4.8 stars · 22,000+ ratings · Featured by Apple as "Best Apps For Golfers"
Golf Pad is the easiest way to track your round with instant GPS yardages and shot tracking.
Accurate Golf GPS distances on EVERY golf course worldwide.
See yardages, hazards, and maps instantly.
Track every shot and know your true club distances.
Golf Pad is the complete golf GPS and rangefinder app designed to help you play faster, make smarter decisions, and lower your scores. Get precise distances to the green, hazards, and targets. With fast, reliable GPS, you’ll always know exactly what club to hit. Plan every shot with confidence using detailed aerial maps and animated 3D green contours. See slopes, understand break, and approach every green with a clear strategy. Track your shots and build your true club distances over time.
Keep your focus on the game with full Apple Watch support. Get distances, track shots, and manage your round right from your wrist. With plays-like distances that factor in elevation and conditions, plus powerful round tracking and ALL NEW advanced stats, Golf Pad gives you everything you need to improve.
Golf Pad delivers consistent updates, modern features, and exceptional value - all backed by a responsive support team that golfers trust.
Download Golf Pad for free and be ready to play in seconds.
FREE FEATURES:
GPS RANGEFINDER: Accurate distances to the front, middle, and back of every green, plus hazards and layups on every course worldwide
APPLE WATCH: Front, middle and back yardages on your wrist so you can leave the phone in the cart!
DIGITAL SCORECARD: Track scores for up to 4 golfers in stroke play, Stableford, and more. Log putts, penalties, fairways, and sand saves
SHOT TRACKING: Record every shot automatically and measure your real club distances over time
STATS & ROUND HISTORY: Review your strengths, weaknesses, and trends after every round
LIVE LEADERBOARD: Share your round in real time and compete with your group hole by hole
OFFLINE COURSE MAPS: Download courses in advance and play anywhere in the world, even without a signal
PREMIUM FEATURES:
14 Day Trail available any time.
3D GREEN MAPS: Read breaks and slopes on every green for smarter approach shots and better putting
STROKES GAINED: Find out exactly where you're gaining or losing strokes: hole by hole, shot by shot, club by club
ADVANCED STATS: Deeper charts, custom filters, and full performance breakdowns to pinpoint what to work on
HANDICAP & USGA POSTING: Automatically track your handicap and post scores directly to USGA GHIN
PLAYS-LIKE DISTANCES: Factor in elevation, weather and wind for true carry distances on every shot
CLUB RECOMMENDATIONS: Get personalized club suggestions based on your own performance data
"Been using this app for 12 months and find it to be very helpful, in fact priceless on the course. It's simple to use and provides great feedback; distances, hazards, elevation etc. I particularly like the "feels like" distances and, if you take time to plot or track your shot/club using the "track" feature the club selections are even more accurate. Customer service is first class - prompt replies and solutions. Overall, this is far better than my old Garmin Golf watch.."
- Neil Morrison
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SUPPORT
Questions, course requests, or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Reach us at support@golfpadgps.com
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
Golf Pad Premium is available as an annual subscription via in-app purchase, charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in the App Store. For full details, visit golfpadgps.com/privacy and golfpadgps.com/terms-of-use.
Take Tracking to the Next Level with Golf Pad Tags
Lightweight club tags for automatic shot tracking
No batteries required
Track shots without touching your phone
See real time club distances and performance stats
Available at golfpadgps.com
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I tried 3 other apps and found Golf Pad worked best with my Apple Watch and also was the least expensive - win-win. The app is intuitive, easy to make adjustments/corrections while playing and provides a great summary view that lets me go through the stats and tracked shots after the round. As an added bonus, I have found their support team to be AMAZING. Even before I was a premium customer paying for the app, they were super-responsive - helped me get a course I planned to play while traveling loaded in less than a day. I emailed them in the afternoon and had an email the next day that it was loaded and I played it that afternoon. They also helped me get a trial of the premium features and have also provided fast responses to a couple questions along the way. Looking forward to becoming proficient with all the features as I play more with it. Only downsides I see are things that are already being worked on - GHIN uploads being most significant I think. Overall I highly recommend giving Golf Pad a try if you’re looking for a gps app.
Issues, but best GPS for Battery Life
LuiB33
I like this app a bunch. Been using it for a couple years. When able, a couple times a week. Compared to other golf gps apps I’ve tried, it is the easiest on my battery. I have used this app for two straight rounds in one day and was even playing music on the same device simultaneously and still had plenty of battery life. As previous comment, I have had delays or glitches on it populating distances, sometimes having to go back and forth between screens for it to come up. But it is still reliable and worth using. One recent complaint that I have which is really irritating and why I only give this 3 Stars, is due to the logging of scores for multiple players. Guess during one of the updates this changed. But now when inputting multiple players scores per hole it only saves the last persons score that you input. The work around is, you have input and save each individuals score, one at a time. I have to input my score on hole 1, save and then do the same for everyone else. And even then it still does not save scores properly. So lately I have had to get someone else to manually keep score on paper then go back and fill in the missing scores. So at this point it has not been very reliable. I didn’t even use it my last round due to this timely issue. Hope this gets fixed soon so I get back to using and referring this app.
Great App, tags on iPhone not so much.
Cboss34
Updating my review as I have the tags now. The app works great on Apple Watch without using tags, but using their tags causes the app to crash on the iPhone. It’s done this for months now. If you don’t want to use tags and an iPhone you’re ok.This app is easy on the iPhone and Apple Watch battery (read their FAQs), accurate, helpful on the course and simply works. I tried the app alone and it worked well. Yardages were spot on and updated quickly. The setup for registering each club swing on the phone is well thought out. Since I have an Apple Watch, I tried their premium trial today. Watch app worked great (turned off watch’s heart monitor as it eats battery) and had 77% battery left after 18. The plays like distance takes into account elevation and weather, including wind, somehow and saved me on a par 4. We had some wind and the app was telling to hit about two clubs less off the tee. I followed the app’s advice, normally would have hit a club less. If I had hit one club less I would have been in trouble. Later I logged into web site to see uploaded round. Love the stats and I think I will be purchasing their club tags soon just to make registering club swings a little more convenient to pinpoint club distances and tendencies. Prior to the trial I emailed a few questions to the company and received quick and helpful responses. Nothing but a great app with good support.
Very good app.
Rsw90117
The support team is very responsive. This app has had its growing pains but being in the software industry I understand. The link device for the iPhone still locks up when I try to turn it off but it’s easily reset. This is a good way to track your shots and distances. It gives you an accurate reading on how far you hit each of your clubs. I haven’t had any issues with the tags themselves as other people reported. I used to use golfshot GPS and with this app I don’t have to remember to track each shot. I just click the club in the link device and it tracks the distance until I click my next club. The link device also lets you mark the flag position. The only thing I would like to see improved is the distance of my last putt. I usually make my first putt and when I miss it I go and mark the flag position and then click my putter to the link and mark my last putt location. This usually gives some bogus distance. For example I can click the hole position and in the same spot click my putter to the link and it tells me my last putt was something crazy like 8 yards. A minor inconvenience. You can also play an entire round bd without using the phone By just clicking clubs on the link device. I haven’t tried to play entire round this way but I have played several holes and it does work well.
Faster GPS lock and smoother Apple Watch syncing for a more reliable round. General performance improvements throughout the app.
Version 22.0.3
The developer, Contorra LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
Contorra LLC
Size
424.8 MB
Category
Sports
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Apple Watch Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.