Comparison

GLF. Connect vs Duffers Anonymous

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

Head to head
About

GLF. Connect

This app connects golf coaches and students through a comprehensive platform. Coaches can manage their business, track student progress, and share media, while students can book lessons, communicate with coaches, and access training materials.

Highlights
  • Business management for coaches
  • Student progress tracking
  • Media sharing (video, photo)
  • Lesson booking and scheduling
  • In-app messaging and email
  • Payment system integration
Features
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GLF. CONNECT is an App supporting the GLF. CONNECT platform. Please download the App if the following applies: Coaches - You have a subscription with GLF. CONNECT. You will need your log in credentials to access the App features. Students - If your Coach or Golf Academy are using the GLF. CONNECT to power their   Academy. You can download the App and see which academies are using GLF. and also sign up with them. In order to take advantage of all the features your Coach needs to be actively using the system. About GLF. CONNECT GLF. CONNECT is an innovative end to end web platform and associated App that is a one stop shop for golf coaching. The platform covers the business end, provides all the tools required for a Coach to manage their business through to giving the student a great experience while they are striving to achieve their goals. The App gives Coaches and Students access to the following features: For Coaches - The App links directly with the GLF. CONNECT web based platform, giving you access to everything you need to manage your coaching business on the go. This includes being able to see lesson history, student insights and student profiles. You can book a lesson or class for new and existing students (use the integrated payment system), view your schedule and manage appointments. You can also easily record, analyse and share media including videos, photos and audio notes with your students and tag to a lesson or class. Enhanced communication tools includes a built-in email system and in-app messaging feature to individual students or groups. Notifications that display in your own Activity Feed will help you keep track of everything that is happening. You can also access manage your students journey through your coaching programs via the MyGame+ area if you are utilising this feature. For Students - The App links directly with the GLF. CONNECT web based platform that is used by your coach. It gives you access to a range of features to help you improve your game, communicate with your coach and manage your coaching appointments. You can book lessons or class places, manage your appointments as well as view media that has been shared by your coach through your own media feed or tagged to a lesson or class. You can also communicate with your coach through the built in email system and in-app messaging. You can also access your coaching programs and manage your journey via the MyGame+ area if your coach is using this feature.

About

Duffers Anonymous

This app simplifies organizing golf trips by managing player assignments, scores, bets, and payments. It offers live scoring, group chat, and on-course tools like GPS distances and weather updates. It also supports regular games and integrates with payment apps for easy settlement.

Highlights
  • Trip planning and invitations
  • Live scoring and leaderboards
  • Bet tracking and automated settlement
  • Group chat with media sharing
  • On-course GPS and weather data
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Regular game management
Features
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Organizing a golf trip is harder than playing one. Duffers Anonymous handles the parts nobody wants to: who's playing with whom, what everyone shot, and who owes what at the end. PLAN THE TRIP Create a trip, share one link, and let people join themselves. Add courses, set tee times, build teams, and pick a format for each round:stroke play, best ball, scramble, match play or skins. Put where you're staying, the rooms and the day-by-day on the trip page, so nobody asks what time the shotgun is. Running a one-day outing instead of a week away? That works the same way. ASK THE CADDIE Who's leading? What do I owe? What room am I in? Ask in the trip and get an answer from your trip's own numbers, not a guess. The Caddie plans the trip with you, a short interview instead of a form, and runs the scramble day: lock in the field, post the flights, keep the live board, post the results. Turn it off in the trip settings if your group would rather not. SCORE IT LIVE Enter scores hole by hole and everyone sees them within a second. The leaderboard is format-aware, so match play shows the match, skins shows the pot, and a scramble shows team totals. Go through a dead spot with no signal and scores queue on the phone, then sync when you're back. Nothing is lost. SETTLE UP WITHOUT THE ARGUMENT Closest to the pin, long drive, longest putt, skins, side bets. Track them as you play, with a photo if there's a dispute. Afterwards the app works out who owes whom, consolidates it into as few payments as possible, and opens Venmo or Cash App with the amount filled in. You pay in those apps; we just do the arithmetic. THE GROUP CHAT THE TRIP DESERVES Trip chat with photos, GIFs and link previews, replies, direct messages, and a feed of what everyone's doing: birdies, hole-in-ones, a side game changing hands. Fix a typo within fifteen minutes. Every message and photo can be reported, and anyone can be blocked. YOUR REGULAR GAME, TOO A standing group gets a home of its own: one code to join, an outing whenever you play, and a season ledger that carries from one to the next. ON THE COURSE The hole drawn on the map, with the distance to the front, center and back of the green. The shots you get here and the money on the hole, so nobody has to read a stroke index and work it out. Wind that points where the wind actually is, on a map you can turn. Weather for the tee time. A Live Activity on the Lock Screen while the round is running. And for whoever's waiting at home, a private link that shows how far along the round is and about when you'll be back, never where you are. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app carries the round. Distances measured on the watch's own GPS, your card, and the group's leaderboard. Your phone can stay in the cart. Turn the Digital Crown to look ahead at the next hole. ON THE BIG SCREEN On iPad, trips open in a split view, and three screens are built for the big one. The Commissioner Console: drag players between groups, set the teams, watch the money. Draft Night: captains pick on their phones, the iPad is the board. Clubhouse Mode: standings, the course, the side games and the chat, cycling on the TV in the culbhouse or rental. Free to use. No ads. We don't sell your data.

Screenshots

GLF. Connect4 screens
Duffers Anonymous4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Duffers Anonymous at 5.0 against GLF. Connect's 2.0. Duffers Anonymous also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). GLF. Connect's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Duffers Anonymous holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GLF. Connect has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GLF. Connect ships an update fortnightly, Duffers Anonymous every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GLF. Connect versus Duffers Anonymous: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGLF. ConnectDuffers Anonymous
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (30 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB52 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperOrbis Golf LimitedCarquinez Holdings LLC

Customer experience

GLF. Connect

All ratings30 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative73.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative56.5%

Duffers Anonymous

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GLF. Connect

No in-app purchases

None

Duffers Anonymous

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GLF. Connect free?
GLF. Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Duffers Anonymous free?
Duffers Anonymous is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GLF. Connect or Duffers Anonymous?
Duffers Anonymous is rated higher. GLF. Connect averages 2.0 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Duffers Anonymous averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do GLF. Connect or Duffers Anonymous have ads?
Neither GLF. Connect nor Duffers Anonymous shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GLF. Connect or Duffers Anonymous?
GLF. Connect ships an update fortnightly, and Duffers Anonymous every 4 days. Most recently, GLF. Connect was updated on November 6, 2026 and Duffers Anonymous on November 9, 2026.

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