Comparison

Course Guide GPS vs StrackaLine

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

Head to head
About

Course Guide GPS

This app provides GPS-enabled yardage guides for golf courses, detailing bunkers, hazards, tees, and green locations. It also tracks scores, strokes, putts, and penalties, with detailed playing statistics available. Users can access pro tips, save notes, and book tee times if supported.

Highlights
  • GPS yardage for bunkers, hazards, and greens
  • Score and stroke tracking
  • Detailed playing statistics
  • Pro tips for playing holes
  • Save personal notes
  • Online tee time booking integration
Features
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The only GPS enabled course / yardage guide for golf courses INCLUDING bunkers, hazards, tees, as well as the center, front, and back of greens. Course Guide GPS also allows you to track your score, total strokes, putts, chips, sand shots, as well as penalties. New in version 3.5 you can view your playing statistics in the Player Information screen. These statistics include your best rounds, average scores by hole, and the best you've played each hole. In version 2.0, you can see tips from the pros on how to play holes, save your own notes, and even keep track of each of your shots. Plus, if the course supports online tee time booking, Course Guide will take you right to that page. The app is free and you purchase only the courses you want. ********** Currently available for: - Crystal Springs Golf Club, Burlingame, CA - Duke University Golf Club, Durham, NC - Heritage Golf Club, Wake Forest, NC - Shoreline Golf Links, Mountain View, CA - Southern Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines, NC ********** Please ask your golf course's head pro to contact support@ligaturetech.com for information about adding support for their golf course.

About

StrackaLine

This golf app provides detailed green topography maps and accurate putt lines, helping golfers of all levels analyze slopes and plan their shots. It uses advanced scanning technology to offer precise data for every hole, revolutionizing the putting game.

Highlights
  • Detailed green topography maps
  • Accurate putt line calculations
  • USGA Legal pin sheets
  • Digital yardage book & range finder
  • Slope percentage analysis
  • 3D green animations
Features
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StrackaLine is used by Touring Pros, top college programs (Texas, Alabama, OK State, Ohio, Michigan State), and golfers of all ability. Download now and see samples holes and pin sheets from Pebble, Sawgrass, and Torrey.  StrackaLine will provide you a pin sheet that is USGA Legal. The App will provide accurate putt lines for you to see the line of the putt before, during, and after your round. The App is the ideal trainer tool for you to learn and understand the green complexes. STRACKALINE GPS & PUTT USERS ● Access your courses ● Digital Yardage Book & Range Finder ● Make Putt and View Fall Lines for any hole location THOUSANDS OF COURSES AVAILABLE NOW Download App Search for your Course HOW DOES THE APP WORK?  
Using a top of the line laser from the land surveying industry, this advanced technology scans the surface of each green for millions of data points that are accurate to the millimeter to pick up even the most subtle elevation changes.  

It displays an interactive topography map for each green we've scanned. You can zoom in and out to see the contours and slope percentages, adjust the grid, view a spinning 3D animation, and even calculate your exact putt line (StrackaLine) by setting the hole location and your ball location. Just like a video game, but the information is real!  Available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod, using raw X, Y, Z data points, the device:  ● Will calculate all the one inch contours of the putting green  ● Will calculate the slope percentages for the whole putting green  ● Will calculate the Fall Lines for each hole location  ● Will show you the approach angle to the green  ● Will calculate the target of your putt  ● Will allow you to zoom in and out to see more or less detail  With our state of the art technology, join us in revolutionizing the most important part of the golf, putting.  
StrackaLine is protected by copyright and U.S. patents 6,296,579 and 6,638,173 www.StrackaLine.com

Screenshots

Course Guide GPS4 screens
StrackaLine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StrackaLine at none against Course Guide GPS's 8. StrackaLine also leads on review sentiment (22% vs 0%) and rating (3.2 vs 3.0). Course Guide GPS's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price 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. Course Guide GPS sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. StrackaLine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StrackaLine holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StrackaLine has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Course Guide GPS's written reviews are positive against 22% of StrackaLine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Course Guide GPS ships an update every 2 months, StrackaLine every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Course Guide GPS versus StrackaLine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCourse Guide GPSStrackaLine
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.2 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews22.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLigature Technologies, LLC.Elite Golf Technology LLC

Customer experience

Course Guide GPS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

StrackaLine

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative72.2%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Course Guide GPS

One-time8
  • Heatherwoode Golf Club, Springboro, OH$0.99
  • Sunken Gardens Sunnyvale CA$0.99
  • Shoreline Golf Links, Mountain View, CA$1.99
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  • Crystal Springs Golf Club, Burlingame, CA$1.99
  • Hillandale Golf Course$1.99
  • Heritage Golf Club, Wake Forest, NC$2.99
  • Southern Pines Golf Club, Southern Pines, NC$5.99
  • Duke Univeristy Golf Club, Durham, NC$6.99
None

StrackaLine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Course Guide GPS free?
Course Guide GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StrackaLine free?
StrackaLine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Course Guide GPS or StrackaLine?
StrackaLine is rated higher. Course Guide GPS averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while StrackaLine averages 3.2 from 12 ratings.
Do Course Guide GPS or StrackaLine have ads?
StrackaLine shows ads; Course Guide GPS does not.
Which is updated more often, Course Guide GPS or StrackaLine?
Course Guide GPS ships an update every 2 months, and StrackaLine every 5 months. Most recently, Course Guide GPS was updated on September 21, 2026 and StrackaLine on September 1, 2026.

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