Yard Buddy

Terms of Use

Last updated October 19, 2026

Yard Buddy measures how far you are from the green. Using the app means you accept these terms.

What the app is

Distances come from your device's GPS and are an aid to your own judgement, not a survey. Course outlines, par and hole numbers come from OpenStreetMap and can be wrong or out of date. Play what you see on the course, not what is on the screen.

Subscription

Full yardages in the Yard Buddy app, on iPhone, Android and Apple Watch, need a subscription. One subscription covers the phone and the watch. Courses that open on a satellite photo, where you tap to measure, are free.

Purchases on Apple devices are also covered by Apple's standard licence agreement, the Licensed Application End User License Agreement.

Your account

Signing in with Apple or Google is optional. You can sign out or delete your account in the app at any time (Account, Delete account). See Privacy.

Maps

Yard Buddy includes Google Maps features and content. Use of Google Maps features and content is subject to the then-current versions of the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

Course data

Course data is © OpenStreetMap contributors and licensed under the ODbL. Details on the data sources page.

No warranty

The app is provided as it is. We do not promise that distances or course data are correct, and we are not responsible for how a round goes.

Changes

If these terms change, the date above changes with them.

Contact

Questions: reach us here.