Master Caddies vs Ellipse Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Master Caddies
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Meet the caddie that lives in your pocket. Master Caddies gives you GPS distances to the front, center and back of essentially every green. Then goes further than a rangefinder can. Tell it where your ball is and it answers out loud: the real number, the right club, and the reason behind the call. Set up your bag and your shot profile once, and it speaks in your clubs with aim advice, not generic yardages. TRUE SHOT DISTANCE The number you hear is the number you play. Elevation, wind, temperature, humidity, rain, altitude, your lie and your stance. All folded into one figure, calculated on your phone. A CADDIE THAT TALKS BACK Ask out loud and get an answer in a real voice. Six caddies, each with a distinct read on your game: Rex, Savannah, Angus, Alfred, Digger and Frankie. FIVE WAYS TO ASK Just say "Hey Rex." Turn on Hands-free and talk to your caddie without touching your phone. Prefer the button? Hold to talk. Wearing headphones? Ask and hear the answer right in your ear. On your Apple Watch, ask from your wrist and leave the phone in the bag. Or tap to type when you'd rather stay quiet. Either way, your caddie speaks up on the tee and again as you reach the green. BUILT FOR BAD SIGNAL Golf courses have terrible reception, so we planned for it. Briefs are cached to your phone before you tee off. The distance math runs on the device. And when you'd rather tap than talk, the shot conditions panel needs no signal at all. ON YOUR WRIST Your true shot distance, the hole brief and the caddie, on your Apple Watch. Leave the phone in the bag. WRITTEN BY REAL PROFESSIONALS On our home courses, the club professional wrote the strategy himself. Where to aim, where to miss, what the green does. Not generated. Written, and credited to the pro who wrote it. SEE THE HOLE BEFORE YOU PLAY IT Fly the hole from tee to green. Hear about and see the actual hazards, layups, and carry distances from real coordinates and on the courses we've walked, geometry we mapped ourselves. KEEP THE ROUND Every round becomes a card worth keeping - your scorecard, your numbers, and the shot that made the day. Save it, or send it to the group who watched it happen. THE ROUND, MEASURED Fairways, greens and putts that feed real numbers, never a default we invented. Handicap differentials as you play. Personal par, so a bogey on the hardest hole reads as what it is. AND THE WALK Miles walked, steps, calories. Eighteen holes is a real day's exercise and now you can see it. PRICING Your first round is offered at a reduced price. After that, a round pass for a single round, or monthly and annual subscriptions for unlimited play. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ellipse Golf
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Ellipse Golf is a course strategy and statistics platform for competitive golfers, college programs, and coaches. • Satellite course maps and hole-by-hole yardages • Round tracking with strokes-gained analytics • Coach tools for team courses, round setups, and stats An Ellipse Golf account is required. Accounts are provisioned by your coach or organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ellipse Golf at none against Master Caddies's 10. 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. Master Caddies sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ellipse Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Master Caddies | Ellipse Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lemmings, LLC | IC Analytics LLC |
In-app purchases
Master Caddies
- Round Pass$2.99
- Reduced Round$5.99
- Reduced Round$7.99
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- Round Pass$7.99
- Reduced Round$8.99
- Round Pass$9.99
- Reduced Round$12.99
- Round Pass$12.99
- Round Pass$14.99
- Round Pass$19.99
Ellipse Golf
No in-app purchases









