Comparison

Falling Bowling vs Survival Bowling

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Falling Bowling

Navigate challenging bowling alleys filled with traps and obstacles. Collect coins to unlock new balls and characters, and compete with friends. Experience unique gameplay with randomized levels and power-ups.

Highlights
  • Unique game mechanics
  • Unlockable characters
  • Randomized levels
  • Game Center support
  • Social network integration
  • Power-up support
Features
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You were walking when your friend called and said, "Let's Go, Bowling!" But this isn't your average match of bowling. It's a Falling Bowling contest in which you must avoid traps and obstacles to reach the deepest point in the round. Collect coins, unlock more special balls, beat your friends' results, and much more. Download Falling Bowling right now!Top Features:1- Unique Game Mechanics.2- Unlockable new and different characters.3- Randomized scenes.4- Support Game Center.5- Social Network Support. Top Features: 1- Unique Game Mechanics. 2- Unlockable new and different characters. 3- Randomized Levels. 4- Support Game Center. 5- Social Network Support.6- Support Power-Ups.

About

Survival Bowling

Defeat waves of animated bowling pins by playing ten-pin bowling. Pins will try to steal your balls, so bowl them over as they retreat. Progress through increasingly difficult waves, earning reward balls for good performance, and use continues to avoid game over.

Highlights
  • Bowling pin horde survival gameplay
  • Defeat pins to retrieve stolen balls
  • Wave-based progression with increasing difficulty
  • Earn reward balls for strikes and spares
  • Use continues to extend gameplay
  • Optional 'Peaceful Pins' mode
Features
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Welcome to the definitive mashup of bowling and horde survival. In Survival Bowling, you use a limited supply of bowling balls to defeat waves of bowling pins. In each wave you will complete a typical game of ten-pin bowling. Typical, that is, except for the fact that the pins are coming to snatch up all your balls! The pins are alive. They have arms, legs, and cruel intentions. They will advance down the lane towards your stash of bowling balls. If they make it all the way, they will steal a bunch and try to carry them back to the pit. But if you act fast, you can bowl them over as they retreat and get the balls back! The game progresses as a series of waves with increasing difficulty. As you advance you will have more lanes to manage, the pins will get quicker, and they may start surprising you with some dirty tricks! At the end of each wave, you will receive reward balls for each spare, strike, and turkey you achieved. You will need to do well to earn enough balls to make it through the next wave. If you run out of balls, you will see the Game Over screen. You may use up to 3 continues to keep going, after which the game is truly over. The game is free and by default, Ad supported. You may purchase UNLOCK under the STORE section of the Menu screen. This product provides three immediate benefits: 1) All advertising is removed, 2) more balls are provided at start, on continue, and at wave end, and 3) “Peaceful Pins” becomes available. Peaceful Pins appears as an option in SETTINGS of the Menu screen. When enabled, the pins will permanently remain at the end of the lane - sort of like regular bowling! Survival Bowling is a great deal like regular bowling but has key differences: * You must remove ALL the pins from the lane, even if it takes more than 1 or 2 balls. * You can throw as many balls as you like at a given set of pins, but only the first two that hit will be used for scoring. * You are not penalized if a ball goes into a gutter or otherwise completely misses pins. The ball is wasted but scoring is unaffected. * Pins will escape if they are able to return to their starting position after reaching the foul line. This is indicated as a miss on the scoreboard.

Screenshots

Falling Bowling3 screens
Survival Bowling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Survival Bowling at every 5 months against Falling Bowling's every 25 months. Survival Bowling also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (46 vs 5). Falling Bowling's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 67%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Falling Bowling sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Survival Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Survival Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Survival Bowling has 46 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Falling Bowling's written reviews are positive against 67% of Survival Bowling's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Falling Bowling ships an update every 25 months, Survival Bowling every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Falling Bowling versus Survival Bowling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFalling BowlingSurvival Bowling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)4.6 (46 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings546 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB152 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSpace Crescent LLCGiant Wave Games LLC

Customer experience

Falling Bowling

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Survival Bowling

All ratings36 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Falling Bowling

One-time4
  • Coins Pack 1$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Coins Pack 2$1.99
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  • Coins Pack 3$2.99
1 purchases

Survival Bowling

One-time1
  • Remove Ads and More$0.99

Questions

Is Falling Bowling free?
Falling Bowling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Survival Bowling free?
Survival Bowling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Falling Bowling or Survival Bowling?
Survival Bowling is rated higher. Falling Bowling averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Survival Bowling averages 4.6 from 46 ratings.
Do Falling Bowling or Survival Bowling have ads?
Both Falling Bowling and Survival Bowling show ads.
Which is updated more often, Falling Bowling or Survival Bowling?
Falling Bowling ships an update every 25 months, and Survival Bowling every 5 months. Most recently, Falling Bowling was updated on October 24, 2026 and Survival Bowling on October 24, 2026.

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