Arccos Golf vs GolfWolf
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.
GolfWolf
This app synchronizes your foursome's golf scores and side bets in real-time. Easily track scores hole-by-hole, manage various side games, and view live standings. Set up rounds quickly by searching for your course and adding players.
- Real-time group scoring
- Automatic score filling
- Strokes given tracking
- Side game point tracking
- Live standings
- Course and tee selection
- Guest play option
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GolfWolf turns your foursome's scorecard into a shared, real-time game. Stop passing around a pencil-and-paper card or juggling separate apps for scoring and side bets. GolfWolf keeps everyone's scores, points, and standings in sync on every phone at the table. Score as you play Enter scores hole-by-hole with a tap — GolfWolf automatically fills the group to par so nobody's left blank, then tracks strokes given based on each player's course handicap. Play your side games Track points alongside strokes for Wolf, skins, or whatever your group plays — with half-point support for closer games. See the whole picture Switch between hole-by-hole scoring, a full scorecard grid with OUT/IN/TOT totals, and live standings — all for the current round. Set up in seconds Search for your course, pick your tees, add players (or add them mid-round), and go. Sign in with Apple, Google, or play as a guest — no account required to try it out. Share the round Text the finished scorecard to your group the moment you finish 18.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GolfWolf at none against Arccos Golf's 2. GolfWolf also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Arccos Golf's advantage is ratings volume (33K vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. GolfWolf asks for nothing beyond the download.
GolfWolf holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. 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.
Arccos Golf ships an update every 2 weeks, GolfWolf every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arccos Golf | GolfWolf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (33K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| 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 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 378 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Arccos Golf LLC | Briscoweb LLC |
Customer experience
Arccos Golf
GolfWolf
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
GolfWolf
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
GolfWolf
No in-app purchases









