Comparison

Course Guide GPS vs Golf GPS

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

Golf GPS

Enhance your golf game with AI-powered insights and a virtual caddie. Track your performance with detailed statistics and plan your strategy on any course worldwide. Improve your scores round after round.

Highlights
  • GPS satellite maps of golf courses
  • Accurate GPS distances
  • AI-powered virtual caddie
  • Intelligent game planning
  • Detailed performance statistics
  • Shot tracking
  • Bag management
Features
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The best GPS app to improve your golf on every course! Get a better scorecard on your next round of golf by using AI to improve your game. Fill in your scorecard, view your game results and analyse the evolution of your golf performance with numerous statistics. An all-in-one GPS app to improve your game of golf, round after round. It helps you plan your game on a golf course in a rational way by calculating the most effective tactics for your game. It adapts to the particularities of every golf course in the world. It's like having a Tour-level caddie and a GPS rangefinder in your golf bag. Play each hole like a pro with accurate Plays-Like distances based on all parameters related to playing conditions such as golf course altitude, shot elevation, wind, temperature, humidity, etc. Optimize your golf training sessions by relying on your game statistics and AI-based suggestions that will help you improve specific areas of your game. Data from other players with a similar level of golf to yours is used to determine the areas of improvement that will have the most impact on your game. ______________ * Free features *_____________ • GPS Satellite maps of every golf course, • GPS distances. Your distances on the golf course to the green, • Scorecard for each round of golf with stableford and strokeplay calculations, • Shot-tracking for statistics after your round of golf, • Weather info, • Bag management: define the golf clubs you use for your round, • compatibility with Apple Health. ___________________________________ * Premium features - with free trial *__________________________________ • Real-time smart Caddie to get Plays-Like distances and Club Suggestions based on your strategy and game conditions, • Game Plan to prepare a personalized strategy based on your predicted performance, • Telemeter with Plays-Like distances, • Compatibility with Apple Watch Series and Ultra, • Training or Competition mode to enable only the GPS features authorized for your official golf game, • Stableford or Strokeplay mode, • Advanced stats and round history.

Screenshots

Course Guide GPS4 screens
Golf GPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Golf GPS at 76% against Course Guide GPS's 0%. Golf GPS also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (104 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Course Guide GPS sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Golf GPS sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Golf GPS holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Golf GPS has 104 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 76% of Golf GPS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Course Guide GPS versus Golf GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCourse Guide GPSGolf GPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (104 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews75.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2104 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLigature Technologies, LLC.Hello Birdie

Customer experience

Course Guide GPS

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

Golf GPS

All ratings104 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive75.8%
Neutral7.8%
Negative16.4%

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
Show 5 more
  • 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
11 purchases

Golf GPS

Subscriptions10
  • Flexible Subscription Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
  • Caddie - Monthly7 Days trial$9.901 Month
  • Unlimited Subscription Monthly1 Month trial$15.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Planner - Monthly7 Days trial$15.991 Month
  • Caddie - Yearly14 Days trial$47.901 Year
  • Flex Subscription Yearly1 Month trial$49.991 Year
  • Unlimited Subscription Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
  • Planner - Yearly14 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Subscription Yearly14 Days trial$199.991 Year
  • Flex Subscription Yearly14 Days trial$199.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock One Golf Course$7.99

Questions

Is Course Guide GPS free?
Course Guide GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Golf GPS free?
Golf GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Course Guide GPS or Golf GPS?
Golf GPS is rated higher. Course Guide GPS averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Golf GPS averages 4.6 from 104 ratings.
Do Course Guide GPS or Golf GPS have ads?
Neither Course Guide GPS nor Golf GPS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Course Guide GPS or Golf GPS?
Course Guide GPS ships an update every 2 months, and Golf GPS every 2 months. Most recently, Course Guide GPS was updated on October 8, 2026 and Golf GPS on October 29, 2026.

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