Comparison

Powder Project vs 18 Bogeys

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

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About

Powder Project

Discover and navigate the best ski lines with detailed GPS route information, elevation profiles, and interactive features. Explore over 800 miles of backcountry and sidecountry trails, with new lines constantly added. Download trails for offline use and get insights from local experts.

Highlights
  • GPS route information
  • Elevation profiles
  • Interactive features
  • 800+ miles of ski lines
  • Offline trail downloads
  • High-resolution photos
  • Topographical trail maps
Features
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Powder Project is your comprehensive guide to the best ski lines, wherever you are. With the thoroughness of a printed map, we offer full GPS route info, elevation profiles, interactive features, photos, and more. Like a guidebook, we suggest the best featured ski lines to explore—either near your current location or in an area you search for. Local experts show you the highlights, challenging features, and insights you need to plan a great day in the snow. • Find over 800 miles of backcountry, sidecountry, and secret stashes. • New lines are constantly added to our incredibly detailed ski ascent and descent trail database. • Your exact location is shown on the trail. • Downloaded trails work offline for when you’re off the grid. (No cell reception required!) • Enjoy high-resolution photos and detailed topographical trail maps. • We’ll sync with your to-do list and check-ins on PowderProject.com. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

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18 Bogeys

Features
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Your golf, on the course and off it. On the course: front, center and back of the green, and every hazard between you and it, on your Apple Watch — with the phone in your bag and no signal at all. Off it: your round history and an estimated index, guided range practice, each club's page, and the holes of a course to look over before you play it. 18 Bogeys is a golf GPS rangefinder for iPhone and Apple Watch. The distance comes first; everything else is optional, and all of it is free. ON THE COURSE Green front, center and back, measured from where you are standing. Every hazard ahead in the line of play, with two numbers each: how far to reach it and how far to carry it. Layup targets, and a tap on the map to measure any point on the hole. A pin you can drag to where the flag is today. Your tee, and yards or meters. THE WATCH WORKS ON ITS OWN The course lives on the watch. Start the round from your wrist, leave the phone in the cart, and the numbers do not change. With Apple Watch, each round is saved as a golf workout in Apple Health. 18 Bogeys never reads your health data. NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM The whole course is on the device before you tee off. It is not a cache that fades when the bars disappear: the data is simply there. IT TELLS YOU WHEN IT DOES NOT KNOW If a tee was never mapped or a green has no outline, the app says so instead of quietly measuring from somewhere nearby. A confident wrong number is worse than an admitted gap. IF YOU WANT MORE Record shots with one tap, from the watch or the iPhone, and get the scorecard they add up to. Round history, and an estimated index worked out on your phone from your own cards, with the method on screen. It is an estimate, not an official handicap. A club suggestion from the distances you actually hit. Friends, added in person with a QR code or with a link. They see your rounds and scores, never your position. Guided practice sessions for the range. Each club's page: hours, booking, directions and the club's own news. An account is optional, with Sign in with Apple. Without one, everything above except friends works, and your position never leaves the phone. THE COURSES 17 clubs in 5 countries — the United States, Chile, Spain, the United Kingdom and Italy — including 27-hole clubs, where you pick the two nines. Your course is not there? Find it in the list of all courses and tap Request; if you like, the app tells you when it is ready. Course geometry comes from OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database License 1.0, and the databases the app reads are published at 18bogeys.app. NOTHING IS SOLD TO YOU There is nothing to buy in the app. No ads, no third-party analytics, no tracking across apps. WHY 18 BOGEYS Eighteen bogeys is ninety strokes. This app is for the golfer who shoots 90: no coach, a couple of rounds a month. You will put one in the water on the 8th and you will laugh about it. We just tell you how far it was. In English and Spanish. iPhone and Apple Watch; there is no iPad app. Distances are approximate and do not replace the markers on the course.

Screenshots

Powder Project4 screens
18 Bogeys4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 18 Bogeys at every 2 days against Powder Project's every 5 weeks. Powder Project's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Powder Project ships an update every 5 weeks, 18 Bogeys every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Powder Project versus 18 Bogeys: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowder Project18 Bogeys
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (50 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings50 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB171 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAdventure Projects Inc.Sergio Carcamo Paulmann

In-app purchases

None

Powder Project

No in-app purchases

None

18 Bogeys

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Powder Project free?
Powder Project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 18 Bogeys free?
18 Bogeys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Powder Project or 18 Bogeys have ads?
Neither Powder Project nor 18 Bogeys shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Powder Project or 18 Bogeys?
Powder Project ships an update every 5 weeks, and 18 Bogeys every 2 days. Most recently, Powder Project was updated on November 6, 2026 and 18 Bogeys on October 31, 2026.

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