An honest comparison · 1 November 2026
Golfshot alternatives
Golfshot is Golf Genius's GPS app, strongest on the Apple Watch: automatic shot tracking, Swing ID and Smart Caddy club recommendations. People compare it when the best parts sit behind Pro or Champions, when they do not wear an Apple Watch, or when they want a coach rather than more data. Each row comes from the app's own listing or site.
Why not try an AI golf coach on WhatsApp?
Ask MorrisBy Morris, by Badgie Golf · Updated
Golfshot and the alternatives at a glance
| App | What it does | Free | Paid | Devices and languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golfshot | GPS to the centre of the green, scorecard and stats, Handicap Index linking (GHIN) and tee times through GolfNow. Pro adds front, back and hazard distances, «Smart Caddy» club recommendations, automatic shot tracking and Swing ID swing analysis with the Apple Watch, strokes gained and games. Over 47,000 courses in 169 countries, by its listing. | GPS to the centre of the green, scorecard, stats | Pro, with a 7-day trial: $4.99/week, $14.99/month or $69.99/year by its description | iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. 11 languages |
| Hole19 | GPS to the front, centre and back of the green, a scorecard with putts, fairways and greens, Apple Watch distances without the phone and live leaderboards. Premium adds plays-like distances, shot tracking, club recommendations, an AR view and a handicap calculator; Intelligence adds an AI caddie («Otto»), AI round reports and strokes gained. Over 42,000 courses in 201 countries, by the company's count. | GPS, scorecard, hole preview, Watch distances, leaderboards | Premium Pro $6.99/week, $12.99/month, $49.99 for six months or $69.99/year; Intelligence $99.99/year | iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. 14 languages |
| 18Birdies | GPS with distances to greens, hazards, layups and carries, scorecard and handicap tracking, stats, shot tracking, instant swing replay, games (Scramble, Best Ball, Skins, Wolf), leagues and Apple Watch. Premium adds plays-like distances, club recommendations, 3D greens, strokes gained and an AI Swing Analyzer. Over 45,000 courses, by its listing. | Rangefinder, scorecard, handicap, stats, basic shot tracking, Watch | Premium $9.99 or $19.99/month, $69.99 or $99.99/year, $7.99/week (several prices listed) | iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. English, Japanese and Korean |
| Arccos | Automatic shot tracking with Arccos Air (no club sensors) or a sensor on every club, AI Strategy (club and target for each shot), AI round summaries, strokes gained in four areas, practice plans, dispersion, green maps and Apple Watch. | Nothing without the hardware | Air $349.99 or Smart Sensors $249.99, each with the first year of membership, then $199.99/year | iPhone, Apple Watch and Android. English, Japanese and Korean |
| Morris (Badgie Golf) | An AI golf coach on WhatsApp, nothing to download, plus the Morris app for iPhone and Android. He reviews your swing from a video (one priority, one feel, one drill), looks the Rules up in the official text and gives you the rule number, tells you which club from your Garmin distances, reads your rounds and strokes gained, and brings the official RFEG handicap for players federated in Spain. He answers in your language. Same account, Badgie Golf: GPS on mapped courses, live scorecard, games with friends and Apple Watch. | Free to start and no message limit today; the web swing analyzer is free with no account | Nothing to start | WhatsApp, iPhone, Android and Apple Watch (Badgie Golf). Answers in 12 languages |
What Golfshot does well
The watch. Shots tracked on their own, every swing read by Swing ID, distances and the scorecard on the wrist, Smart Caddy recommendations that learn from your shots, and strokes gained in four categories on Pro. It lists over 47,000 courses in 169 countries and 11 languages.
Why golfers look for another
Most of what makes it different needs Pro and an Apple Watch; Champions, with Golfplan, is $99.99. If your main question is where you lose shots, read what strokes gained tells you first: the number only helps if it changes what you practise.
Pick by the job
- 1
GPS and scorecard
Hole19 or 18Birdies, free for the basics.
- 2
Every shot logged
Arccos with sensors or Air. With a Garmin watch, Morris reads your GPS shots and real club distances.
- 3
Swing from a video
18Birdies Premium, or Morris: send the video and get one priority, one feel and one drill with reps.
- 4
The Rules mid-round
Morris looks the rule up in the official R&A/USGA text before answering and gives you its number.
Morris in one line
A golf coach you text, nothing to download: he reads what you already have and answers on the course. Start with the free swing analyzer, read AI golf coach or human pro, or get the app at morris.golf/download.
The other comparisons
Each one with the same rule: what every app says about itself, with its source and the date it was read.
Sources
- Golfshot — ficha de la App Store (EE. UU.) — Free and Pro features, courses and the prices in its description. Read on 1 November 2026.
- Hole19 — ficha de la App Store (España) — Prices in euros, courses and languages. Read on 1 November 2026.
- Hole19 — ficha de la App Store (EE. UU.) — Free, Premium and Intelligence features, and prices in dollars. Read on 1 November 2026.
- 18Birdies — App Store listing (US) — Free and Premium features, courses and prices. Read on 1 November 2026.
- 18Birdies — ficha de la App Store (España) — Prices in euros. Read on 1 November 2026.
- Arccos — App Store listing (US) — Features, hardware and the company's figures. Read on 1 November 2026.
- Arccos — US store — Prices of Air and Smart Sensors and the renewal. Read on 1 November 2026.
- Arccos — tienda europea — Prices in euros, VAT included. Read on 1 November 2026.
- Morris — morris.golf — What Morris does and what it costs to start. Read on 1 November 2026.
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Questions about Golfshot and its alternatives
How much is Golfshot Pro?
Its US App Store description gives $4.99 a week, $14.99 a month or $69.99 a year, with a 7-day trial; the list of purchases also shows other amounts and a Champions plan (Pro plus Golfplan) at $99.99 (1 November 2026).
What does Golfshot do better than the others?
The Apple Watch: automatic shot tracking, Swing ID swing analysis on every shot, scorecard and distances on the wrist, which it has offered since 2015 by its listing. In the US it also links your GHIN Handicap Index and books tee times through GolfNow.
Which Golfshot alternative analyses my swing from a video?
18Birdies Premium has an AI swing analyzer. Morris reviews the video you send him on WhatsApp and returns one priority, one feel and one drill; the web analyzer is free with no account.
Is there a free alternative to Golfshot?
Hole19 and 18Birdies have free plans with GPS and a scorecard. Morris is free to start with no message limit today, and his app, Badgie Golf, has a GPS rangefinder on mapped courses and a live scorecard.
A golf coach, not another app
No downloads, no passwords: you text him on WhatsApp and Morris helps with your game, using everything he knows about you.
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