Pocket Bowling vs Bowling Hero
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 Hero
Compete with friends locally or globally in a bowling game. Choose from six heroes and aim for strikes to knock down as many pins as possible. Test your skills and see how many strikes you can achieve.
- Local and global multiplayer
- Choose from six heroes
- Aim for strikes
- Pin-shooting gameplay
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Compete with your friends on the same device or with other players from all over the world. Choose a hero from the six available. Throw the ball and shoot down as many pins as possible! How many strikes will you hit?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Bowling at 4.5 against Bowling Hero's 3.3. Pocket Bowling also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (131 vs 3). Bowling Hero's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price and device support 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. Bowling Hero asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Bowling has 131 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Pocket Bowling | Bowling Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (131 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 131 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ketchapp | Code This Lab srl |
Customer experience
Pocket Bowling
Bowling Hero
In-app purchases
Pocket Bowling
- Remove Ads$2.99
Bowling Hero
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pocket Bowling free?
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