What is the best golf GP app for iPhone?

18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker, S tier, ranked #1 of 17, rated 4.9 by 305,653 people.

Which golf GP apps are free?

17 of 17 are free to download: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker (S), Golfshot Golf GPS Range Finder (S), SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius (S), GolfLogix: 3D Golf GPS (S) and more. 4 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.

Which golf GP app has the best App Store rating?

18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker at 4.9 from 305,653 ratings.

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Best Golf GP Apps for iPhone (2026)

17 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker is the top-ranked of 17 golf GP apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 305,653 ratings.

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18Birdies: Golf GPS TrackerS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 305,653 ratings · score 98
2
Golfshot Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 78,470 ratings · score 97
3
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf GeniusS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 135,844 ratings · score 96
4
GolfLogix: 3D Golf GPSS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 110,485 ratings · score 96
5
Hole19: Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,339 ratings · score 95

What belongs in this list

See distances to the green and hazards on a golf course while playing.

Not here: Golf scorekeeping alone; Golf stats tracking alone; Swing analysis alone; Golf coaching alone; A general map app alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

None at B yet

None at D yet

None at F yet

Compare every app

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18Birdies: Golf GPS TrackerS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 305,653 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
Golfshot Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 78,470 ratings · score 97 · best in class
3
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf GeniusS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 135,844 ratings · score 96 · best in class
4
GolfLogix: 3D Golf GPSS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 110,485 ratings · score 96 · best in class
5
Hole19: Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,339 ratings · score 95 · best in class
6
Golf GPS Range Finder: ForeFunS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 33,727 ratings · score 95 · best in class
7
Golf Pad GPS Range FinderS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 22,367 ratings · score 94 · best in class
8
Bushnell Golf MobileS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 29,453 ratings · score 93 · best in class
9
TAG Heuer Golf - GPS & 3D MapsS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,414 ratings · score 92 · best in class
10
GHIN: Handicap Index® & GPSS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 20,664 ratings · score 92 · best in class
11
Blue Tees GAME: AI Golf GPSS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 27,333 ratings · score 90 · best in class
12
Golf GPS++: Watch TrackerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 4,725 ratings · score 89 · excellent
13
Arccos GolfA
Free · ★ 4.6 · 32,879 ratings · score 89 · excellent
14
SmoothSwingA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 11,479 ratings · score 89 · excellent
15
Squabbit - Golf Tournament AppA
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,467 ratings · score 82 · excellent
16
TrackMyGolf Golf GPSC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 2,546 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
17
Roundabout - Golf GPS TrackerC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,116 ratings · score 65 · situational

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Questions people ask

What is the best golf GP app for iPhone?: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker, S tier, ranked #1 of 17, rated 4.9 by 305,653 people.
Which golf GP apps are free?: 17 of 17 are free to download: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker (S), Golfshot Golf GPS Range Finder (S), SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius (S), GolfLogix: 3D Golf GPS (S) and more. 4 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which golf GP app has the best App Store rating?: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker at 4.9 from 305,653 ratings.
How many golf GP apps reach S or A tier?: 15 of 17. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.