Scoring the round is easy. Scoring the skins carryover, the pressed Nassau, and the Vegas flip — then figuring out who owes who — is the hard part. Here's how the 2026 field stacks up.
Four things separate a money-game app from a scorecard app: format depth (does it know the games your group plays, with real rules — carryovers, presses, flips?), fair handicaps (net scoring with strokes falling on the right holes), live standing (everyone sees the stakes mid-round), and settlement (does it end with a number, or with four guys and a phone calculator in the parking lot?). We built Duck Hook Golf, so it leads this list — judged on those four criteria, we'll take that fight. Where another app fits better, we say so.
Free, iOS and Android. This is the whole reason the app exists. 25 formats with real rules built in — skins with automatic carryovers, Nassau with front/back/overall, Vegas and the exclusive Howard Vegas, Quota, and more. Stack side games on the same round, apply real handicaps (GHIN synced automatically), score offline in dead zones, and end the round with every game netted into one number per player and a one-tap Venmo request. No other app on this list does the settlement step.
Weak spot, honestly: no Wolf yet — if Wolf is your group's main game, keep reading (and here's our guide to it anyway).
Free tier with paid upgrades. Beezer focuses squarely on side games and covers a wide menu of them, including Wolf and banker-style games, with in-round tracking. It's a credible pick for groups whose games rotate constantly. Where Duck Hook Golf pulls away is the full-tournament layer — leagues, live group leaderboards, GHIN-synced handicaps — and netted Venmo settle-up at the end.
Free with premium subscription. 18Birdies is a general-purpose golf app — GPS, stats, AI coaching — that includes a side-games feature among many. If you want one app for rangefinding and swing tracking and your money games are simple, it's a fine consolidated choice. Format depth and settlement are not its focus.
Free with Pro tiers. The Grint's core is USGA handicap tracking with a social layer and some games support. Groups that mostly play net stroke play and want a legitimate handicap will like it. Carryover math and multi-game rounds aren't its territory.
Free tier available. ParUp organizes groups and trips with digital scoring, live leaderboards, and season-long standings, with side competitions attached. It's more group-organizer than money-game engine — the games ride along with the trip, rather than being the point.
| Your group | Best fit |
|---|---|
| Plays skins/Nassau/Vegas for real money every week | Duck Hook Golf |
| Rotates through every side game ever invented, incl. Wolf | Beezer Golf |
| Wants GPS + stats + occasional simple games | 18Birdies |
| Handicap purists playing net medal | The Grint |
| Annual trip crew with season standings | ParUp |
Based on each product's public materials as of July 2026. All trademarks belong to their owners.
Duck Hook Golf scores every game live, nets it all into one number per player, and settles over Venmo before you leave the lot. Free, no ads.
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