9holes is a golf scorecard and video editing app for iOS and Android that overlays round data onto short-form video clips.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Sports
Sentiment
4.0
110 reviews
Nemesis
Golf Quartz › Mapper
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Golfers use the app to replace physical paper scorecards and generate social-ready content, removing the friction of manual video editing.
For Casual golfers who want to document their rounds and create social media content for platforms like TikTok.
What does it look like?
Key features
Stitches short clips of golf shots into a single video with scorecard overlays.
Displays score data at the top of the screen during video playback.
Adjusts color schemes and transparency; gated behind Pro tier.
How much does it cost?
Freemium model gates high-fidelity exports and visual customization behind Pro features to drive IAP conversion.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentUX improvementsperformanceShow more...
The app exhibits a maintenance-level cadence, with only 5 releases identified over a period exceeding 20 months. The release frequency is approximately 0.05 releases per week, falling well below the threshold for active development. While the latest version introduced functional improvements like course distance inputs, the overall trend is characterized by long periods of inactivity between minor updates. There is no evidence of live-ops or recurring content cycles.
Who built it?
Jordan Zeleny
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What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate digital scorecards eliminate the need for physical paper and pens during casual golf rounds and customizable scorecard options allow players to set par values and add multiple participants easily.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Digital scorecards eliminate the need for physical paper and pens during casual golf rounds
- Customizable scorecard options allow players to set par values and add multiple participants easily
- Forced installation of third-party scanning software prevents users from accessing the core scorecard functionality
22 of 22 recent reviews analyzed · moderate confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for 9holes - Golf Scorecard Editor
How's the Sports market?
9holes holds a #94 Grossing position in its category (VN), indicating limited monetization depth. The app's 3.0-star rating on iOS across a small sample suggests significant friction compared to category leaders.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Creaceed SRL
This app directly competes for the technical golfer's attention by offering advanced course mapping and swing analysis tools that overlap with this app's goal of enhancing the golfing experience.
- Offers professional-grade swing analysis tools that this app currently lacks for performance improvement
- Provides a collaborative course database that creates a community-driven data advantage over this app
- Includes a dedicated course map editor for precise hole-by-hole navigation and strategic planning
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Key takeaways for 9holes - Golf Scorecard Editor
Where is it heading?
The casual golf content market is consolidating around apps that offer either extreme simplicity or deep technical utility. 9holes is currently trapped in the middle, with a maintenance-mode release cadence that leaves it vulnerable to newcomers focused on frictionless scorekeeping.
- Forced third-party software requirements trigger immediate user abandonment, which compounds the negative sentiment already present in recent reviews.
- The maintenance-only release cadence suggests the developer is not prioritizing the feature parity needed to compete with technical rivals.
The SWOT
- Automated video-scorecard stitching creates a unique social-first content loop
- Implementing a direct ad-free IAP would satisfy the top user request
Next best moves
Deprecate forced third-party QR scanner dependency because it is the #1 blocking complaint → restore core app access
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on TikTok-style video editing is a liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Advanced course mapping (available in Golf Quartz › Mapper but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The outlook trend shifted from declining to mixed, reflecting a more precise focus on the app's social-first content creation niche. While the core product remains in maintenance mode, the competitive narrative now explicitly positions the app as a tool for non-editors rather than a general golf utility.
Bottom line
9holes must pivot from aggressive ad-monetization to a clean, paid-removal model to stop the churn of casual users who find the current interface unusable. Addressing the forced software dependency would unlock the core scorecard utility and stabilize the user base.
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Sources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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