# Know what a target costs before you commit to it. > Canonical: https://pinflag.io/golfers PinFlag prices the strokes-gained cost of any target you’re considering, live, on the hole you’re standing on — from your own shot dispersion, real course geometry, your lie, and today’s pin. The same frozen, Broadie-verified engine that grades the shot you take also prices the one you’re thinking about. PinFlag is built for golfers who compete and practice with intent, not for casual round tracking. You keep a score that counts, and you practice like it — with a plan, not just balls on the range. You already know your handicap and your rough tendencies; what you don’t always know is whether the target you just picked was actually the smart play. PinFlag is built for that mindset: golfers who want the same strokes-gained lens the pros are graded on, applied live to the decision in front of them, not summarized after the round is already over. ## The problem - Fairways hit and greens in regulation tell you what happened, not what it cost you — two rounds with the same score can be losing strokes in completely different places. - You size up a shot by feel and find out, if you find out at all, three holes later whether it was the right call. - A season-long average buries the pattern: the one distance band or shot shape actually bleeding strokes disappears inside a decent-looking number. - Range gains don’t always show up on the scorecard, and it’s hard to tell whether that’s the swing, the strategy, or just variance. ## What matters for you - [live strokes gained](https://pinflag.io/features/live-strokes-gained) — See the strokes-gained impact of any target before you commit — priced live, on the hole you’re standing on, from your own dispersion and the real green. - [on course hud](https://pinflag.io/features/on-course-hud) — A GPS-aware heads-up display on real satellite imagery: aim under a fixed reticle, read carry and leave live, set today’s actual pin, and get an honest dash whenever the map can’t back a number. - [shot tracking](https://pinflag.io/features/shot-tracking) — Log a shot in one gesture and walk off with a per-shot strokes-gained scorecard, by category — offline-first, so a dead zone on the back nine never costs you data. - [course preview](https://pinflag.io/features/course-preview) — Rehearse the course before you play it: place your ball anywhere, set a pin, and explore targets in the same HUD, badged honestly as an estimate, never a measurement. ## Honest limitations - PinFlag is an iOS app; there’s no Android version. - The app is in pre-release — it isn’t on the App Store yet. - PinFlag doesn’t post scores to GHIN or WHS; its index is a clearly-labeled estimate, not an official handicap. - Every strokes-gained readout is descriptive — PinFlag prices the option in front of you, it never recommends the target or the club. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is the PinFlag app available right now? The PinFlag iOS app is in pre-release and isn’t on the App Store yet. Leave your email on the download page and we’ll tell you the moment it’s available. ### Does PinFlag tell me where to aim? No — PinFlag never recommends a target or a club. It shows you the strokes-gained cost of any target you’re considering and leaves the decision to you. ### Can I use PinFlag during a sanctioned round or tournament? PinFlag has a tournament mode that turns off every advice-class aid for the round, by design. Check your event’s specific device rules — PinFlag can tell you what the app does, not what your tournament allows. ### Will PinFlag post my scores to my handicap index? No — PinFlag doesn’t integrate with GHIN or WHS. It computes its own strokes-gained index from your rounds and labels it clearly as an estimate, not an official handicap. ### Does PinFlag work on any course, or only ‘verified’ ones? PinFlag’s course coverage extends beyond its ‘verified’ set, but verified is a distinct, higher tier — a professional survey or an operator ground-truth walk. Live strokes gained requires verified geometry; on a course that isn’t verified yet, PinFlag says so rather than guessing.