Whаt іѕ the bеѕt FREE GPS gоlf арр?

[ful25 0]

I vоuсh fоr The Grint. It's аn аll іn оnе app, frее to uѕе: Sсоrе kееріng. Handicap. GPS, with distance trасkіng fоr еасh club. Community. 
 

[puttnfool 466]

I use The Grint for an official handicap only.  I don't care much for the real time tracking.  I use GolfPadGPS for real time tracking.  It has a free and a paid ($20/yr) version.

27 minutes ago, ful25 said:

I vоuсh fоr The Grint. It's аn аll іn оnе app, frее to uѕе: Sсоrе kееріng. Handicap. GPS, with distance trасkіng fоr еасh club. Community. 
 

The handicap doesn't come with the free version, does it?

[JeremyD 225]

18Birdies is a pretty good free GPS where you can pay for some extras. They also just updated and will automatically measure the tee shot so you know how far your tee shot went. Before that you had to manually choose to measure, and if you forgot it didn't measure your shot. It's great that I will now know the distance of every pull hook into the woods.

 

[JFish350 648]

I have had Golf Shot but now use The Grint. There is a free and a paid option. I pay the fee in thinking it will help them with updates etc. I find it easy user friendly, clear, and easy to change hole if you forget to put a score in or for those scrambles starting on different holes. It keeps a handicap that is up to date the WHS. Gets me a close enough yardage as I am a hacker and really only need 10 yard grievance. 

[HardcoreLooper 5,533]

I'm becoming a big fan of TheGrint.  I really like the notes feature.  It's great to have a place to put your thoughts down if you're gameplanning or notice something on a hole that you don't want to forget.

[Bossfan 132]

Another vote for the Grint. Started out with the free version and now use the paid version. Really easy to use.

[JDHolmes 214]

I have the Grint and Swing U but actually pay for premium on Swing U because its so good. I like the grint but too much pushing for online stuff. I dont do that

[Pandaman 278]

My thought on this is just try them (they are free after all) and see which you like the most.  You can keep them all for as long as you feel the need to, and opt in to paid features if/when you find one that you get on with the best.

I did this for a few. Although I have a GPS watch, I have a free app on my phone (currently using - Info Talk) that lets me survey courses at my leisure before I play them.  I don't use it much, but it's nice having it there.

Edited July 4, 2021 by Pandaman

[Tom D. 577]

I use The Grint.

[ForeRightAgain 38]

Used Hole19 for awhile. This year switched over the SwingU.  I use the premium, but my buddy uses the free version which he likes.

[ChasenLogan 29]

I really love Swing U.  Very simplistic design, great topviews of each hole and in my experience pretty accurate GPS.  Im also the designated scorekeeper of my group so being able to add my buddies to my round and track everyone is so easy as well.  I am now a premium user.

[Paul Hedrick 436]

I have tried several, but always come back to The Grint.  I like how it syncs with my Apple Watch, the shot tracking, and the ease of entering my score.

[Wigglez 2]

Not technically free but if you already have a usga handicap, their new GHIN gps is pretty good. 

[JeremyD 225]

8 minutes ago, Wigglez said:

Not technically free but if you already have a usga handicap, their new GHIN gps is pretty good. 

Is it now on there? I have the GHIN app, but I don't seem to see any GPS

[Rex_D 6]

I use Golfpad along with my Samsung Galaxy watch. It's great for shot tracking and club suggestions and the watch can be used in standalone mode so distance is tracked by the watch so I leave my phone in the bag.

[Maxilim 8]

+1 Swing U

I've been very happy with it.  Scorecard, GPS, Score sharing, stats etc.  I tried the Grint when SwingU was charging for Handicap scores, but something about it didn't work for me.  It may have been the ads.  Since SwingU brought back the handicap scores, I went back and it's been going great.

[paperclip 60]

In my experience, I found that while most of the GPS apps worked very well, the ones that used hole photos taken from Google Earth were the hardest to see on the phone in daylight. The ones that give graphics of the holes instead of photos work better for me. In that case, If that is your preference, I would try Tag Heuer, Golf GPS from Birdie Apps or iGolf Mobile (my favorite as it shows the 100 150 200 arcs etc. and notwithstanding the name, is available for Android).

If I wanted to use a photo based app, I tended to like 18 Birdies. But I will give Swing U a try.

 

[mGolf 20]

I use 18 birdies simply because it was shown to me by a playing partner upon my return to golf a couple years ago. It’s free, simple to add playing partners (even if their not on the app), and has basic stat tracking without paying for premium. 

The GPS is fine for finding basic yardage from the tee box, but it’s hard to beat a rangefinder for accurate yardage closer to the green.

I also question the accuracy of the handicap on this app. 

I’ll definitely follow this to see what others suggest. 

Edited August 1, 2021 by Mzno

[Billy-Bo-Jim-Bob 19]

GHIN just launched theirs! Have not used it yet, but looks like there is a fee for "enhanced" data!

[Larryd3 380]

On 7/30/2021 at 3:51 PM, JeremyD said:

Is it now on there? I have the GHIN app, but I don't seem to see any GPS

it just showed up on my GHIN app in the last couple days.  I haven't tried it out yet.