Pocket Bowling vs Bowling Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Bowling
Experience arcade-style bowling with intuitive swipe controls. Clear pins, collect stars for new balls, and unlock unique board skins through challenges. Compete globally on the leaderboard and master the game.
- Swipe and throw ball mechanics
- Pin clearing gameplay
- Collect stars for new balls
- Unlockable board skins
- Global leaderboard competition
- Endless gameplay
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◉◉◉ The ultimate arcade bowling game! ◉◉◉ Swipe'n'throw the ball to clear out the board from every pin! How many can you do in a row? Collect stars to unlock new balls. Take challenges to unlock new board skins. Improve your skills and become the master of the board. Beat the world leaderboard to become the Bowling star! Easy to learn, hard to master! ◉ Free to play ◉ Endless gameplay ◉ Simple yet tricky ball control ◉ Challenge your friends with the best score
Bowling Pro
Experience realistic bowling with authentic physics and a vast collection of balls and pins. Compete solo on leaderboards or challenge friends in local multiplayer across unique, themed alleys. Enjoy quick games or full matches with customizable frame options.
- Realistic 3D bowling physics
- Collect over 43 balls and pins
- Unlock epic themed alleys
- Pass & Play local multiplayer
- Game Center leaderboards
- 5 or 10 frame games
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Real bowling. Real physics. Real strikes. 43+ balls and pins to collect, epic themed alleys to unlock, Pass & Play with friends — skip the tutorial and roll in seconds. COLLECT OVER 43 BALLS & PINS Unlock bowling balls with unique looks and characteristics. Pair them with pins — from polished hardwood classic to wild novelty styles. More combinations than you'll unlock in a week. PLAY SOLO OR PASS THE PHONE Challenge up to 3 friends in Pass & Play without needing a second device. Or keep the lane to yourself — Game Center leaderboards track every frame either way. EPIC THEMED ALLEYS Laser black light lanes. A Halloween pirate cave. A candy alley. And more. Your lane, your setup. 5 OR 10 FRAMES Quick game or a full match. Unlock the 3-frame mode as you progress. Rated 4.4 stars by bowlers worldwide. Download Bowling Pro and roll your first strike today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pocket Bowling at none against Bowling Pro's shown. Pocket Bowling also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Bowling Pro's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 131). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Pocket Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bowling Pro sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Pocket Bowling against 4.4 for Bowling Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bowling Pro has 1.1K ratings behind it against 131, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Pocket Bowling's written reviews are positive against 75% of Bowling Pro's.
| Parameter | Pocket Bowling | Bowling Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (131 ratings) — better | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 131 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Ketchapp | Renown Entertainment |
Customer experience
Pocket Bowling
Bowling Pro
Bugs and requests
Pocket Bowling
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bowling Pro
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashes after logo screen
- Inconsistent physics, hard to control ball direction
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- Spare practice mode
- Camera behind the lane option
- Fix scoring issues
- Reduce cost of balls and lanes
In-app purchases
Pocket Bowling
- Remove Ads$2.99
Bowling Pro
- Novice Gold Pack$1.99
- 4X Gold$1.99
- Intermediate Gold Pack$3.99
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- 2X Gold$3.99
- Advanced Gold Pack$9.99
- Upgrade$9.99
- Pro Gold Pack$19.99
- Champion Gold Pack$49.99
- Master Key$59.99
Questions
Is Pocket Bowling free?
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