What is the best golf scorekeeping app for iPhone?

18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker, S tier, ranked #1 of 15, rated 4.9 by 305,653 people.

Which golf scorekeeping apps are free?

15 of 15 are free to download: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker (S), SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius (S), Golfshot Golf GPS Range Finder (S), TheGrint: Golf Handicap (S) and more. 2 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which golf scorekeeping app has the best App Store rating?

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

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Best Golf Scorekeeping Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

Part of Scorekeeping.

18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker is the top-ranked of 15 golf scorekeeping 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
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf GeniusS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 135,844 ratings · score 96
3
Golfshot Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 78,470 ratings · score 95
4
TheGrint: Golf HandicapS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 33,916 ratings · score 95
5
Hole19: Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,339 ratings · score 93

What belongs in this list

Keep score for a round of golf on my phone.

Not here: a generic score counter alone; golf course GPS distances alone; golf swing video alone; golf news alone; a printable scorecard template 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 →

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Compare every app

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18Birdies: Golf GPS TrackerS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 305,653 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
SwingU Golf GPS by Golf GeniusS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 135,844 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
Golfshot Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 78,470 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
TheGrint: Golf HandicapS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 33,916 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
Hole19: Golf GPS Range FinderS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,339 ratings · score 93 · best in class
6
Golf GeniusS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 74,400 ratings · score 93 · best in class
7
GHIN: Handicap Index® & GPSA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 20,664 ratings · score 91 · excellent
8
Golf Handicap Tracker & ScoresA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 29,175 ratings · score 89 · excellent
9
Squabbit - Golf Tournament AppA
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,467 ratings · score 88 · excellent
10
Garmin GolfA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 7,259 ratings · score 87 · excellent
11
TaylorMade GolfA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,356 ratings · score 85 · excellent
12
Golf GPS++: Watch TrackerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 4,725 ratings · score 81 · excellent
13
Mini-Golf Score CardB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,368 ratings · score 80 · good
14
MyScorecard: Everything GolfC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,717 ratings · score 65 · situational
15
Roundabout - Golf GPS TrackerD
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,116 ratings · score 57 · weak

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Questions people ask

What is the best golf scorekeeping app for iPhone?: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker, S tier, ranked #1 of 15, rated 4.9 by 305,653 people.
Which golf scorekeeping apps are free?: 15 of 15 are free to download: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker (S), SwingU Golf GPS by Golf Genius (S), Golfshot Golf GPS Range Finder (S), TheGrint: Golf Handicap (S) and more. 2 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which golf scorekeeping app has the best App Store rating?: 18Birdies: Golf GPS Tracker at 4.9 from 305,653 ratings.
How many golf scorekeeping apps reach S or A tier?: 12 of 15. 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.