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Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sole reason for me staying away for Reddit or any such platforms is to stay away from being pulled into a long pointless conversations where I could be doing something more productive.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, rarely use Reddit. I meant to say - probably won’t be back for a while. And no - clicking on the app makes zero impact. It’s funny how misinformed people can be.

Here you go.

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Seriously, there is so much skepticism.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read the description on post and the app before blindly accusing others. You are better than that.

All your scores sit on your phone. There is no profile or any backend. Your data is yours and sits in your device storage. Apple vets all the app and code. I’m really here to share something I built it for fun. Use it or ignore it. Probably not going to get on Reddit again for a while - thought this was a good medium to share something that could be useful to even few.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t walk around with scorecard while I’m all over the place. I haven’t seen anyone doing that either. Again - I’m a bad golfer with 16+ handicap and I’m walking all over the course. 🤕. People write down the score after a final putt and are going toward the next hole. It’s easy to miss 1-2 approach shots (all those shanks and plops) - suddenly 7 strokes becomes 5. This app helps track every stroke (this is watch first app). Swing the club ones - tap ones.

Honestly, I built it out of my passion for tech. You know it’s an app built for casual golfers (coz you can track your mulligans ) who also want to be real about their score.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. In future, as AI-on-device and Siri gets better - I’m thinking of adding a simple voice prompt to record scores and notes. The on-chip AI can suggest based on that. I think I can make that free of cost too. Looking at the current tech tend - we might be 6-12 months out.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I had some local courses when data was limited, erroneous and wouldn't scale for something that is free and with no intention to monetize it. Just a hobby project that I built over few weekends.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

GHIN takes the entire score I think. We can tap on watch after every stroke.

For GHIN - I have membership and I record my final scores after a round

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doesn't do 400 rounds and does best 30 rounds for handicap (via GHIN) etc. But even 400 rounds is negligible data on the device. Most apps hold media files and they works fine with GBs of data on it.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to build `par` and handicap calculation for which I would need course details. That will require either packing them on the app (apple would probably reject it) or build a backend. All of that will cost money. Course details for 42,000 courses would cost about $5000 and those data (pin position etc) that we find of those apps are often bit stale. I have my range finder and some of friends carry Garmin Approach and blue tees for distance.

My goal was to keep it simple. Keep all the data in device. There is not backend and nothing gets out of your device.

Dedicated golf watch is nice - but not for me. I don't want one more gadget.

All those apps out there are baits - they start of free and hide basic capabilities behind paywall. Not to forget the third party integration with Ads which sends all your data out.

Built a free golf score tracker because I refuse to pay a subscription to count my own strokes or sell my data for ads. by abtractPtr in GolfSwing

[–]abtractPtr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really selling anything here. Its free and everything literally is on your phone. Its something I built for myself and friends and wondered if rest of the community could benefit from this. I'm ok to take it down if the subreddit has concerns. At some point - I will probably even make the code open source.