Pleasant Software

The Golf score application for the iPhone

Birdie
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Birdie facts: No hidden costs or annual fees for course data!

There are no annual fees for accessing our course database. Our database contains data for tens of thousands golf courses around the world and Birdie grants access to all of this data without any hidden costs or annual fees!
Birdie also doesn't contain any ad banners or similar annoyances.

Birdie has been made with golfers' needs in mind.

Birdie delivers all the features you'd expect from a golf scoring application and the user-friendliness and fun experience, you'd expect from a native iPhone application.

Besides the ease of use and speed (compared to traditional "handwritten" score cards, especially when it comes to calculating the results), Birdie provides many enhanced features like the built in range finder (with and without GPS)^* or the fully automated calculation of score card results. Birdie not only counts each player's strokes during a game, it also automatically calculates the game's results according to different rules including "Stroke Play", "Stableford", "Par Event" and "AGS".

When starting a round, you can optionally choose "practice mode". In this mode, you can track statistical data like putts, drive length (on iPhone 3G or newer by GPS), fairway hit etc.

Use the stepper switch to increase or decrease the stroke counters. Use two fingers to change the counter by 2, three fingers to change the counter by 3 and so on...

When starting a round with one player, you can now choose "Training Round". In this mode, you can track statistical data like putts, fairway hit, drive length etc.

Round setting like name and date can be easily changed. The course handicap for each player can be calculated automatically (based on the course rating and the player's handicap) or set manually - even after the round.

See all important data for the current hole, like par, hcp, distances and a hole description.^*

^* Hole descriptions are available for selected courses.

Birdie displays automatically statistics for each player on each hole.

Use the built in range finder to see a map view of the current hole. Point your finger on the current position of the ball to measure its approximate distance to the hole.^*

^* Map artwork and range finder are available for selected courses.

Just play golf - let Birdie handle the book keeping stuff.

Each player's individual course handicap is automatically calculated, accounting the handicap index, the course's slope rating (SR) and course rating (CR).

Golf courses can be added to the database with the help of a online course editor. Once added, import course data via the internet (par, HCP, distance, course rating, slope rating etc.).

Importing a golf course's data is very convenient: You can search by name, address or ZIP code and (in case you're currently on or nearby the course) by autolocating the course with the help of iPhone's location manager. When searching for courses by name, Birdie automatically tries to find nearby courses for the entered location.

In case you cannot find a golf course, just choose "On-The-Go" when selecting the course to play. You then may enter the basic data for each hole (Par & HCP) during the game.

Importing course descriptions is very easy: Just search for the name, city, zip code or hit the "autolocate" button to find all courses next to your current location.

After importing a course's description, all data is available offline.

Birdie creates a full featured score card for each imported course. This data is also used to calculate your personal course handicap, the game result scorecards and so on.

Use an elaborate solution, not a bunch of features

Birdie focuses on golfer's needs. Instead of distracting you with fancy features, it provides all essential functions you'll need and expect from a golf scoring application in an easy to use and compact application.

Birdie integrates perfectly into the iPhone OS. Here are some examples:

Send the game results via e-mail as HTML scorecards or as CSV files.
To save time, you may add new players from the adress book. This also enables you to easily access a players contact information later.
Imported course data also contains contact data of the golf club. Select the club's phone number to initiate a phone call on the iPhone; select the homepage url to open the page in Safari; select the address, to get the location in Maps; and so on.

No more calculation errors. With Birdie you can access the game score card anytime with a single touch of your finger. Use the "Send" button to send the game results via e-mail as HTML scorecards or as CSV files.

Choose up to four players per game. Each player's individual course handicap is automatically calculated, accounting each player's handicap index, the course's slope rating (SR) and course rating (CR).

A common situation during a game of golf: The ball unfortunately flew into the rough and isn't visible on the first sight. To assist you during the search, Birdie sports an easy accessible built-in search timer.

Perfect for both: iPhone and iPod touch

Birdie is perfectly suited for use on an iPhone or iPod Touch during a game of golf: One of the biggest problems with all available web-based golf score applications is that they are mostly unusable due to no or very unreliable Wi-Fi and cell connections on most golf courses.

Birdie is perfectly usable offline, which makes it well suited for the iPhone in low or no reception areas as well as for the iPod Touch.

Features include

Access to data of more than 35,000 courses world wide.
Official USGA handicap (option paid subscription)
Support for uploading results to USHandicap.com
Count up to four players per flight.
Track your strokes, putts, fairway hits, drive lengths and more.
GPS Range finder^**
Automatic calculation of each players course handicap.
Automatic player statistics.
Send game results by e-mail as HTML scorecards or as CSV files.
... and more.

Requirements

Any iPhone or iPod touch with OS 3.1.3 or newer.
Birdie is usable out of the box without any additional software or data. In this case the user chooses the option "On-The-Go" when creating a new game. To experience Birdie's full capabilities, import the course data of the golf course you intend to play from our internet database. Once the golf course data has been imported, no further internet connection is needed to use this data during a game. If a golf course isn't available in our database yet, please use the course editor to create and publish it.
To save resp. restore backups of your Birdie data, you need to install additional software on your computer. Please download BirdieConnect (for Mac) or JBirdieConnect (for Windows/Linux) for free here.

* Map artwork and range finder are available for selected courses. A permission of the copyright holding golf club is needed for publishing map artwork.
** For GPS features an iPhone 3G or newer is required.
User needs to calibrate a course once.

→ Get Birdie now on Apple's iTunes AppStore