Birdie app good for
Folks, stop writing bad reviews if youre not even getting what this Application does. This is NOT a game. This is a Golf Scorecard Application with some realy nifty features.
I am tracking all my rounds with Birdie and it works like a charm. Especially nifty is the built in range finder which can show you the distance to the pin (with no use of GPS so it is allowed to use in tournaments too).
I full heartedly recommend this.
This isnt really a five-star app, but Im trying to counteract the idiots that reviewed the app without using it. Some of them apparently didnt understand that this isnt a game.
Its a solid little golf-scoring app. Ive paid for and tried two others in the $20 price range, and one didnt keep score for everyone in my foursome, and the other crashed so frequently as to render it useless.
I wish I could enter golf courses on the phone and not have them subject to review. I find the web site "course editor" a little cumbersome. I also wish that you werent restricted to a half dozen tee colors.
I also wish there was an alternative score card with less data displayed and oriented in the traditional horizontal manner.
I dont understand the complaints about price. Yes, Id be excited if there was a good free app, but It was worth $20 to me. I paid hundreds for the phone, a thousand a year in cell service, plus the cost of my golf clubs and greens fees. $20 for a convenience in keeping score is pretty negligible compared to all that.
If youre looking for a decent golf scoring app, this seems to be the one.
I have used this software several times during rounds of golf and have found it easy and enjoyable to use. I have also entered course data by computer for my home course and have been pleased that the course information was added quickly.
One thing missing that needs to be added is the accommulative total compared to par as you play a round of golf. That is for instance, after three holes I am two over par or after eight holes Jim is one under par. This is a number that is widely reported as you watch golf tournaments on TV and is of interest to many golfers. It is surprising that this is missing with all the other calculated statistics reported in this software.
In any case, overall I enjoy tracking my score with this software and I recommend it.
Because none of the reviews made sense and listed the pros & cons of the different apps, I bought them all. This one is perfect for my need as I am not that interested in detailed statistics, but want to keep track of the stableford points and/or the skins and I usually keep scores for the whole flight . My brother, is more interested in detailed personal statistics so he bought TeeShot (based on my recommendation and) and is happy with it. Adding new courses in Birdie is easy enough through their on-lie course editor (this feature is better in TeeShot, but TeeShot does not support the metric system). Sending the scorecard via email works brilliantly and is appreciated by your fellow golfers (provided their round went well). In summary, Birdie is well worth its price, its is quick and easy to use and frees up more time to concentrate on the game. TeeShot is good if you want personal data, but easily makes you a very boring companion on the course. All the other apps are well behind these two.
This is a nice app. The course database didnt contain my course, but it was easy to add players and keep score for the round anyway. It is a bit pricey I suppose, but works as expected.
App is a bit pricey but works very well. Integrates with an official USGA handicap index service which I need to play in tournments.
Some bad moments
The user interface is very awkward for use on a golf course. It takes 2 to 3 times lomger than using a simple score card including getting gross and net scores per hole for the players. The graphical layout with "Sky Caddie" like functionality is just not going to happen with the reliance on users going to the golf courses to get copyright release. Get serious! The prominence of this in the advertising is misleading. Net strokes per hole isnt shown. The only innovative function is emailing the results. I paid for this but wont use it - a waste of $20.
Very easy to use after you go through the pain of setting it up. For $19 I would have liked to see some sort of stat tracking.... I cant seem to be able to get an account to submit my course. Its pretty harsh that I have to enter hole information for each round as well...
Doesnt even have one local course on its server. thats $18 bucks down the drain. DO NOT BUY!
Dont let interface and graphics fool you--- these guys are ripoff artists! I should know better next time to read ALL the reviews first (duhh...) before getting hoodwinked by nice graphics. Its an expensive lesson. Hey--- the App store was brand new then and I was just clicking away like crazy... my bad.