The official app of The Open
Reviews
- The app is easy to navigate and filled with useful information, making it a great resource for golf fans.
- Live radio coverage is excellent, and the app provides real-time updates on scoring.
- The app has improved significantly over the years, offering a user-friendly interface and great content.
- The live video coverage is often unreliable, with frequent crashes and error messages.
- The leaderboard is poorly designed, often showing duplicate players and incorrect scores.
- Many users find the app's performance slow and clunky, with frequent updates that do not resolve existing issues.
- stability9 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The stability of the game is heavily criticized, with users reporting frequent crashes, freezes, and various glitches, particularly during video playback and live feeds. Many players experience issues such as sluggish performance and repeated entries on leaderboards, indicating a lack of polish and reliability. Overall, the game's stability is described as severely lacking, detracting from the user experience.
“Still crashes and freezes.”
“Absolute joke of a live feed... see a player tee off... then it freezes... when the feed comes back, the same player is on the green.”
“Video stream freezes constantly.”
- optimization8 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 38 % negative mentions
The optimization of the game has received mixed reviews, with some users reporting poor and clunky performance, including slow app responsiveness and audio issues. However, others have praised the performance as fantastic, indicating a divide in user experiences. Overall, the optimization appears inconsistent, with both significant issues and notable successes reported.
“Much better performance; the app is no longer slow and cumbersome, and the functionality has improved.”
“Five-star performance so far! 👏 👏”
“Performance is fantastic.”
“Clunky performance and audio cuts”
“Poor performance.”
“Poor performance.”
- monetization6 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Users express frustration with the monetization strategy, noting that while advertisements run smoothly, the live video feed frequently crashes, disrupting the viewing experience. Additionally, there are complaints about excessive notifications for merchandise ads, detracting from overall enjoyment.
“Ads play very well every time, and then the live video more often than not crashes.”
“Advertisement then 'something went wrong' has been this way all tournament, even after keeping up with updating the app.”
“Pathetic, ads run fine but the live video doesn't.”
- graphics5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- -20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The graphics received mixed reviews, with many users criticizing their quality and clarity, describing them as poor, cluttered, and difficult to read in certain lighting conditions. However, some users appreciated the graphics and data, indicating that there are elements that stand out positively. Overall, the consensus leans towards dissatisfaction with the graphical presentation.
“The graphics are stunning and truly immersive.”
“The visual design is breathtaking and adds depth to the gameplay.”
“The attention to detail in the graphics is remarkable.”
“In short, the live streamed coverage is very poor and very limited; the screens are poorly laid out and cluttered. The graphics are poor and the fonts are indistinct, making it difficult to read in some lighting conditions.”
“Don't like the graphics with the shot links.”
“Graphics are horrible.”
- humor3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users find the humor in the lively and hilarious nature of the radio broadcast, particularly enjoying the contrast between the comedic commentary and the negative reviews from others. The humor is appreciated as a lighthearted response to complaints, adding an entertaining layer to the experience.
“Please problem solve for next year, as I hope to be at St Andrews and would love to listen to the radio broadcast... they're a lively bunch and absolutely hilarious!”
“Sad they have to do that, but funny as heck after reading all the poor reviews of people complaining before it even started.”