Golf Journal
Score Keeper & Handicap Diary
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Golf Journal 2.0: a complete redesign with iCloud sync, a handicap estimate with course handicap, net and Stableford, hole-by-hole scorecards and scorecard scanning.
Golf Journal is a golf diary for your rounds, your practice and your handicap. Log a round from its total in about 20 seconds, or hole by hole, and watch your handicap estimate move as you play.
ROUNDS
• Log the total, or score hole by hole: strokes, putts, fairways, greens in regulation and penalties.
• Out and In totals, and a scorecard with your birdies, bogeys and doubles marked.
• Notes, a feel rating, photos and videos for every round.
• Scan a paper scorecard: take a photo and the hole scores are read on your iPhone for you to check.
• Golf workouts recorded with the Workout app on Apple Watch show up ready to become rounds, with the date filled in.
HANDICAP ESTIMATE
• Uses the World Handicap System formula: the best 8 of your last 20 rounds, with nine-hole rounds paired.
• See your trend, which rounds count, which one drops out next and what score would bring your estimate down.
• Course handicap for each set of tees, net score and Stableford points.
• Have an official Handicap Index from your club? Enter it and Golf Journal uses it for course handicap, net and Stableford.
It's an estimate to follow your game, not an official Handicap Index.
COURSES
• Tees with course rating, slope, par and yardage, and a scorecard with par and stroke index for every hole.
• Look up courses near you or by name. Course data comes from OpenStreetMap.
• Your average and best score at each course.
PRACTICE
• Log practice sessions: range, putting, chipping, bunker, on course, lessons and more, with time, balls and notes.
• Keep your swing cues and drills from one session to the next.
• Start the practice timer and fill in the rest when you finish.
• Turn a round's notes into a plan for your next session.
INSIGHTS
• How often you make birdie, par, bogey and worse, and how you score on par 3s, 4s and 5s.
• Your hardest holes, your scoring by course and by month, and where your practice time goes.
• Set a goal, such as breaking 90 or getting down to 15, and see how far off it you are.
ON ALL YOUR DEVICES
• iCloud sync between your devices. No account to create; your diary stays on your devices and in your iCloud.
• Widgets for your handicap estimate and your last round.
• Siri and Shortcuts: "Log round", "Log practice", "What's my handicap".
• A reminder when you haven't logged a round for a while.
• Yards or meters.
GOLF JOURNAL PRO
Golf Journal is free for up to 3 rounds, 3 practice sessions and 2 courses. Golf Journal Pro removes the limits and adds export: your rounds as a spreadsheet (CSV) and a printable season report (PDF).
Pro is available as a subscription or a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://www.mygolfjournal.app/posts/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
Golf Journal 2.0 is a complete rebuild. Your rounds, practice sessions and courses come across as they are.
• A new design.
• iCloud sync between your devices.
• A handicap estimate using the World Handicap System formula, with course handicap, net score and Stableford points.
• Hole-by-hole scoring, and course scorecards with par and stroke index.
• Insights: scoring, par 3s, 4s and 5s, hardest holes, courses, months and practice.
• Scan a paper scorecard.
• Widgets, Siri and Shortcuts.
• Golf workouts from Apple Watch become rounds.
• Export to a spreadsheet or a PDF season report (Pro).
• Now in 12 more languages.
The developer, Gruffydd Johnston, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Gruffydd Johnston
- Size
- 14.1 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 12 more
- English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lifetime $49.99
- Pro $9.99
- Pro $2.99
- Pro $4.99
- Pro $19.99
- Copyright
- © Gruffydd Johnston
