. Made Simple.
The Czar
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The Czar runs your golf group's day, from the first tee time to the last putt. One host sets up the round. Everyone else joins with a five-character code and keeps their own card. Scores land on a shared leaderboard as they're entered. EVERY GROUP PLAYS ITS OWN GAME Up to thirty-two players, across as many as eight tee groups of four. Each group picks what it's playing — they don't all have to play the same thing. • Match Play — 1v1, 1v2 or 2v2, with a closeout rule you choose • Carts, Drivers, Others — 6-6-6 for a foursome: a new partner every six holes • 9-Point — three players, nine points a hole • Medal — everyone plays their own ball AND THE WHOLE FIELD PLAYS TOGETHER • Skins — one per hole, to the lowest gross across the field. A tie pushes, and never carries over. • The Big Game — set a gross cut, and the players who make it are randomly paired for best ball. Front nine and back nine over eighteen. BUILT FOR A ROUND, NOT A SPREADSHEET Nothing is cached. Correct a score on the ninth hole after everyone's in the clubhouse and every leaderboard, skin and result fixes itself. Course pars and yardages are copied in when the round is created, so the card keeps working when the signal doesn't. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Just a scorecard for your group. Hosting a round is a subscription — $0.99 a month or $4.99 a year after a 7-day free trial. Joining a round is always free. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://theczargolf.com/privacy
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Verdict
PuttingAce and The Czar are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. PuttingAce sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and The Czar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PuttingAce ships an update weekly, The Czar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PuttingAce | The Czar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JL Golf, LLC | JONATHAN KAPLAN |
In-app purchases
PuttingAce
- PuttingAce Full Access$12.99
The Czar
- Host monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Host7 Days trial$4.991 Year









