Source-backed fit guide
Grassy vs. Teers: Two Ways to Rank Golf Courses
Teers uses tier-based course ranking with imports, contact matching, predicted scores, and share cards. Grassy uses a personal ranked list and connects course memory and friend-led discovery to full-round Course GPS, currently in beta.
Grassy Course GPS is currently in beta. Course eligibility and advanced map detail vary.
Grassy is best for
Golfers who want an ordinal course list, broader course context, friend activity, discovery, and a full-round GPS and scorecard experience.
Teers is best for
Golfers who prefer tier buckets, want to import 18Birdies history, match existing contacts, and share ranking cards.
Where Teers stands out
Strengths from its official product page
These are the product’s own current claims, summarized without a hands-on or pricing judgment.
Teers
Teers organizes courses into Elite, Great, Alright, and Bad tiers instead of one ordinal list.
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Its official comparison page promotes 18Birdies CSV or photo-OCR imports.
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Teers says it matches contacts using on-device hashing and predicts how a golfer may rate unplayed courses.
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Every ranking can generate a shareable image card for messages or social posts.
Side by side
How the product focus differs
| Priority | Grassy | Teers |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking model | Build one personal ranked list and compare where each course lands. | Place courses into conversational tiers and re-rank within those groups. |
| GPS and scoring | Full-round Course GPS Beta combines a live satellite map, yardages, planning, and scorecard. | Teers describes its product as a course-ranking ledger rather than an in-round GPS or scorecard. |
| Starting history | Focuses on building and revisiting your ranked course record inside Grassy. | Promotes importing existing 18Birdies course history through CSV or photo OCR. |
| Finding friends | Follow golfers, see friend activity, and discover courses through people you trust. | Promotes contact matching with hashes created on the device to surface people a golfer already knows. |
| Recommendations | Uses rankings, lists, search, and friend activity to help golfers decide where to play. | Promotes a predicted score for unplayed courses based on personal taste and friend rankings. |
| Sharing the take | Course rankings live alongside photos, posts, friend activity, notes, and the playable course page. | Promotes a visual share card for each ranking, designed for messages and social posts. |
The decision
Which one fits?
Choose Teers if tier buckets, an 18Birdies import, contact matching, predicted course scores, and ranking cards match how you want to begin. Choose Grassy if you want one ordinal course list and a wider course experience that moves from discovery and friends into a live GPS round and scorecard.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
Does Grassy have in-round GPS now?
Yes. Grassy version 1.0.86 was released on the App Store on August 19, 2026, and the current notes label GPS Rounds as beta. Grassy now supports full-round live GPS, distance to the green, plays-like yardage, and scoring.
Why does the Teers comparison describe an earlier Grassy without in-round GPS?
Teers’ page is dated May 29, 2026, before Course GPS Beta became public. Grassy version 1.0.86 was released on the App Store with GPS Rounds labeled beta on August 19, 2026. This page was reviewed on August 20, 2026 against both current official sources.
How do Grassy and Teers rank courses differently?
Grassy builds a personal ordinal list, so every course has a position. Teers groups courses into Elite, Great, Alright, and Bad tiers, then supports re-ranking inside that model.
Which app is better for importing old rounds?
Teers is the clearer fit based on its official comparison page, which promotes 18Birdies history import through CSV or photo OCR. This comparison does not claim an equivalent Grassy import workflow.
Official sources