“Almost a really good game, but unfortunately it is essentially pay to win. You can try earn credits etc without paying, but make sure you have no other commitments in your life whatsoever. Otherwise, the only way to earn credits is by…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 1,070 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.2 ★342,601 ratings
10M+Downloads
12+Age rating
398 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
No tee time or green fees necessary. Play bucket-list courses like Pebble Beach, St Andrews, Quail Hollow, PGA Frisco (Fields Ranch East) and more when you can't get out to play – without sacrificing the "realness" of golf, including all the highs (and even some of the lows...)
Compete against players worldwide or tee off solo as you progress and collect rewards. Join a country club, enter tournaments and sharpen your golf skills from anywhere. World Golf Tour (WGT) is for players who love the game.
WGT features:
- Iconic courses - Bandon Dunes, Chambers Bay, PGA National and many more
- 18-hole stroke play - full courses playable in a variety of game modes
- Head-to-Head multiplayer - compete against players all over the world
- Country Clubs - join a club for special tournaments and rewards
- Tournaments - compete to win prizes…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 1.204.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.204.2, updated 2026-09-04.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 1.204.2 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 1.205.0, updated 2026-09-30.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 1.204.2, scanned 2026-09-25.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
3 or more found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 2
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
Reported by users: Pay to progress
Advancement or competition is gated behind spending money rather than playing.
What we saw: Raised by 34 distinct reviewers — 6.5% of the 524 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 2
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Asks for more sensitive permissions than similar apps
The package requests substantially more of the device's sensitive permissions than the typical app in its category. This is a measurement, not an accusation: a permission is granted because a feature needs it, and a wide request list is a reason to look rather than a finding on its own.
What we saw: Requests 4 sensitive permissions (ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION, ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_PHONE_STATE); the median for 86 scanned apps in Sports is 0
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 99.99 — a 101x spread across 10 items
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 10 distinct reviewers (1.9% of 524 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“What's with the forced ads after the latest update? I don't want to watch ads after every other hole played. Goodbye. Wish there were another realistic golf game that wasn't so paytowin”
“Good golf game. one of the only quasi realistic golf games I've played since before the internet. that being said, it is still extremely aggressive in its monetization. your golfer only gets better if you buy better clothes and equipment…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 1.204.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$0.99
Highest$99.99
2000 WGT Credits$19.99
1000 WGT Credits$9.99
300 WGT Credits$2.99
20,000 WGT Coins$2.99
320,000 WGT Coins$19.99
Show 5 more purchases
Winner's Circle - 6 Shots$4.99
105,000 WGT Coins$9.99
5300 WGT Credits$49.99
11000 WGT Credits$99.99
Winner's Circle - 1 Shot$0.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.