Course Guide GPS vs Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder
This app provides golf course distances, slope, and contour information without requiring course downloads. It helps golfers find aim lines, calculate drive distances, and scout any course worldwide.
- Distances to any target
- Slope and elevation changes
- Elevation contour lines
- Aim lines for shots
- Drive distance calculation
- Global golf course search
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Receive hundreds of dollars in value for FREE! Golf Sight is a slope edition aerial rangefinder. *NO course downloading required - Golf Sight works anywhere!* DISTANCES Get distances (in yards or meters) to any target from your current location. Also get distances between any set of points. SLOPE View elevation changes and degrees of slope between targets! CONTOURS View elevation contour lines on greens and fairways! AIM LINES Find perfect aim lines for blind shots or doglegs! DRIVE DISTANCE Calculate how far you hit your shot! GOLF COURSE SEARCH Search and scout any golf course in the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder at 54% against Course Guide GPS's 0%. Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (29 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Course Guide GPS sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder has 29 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 54% of Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Course Guide GPS | Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.3 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ligature Technologies, LLC. | Brett Pompeani |
Customer experience
Course Guide GPS
Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder
In-app purchases
Course Guide GPS
- 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
Golf Sight Slope Rangefinder
- Slope Enabled$4.99
- Contours Enabled$6.99
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