Blindfold Bowling vs Sonar Islands
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blindfold Bowling
Experience a fully accessible audio bowling game designed for the visually impaired. Play solo, against AI, or with friends, using intuitive flicking gestures to throw the ball and hear the action unfold. Customize your experience with in-app upgrades for unlimited play and enhanced challenges.
- Fully accessible audio gameplay
- Single-player, AI opponents, and side-by-side multiplayer
- Intuitive flicking gesture controls
- Realistic sound effects for ball and pins
- In-app upgrades for customization and unlimited play
- Social media score sharing
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Blindfold Games are entertainment apps provided as a service to the visually impaired community by Objective Ed. Your in-app upgrades pay for the development and support of these games. Bowling is an fully accessible audio game that's similar to the ten pin bowling. In Blindfold Bowling, you can play by yourself, against a variety of computer opponents, or side-by-side with another person. You throw the bowling ball by either flicking with one finger, or aiming with one finger and flicking, or setting the exact angle with your thumb and forefinger, and then flick. The faster you flick, the faster you throw the ball. You hear the ball rolling down the alley, and hitting pins. Like real bowling, you can get a strike, or a spare, or even miss completely with a gutter ball. And you can post your high scores to Facebook or Twitter. Bowling was suggested by several blind gamers who enjoyed Blindfold Pong and Blindfold Spades. The game includes several in-app upgrades, including a starter pack for unlimited play, an ability to customize your ball and the pins to make the game harder, to let you pick and customize your competitors, and side-by-side mode.
Sonar Islands
Embark on an audio-driven multiplayer adventure across 14 unique islands. Build your empire, explore diverse environments from ancient temples to volcanic landscapes, and engage in various challenges. Full game access requires a subscription.
- Multiplayer online gameplay
- Audio-driven events
- Empire building
- Island exploration and development
- Diverse island themes
- Tutorial and story modes
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Sonar Islands is a MULTIPLAYER ONLINE game, where all relevant events happen in your ears. Build up your empire, explore and develop 14 different islands with this award winning GAME OF THE DAY 2021. Visit an ancient TEMPLE, the ancestors built, where snakes are biting. Take a trip to the JUNGLE, watch abandoned lions on your way Have a merry-go-round on the FUN FAIR and shoot all toys Feel the terraforming heat of the VOLCANO island Short-circuit their brain of the robots from Feer in the MACHINE HALL Get lost in the labyrinth of the PING Island Deal with wind and mosquitos high up on the TREETOP Face the invisible power o ELECTRO. Dance on a ViNYL Record and collect treasures hold by little creatures, Fear the zombies on the GRAVEYARD, Skate on a WINTER LAKE, Visit the monks in their MONASTERY, climb up to HIMALAYA Or decide between HEAVEN or HELL Happy vacation on the islands! Sonar Islands comes with a tutorial, a training island and a story island. To get full access to the game, Sonar Islands offers a monthly and a yearly subscription. When you purchase a subscription, payments will be charged to your App Store account at the confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. For more information, see our Terms of Use (https://www.mentalhome.eu/terms-of-use/) and our Privacy Policy (https://www.mentalhome.eu/privacy-policy/).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Blindfold Bowling at free with in-app purchases against Sonar Islands's subscription. Blindfold Bowling also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.5). Sonar Islands's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 38%) and ratings volume (83 vs 20). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Blindfold Bowling sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Sonar Islands sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for Blindfold Bowling against 3.5 for Sonar Islands. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 83 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Blindfold Bowling's written reviews are positive against 60% of Sonar Islands's.
Blindfold Bowling ships an update monthly, Sonar Islands every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blindfold Bowling | Sonar Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) — better | 3.5 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 60.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 288 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | marty schultz | Hansjoerg Mikesch |
Customer experience
Blindfold Bowling
Sonar Islands
Bugs and requests
Blindfold Bowling
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sonar Islands
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Compass and navigation issues with iOS 16
- Incorrect Morse code in tutorial
- Inconsistent audio cues
Requested features
5 requests- Additional free islands to explore
- Option to purchase game outright instead of subscription
- More varied event types and challenges
- Ability to customize islands
- Support for multiple languages
In-app purchases
Blindfold Bowling
- 20 Coins$0.99
- Unlock 2 Player Mode$3.99
- 250 Coins$5.99
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- Unlimited Coins$6.99
Sonar Islands
- Full Access - monthly$2.991 Month
- Full Access - yearly$29.491 Year
- 100 Diamonds$0.99
- 500 Diamonds$3.99
- 1000 Diamonds$5.99
Questions
Is Blindfold Bowling free?
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