Comparison

Data Driven Golf vs NextUp Golf

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

Head to head
About

Data Driven Golf

This app helps golfers improve by tracking their performance based on their individual handicap. It analyzes every shot to show where strokes are gained or lost, providing personalized practice recommendations. Users can log shots easily, view real-time stats, and access detailed round summaries and trends.

Highlights
  • Hole-by-hole shot logging
  • Real-time strokes gained analysis
  • Personalized handicap calibration
  • AI round recaps
  • Performance trends and charts
  • Course catalog with yardage
  • Friend sharing and public links
Features
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Data Driven Golf tells you exactly where your game gains and loses strokes, calibrated to YOUR handicap instead of a PGA Tour baseline. Most strokes gained tools compare every shot to tour pros. Interesting, but it doesn't tell a 12-handicap what to practice this week. Data Driven Golf calibrates expected strokes to your target handicap, so every number answers one question: did that shot help or hurt against the golfer you're trying to become? HOW IT WORKS - Log each shot in seconds with the hole-by-hole wizard. Lie and distance is all it takes. - See strokes gained on every shot in real time as you play. - Off the tee, approach, short game, putting: find out which part of your game actually costs you strokes. WHAT YOU GET - Round summaries with a full strokes gained breakdown, scorecard, and best/worst shot highlights - AI round recaps that read like a caddie's notes on your day - Trends across rounds: rolling averages, par 3/4/5 splits, performance by lie and by distance - Charts benchmarked against PGA, scratch, 10 and 20 handicap curves, so you can see exactly where you sit - A 25,000+ course catalog with tee-by-tee yardage, rating, and slope, plus manual course entry - Friends: share your rounds, stats, and charts with your regular group - Public share links for any round YOUR DATA IS YOURS Export every round to CSV anytime. No lock-in. Data Driven Golf is free and built in the open with a small community of golfers whose feedback shapes every release. Questions or ideas? drew@datadriven.golf gets read by an actual human named Drew.

About

NextUp Golf

Features
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Everything golf. One place. NextUp brings your golf life together — the rounds you play, the courses you discover, the people you play with and the progress you make. Play with GPS Take NextUp onto the course. Follow your position with GPS, see your route as you play and keep a visual record of your round — ready to look back on and share afterwards. 40,000+ course guides Explore interactive course guides for more than 40,000 golf courses. Use satellite imagery, GPS distances and hole views to understand what lies ahead and plan your next shot. Track & share your golf Your rounds become part of your golf activity. Follow your scores and stats, revisit where you played and share your rounds and achievements with friends — inside or outside NextUp. Connect Find golfers, add friends and see what your golf community is up to. Follow rounds, celebrate achievements and stay connected on and off the course. Improve Turn practice into progress. Log practice sessions, take on challenges and keep track of the work you're putting into your game. Compete Join tournaments and leagues, follow leaderboards and see how you stack up against other players. Your club Clubs and teams can use NextUp to bring their community together, share updates, organise activities and keep members engaged. Follow professional golf Keep up with professional golf with tour leaderboards inside NextUp. Golf is more than a scorecard. It's where you played, how you played, who you played with and what comes next. NextUp brings it all together.

Screenshots

Data Driven Golf4 screens
NextUp Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

Data Driven Golf and NextUp Golf are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Data Driven Golf versus NextUp Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterData Driven GolfNextUp Golf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (28 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB40 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperANDREW DOMINIC VARANONiklas Fallsjo

In-app purchases

None

Data Driven Golf

No in-app purchases

None

NextUp Golf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Data Driven Golf free?
Data Driven Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NextUp Golf free?
NextUp Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Data Driven Golf or NextUp Golf have ads?
Neither Data Driven Golf nor NextUp Golf shows ads.

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