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Fraud

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The product is not working. I sent numereous emails to support without success. The website loads whenever. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY.

Used on Treo 650

Inaccurate Course Descriptions

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a terrific tool but some of the course maps had outdated information. For example, Phantom Horse Golf Course was remodeled 2 years ago but the information in Pro 2.0 still reflects the old layout.

EXPENSIVE,... even the free download is expensive!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I initially wanted to purchase the software for my palm. At $40-50 it's a little more expensive, but the way they analyze seems worth it. Til I saw the real costs, the maps are not free! They costs $10 each, and if not made already, $20 each. One map can cost more than some of the other golf softwares out there. They do have Mapwits software, which with some effort on your part create your own maps, but it's only available when you buy the pro bundle, $90. If creating your own maps is a bit much then the costs can be very high (pda software $50 then adding approximately 12 maps, as much as $90-180 more, totaling over $200). To be fair they do have a lot of maps. They also have a free download version, but you can't test it without buying maps, so "free" is not free! I'm not rich nor lazy, so I'll reconsider them when Mapwits is included with the softwares or available for PC and inexpensive.

This company is crap

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Purchased the software for 129..0 full blown price. The manual is weak, had to spend a lot of time just expermenting, trying to get the software to do what the manual said it should do.

You cannot edit a shot you have to delete then add new...that is an edit.

When you want to set the type of shot: hook, draw, straight, fade, slice. Be careful easy to make wrong selection. Cannot really see how this is going to work on the course.

Could not get the most important part of Mapwits to work

Have spent the last three days E Mailing and calling. Have left a message on every name in company directory, no replies on either E Mail or phone

Try to find the phone # on their web site. Isn't one. Try to find a phone # in directory assistance isn't one.

I finally found one after hours of a google search. 1-360-354-8401. good luck on getting someone to reply

Would not reccommend this software to anyone. Has potential technically but none business wise.

Support non-existent

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This product has potential, but not even the best of breed is worth buying if the support is not there. And that is certainly the case with this company. During my evaluation, I had to send my first email three times, and my second email just never got a reply. Forget it! The product also lacks basic data capture on courses and players too.
If you want the absolute best product for collecting and analysing golfing statistics, and you really don't need the PDA/graphics, then try GStatPro from MagaDraw - excellent design, extremely comprehensive and intuitive, and a mere $25

GolfWits review - OK for one, hard for more...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've tried to use GolfWits a few times and I've found it hard to use when trying to keep scores and statistics for more than me. While the maps are nice, they are somewhat cumbersome to use as you need to click on the exact point where your ball landed. This isn't very accurate on handheld screens as they are relatively small. I would pass on this application for now.

Golfwits - Maps no longer free

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Buyer beware. I purchased this last month and was having fun with it until the folks at Mapwits began charging for course downloads. Reviews I read here indicate that over 4000 course maps are available for free -- not true. I emailed them and received some gobbedlygook about focus group recommendations to charge, etc. Seems like their whole pricing structure is changing.

Golfwits vs. Intelligolf

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In my opinion there are really only two golf tracking systems to consider buying - Golfwits or Intelligolf. A year ago, when I purchased Golfwits, I did a big search for all sorts of golf tracking systems (about 30 of them including non PDA ones) and these were the best two bar none. I found another one called the Golf StatDoctor, which was kinda cool, but without having the PDA interface, it just didn't compare. It provided decent statistics (and some that neither Golfwits or Intelligolf provided), but was also a little clumsy to use. In all, there were only a handful of decent ones. Intelligolf and Golfwits definitely stand out.

Comparisons...

Golfwits is easy to use. Contrary to other reviews I've read, I felt the interface was very intuitive except for maybe when you make mistakes or need to insert penalty strokes. I'm still not sure if I'm doing penalty strokes right, but it works the way I do it. Intelligolf is also easy to use.

Golfwits has fully configurable stats. You can define your own statistics to either compliment or replace the ones provided by Golfwits. There's a whole section on this and even a downloadable API for the functions used to perform the calculations. You can do just about anything based on the data gathered. It's pretty impressive really. This is why I suggest using things such as setting track clubs and making sure to include first putt distance - to get the most out of the program. Intelligolf does not have configurable stats (or at least it didn't when I reviewed it).

Intelligolf is a better (easier) multiplayer system. If you are tracking scores for more than one player, it can be information overload. Although there is no way to just put the scores in for the other players, you can simply enter putts for those players. It would be nice if they provided an option even further than simply not tracking clubs to allow simply entering strokes for some users. I think this is where Intelligolf has the edge - in multi-player entry. Granted the results are less impressive in Intelligolf, it's certainly easier for multi-player entry.

Golfwits yardages and putting distances are a little touchy on such a small screen. if you're hands are a little shaky you could have some problems. They'd have to be pretty shaky, though. Intelligolf has no visual components, so this is not an issue.

Golfwits average yardage statistics for clubs include miss hits and chip shots. The stats are configurable to include/exclude miss hits, but chip shots are another story. You may wish to use a special club (GW or other) whenever chipping so as to not affect your clubs stats. Intelligolf has both problems - it doesn't have a "Miss Hit" option.

Lack of courses. Golfwits has 7000+. Intelligolf has 18000+. This comparison is not fair because Intelligolf courses have no graphical information, so I'm sure people are submitting courses all the time for that application. A con for Golfwits. A pro for Intelligolf.

Golfwits has some good side games, but I've never used them. From my playing around with them, I'd say they are as good as Intelligolf or maybe better if you are willing to enter all the stats for each player, however, since Intelligolf has the edge on multi-player use, I'd say side games are probably more convenient in Intelligolf, but that's just me speculating. I have no real experience here.

Golfwits is better at capturing more statistics with fewer clicks - MIMO. If you use the extended features in Intelligolf, such as fairways hit, GIR, sand saves, etc, it negates the benefits over Golfwits and in my opinion takes more effort to put in all the things because you have to manually input all this data. Plus, you'd have to manually input distances, etc. Where Golfwits takes three clicks to put all this information in, Intelligolf would take four or more clicks plus the manual yardage inputs and it lacks the visual benefits of Golfwits.

There are many, many other things I could compare, but these are the ones that stand out in my mind as I write this review.

Summary...

If you are looking for an individual game tracking system that provides the best statistical output based on the information you enter, Golfwits is the best one. Though Intelligolf still provides good statistics (as good as Golfwits in some respects), the visual aids included with Golfwits and the ability to tailor the statistics to your own needs makes it the better choice.

If you don't care about statistics as much and just want to track your scores (and the scores of others), Intelligolf is probably the way to go because it allows you to enter just scores and also allows you to view all player's scores on one page easier.

Read my other reviews on "How It Works" and "Courses and Mapwits".

BEWARE--COURSE MAPS NOT INCLUDED----VERY DECEITFUL

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

...The Golfwits website was recently changed. I purchased July 24, 2003 and the website then lead you to believe if you purchase the PRO package you had unlimited access to course map downloads. Well now you don't. You only get three! If your home course is like mine it has three nine hole courses which are the equivalent of three 18 hole courses. Well I play more golf and at more couses than just my home couorse. And I believe anyone who is looking for this type of software probably does too. So if you don't mind the additional $$ money for the course maps that this software will not work without then go ahead and purchase. It works great! ...

Serious Stats -- But Prepare for a Steep Learning Curve

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this last year and I'm still a fan a year later. First off I should admit I'm a bit of a gadget freak, so the hole idea of an on-course management tool appealed. Raves go to the interface & the fact that I haven't found a course that I haven't able to download. Now imagine this... you're on the couse with a friend (a rival!)and you whip out your iPAQ, tap it a few times and say, loud enough for your competitor to hear: "Hmmm... it's 57 yards to carry the trap and 73 to the front edge of the green... got it!" Three cheers for techno-intimidation!! Rants: the interface is only as good as the person who input the course. It also can't show elevation, which is too bad... but understandable enough. Lastly the interface isn't exactly intuitive... but easy enough when you spend some time with it; WARNING: practice with the interface BEFORE you go to the golf course, or you'll look stupid. It's really worth watching the flash example on their website about 6 times in a row.. !) Rants: I agree with another reviewer who stated that you really can't keep track of more than 2 people... data entry becomes too cumbersome. I'm happy with it & sure you will be too it you're a golf addict and a tech head!!

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