Well, I got an email indicating that they added my course to their library. I do like the response time but the $35 still is tough to swallow, and the fact that only one year of updates is provided with a yearly renewal of $35 for continued updates is required, makes me hesitate purchasing the app.. Hell, my SkyCaddie renewal is cheaper.
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Well, I got an email indicating that they added my course to their library. I do like the response time but the $35 still is tough to swallow, and the fact that only one year of updates is provided with a yearly renewal of $35 for continued updates is required, makes me hesitate purchasing the app.. Hell, my SkyCaddie renewal is cheaper.
I took a look at flycaddie as well and it's eye candy for sure. However the price is a bit steep, even for an app store whore such as myself. I use teeshot now and i don't even use it for GPS, just to keep track of my group's scorecard. I find that using GPS is simply a pain in the ass on the iphone as far as golfing is concerned. It's just too slow to get an accurate fix, not to mention that the battery is pretty much drained when using gps by the end of the round.
right now, i have a unique system whereby i use a Suunto GPS watch. Using google earth to get coordinates to the center of the green for my local course for every hole, i've programmed this as waypoints into my watch. It will basically give me distance to the center of the green from where i stand, and the beauty is no wait time to get a fix, the gps watch is getting a fix every second. The only problem is a precision issue where the watch gives me distance in miles to the waypoionts up to 2 decimal places. So for example, it may say .09 miles to the center of the green, and that translates into 158.4 yards, however, .08 miles is 140.8 yards and .10 miles is 176 miles. So, because the precision is only to two decimal places you have a +/-deviation of about 17 yards. This could mean the difference between a club length. However as I approach the ball on the fairway, i keep an eye on the reading and if switches from .10 miles to .09 right before i get to the ball, i know that it is closer to the .10 mark than .09. Just takes a little paying attention. Played a few rounds with this with pretty good success and the beauty is no drained iphone after 5 hours of golf since i'm not using the gps on my iphone.
right now, i have a unique system whereby i use a Suunto GPS watch. Using google earth to get coordinates to the center of the green for my local course for every hole, i've programmed this as waypoints into my watch. It will basically give me distance to the center of the green from where i stand, and the beauty is no wait time to get a fix, the gps watch is getting a fix every second. The only problem is a precision issue where the watch gives me distance in miles to the waypoionts up to 2 decimal places. So for example, it may say .09 miles to the center of the green, and that translates into 158.4 yards, however, .08 miles is 140.8 yards and .10 miles is 176 miles. So, because the precision is only to two decimal places you have a +/-deviation of about 17 yards. This could mean the difference between a club length. However as I approach the ball on the fairway, i keep an eye on the reading and if switches from .10 miles to .09 right before i get to the ball, i know that it is closer to the .10 mark than .09. Just takes a little paying attention. Played a few rounds with this with pretty good success and the beauty is no drained iphone after 5 hours of golf since i'm not using the gps on my iphone.
Good lord. I have enough thoughts going thru my mind during a round, the last thing I need to do is convert mileage to yardage. Kudos to you and your brain.I used GolfCard last weekend, but the GPS feature wasn't always 'on'. It is now and this weekend, weather depending, I'll see how the battery holds up.
I used GolfCard last weekend, but the GPS feature wasn't always 'on'. It is now and this weekend, weather depending, I'll see how the battery holds up.
Hahahahaha, you give me far to much credit!!! I actually created a small wallet size "cheat sheet" if you will with conversions going from .01 miles (17.6 yards) up to .30 miles (528 yards) that I simply pull out of my pocket to consult as i'm walking up to my ball. Super fast, super easy, and super convenient. Prior to this, using teeshot's gps functionality, I would have to stand over the ball, and wait for a gps fix and then wait a while longer until the yardage accuracy thing got down to an acceptable level before getting some kind of a reading. This would wind up being a frustrating few minutes. Undoable for me. The other thing I didn't like about "community" maintained GPS data like teeshot has is that it only takes one arsehole to go in and screw up the GPS data. I tagged my local course and within a few weeks I think someone else went in and put their own GPS tags in that were pretty much off, and that person even screwed up the official course yardages and handicap numbers. With my watch, the data is completely maintained by me.
I used GolfCard last weekend, but the GPS feature wasn't always 'on'. It is now and this weekend, weather depending, I'll see how the battery holds up.
Mr. Biggles, how did golfcard hold up? I'm thinking of giving the app a try
I have that feature 'on', but to be honest I still have the phone autolock set.
It takes about 10-15 seconds on average for the GPS accuracy to settle to +/- 9 yards. Yardage between a Skycaddie and the iphone has been within a couple yards. Plenty good enough for my 10 handicap. The only thing that I find excruciatingly slow is bringing up the sat image and toggling between green, fairway views. The 'here" view is the best with the sat images. For the most part don't use it. I used the Appsafe program to locate hazards so the detailed yardage screen gives me all I need. Front, center and back green, hazards etc.
View Ti Golf
I played two rounds this weekend with View Ti Golf. It was "on sale" for $24.99 and performed well.
Likes
- scorecard with easy data entry for shots, Fairway hit, GIR, and putts
- Google map views for fairways and greens
- GPS distances were accurate within 3-5 yards versus GPS units in cart and "laser sighted" course markers
- no battery problems using the unit for two rounds in one day; I set the brightness down to ~33%, 3G, wifi, and gps all turned on; fully wall charged the night before.
Dislikes
- GPS distances were slow to lock in at least 10 seconds; I'm not sure if this is the App or the iPhone
- I would like to be able to track my drive distances; not sure how to do this or if it is even possible.
I played two rounds this weekend with View Ti Golf. It was "on sale" for $24.99 and performed well.
Likes
- scorecard with easy data entry for shots, Fairway hit, GIR, and putts
- Google map views for fairways and greens
- GPS distances were accurate within 3-5 yards versus GPS units in cart and "laser sighted" course markers
- no battery problems using the unit for two rounds in one day; I set the brightness down to ~33%, 3G, wifi, and gps all turned on; fully wall charged the night before.
Dislikes
- GPS distances were slow to lock in at least 10 seconds; I'm not sure if this is the App or the iPhone
- I would like to be able to track my drive distances; not sure how to do this or if it is even possible.
The GPS lock is an iphone thing. I have the same problem across multiple apps, i.e. teeshot and golfcard. teeshot allows you to record driving distances or distances for any shot in fact, however i'm on the fence as to whether or not to continue using teeshot or go with golfcard. teeshot's scorecard entry is not as quick as golfcard's. I plan on playing a round this weekend and use golfcard and i'll make up my mind as to which one to continue using.