The best golf betting apps for playing with friends

Disclosure: Wedge Golf makes Wedge, one of the eight apps on this page. We have tried to describe every app, including our own, by what its maker says it does, and to say plainly where Wedge falls short. Every fact about another app comes from that app's own website, help pages or app store listing, checked in October 2026 and listed under Sources. App names are trademarks of their owners, and Wedge Golf is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

This page covers apps that score bets between golfers playing together. It leaves out sportsbooks and apps for betting on professional golf. We looked at the things that decide whether an app works for a money game on the course:

• Games: which betting games it scores, and whether it handles presses, including automatic presses.
• Settling up: whether it tells you who owes whom at the end, and whether balances carry from round to round.
• Handicaps: whether it uses your official Handicap Index, and whether it posts your score to GHIN.
• Trips and events: whether it can run a multi-day event, teams or a Ryder Cup format.
• Platforms and price: iPhone, Android and watch support, what is free and what the paid plan costs.

Where an app's own pages did not mention a feature, we say we did not find it rather than saying the app lacks it. App Store ratings are from the US store in October 2026. The apps are grouped by the kind of group they suit; the order is not a ranking.

Wedge is our app. It scores Stroke Play, Match Play and Nassau, gross or net, with presses any player can add and automatic presses at a trigger of 1 to 4 holes down. When the match ends it works out who owes whom, as one netted amount per pair of players. It does not carry balances from round to round. It links GHIN, imports your Handicap Index and posts each round to GHIN hole by hole. Tournaments run over several days with a buy-in, two teams, a Ryder Cup across singles, four-ball and alternate shot, a Classic stroke-play leaderboard and side games such as Skins, Stableford and Quota.

What it is missing: Wedge has only three casual money games. There is no Wolf, Vegas, Bingo Bango Bongo or Snake, and Skins runs only as a tournament side game. It is iPhone and Apple Watch only, and you need Wedge Pass at $29.99 a year to play a round once the 3-month free trial ends. App Store rating: 4.9 stars from 17 ratings.

Squabbit is built for whoever runs the event. Its core app is free, with no limit on players, teams or tournaments, and it lists more than 35 formats, including Ryder Cup, alternate shot, Nassau, Skins, Wolf and Sixes. Multi-day events can use a different format each day. Presses can be added by hand in casual rounds, and match-points tournaments can start presses automatically. Squabbit says it settles side-game bets from the scorecard and lets players pay through Venmo, Stripe or other methods. It runs on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS and the web, and players can score in a browser without downloading the app.

What it is missing: Squabbit's help center says it can retrieve your GHIN handicap but cannot post scores to it. Organizer extras such as printable scorecards and a live pace map need Tournament Pro at $99.99 a year or $29.99 an event. App Store rating: 4.9 stars from 5,476 ratings.

Leaderboard Golf's App Store listing says it integrates with the USGA so golfers can post to their Handicap Index without opening another app. It scores Match Play, Nassau, Wolf, Skins, Nines and Stroke Play, tracks automatic presses and skins pots, and has a feed for following friends. The Chicago District Golf Association, which partners with it, says GPS and score posting are free and that Pro adds multi-group events of up to 100 players and auto-press tracking. It runs on iPhone, Android and Apple Watch.

What it is missing: we found no Ryder Cup or multi-day trip format and no running ledger beyond skins pots. The App Store lists several Pro prices, from $29.99 to $69.99 a year, so check the price in the app. App Store rating: 4.7 stars from 478 ratings.

Beezer Golf names more than 28 betting games and their variants, including Nassau, Skins, Wolf, Vegas, Banker, Bingo Bango Bongo, Snake, Rabbit, Quota and Sixes. Its Beezer Bank keeps every player's betting balance across rounds, works out the most efficient payout and lets you split it between cash and the bank. You can fix scores, add players or games and add presses on earlier holes mid-round. The scorecard, GPS and stats are free; the games need Premium at $29.99 a year, $19.99 for 6 months or $3.99 a month.

What it is missing: its handicap is its own unofficial Beezer Handicap Index, and we found no GHIN link. We found no multi-day or Ryder Cup format, though it runs group games for up to 120 players. It is iPhone and Apple Watch only. App Store rating: 4.7 stars from 748 ratings.

Press Golf is built for a regular money game. It scores Nassau with front, back and total bets and automatic presses, plus Wolf, Skins, Nines, Match Play, Medal, Snake, Banker, Vegas, Scotch and trash bets. After the round its payout screen shows who owes what, its website says it hands off to PayPal or Venmo with the amounts filled in, and it keeps your lifetime record against every player. It also has a home screen widget and a spectator mode, and a Tournament Mode for club events of up to three days. It runs on iPhone and Android.

What it is missing: we found no GHIN posting, no Ryder Cup format and no Apple Watch app. The App Store lists Premium Access at $3.99 and $35.99 without naming the billing periods. App Store rating: 4.4 stars from 34 ratings.

GolfSnap scores 20 games and formats, including Nassau, Skins, Wolf, Las Vegas, Bank, Bingo Bango Bongo, Scotch and Dots, with manual and automatic presses in several of them. It shows payouts live and tracks each player's total winnings over time. The free version, with ads, allows 4 players per group, 2 groups and 2 games at once. The subscription, $3.99 a month on GolfSnap's site, raises that to 50 players, 12 groups and unlimited games.

What it is missing: we found no GHIN posting, no trip or Ryder Cup format and no watch app, and we found no GolfSnap app on Google Play. App Store rating: 4.8 stars from 48 ratings.

18Birdies is a full golf app, with GPS, scoring and shot tracking, that includes ten side games for free: Skins, Nassau with manual and automatic presses, Match, Points, Dots, Wolf, Vegas, Sixes, Rolling Stroke and Targets. Tournaments and leagues are free too. It runs on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS, and Premium at $99.99 a year adds Strokes Gained, 3D green maps and AI swing analysis.

What it is missing: 18Birdies says it does not currently sync with GHIN and has no dedicated Ryder Cup or alternate shot format yet. We found no running ledger of who owes whom. App Store rating: 4.9 stars from 305,784 ratings. See Wedge vs 18Birdies.

TheGrint is a handicap and scoring app that says it is a licensed handicap data affiliate of the USGA. Free and Pro members can link GHIN and post hole by hole. Six games are free (Medal, Stableford, Best Ball, Skins, High & Low and Niners), and Pro at $59.99 a year adds Animals, Marks, Hot Potato, Vegas and Wolf, plus running several games at once and presses. Its free Teams Cup runs two teams over up to 8 sessions for a golf trip. It runs on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS and the web.

What it is missing: TheGrint does not list Nassau as a named game, and we found no automatic presses or ledger of who owes whom. App Store rating: 4.9 stars from 33,918 ratings. See Wedge vs TheGrint.

• Bagpipe Golf is a newer iPhone app that lists more than 30 side games with a "who pays whom" summary, and Ryder Cup-style team events for buddies trips. Its website says Android is coming. It had 8 App Store ratings in October 2026, too few to judge, so we left it out of the table.
• Golfshot scores Stroke Play, Stableford, Skins, Nassau and Match Play and posts to GHIN, but its own facts page says it puts tracking and analytics ahead of betting games. See Wedge vs Golfshot.
• The GHIN app runs handicap matches with front nine, back nine and overall results, but we found no wagers or settle-up feature in its listing. See Wedge and the GHIN app.

• You organize a trip or league and want it free: Squabbit.
• Your group plays a different game every week: Beezer Golf or GolfSnap.
• You play the same Wolf or Nassau every Saturday and want the payouts done: Press Golf, Beezer Golf or Wedge.
• Your group keeps GHIN handicaps and wants the round posted from the same app: Wedge, Leaderboard Golf or TheGrint.
• You want one golf app for GPS, stats and the odd side game, free: 18Birdies or TheGrint.
• Your group mixes iPhone and Android: Squabbit, Leaderboard Golf, Press Golf, 18Birdies or TheGrint. Wedge, Beezer Golf and GolfSnap are iPhone only.

Whichever app you choose, agree on the rules before the first tee: the stakes, gross or net, and when presses start. Our guides to the Nassau and skins cover the common variations.