Stroke Keeper vs Golf Strokes Scorecard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stroke Keeper
Track your golf scores seamlessly using your Apple Watch and iPhone. This app helps you manage your game on the course with features like course selection and shot distance calculation.
- Apple Watch and iPhone integration
- Course selection
- Shot distance calculation
- Score tallying per hole
- Score saving
- New user interface
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Stroke Keeper combines both your Apple Watch and phone to provide you with one of the most simplest and effective ways to keep track of your score while out on the golf course. The latest version of Stroke Keeper is jam packed with new features for both our existing and new users! Our primary objective was to provide our iPhone users with a better native experience even if you don't yet own an Apple Watch. So we have listened to the requests we have received, and now in version 2.0 here is what you have to look forward to... New Features in 2.0: - Select which golf course it is that you are playing at - Calculate the distance from your location to wherever you wish to hit your next shot - Improved process of sending your scores from your Apple Watch to your phone where they can then be saved - Follow along on your phone on each hole to tally your scores using our newly designed user interface experience We have been working hard to bring forward what is now available today, and we are not stopping just yet. Look forward to more exciting features coming in the near feature!
Golf Strokes Scorecard
Track golf scores for up to four players directly on your watch. Record each stroke as you play and use GPS to measure shot distances. Golf workouts are saved to Health, and no phone is required for this standalone watch application.
- Scorecard for up to 4 golfers
- Record strokes per hole
- GPS stroke distance measurement
- Standalone watch app
- No account signup
- Saves to Health app
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1) Score a round of golf for up to 4 golfers on your watch. 2) Add a stroke every time you hit so that you don't have to remember later. For other golfers, simply choose the number of strokes they made on each hole 3) GPS measures the distance of each stroke 4) No phone is needed, this is a standalone watch app 5) There's no account signup process at all 6) Golf "workouts" are saved to Health. This saves your scores and having an active workout session allows the app to remain in the foreground while you golf. End the session by tapping the "End Session" button at the bottom
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Golf Strokes Scorecard at 54% against Stroke Keeper's 10%. Golf Strokes Scorecard also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Stroke Keeper's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Golf Strokes Scorecard holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Stroke Keeper's written reviews are positive against 54% of Golf Strokes Scorecard's.
Stroke Keeper ships an update every 3 months, Golf Strokes Scorecard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stroke Keeper | Golf Strokes Scorecard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (21 ratings) | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Anderson | Brett Kuprel |
Customer experience
Stroke Keeper
Golf Strokes Scorecard
In-app purchases
Stroke Keeper
No in-app purchases
Golf Strokes Scorecard
No in-app purchases
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