I loaded this and used their 24hr hour trial period, but 1 round is not enough to fairly evaluate this program. Interface is nice, progresses through holes automatically without having to select "next" hole. Going back and editing a hole was a bit cumbersome but that could change with familiarity of the program. Still can't figure out how to edit a score after you complete it. Emailed GolfLogix to find out, so will find out how well customer service is. Also, emailed about 2 holes that were/are mapped incorrectly. Will be interesting to see how long corrections take. All in all, seems like a very nice application. I like the fact you can measure shot distance and then enter club used so you can record average distances you clubs carry. Over all, I would have to rate this a 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.

http://www.golflogix.com/Default.aspx

Other GPS/Scorecard apps to look at:
http://www.FreeCaddie.com
http://www.mScoreCard.com
http://www.teeDroid.com

For the holes that were mapped correctly, how was the yardage accuracy?? Within 0-3 yards?? Within 0-10 yards??

How quickly does the app update yardages?? Within 0-3 seconds, 10-20 seconds, etc?? I've heard that some of these smartphone GPS golf apps take 30sec-2 minutes to update the yardage. If that's the case, that defeats the purpose of GPS yardages IMO.

I'm hoping to get my BB Tour sometime this week and I'll be trying the 24 hour demo as well. I'm holding out hope that this GolfLogix app will be comparable to their dedicated GPS devices for yardages and such. I guess I have more confidence in them than I do with some of the other GPS smartphone apps out there.

drterb wrote:

For the holes that were mapped correctly, how was the yardage accuracy?? Within 0-3 yards?? Within 0-10 yards?? How quickly does the app update yardages?? Within 0-3 seconds, 10-20 seconds, etc?? I've heard that some of these smartphone GPS golf apps take 30sec-2 minutes to update the yardage. If that's the case, that defeats the purpose of GPS yardages IMO. I'm hoping to get my BB Tour sometime this week and I'll be trying the 24 hour demo as well. I'm holding out hope that this GolfLogix app will be comparable to their dedicated GPS devices for yardages and such. I guess I have more confidence in them than I do with some of the other GPS smartphone apps out there.

First let me say, I use an external GPS receiver with my BB 8830. This is because Verizon locks the internal GPS so third party applications can not access it. But, the external GPS receiver is more accurate than most smart phones GPS.

I compared GolfLogix against mScoreCard and a hand held GPS (iGolf). Yardages of all three were usually +- 5yds of each other. On a couple holes GolfLogix were off by 15 yards, but I attribute this to them mapping the courses using digital imagery and the holes possibly not being very visible.

Yardages updated about the same as the other apps/devices, 3-10 seconds.... normal drift changes in readings.

After spending most of the day today searching for Blackberry apps, I've found one I became sold on almost instantly. It's called nRange golf GPS.

First of all, I must point out that Verizon has unlocked the GPS utilization on most of the Blackberry devices. I am able to use nRange with my new Blackberry Tour without any issues. I simply had to go into the settings and enable the GPS.

The one drawback to nRange is that only one local public course is even mapped at this point. I went out and walked a few holes on the course this evening to find that the accuracy is pretty close to being right on. I can tell because the application uses googlmaps to help map the holes, and you can access the map of each hole through the application. The application allowed me to pick any point on the course....really any point anywhere...and measure distance to it. I am extremely impressed....so impressed, even, that I elected to immediately buy the $85 lifetime membership. I can even use the app to find out how far it is from my apartment, where I am sitting now, to the gas station across the street. I can even use it to play courses that aren't even mapped yet, though it would take some time (and memory) to scroll the map to that course.

Yeah...this program is starting to make my old GolfBuddy look like a Commodore 64.

I am very impressed with the service these guys at nRange offer. I submitted 9 courses last night...all courses that I hope to play by the end of the season at least one more time, and all courses I have played this year. They've already completed the mapping on three of them. On the other hand, I submitted two courses for mapping go GolfBuddy earlier in the summer...both in July. Neither is mapped yet.

I don't know if anyone still views this thread or not, but i ust got the golflogix for the iphone. i Think it's a great idea and the interface is really nice and slick and it provides a lot of information, but it's the wrong information. I tested it agains the actual GPS unit Golflogix 2008 and the yardages were consistently 10-15 yards off and once almost 30 yards on the smartphone one. I think it's mostly due to the "assisted gps" that most smartphones have. unless you have one with an actual GPS receiver in it (which i don't even know if anyone makes in a phone) you're actually running off the cellular network. They're pinpointing you using triangulations of different pings off multiple towers and finding your position that way. it's not exactly the best way to get an accurate measure of position. I'd say more than once i was standing in the middle of a highway, when i actually wasn't. I don't know if it's worth the fee they charge, and it's definitely not accurate enough for tournament golf as far as i'm concerned.

The nRange distances on my blackberry are consistently within a yard or two, but when I'm checking yardages, I can't be absolutely certain that I'm standing in the middle of the green, either.

birdieXris wrote:

I tested it agains the actual GPS unit Golflogix 2008 and the yardages were consistently 10-15 yards off and once almost 30 yards on the smartphone one.

This has been an issue with smartphone rangefinder apps for quite some time. Of all the ones I've tested with my blackberry, including nRange & Swing by Swing, when put up against a SkyCaddie or equivalent system, the ranges were sometimes off by as much as you've said.

birdieXris wrote:

I think it's mostly due to the "assisted gps" that most smartphones have. unless you have one with an actual GPS receiver in it (which i don't even know if anyone makes in a phone) you're actually running off the cellular network.

My blackberry gets tracked off of GPS satellites not through cell towers due to newer navigation apps that don't function well at all through the cell networks. The problems arise when the processing power of the blackberry can't keep up with the app. Also, due to the majority of the smartphone GPS systems being "mapped" through google maps & guesswork as to where to place the markers on the satellite images, it'll never be as accurate as a standalone golf GPS system where the courses are honestly mapped by feet on the ground.

All that being said, I'm just a schmoe who's got a basic understanding of cell & computer networking and how processing power of the central processing unit of any computer related device determines how well a system will run certain types of applications. I could easily be wrong about a couple of technical points.

I know this post has been dormant for a while, but just thought I would mention a possible cause of the yardage differences with GolfLogix.

For most courses they map the Coordinates using Google Maps satellite imagery. The problem....on my local course, after confirming the coordinates using a GPS unit at the center of each green, it appears that the Google Sat imagery is shifted about 15 yards west.

I emailed GolfLogix support about this issue and they were absolutely fantastic! With their help, I used an app called BlackStar to accurately gather the coordinates at the center of each green during a recent round, and GolfLogix promptly updated their system with the info.

Now my Blackberry Torch with GolfLogix is as accurate as any other GPS system (Skycaddie, etc.) on my home course! All this customer service and I'm still only using the free version of the GolfLogix app. Amazing!