Golf Pad is a free golf GPS app with front, middle and back yardages, and green maps and plays-like distances in Premium. GolfCore is a golf GPS with free yardages, green maps, modeled wind and a free Shot Tracer on iPhone. Which fits depends on how you want the wind handled, and whether you want to trace your own swing videos.
Golf Pad and GolfCore both give the yardages free. Golf Pad posts to GHIN; GolfCore traces your swing videos for free and models the wind over the whole hole.
GolfCore publishes this comparison of its own product, with Golf Pad's details read from its own website on October 8, 2026.
Golf Pad gives free front, middle and back yardages, hazards and layups at every course, on the phone and the Apple Watch. Premium, with a 14-day trial, adds 3D green maps, strokes gained, USGA GHIN posting and plays-like distances. Golf Pad Tags add automatic shot tracking.
GolfCore gives the front, center and back of the green and the distances to hazards and layups free, at every course. Premium adds green maps with contour lines and fall-line arrows, and wind modeled over the hole.
GolfCore also traces your swing videos: film a swing or pick one from Photos and it draws the ball flight on the video, free and with no limit on iPhone.
| Capability | Golf Pad | GolfCore |
|---|---|---|
| Free yardages | Front, middle and back of every green, plus hazards and layups | Front, center and back of the green, hazards and layups, free at every course |
| Green maps | 3D green maps on 15,000+ courses, in Premium | Green maps with contour lines and fall-line arrows on every green GolfCore has scanned, in Premium |
| Plays-like distance | Elevation, weather and wind, in Premium | Wind modeled over the hole at your feet and at the apex of the shot, in Premium |
| Shot tracking | Manual, or automatic with Golf Pad Tags on your clubs | Mark Shot pins each shot with its club and distance; automatic shot tracking on Apple Watch in Premium |
| Shot Tracer on swing videos | Not listed on its App Store page | Free and unlimited on iPhone; Premium adds several shots per video and line styles |
| Apple Watch | Front, middle and back free; shots, scoring and green maps in Premium | Yes: yardages, hazards and scoring free; wind and the green's elevation map in Premium |
Golf Pad's details were read from its own website and App Store listing on October 8, 2026. Prices are US list prices and change; check Golf Pad's site before you buy.
Golf Pad and GolfCore both give the yardages free. Golf Pad posts to GHIN; GolfCore traces your swing videos for free and models the wind over the whole hole.
Golf Pad is a free golf GPS app with front, middle and back yardages, and green maps and plays-like distances in Premium. GolfCore is a golf GPS with free yardages, green maps, modeled wind and a free Shot Tracer on iPhone. Which fits depends on how you want the wind handled, and whether you want to trace your own swing videos.
Golf Pad's details were read from its own website and App Store listing on October 8, 2026. Prices are US list prices and change.
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