Absolute, most in-depth stats app that ISN'T also a GPS app.

[venturagolfer87]

Title says it all. In a nutshell, I want the most in-depth stat tracking (i'm a quick texter and can input stats pretty quickly between holes or shots, and always have my phone on the course to take the occasional swing vid/scenery pic anyways), most detailed. For example most apps you input fairway hit or missed and which direction, but you can't do this with GIR. With putts, it simply asks for the number of putts, but I'd like to have the ability to input whether I missed it short, left, right, etc. And also input the type of putt (left-to-right, downhill, etc.). But I already have a laser rangefinder that I trust and don't need all the GPS features. So what ya'll got? My budget is free-$3.

[BrianL99]

You need to significantly upgrade your budget. The only program that really does statistics well and complete, is Get Real Golf Stats and it's $79.95/Year.

[bjp1]

I've used most of the available stat tracking programs and apps for at least one season. However, only recently have I started to really understand how to apply that data into my practice and game planning, which is the true value of having that information. I used GRGS for a full season, and really liked the stats. At the time it was worth the investment, particularly helping me to identify problem 'clubs, rather than just identifying, say, my GIR stats. Most recently, I began using Shot by Shot again, and really feel like I've found the answer to the application of the data. It's a worthy expense in my opinion because it now interprets 'strokes gained' across the skill areas (driver, approach, short game, putting). It's value is also in the recommendations on where to improve, based on the stats and compared to my target handicap range. For example, my biggest strokes gained area is on approach shots from the fairway between 120-150 yards. I lose roughly 4 strokes to the average 3-5 handicap (target range). For years, I worked on improving my GIRs based on the assumption my challenge with long approach shots. I now know that I hit far fewer shots from outside 150 yards, compared to the problem distances, which I tended to overlook.

The same analysis and recommended improvement areas are given for each area of the game, either explicitly because its the biggest strokes lost area, or inferred by the wide difference between my performance in that area and that of my target handicap.

I would recommend trialing the product to see for yourself. Additionally, the mobile app is about as simple as it gets because you're only tracking up to 5 data points, depending on the Par of the hole.

[venturagolfer87]

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I recently did a search, and came across StatProGolf. It was $5, but looking at the previews and reading the instructions, it sounds like this might be the app I've been looking for. The only stat it's missing, IMO, is that you can't input how long your each putt/total distance of putts made. I feel like this could be a great stat so that you can see exactly what distance I should be practicing from, and which distances I'm consistent with. Also, you can't input if the putt was downhill, breaking a certain direction, etc. Again, this would be a clutch stat to have, and could hint at a flaw in the putting stroke, for example if I'm always missing left-to-righters on the low side, and right-to-lefters on the high side, it could be an indicator that I'm pushing my putts more often than not. Again, these are two, nitpicky things, and I look forward to collecting some stats in this app and seeing which trends come up. And as far as those last two putting stats, I can keep those on my scorecard and keep a separate record of them, no biggie. Just would be nice to have them ALL in the app.