So I have to be honest, I never write reviews for apps. But this app in particular I have spent a crazy amount of time in. Been playing since the app came out and have never had any real complaints. I am slightly ashamed to admit it but, I am on hole 16,000 in infinite mode and I don’t plan on stopping. However, the most recent update removed some really fun and challenging features on the golf holes so I do hope they make a return soon. I know you have to keep the app running smoothly so app updates are needed but please work to make the holes tougher and more interesting. Also, an option to use the new shooting mechanic or the old shooting mechanic would be nice as the new shooting line makes it a little too easy. All in all, it’s still the greatest app to kill time with and easily one of the best mini golf apps in the store.

Vista Golf is fun. These problems with Vista golf could be corrected. The playing surface would benefit with some opacity, so you can see multiple tiers, when a playing surface is directly under another, as what currently is offered. impossible to see where the track leads. Also placing direction of play would make it less confusing to know which direction leads to the hole, “just a few arrows”. Lastly, it would be a nice feature if the infinite course allowed the hole numbers to be changed without having to reload the entire game. An excellent feature is not having innumerable ads. An improvement was the enlarged holes. All in all, a pleasant way to pass time. Addendum: As of mid March, the developers have added a huge number of ads, to the level of lowering my original review from 5 to 2 stars. Unless you are willing to spend more time viewing ads than playing, you must disconnect from the internet. No other changes, and no improvements were implemented. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE WAY TO PLAY is to SELECT AIR PLANE MODE. DISAPPOINTING.

Vista Golf won’t wow anyone with its graphics. It’s not supposed to. It’s about the gameplay, stupid, and that’s where this shines.The tutorial is brief but you won’t need of that because the controls are that intuitive, and rotating the hole around is quite important on some of the more challenging holes. It doesn’t hurt that once you get used to get to the obstacles and what they do, you’ll quickly discover things are set up to be challenging, but fair.Vista Golf doesn’t want you to rush. It wants you to take your time and enjoy the ride. It doesn’t congratulate you on an ace or ride you when you need 23 putts on a hole as happened to me once. Every hole sinks in the same fashion, and the next rises in a gentle fashion. This is mini-putt done right.My only real suggestion for the developers would be that once one of the 9-hole weekly courses has run its route, it’s gone forever. It would be nice to download 9-holes that you like and be able to revisit them offline just for fun, see if you can beat your best round. But this a minor quibble. Two thumbs up for this stroke of genius that won’t be disappearing from my iPod Touch anytime soon.

Update: the controls are much better or I’m getting better. This game is still frustrating but I’m starting to enjoy it more. Upping it to 5. The game was fun and a little quirky but it started to grow on me. I had only been playing for about 15min. The ads started popping up and took me out of the experience so I paid the extra to remove them. Now the ads are out of the way it should be great? Instead I started noticing how touchy the strokes are. Sometimes the same strength number will be good and others shoot over the rails. The near shots are either too soft or too hard. They seem to be a little inconsistent.This next part is my own fault not reading the game description. The courses expire after a couple of weeks or something. You have to get par on one to get to another and this seems to be for a ranking. I thought this was going to be more causal then competing. I still like the game I’m just going to have to get used to courses I may never get to play. Hopefully I learn the swing issues or a fix comes but overall the $1 for essentially a paid game seem about right.