What is the difference between a golf GPS app and a strokes gained app?
A GPS app answers how far it is. A strokes gained app answers what the shot is worth. PinFlag does the second with the first built in: the distance to the pin you placed and to any target, plus the strokes gained of that target with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course, so the yardage becomes a priced decision.
About this topic
The questions golfers ask before they pick an app, answered with what PinFlag does. The whole topic, Choosing a golf app, answers 17 questions in full.
The figures behind the answer
Every plan includes every feature, Shot Cloud, launch monitor import and Insights; the plans differ in how many golfers they cover.
PinFlag plans
| Plan | Price | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer | $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, 14-day trial on the annual plan | One golfer, in the app through the App Store |
| Coach | $80 a month, 20 percent off annually, 7-day trial | The coach plus up to 10 students |
| Facility | $299 a month | Every coach and student in a program |
Computed from the published baselines, the same ones the app prices your shots with. Pricing.
- Which golf app is best for iPhone?
- Which golf app is best for lowering your handicap?
- Which golf app is best for tracking stats?
- Which golf app is best for beginners?
- Which golf app works with a launch monitor?
- Is there a golf app that shows shot dispersion on the course?
- Which golf app is best for course management?
- Is there a golf app that tracks shots without sensors?
- Which golf app is best for tournament preparation?
- Which golf app is best for a mid handicapper?
- Which golf app is best for scratch golfers and college players?
- Which golf app is best for practice and the range?
- What golf app should a coach use with students?
- Is PinFlag worth it?
- Which golf app should I get?
- What makes PinFlag different from other golf apps?
PinFlag, in plain facts
- PinFlag is an iPhone app; the course maps and every shot live on your phone, so it works anywhere on the course.
- PinFlag is launching on the App Store; the download page takes an email and tells you the day it is live.
- Every number is strokes gained on Mark Broadie’s published PGA TOUR baselines, priced on the same published baselines in the app and on this site.
- PinFlag prices the target you choose, with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course map; the decision stays yours, with the arithmetic done.
- Every number is labeled Measured (your own data) or Estimated (a benchmark standing in), and the two are never blended.
- Pins you set during a round are yours, and every round exports as CSV or JSON on request.
See the number before you swing
Leave your email and PinFlag will tell you the day it is live on the App Store.