Best Bowling vs Bowldyna Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Best Bowling
Track your bowling scores and analyze your performance with detailed statistics and graphs. Easily input scores during games, manage multiple bowlers, and review your progress over time. Save and share your score sheets.
- Detailed score input for each frame
- Performance trend and distribution graphs
- Pin state and remaining pattern statistics
- Event list with search and filtering
- Multiple bowler management
- Save and share score sheets
- Input history for quick entry
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Various statistics! Easy input while bowling. Analyze it at any time! [Data Type] - Date-time for event - Event name (Practice, League, etc.) - Place - Notes - Handicap - Tag (for grouping and marking) - The score and state of the pins for each frame - Bowling ball, spare ball - Position and Spot [Statistics] - Performance Trend Graph - Performance Distribution Graph - Percentage for each pins' down states, statistics of remaining pin patterns - Performance Summary (Total games, High Game, 200up, Split Convert etc...) [Features] - Event list sorted by date - Search and filtering - Input history (No need to type every time.) - Save and share score sheet image - Multiple Bowler Management - iCloud supported - Supports new score calculation method "current frame scoring" [Point to be noted] - If your data is stored in iCloud, you can continue using the data from the LT version as is. If your data is stored on the device, please copy the data using the Files app. - Emoticons cannot be used
Bowldyna Studio
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Bowling, from feel to physics. Bowldyna Studio measures your throws from video and puts those numbers straight into a physics simulation — what actually happened, and what would happen if you changed something. Record a throw and the app measures ball speed, rev rate, axis rotation and the path down the lane. Once enough throws are in, it estimates the oil on that lane and proposes, for each throw, where to stand and where to aim. "Why did that miss the pocket?" "Why does the same line hook differently from one game to the next?" "How much does rev rate — or the oil pattern — really change the path?" Bowldyna Studio turns differences you can only feel into a path, a number, and a mechanism you can look at. THROW ANALYSIS - Analyze a recorded video, or run the camera live - Automatic ball speed, rev rate, axis rotation, axis tilt, release board and launch angle - Breakpoint, pocket position, entry angle, pins contacted and pins fallen - Calibration is four points traced onto the lane edges - A clean lane picture is built automatically, with people and the ball averaged out, so the points land on the lane edge - Within a session, the next recording starts from the four points you already set - One visit is one session: throws accumulate instead of scattering - Export the analysis as CSV - Everything runs on the device. No video is uploaded anywhere LANE OIL ESTIMATE (Pro) - Works out where the oil was depleted and where it was carried down, from your own throws - Heatmap of the estimated oil change - The gap between simulation and measurement, before and after the estimated oil is applied, in boards - The confidence of the estimate, and how much of the lane it accounted for - After an estimate, every throw gets a strike course drawn over its measured path — changing only where you stand and where you aim - Hand the measured lane straight to the simulator SIMULATION - Ball speed, rev rate and rotation direction - Release board, launch angle, axis rotation and axis tilt - House ball / my ball - Ball library for keeping several balls - Coverstock, surface, RG, differential, core, PAP and layout - House, flat, short, long and custom lanes - Lane library for custom lanes - Oil pattern visualization - Breakdown and carrydown, overlaid - Continuous skid, hook and roll - Ball path, pocket position and entry angle - Ball-to-pin and pin-to-pin collisions - Full lane view and pin deck view - 3D View (Beta) for pin action - Strike / spare route search (Beta) - Edit standing pins and target pins - Save and load throw conditions and profiles - 12 languages FREE Throw analysis from recorded video and from the camera, the core throw settings, path simulation, the house and flat lane presets, and the result readouts. Strike / spare route search (Beta) is free for now as well. BOWLDYNA PRO A single in-app purchase permanently unlocks the lane oil estimate, detailed ball specifications, PAP and layout, custom lanes, breakdown and carrydown, pin physics, 3D View (Beta) and the other advanced controls. There is no subscription. The current version shows no ads. RECORDING TIPS Put the phone on a tripod or something else that will not move, and frame the whole lane from the foul line to the pins. 60 fps is recommended; 30 fps costs rotation accuracy. A ball with visible patterns or logos measures far better than a plain dark one. PLEASE NOTE Bowldyna Studio does not guarantee any particular result or any improvement in your score. Measurements and estimates alike carry error from the lane surface, from oil that keeps changing, from the condition of the ball, from your release, and from how the video was shot. The confidence shown by the strike / spare route search describes how stable a line is inside the current simulation model. It is not a promise that the line will strike on a real lane. Treat what this app measures and simulates as a way to study your throws and understand the physics of bowling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bowldyna Studio at Free against Best Bowling's $4.99. Bowldyna Studio also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Best Bowling's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#109 vs unranked). On ads 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
Bowldyna Studio is free to download; Best Bowling costs $4.99 up front. Bowldyna Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Best Bowling asks for nothing beyond the download.
Best Bowling ships an update every 4 months, Bowldyna Studio daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Bowling | Bowldyna Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (140 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 140 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #109 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuhiko Koyama | chotaro yamamoto |
Bugs and requests
Best Bowling
Reported bugs
35 issues- Syncing issues (iPhone/iPad)
- Score calculation errors
- Ball management screen image disappearing/names changing
- Score input screen not adding points correctly
- App freezes on sync screen
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- Data disappears
- Scores not reflecting after bowling
- Database errors/inconsistencies
- App crashes frequently
- iCloud sync errors
- App freezes after loading
- Scores not adding up correctly in 10th frame
- Cannot enter 10th frame bonus shots
- App not recognizing spares on 10th frame bonus shot
- Cannot delete bowlers
- Cannot delete events/threads
- App not working after iOS updates
- Purchased version asking to pay again
- Cannot add new balls (plus button disabled)
- Database doesn't exist error
- App freezes on 'synching' screen
- Date display sort order not working
- Data not visible after iOS 15.4 update
- Multi-bowler events showing only one score
- Score calculation errors after many games
- Cannot input 3rd throw in 10th frame
- Current score calculation mode cannot be switched
- Screen turns black and requires reinstallation
- Cannot search for anything
- Cannot migrate free version data
- Cannot input games, pin graphics missing
- Database does not exist or is inconsistent
- Cannot enter 10th frame pins
- 10th frame pin display missing for strike on first ball
- Inaccurate pin fall probability calculation
Requested features
27 requests- Add pin numbers to score input screen
- Display fallen pins on 2nd throw
- Show in-game high score
- Automatic series count for more than 3 games
- Apple Watch score input
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- Landscape mode for iPad
- Add cover rate and split make rate to analysis
- Allow date range selection for statistics
- Guidance on migrating data from LT to paid version
- Option to turn off EMA feature
- Add no-tap scoring support
- Option to record hitting/missing marks and direction
- Dark mode
- Max possible score display
- Cumulative running average
- Graphing of cover rate
- Display number of games per ball
- Prevent phone from sleeping
- Regular X for strikes
- Add split entry for 10th frame
- Support for more than 12 games per event
- Option to fix label OFF for frame score display
- Add tournament tab
- Track average scores on certain lanes/houses
- Stats per ball
- No-tap strike scoring
- Max score in game display
Bowldyna Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Best Bowling
No in-app purchases
Bowldyna Studio
- Bowldyna Pro$4.99









