Bad targets cost you more strokes than bad swings. Golf Playbook shows you where to aim on every hole — planned around where you actually miss. Free, with an AI caddie.
Aim for your miss, not a miracle.
Most strokes aren't lost to bad swings. They're lost to bad targets: pins you were never going to hit. Golf Playbook shows you where to aim, and where it's safe to miss, on every hole. Free, with an AI caddie in your pocket.
The features other apps charge $150/year for, we built free.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Any golf app can tell you it's 156 yards to the pin. Golf Playbook tells you the play: for your game, in this wind, the smart target is 15 yards left of it. Not just how far. Where.
We built our course intelligence from raw open terrain data: every risk zone, every contour, from the ground up. That's why we can do things no other app can:
• Color-coded risk zones (patent pending): see where's safe and where's trouble for YOUR game, on every hole. Red, amber, green, computed from the terrain and your real misses. Nowhere else, free or paid.
• Weather-compensated shot patterns: the honest shape of where your shots land, adjusted for wind, slope, temperature, and altitude.
• AI Caddie: on-device intelligence (Apple Intelligence) that reasons about the hole, not just the yardage. Private. Works offline.
• Club-to-target fit: see instantly whether your shot pattern covers the target, or brings trouble into play.
• Aim lines: your draw and fade, drawn right on the hole.
The result: you stand on every tee already knowing the shot.
CREATE - PLAY - REVIEW
CREATE your playbook before the round. Pick your course, set your clubs from your 7-iron distance, and get a hole-by-hole strategy with risk zones, dispersion overlays, and club recommendations.
PLAY with a live scorecard and your AI Caddie in your pocket. Record shots from your lock screen with one tap.
REVIEW every shot on the map, refine your playbook, and share it by QR code or link.
PRINT YOUR OWN YARDAGE BOOK
Turn any playbook into a pocket-sized PDF yardage book: your strategy, on paper, in the bag. (Premium course-branded books are available through partner courses.)
TOURNAMENT READY
Switch weather compensations off for conforming play, and keep your strategy, aim lines, and notes. Lock in your plan before the round.
WHY IT'S FREE
Golf is a beautiful game. Strategy shouldn't cost $150/year.
We built our terrain data from OpenStreetMap, and our AI runs on your device, so what costs other companies millions to operate costs us almost nothing.
The college kid who can't afford a shot-tracking subscription. The weekend player who won't pay for premium tiers. They deserve real course strategy tools. AI and open source made it possible.
Free. Not "free trial." Not "freemium with the good stuff locked." Free.
FEATURES
• AI Caddie powered by Apple Intelligence (on-device)
• Color-coded risk zones (patent pending)
• Weather-compensated shot dispersion (wind, slope, temperature, altitude)
• Club-to-target fit
• Live scorecard with putt tracking
• Round Review: replay every shot on the map
• Personal playbooks: auto-generated, customizable, shareable
• Printable pocket yardage book (PDF)
• 3D flyover from every tee
• Course search with strategy-tier indicators
• Cloud backup
• Works offline
Made by a golfer, for golfers, a labor of love for the game I love. Let's raise our game together. - Abey
I’m very eager to use this app in practice rounds to help think through my shots. I plan to add my third course today. Being able to turn off compensations during tournaments is nice, and then have them turned on during practice. Note: I broke my foot two weeks ago so no golf, otherwise I would have been using this app on the course and provided real use feedback.
Perfect
Willow02
This app is a phenomenal alternative to other paid apps or spending lots of time doing it yourself in Google Earth. The app runs very smoothly and is truly very helpful for pre-round decision making. Developers are extremely helpful and respond quickly too. Overall cannot recommend enough!
Phenomenal App - This is the one I’ve been looking for
thecarpe
This is exactly the app that I was looking for. It is a perfect blend of planning and execution and it does not try to do too much. It is an absolute Goldilocks app. I am looking forward to printing off my first yardage book!
Developer Response
Thank you, "Goldilocks app" is exactly what I'm aiming for. I'm the solo developer behind Golf Playbook, so when you print your first book, email me at abey@playbook.golf about how it went and what you'd add.
Awesome App!
ECboy
This app is super cool and gives so much insight into each hole you’re playing! Give it a shot and you’ll enjoy all the precision and info available to you as you’re playing your round!
Your caddie got smarter, and your rounds got easier to relive.
• Smarter AI Caddie: now recommends the club AND the shot shape, from how you actually hit
• Round Review, rebuilt: edit any shot in place, drag to reorder, add putts with a tap
• Pars set themselves from hole lengths: you confirm the close calls
• Plan any course: no course map needed, plan right on the satellite view
• Cleaner weather readout and quieter playbook cards
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
If Golf Playbook earns a spot in your bag, a quick review genuinely helps a solo developer keep building. - Abey
Version 3.4.0
The developer, ExpertCraft, 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
Expert Craft Inc.
Size
64.9 MB
Category
Sports
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
Apple Vision Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
Location
This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
Languages
English and 6 more
English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish
