Grooves vs Arccos:
which golf app to choose?
Arccos is the reference for data-driven caddie advice, with a strategy suggested on every shot. Its automatic tracking relies on sensors screwed under your grips, or dedicated grips. Grooves aims at the same loop, with no hardware to buy, and extends it to the range.
Grooves
GPS caddie · Strokes gained · Drills
Arccos
Sensors · AI caddie · Strategy
In short
- →Arccos logs your shots with nothing to do, provided you equip your clubs.
- →Grooves asks for one tap per shot, from the phone or the watch, and costs nothing extra.
- →Grooves prepares the course before the round and builds drills after; Arccos stops at analysis.
Updated October 5, 2026
The full table
Feature by feature.
Feature
Grooves
Arccos
Prepare
Hole-by-hole game plan
Grooves
✓Line of play from your dispersion + projected totalFree
Arccos
~Shot-by-shot strategy, on the coursePaid
Printable yardage book
Grooves
✓A5, one hole per pageFree
Arccos
–
Play
Front / center / back distances
Grooves
✓Free
Arccos
✓Paid
“Plays like” distance (slope, wind)
Grooves
✓Slope + windFree
Arccos
✓“Plays like” distances: wind and elevationPaid
Club advice from your own carries
Grooves
✓Your bag’s carries, refined shot after shotFree
Arccos
✓Per-club averages, unlocked after 5 roundsPaid
Shot tracking
Grooves
✓One tap: GPS position, club, lieFree
Arccos
✓Automatic, but sensors or grips requiredPaid
Smartwatch
Grooves
✓Free
Arccos
✓Paid
Analyze
Strokes gained / lost by area
Grooves
✓Tee, approach, short game, putting, penaltiesFree
Arccos
✓Advanced analysis by areaPaid
Compared to your level
Grooves
✓Against players of your handicapFree
Arccos
✓Against 100 million community shotsPaid
Fairways, greens, putts
Grooves
✓Free
Arccos
✓Paid
Handicap tracking
Grooves
✓WHS differential per round, estimated indexFree
Arccos
Not advertised
Train
Training program
Grooves
✓Built from your weaknesses, adjusted weeklyFree
Arccos
~Analysis guides practice, without sessionsPaid
Guided range drills
Grooves
✓Target, ball count, ball-by-ball scoreFree
Arccos
–
Video lessons and pro coaching
Grooves
–No
Arccos
–
In practice
Course coverage
Grooves
~France, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada
Arccos
✓40,000 courses advertisedPaid
Tee time booking
Grooves
–
Arccos
Not advertised
Scorecard sharing
Grooves
✓Scorecard and recap as an imageFree
Arccos
~Dashboard shared with your coachPaid
Community
Grooves
–
Arccos
Not advertised
Import past rounds
Grooves
~Garmin, Golfshot; others by handFree
Arccos
Not advertised
Price
Grooves
✓Free during the beta, no card
Arccos
~Free app, sensors to buy
Platforms
Grooves
iOS · Android · Apple Watch
Arccos
iOS · Android · Apple Watch
✓ included · ~ partial or different approach · – not offered. Based on both apps’ public descriptions. Free / Paid: available without a subscription or paid plan only. Updated October 5, 2026.
Free beta · No card
The best comparison
is your next round.
Download Grooves, prepare your course and play your first guided hole. We’ll let you make up your own mind.
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