Arccos Golf vs Chip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arccos Golf
This AI-powered golf app automatically tracks your shots and provides smart rangefinding. It analyzes your game to offer personalized strategies and detailed green maps, helping you improve your performance and lower your scores.
- AI-powered automatic shot tracking
- Smart laser rangefinder with weather data
- AI strategy for club and target recommendations
- LiDAR-mapped green maps
- Strokes Gained Analytics
- Real club distance tracking
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PLAY SMARTER GOLF Arccos is the Official Game Tracker of the PGA TOUR. AI-powered game tracking and Smart Laser Rangefinder trusted by pros including Matt Fitzpatrick, and golfers at every level. Now improved with greater depth, personalization, focus, and actionable recommendations. THE NEW ARCCOS APP — NOW ROLLING OUT ON iOS The biggest update we've ever made. Every tab rebuilt. New AI features throughout. The app now tells you exactly what to do — not just what happened. WHERE TO FOCUS — YOUR PERSONAL PRACTICE PLAN Your Player tab pinpoints exactly where your next stroke is hiding across all four facets — Driving, Approach, Short Game, and Putting — using Strokes Gained analysis. Lock in a focus area and get personalized drill recommendations built from your own data. A real plan, for your game. SHOT DISPERSION — SEE WHERE YOUR SHOTS ACTUALLY GO Visual dispersion charts for every club. See where your shots land relative to target — consistency, miss tendencies, weapons vs. liabilities. The clearest scope of your ball-striking you've ever had. AI ROUND SUMMARIES — YOUR ROUND, TOLD LIKE A STORY After every round: an AI-generated summary of what actually happened. Skill Score, Club MVP, PGA Tour Quality Shots, Round Arc, and a Practice Focus with specific drills to work on before your next tee time. COURSES — YOUR GOLF PASSPORT A global map of every course you've ever played. Tap any course for hole-by-hole Strokes Gained, AI Course Insights, and Hole Highlights showing exactly which holes have been costing you strokes. PRE-ROUND WARMUP — SHOW UP READY A personalized 15, 30, or 60-minute range routine, generated based on your recent data and current focus. Specific clubs, specific drills. Practice with purpose. ARCCOS AIR — FIRST YEAR FREE No sensors required. Slip the Air AI wearable into your pocket and play. AI trained on 1.5 billion shots automatically detects every shot with Tour-level accuracy. Or add Smart Sensors for definitive club-by-club analysis. Your choice, every round. Link Pro users upgrade automatically — no purchase required. SMART LASER RANGEFINDER — FIRST YEAR FREE Know it's 176 yards to carry the bunker. Slope-only rangefinders capture just 19% of distance adjustments. Smart Laser factors in slope, wind, temperature, humidity, and altitude to capture it all, often making a club’s difference. Auto pin-setting syncs the flag to your app automatically. AI STRATEGY & GREEN MAPS — ALL iOS SUBSCRIBERS Recommended club and optimal target every shot, based on your tendencies, course layout, hazards, and conditions. The same strategy Matt Fitzpatrick used to win his major. Green Maps: LiDAR-mapped to 1mm precision across 9,000+ courses in the US, 3,000+ worldwide. See slopes, breaks, and exact pin position. AUTOMATIC GAME TRACKING Every shot tracked across 18 holes on 40,000+ courses worldwide. Strokes Gained Analytics. Smart Club Distances — your real numbers, not your best guesses. RESULTS New Arccos members lower their handicaps by 25% on average in the first year. Hit approach shots 14.9 feet closer and sink more birdies. With lower scores, you’ll have more to celebrate and share at the 19th hole. - Official Game Tracker of the PGA TOUR - 1.5 billion shots, 4 trillion data points - Works with Arccos Air, Smart Sensors, Smart Laser, Link/Link Pro, Apple Watch - Fast Company World's Most Innovative Companies — #3 in Sports - Partners: PGA TOUR, PING, Cobra Golf, Club Champion, Golf Digest Stop guessing. Start knowing. Play better golf.
Chip
Enhance your golf game by tracking every ball, reducing penalty strokes, and speeding up play. This app requires a compatible smart golf ball to function.
- Track every ball hit
- Reduce penalty strokes
- Accelerate pace of play
- Minimize search time
- Save on spare balls
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Score better Knowing you find every ball will not only boost your confidence but also significantly reduce your penalty strokes. Play faster With the Chiping smart ball and this app you reduce the search time to the minimum and accelerate the pace of play. Save balls Did you know an average player looses 4-5 balls a round? With Chiping smart balls you don't need a bag full of spare balls To fully use this app you need the Chiping golfball.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arccos Golf at 4.6 against Chip's 3.5. Arccos Golf also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Chip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (14 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Arccos Golf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $199.99 per year. Chip asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arccos Golf holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arccos Golf has 33K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Arccos Golf's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chip's.
Arccos Golf ships an update every 2 weeks, Chip every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arccos Golf | Chip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (33K ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 378 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arccos Golf LLC | Chip-ing AG |
Customer experience
Arccos Golf
Chip
Bugs and requests
Arccos Golf
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes and freezes during rounds
- Incorrect hole and shot tracking
- Unreliable sensor connectivity
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to view round stats on mobile app
- Better course mapping and layout visualization
- Improved handling of penalties and missed shots
- Integration with other golf apps and platforms
Chip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Arccos Golf
- AI Strategy1 Year trial$199.991 Year
- Arccos 1-year Subscription14 Days trial$199.991 Year
Chip
No in-app purchases









