Comparison

CommunityGolf vs BaySpeed

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

Head to head
About

CommunityGolf

This app provides live GPS yardage to the green and in-round maps with tee and green markers. It offers hole-by-hole navigation and course search powered by community-contributed data. CarPlay support is available for cart-friendly distances and controls.

Highlights
  • Live GPS yardage to the green
  • CarPlay support
  • In-round map with markers
  • Hole-by-hole navigation
  • Community-powered course data
  • Course search
Features
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• Live GPS yardage to the green • CarPlay support for cart-friendly distances and hole controls • In-round map with tee and green markers • Hole-by-hole navigation and mapping confidence labels • Course search powered by open scorecard data • Moments tracking each round you play POWERED BY THE COMMUNITY Community Golf uses free, open sources: • OpenGolf for course listings and scorecards • OpenStreetMap for hole layouts, greens, and tees drawn by volunteers Coverage improves as golfers and mappers contribute. Help map a course, fix a scorecard, or add missing holes—and everyone benefits. Attribution for OpenGolf and OpenStreetMap is shown in the app. FREE TO PLAY Community Golf is free to use. Optional tips help cover development and maintenance—they don’t unlock features.

About

BaySpeed

Features
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BaySpeed turns your Topgolf bay into a ball-flight lab. Topgolf shows you where the ball landed. BaySpeed reveals how fast it was going when it left your club, how high it flew, and how much of that distance was carry vs roll — all reverse-engineered from your existing game history through a physics simulation calibrated against Toptracer data. Sign in with your Topgolf account and import your full history in seconds. Every shot gets analyzed: ball speed in mph, launch angle, descent angle, carry vs roll breakdown, kinetic energy, and impact force. WHAT YOU GET FREE — Sign in with Topgolf and import your full game history — Your 3 most recent sessions, fully analyzed — Tap-to-inspect trajectory replays color-coded by speed — Speed distribution chart for every session — Per-shot impact physics: ball speed, launch angle, force, kinetic energy — Sample data mode if you want to explore before signing in UNLOCK PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription) — Full session history, not just your 3 most recent — Personal records across speed, distance, energy, impact force, and session score — Improvement trajectory — track your gains to the mph per session — Recent form vs prior — see if you're hot right now — Momentum — acceleration phase and current improvement streak — Milestones — the first time you crossed 70, 80, 90, 100, 110 mph — Forecast — when you'll hit each speed tier if your pace holds — Total energy delivered — kilojoules of kinetic energy across every shot — Speed percentiles — p50, p75, p90, p95, p99 — Shareable stat cards for any section HOW THE PHYSICS WORK BaySpeed runs a Newtonian trajectory simulation with quadratic drag, Magnus lift, and spin decay, then binary-searches for the ball speed that produces the measured Topgolf yardage given your bay floor height. The drag coefficient is speed-dependent and calibrated against Toptracer ground truth. Speeds are estimates (±10-15%) — not the same as a launch monitor, but a lot more interesting than just yardage. PRIVACY Your credentials go directly to Topgolf's servers — BaySpeed never sees your password. Game data is cached locally on your device. No ads, no third-party tracking, no analytics SDKs. NOT AFFILIATED WITH TOPGOLF BaySpeed is an independent third-party app that uses your Topgolf account to access your own game data. Topgolf is a registered trademark of its respective owner. BaySpeed is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Topgolf.

Screenshots

CommunityGolf4 screens
BaySpeed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BaySpeed at every 2 days against CommunityGolf's fortnightly. On price, ads, 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. CommunityGolf sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and BaySpeed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CommunityGolf ships an update fortnightly, BaySpeed every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CommunityGolf versus BaySpeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommunityGolfBaySpeed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn RogersKevin Tang

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CommunityGolf

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
1 purchases

BaySpeed

One-time1
  • BaySpeed Pro$6.99

Questions

Is CommunityGolf free?
CommunityGolf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BaySpeed free?
BaySpeed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CommunityGolf or BaySpeed have ads?
Neither CommunityGolf nor BaySpeed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CommunityGolf or BaySpeed?
CommunityGolf ships an update fortnightly, and BaySpeed every 2 days. Most recently, CommunityGolf was updated on September 29, 2026 and BaySpeed on September 30, 2026.

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