# Action Bowling Classic — user reviews > 323 indexed App Store user reviews of Action Bowling Classic by Tribal City Interactive, rated 3.08/5 from 156 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/action-bowling-classic/id301695105/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/action-bowling-classic/id301695105.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 64 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 56 ## What do users think of Action Bowling Classic? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐ Good game - 👍 Works great on iPhone - 🎳 Fun to play **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes - 🔥 Overheating issues - 🎳 Reduced gameplay quality - 💰 Excessive ads/in-app purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - Random ball direction changes - Difficulty spikes after updates - Compatibility issues with newer devices **Most requested features** - Customizable bowling balls and music - Trivia mode - Multiplayer support ## Newest reviews (12 of 323) ### 3/5 — iOS 26 issues *2025-11-11, version 1.24.1002* Game quits frequently and iPhone 16 heats up big time. Processor is stressing! ### 3/5 — I give this version of action bowling a three out of five stars. *2025-11-08, version 1.24.1002* This version will not let me customize bowling balls or music. Can someone fix that? ### 2/5 — Needs work *2025-07-05, version 1.24.1002* Couldn’t bowl the ball half the time, random direction changes. Ended up deleting it as it was so annoying ### 2/5 — New update harder to score? *2024-09-21, version 1.24.1002* I have played this game for a long time and was always able to shoot into the high 200s. Now all of a sudden, I’m lucky if I get over 100. I’m aiming from the same shots that I always did and now I’m getting 7–10 splits which I never got before.it’s really difficult to get a strike anymore. What the heck happened? ### 3/5 — App not loading *2024-04-03, version 1.22.23* My app is acting up ### 2/5 — Rebuild completely ruined the game. *2022-03-24, version 1.22.22* The old version of the game was FAR better. It had better physics, more features (customizable bowling balls, motion controls, trivia, etc) and had better graphics. The rebuild doesn’t have any of that. ### 2/5 — No more Biden please! *2020-08-18, version 1.20.1* Please get ads for sleepy, creepy, basement boy Biden off of this game! I want to play the game...NOT deal with politics! If I want political ads I’ll watch them on YouTube or some other media! ### 4/5 — I ❤️ the game *2020-04-23, version 1.11.4* It’s fine ### 2/5 — Gotten worse *2020-02-20, version 1.11.4* I never had ad until lately, thinking about deleting ### 1/5 — Ruined the game *2018-02-13, version 1.11.4* I’ve had this app for years, used to play on occasion to unwind. Glitch free, fast, fun. This new version has completely ruined that. Monumental lags, terrible responsiveness, just heavy. Sadly have to delete it. Just unplayable. ### 1/5 — Latest version *2018-01-20, version 1.11.4* Sad to rate game one star. Full version was paid for, when needed to update to new version many ads with option to purchase cosmetic changes. Disappointing changes I think. ### 1/5 — Update is bad. *2018-01-11, version 1.11.4* The action is lost in this game where the pins act like sand bags. Or it’s like bowling with a 2 lbs. ball. It was better the old way before the major update. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Thumbs down *2022-03-24, version 1.22.22* Got my new iPhone and now everything is pay for this pay for that. You can’t pick you ball weight or make your own curve for your ball to take. The old version was way better. I’m very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Paid version full of Ads *2021-08-16, version 1.21.1* This paid version used to be a great a game with lots of fun decorated balls and creatively designed alleys. Now all balls and alleys have to be re-earned (bought with virtual earned coins) and you are annoyingly bombarded with ads that you can’t get rid of. Paid games with ad banners permanently on your game screen and sudden full pop up ads that you cannot close out of should not be allowed in a full paid version of any game. DELETED. ### 1/5 — So bad it can’t be believed *2020-09-15, version 1.20.1* Ridiculously bad game. Only one worse is Botond Micro Pool! Don’t play under any circumstances! ### 1/5 — Another Good One has Died! *2020-01-27, version 1.11.4* This new game is a joke. My average was about 170. Now it’s 124. I could get 1-2 strikes in a game. I have not had a strike in the last 9 games. Glad I did not shell out anything for this junk app. ### 1/5 — Avoid this waste *2019-10-28, version 1.11.4* This game is crap. No consistency. I can bowl 22 strikes in a row in practice mode then go to game mode and throw the exact same way and not get more than 1 strike in the game. Go back to practice and throw stoke after strike. This game is a joke. I gave it several hours of playing time with nothing to show. Find a better game and avoid this waste of time. ### 1/5 — The first game and sequel are the exact same software *2019-09-16, version 1.11.4* You guys literally overwrote the first game with the same software as the same game. They are both identical to each other. ### 1/5 — Old Version Far Better *2019-02-21, version 1.11.4* I have an older version of this game on my iPhone 4 that I can still play. Imo the old version blows this one away. I recently upgraded my iPhone 7’s iOS & was disappointed that I was forced to this latest version of this game; will be going back to my old iPhone to play! ### 1/5 — Break Up In The End *2018-11-07, version 1.11.4* This Goes To You Krono’s Action Bowling Company Lets See How You Like it if You Guys Were The Ones That Downloaded and Installed A Unlimited Bracket App and All You Wanted To Play Was In That Bracket App Then All Of The Sudden Your Phone Software Interfered With Your Unlimited Bracket App and That Bowling Game You Are Playing Have Opponents For You To Play Against How Does it Feel UH Cause That is How I Feel How You Guys Just Rip A Bowling Game Right Out Of My Heart Now There Are No Bowling Games That Can Replace Action Bowling Free That Was A Perfect Fit For Me Till This Action Bowling 2 Became A Thing Which is Dumb Thing To Create In The First Place ### 1/5 — Ruined it useless app *2018-06-17, version 1.11.4* This was my favorite game until they changed it a few months ago. I do not play it anymore. I check here once in a while to see if they fixed it. ### 1/5 — What happened *2018-02-19, version 1.11.4* This new version is terrible I had the original action bowling I tried the free version I like it so much that I purchase the payed version I loved it it was great I played and opened up all the different lanes and had most of the different bowling balls in my game. Now that version doesn’t work and the new one doesn’t transfer anything to the new app. I tried contacting the developer But none of the links work and they don’t seem to respond to all the low reviews. I wish they had not disabled the original version I want to play it again. I don’t play the new version at all. I tried it and don’t like the controls for the curves and other changes.The game play Isn’t fun anymore. Give us back the original game or make the new one more like the original and give me back all the extras I earned over the years. Please respond to our concerns. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Classic Game for Original IOS *2026-07-24, version 1.25.1222* Cant go wrong with a classic! ### 5/5 — Good game *2026-01-07, version 1.25.1222* This is a good game, I like it, while it may not be the same game as it was years ago, I still have a good time playing it and it works great on my iPhone 17 Pro Max, highly recommend if you’re looking for a bowing game ### 5/5 — Really fun but why do peoples put one star and the others put five *2023-05-09, version 1.22.23* I really like it but I don’t like the peoples hating it btw it’s super fun I really like playing it ### 5/5 — This is actually fun *2021-07-25, version 1.21.1* I always remembered playing this game when i was like 7 years old and i just couldn't stop playing it, its strange i still play it now, but at least nothing can stop me. (I am 14 now) ### 5/5 — Acionbowling *2021-02-10, version 1.20.1* Can I have a ball that could get me a300 ### 5/5 — Suggestion *2020-03-08, version 1.11.4* I noticed that Trivia was removed but in the next version can you add trivia mode back in the game ### 5/5 — Action Bowling *2019-06-08, version 1.11.4* I rated you 5 stars but I didn't get my first turkey in this game. ### 5/5 — A good Classic *2018-04-20, version 1.11.4* I remember this game years ago. I still play it today and I also like the fact there is a second version in a separate app. Usually I don’t see that a lot but it’s good. One classic and one that is newer ### 5/5 — UP DATE IT PLEASE *2017-01-11, version 1.9.2* I love the game but it is causing my phone to run slow when I have that game open ### 5/5 — Bowlallnight *2016-10-28, version 1.9.2* Would like to have the ability to choose a lane. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*