No credit card to start. No GPS required. First 200 members lock in the Founders rate forever — after that it's $29.99/yr.
The first 200 members pay $14.99/yr — always. Even if Pro goes to $49.99/yr in three years, Founders stay at $14.99. No exceptions.
After purchase you get a license key by email. Enter your email and key in the app and everything unlocks instantly. No login, no password to remember.
Your rounds, scores, putts, fairways, clubs, GPS — none of it ever leaves your phone. We hold the bare minimum to run the email gate (your address, license code, and activation status). Nothing about how you actually play. We can't sell what we don't have.
Two taps per hole in Basic mode. After every round, the Coach Report names the specific leak costing you strokes and the drill to close it.
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We checked public pricing, App Store listings, and reviews. Here's the honest read.
| Feature | My Golf Insights | Condor | Decade | Arccos | 18Birdies | WhyGolf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price (per year) | $14.99 | ~$100 | $199 | $155 + $200 hardware | ~$60 | Free |
| Free tier after trial | Yes — Basic forever | No | No | 1 yr w/ sensors | Ad-supported | Yes |
| Manual scoring — no hardware needed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Needs $200 sensors | Yes | Yes |
| Coaching report after every round | 17 ranked patterns | 4 area summary | Combine + content | AI Caddie | Basic stats | 3 focus areas |
| Findings ranked by stroke impact | Yes | Unclear | Different framework | Strokes Gained | No | Limited |
| Named drills paired with each finding | Yes | No | Via Elite content | Recent addition | No | No |
| Pre-round briefing — today's focus | Yes | No | Via content | No | No | No |
| Your data stays on your device | Yes | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud | Cloud |
| CSV export of your data | Any tier | Unverified | Unverified | Premium only | Not available | Unverified |
| No App Store required (PWA) | Yes | App Store | App Store | App Store | App Store | App Store |
| Real Strokes Gained math | On roadmap | No | DECADELink | Yes | No | Yes |
| GPS distances + hole maps | No — by design | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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Most free golf apps make money by harvesting your location data and selling it to equipment advertisers. We don't — because you pay us instead. Your rounds stay on your phone. Your data never leaves your device unless you export it yourself. That's the whole story.
Any round you start and finish — 9 or 18 holes. The 5-round trial gives you a full experience, including Coach reports, so you know exactly what you're getting before you subscribe.
After purchase, you'll receive a license key by email. Open My Golf Insights, enter your email and key once — everything unlocks instantly. No password to remember, no login screen.
Yes — locked forever. If you join as a Founding Member, you pay $14.99/yr as long as you keep your subscription active. We may raise the Pro rate later; your rate stays the same. Always.
The Founders tier closes and the standard Pro rate ($29.99/yr) becomes the only option. There's no way to get the Founders rate after the 200 limit is hit.
Yes — 30-day no-questions refund. If the app doesn't help your game in your first month, email [email protected] and we'll refund you in full.
Yes — fully offline once installed. Score your round, get your Coach report, review stats. No signal needed on the course. License checks happen in the background when you're connected.
One license covers one device at a time. If you play on a phone and a tablet, you'd need a license on each. Your data stays on each device — use the export and import tools in Setup to move rounds between them.
Export your data from Setup before switching (one tap). On your new phone, install the app, enter your license key again, then import your backup — all your rounds and stats come back instantly.