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WhyGolf: Golf GPS & Scorecard

Range Finder, AI Coach, Watch

WhyGolf, LLC
Download on theApp Store
App Store rating4.7★1.7K ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $9.99–$99.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size131 MBiPhone download
CategoryLifestyle
DeveloperWhyGolf, LLC

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $9.99–$99.99 (7 listed). Monthly plan $14.99 (about $180 a year); yearly plans $59.99 and $99.99. The other purchases’ names don’t say how often they bill.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 2.1.33, updated 2026-10-26.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

WhyGolf is a free golf GPS with detailed maps of 50,000+ courses worldwide — and the rangefinder that shows you exactly where to aim. Get accurate front, middle, and back yardages, a GHIN-integrated scorecard, Apple Watch support, and strokes gained analytics that show you where you're actually losing shots. Golf's smartest GPS. Free.

GOLF GPS & RANGEFINDER

50,000+ Courses Worldwide – Detailed GPS maps for courses around the globe

Accurate, intuitive front, middle, and back yardages

"Plays Like" Yardages – Elevation-adjusted distances that show how far the shot really plays

Automatic Aim – The mathematically optimal target for every shot, drawn right on your GPS map

3D View - Fly over every hole in 3D before you play it.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

3 measured · 5 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description doesn’t say how to cancel (most don’t)
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 2.1.33 · 2026-10-26
Coaches and Instructors, this one's for you. • NEW: WhyGolf for Coaches. Build your team, invite your players, and run qualifiers, tournaments and practice rounds from your phone. Set your own par, stack your roster up by Strokes Gained, and keep the whole squad in one group chat. • NEW: Stats, rebuilt from the ground up. Overview, Strokes Gained, Traditional and Rounds tabs, with deep dives into Off the Tee, Approach, Around the Green and Putting. Scoring trends, dispersion, 3-putts, the lot. • Every round gets a highlight reel. The new Round Detail page shows your Shot of the Round, Strokes Gained, dispersion, scorecards and who owes who. • Fewer bugs. More birdies. (We can only promise…

Shortened here; the full notes are on the store listing.

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
whygolf
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
4.72 ★ · 1,704 ratings
Version
2.1.33
Updated
26 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
4+
Size
131 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
WhyGolf, LLC
Category
Lifestyle
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Subscriptions4
WhyGolf Pro MonthlyMonthly$14.99
WhyGolf Pro AnnualYearly$99.99
WhyGolf Pro Annual PromoYearly$59.99
WhyGolf Pro Annual 14-DayYearly$99.99
Show 3 more purchases we couldn’t categorise

These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.

WhyGolf ProTerm not stated$9.99
WhyGolf ProTerm not stated$49.99
WhyGolf ProTerm not stated$19.99

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.
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