Comparison

Stratosphere 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

Stratosphere

Features
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Use your phone like a table tennis racket. Roll, throw, bounce and catch a ball to guide it through 36 increasingly difficult tracks, without falling down or exploding.

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

Stratosphere4 screens
Survival Bowling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stratosphere at none against Survival Bowling's 1. Stratosphere also leads on ads (none vs shown). Survival Bowling's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 38 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Survival Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stratosphere asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stratosphere ships an update every 38 months, Survival Bowling every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stratosphere versus Survival Bowling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStratosphereSurvival Bowling
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (46 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—46 — better
Update frequencyEvery 38 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB152 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperEweguo ABGiant Wave Games LLC

In-app purchases

None

Stratosphere

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Survival Bowling

One-time1
  • Remove Ads and More$0.99

Questions

Is Stratosphere free?
Stratosphere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Survival Bowling free?
Survival Bowling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stratosphere or Survival Bowling have ads?
Survival Bowling shows ads; Stratosphere does not.
Which is updated more often, Stratosphere or Survival Bowling?
Stratosphere ships an update every 38 months, and Survival Bowling every 5 months. Most recently, Stratosphere was updated on October 7, 2026 and Survival Bowling on October 24, 2026.

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