Comparison
Caddyio vs Master Scoreboard
Master Scoreboard is the online results and leaderboard service for clubs running HandicapMaster competition software — genuinely strong on competitions, handicaps and results. But it's a results-and-handicap service, not a connected club platform, and its member app and results are shared across every club on masterscoreboard.co.uk. Here's how Caddyio compares, and where it goes further.
Credit where it's due
Where Master Scoreboard is strong
It's the online arm of HandicapMaster, a long-established UK & Ireland competition and handicap engine that handles a huge range of formats — singles, pairs, teams, multi-round series, match-play knock-outs, eclectics and orders of merit — with live member score entry, leaderboards, results and handicap lists published online, free to HandicapMaster users.
Where Caddyio goes further
Caddyio goes beyond results to a connected, owned club
Caddyio matches the competitions, live scoring, leaderboards and handicap tracking — then wraps them in a white-label member experience on your own domain, a live on-course layer (GPS wallboard, service and pace of play) and coaching. Master Scoreboard publishes competition results to a shared site and app used by every club; Caddyio is the club's own connected experience.
Caddyio vs Master Scoreboard, feature by feature
| Capability | Caddyio | Master Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|
Competition management (all formats) HandicapMaster's core — a broad range of formats. Caddyio covers stroke, Stableford, scramble and match play, individual or team. | Yes | Yes |
Live member score entry & leaderboards | Yes | Yes |
Handicap tracking HandicapMaster is a long-standing handicap engine. | Yes | Yes |
No-install phone scoring Caddyio runs in the browser; Master Scoreboard offers a shared app to install plus web score entry. | Yes | Limited |
White-label member app on your own domain Master Scoreboard results live on masterscoreboard.co.uk and a shared, MSB-branded app across all clubs. | Yes | No |
Club owns the member relationship (no shared app/site) | Yes | No |
Live GPS clubhouse wallboard (your real course) | Yes | No |
Drone-surveyed course imagery & 3D course model No incumbent flies your course; they map from the same public satellite tiles. | Yes | No |
Shot-by-shot distances from a surveyed course Caddyio can base member GPS on a real survey of your course, not generic tiles. | Yes | No |
On-course service & player safety | Yes | No |
Pace-of-play tracking | Yes | No |
Coaching & lesson management | Yes | No |
Member shot tracking & coach shot maps Members log shots from the scoring app; the pro gets them on a satellite map of the club's own course, filterable by club for dispersion. No incumbent club system captures shot-level data at all. | Yes | No |
Per-club distances from real rounds Average, spread and longest per club, built from the member's own logged shots — no launch monitor or grip sensors. | Yes | No |
Lesson effect measured on later rounds Each lesson records a focus area; Caddyio measures the matching statistic across the rounds played since and shows the before and after. | Yes | No |
Play Together group scoring (members & guests) Master Scoreboard has live score entry; Caddyio runs shared fourball cards including name-only guests. | Yes | Limited |
Performance stats & scoring trends | Yes | No |
Orders of Merit & Eclectics HandicapMaster handles OoM and eclectics; Caddyio publishes club-wide standings in the member app. | Yes | Yes |
Club news feed & member notifications (Web Push) | Yes | No |
Membership dues & member purse Offline today (bank transfer, cash, standing order); card via Stripe on request. | Yes | No |
Pre-paid corporate round balances, drawn down at booking Caddyio holds a company's pre-paid round balance and takes rounds off it as its nominated players book. | Yes | No |
Member course-condition reporting & greenkeeping notices Members report from the hole with a photo and GPS; staff publish notices back to the round screen. | Yes | No |
Online tee-time booking & tee sheet Master Scoreboard is a results & handicap service, not a tee sheet. | Yes | No |
Driving-range bay & simulator booking Same reason: it publishes results and handicaps rather than booking anything. Caddyio books range bays and simulators, with buckets of balls priced and bought as part of the booking. | Yes | No |
Visitor tee bookings with an automatic green fee Caddyio applies a per-player fee to visitors and members in arrears automatically. Taking that money by card is a demonstration today; the settled routes are pre-paid corporate rounds and payment at the counter. | Limited | No |
Societies & groups | Yes | No |
Multi-club membership & visitor mode One member identity across Caddyio clubs, with club-approved check-in. | Yes | No |
Member & visitor broadcasts with growth analytics One composer to members, visitors or prospects across email, push and the club feed, with repeat-visitor and dormant-member targeting. | Yes | No |
Shared coach/member goals tracked from real rounds A measurable goal agreed at a lesson, filled in automatically from the rounds the member plays. | Yes | No |
Member self-serve data export & deletion Every vendor must honour UK GDPR requests somehow; the difference is self-serve. A Caddyio member exports everything the club holds on them, or deletes their account, from their own settings. | Yes | Limited |
Membership onboarding & member management Master Scoreboard centres on competitions, handicaps and results rather than membership. | Yes | No |
Comparison based on publicly available information, last reviewed August 2026. Competitor features and pricing may change; pricing for these products is not publicly listed. “Limited” indicates a partial or indirect capability.
Beyond results, into the whole experience
Master Scoreboard shows competition results and handicaps. Caddyio is the connected member experience around them — live scoring, the live course, coaching, societies and membership — in one branded platform, not a results page.
Your app on your domain, not a shared results site
Master Scoreboard publishes to masterscoreboard.co.uk and a shared app used by every club. Caddyio gives your members a branded experience on your club's own domain — the relationship is yours.
A live on-course layer it doesn't have
GPS positions on a satellite map of your real course, pace-of-play, and on-course service and safety — none of which a results-and-handicap service provides.
Frequently asked
- Is Caddyio a Master Scoreboard alternative?
- Yes — it covers competitions, live scoring, leaderboards and handicaps like Master Scoreboard, and adds a white-label member app on your own domain, a live GPS wallboard, on-course service and coaching. Master Scoreboard is the online results companion to HandicapMaster software.
- What is Master Scoreboard?
- It's the online results, leaderboard and member-access service for golf clubs using HandicapMaster competition software (HandicapMaster Ltd), free to registered users. Results are published on masterscoreboard.co.uk, with a shared mobile app.
- Does Master Scoreboard offer a live GPS course view or on-course service?
- No. It focuses on competitions, handicaps and published results. Caddyio adds the on-course layer — a live GPS wallboard, on-course service requests and pace-of-play.