Comparison

Golf Peaks vs Illusion Bowling

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

Head to head
About

Golf Peaks

A relaxing puzzle game where you play golf to climb mountains. Use cards to guide your ball through over 120 handcrafted levels, navigating various hazards. No prior golf knowledge is needed to enjoy this unique challenge.

Highlights
  • Card-based golf puzzles
  • Over 120 handcrafted levels
  • Textless tutorial
  • Golf-inspired hazards
  • Bonus short courses
Features
Currently charting
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Golf Peaks is a chill puzzle game about climbing misty mountains by playing golf. Choose cards to move the ball around, avoid hazards or use them to your advantage, solve over 120 handcrafted levels and become the master of Golf Peaks! UNIQUE GOLF PUZZLES You start each stage with a selection of cards (strokes) - pick the right one, choose a direction and launch your ball towards the hole! ZERO UNDERSTANDING OF GOLF REQUIRED Golf Peaks offers a fun experience even if you don’t know your eagles from bogeys - the game’s textless tutorial introduces everything you need at a relaxed pace. 120+ HOLES TO CONQUER Each location offers a half-course with 9 holes to solve, along with a bonus short course (3 holes) for players seeking an additional challenge! BUNKERS, PITS & MORE Over the course of the game you’ll encounter familiar golf-inspired mechanics like fairways, sand traps and water... as well as some more exotic hazards!

About

Illusion Bowling

Navigate a world of optical illusions to hit bowling pins. Manipulate perspective to create virtual pathways, bridges, and walls. Solve 66 unique levels by cleverly shifting your viewpoint.

Highlights
  • Optical illusion gameplay
  • Perspective manipulation
  • Physics-based puzzles
  • 66 challenging levels
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Illusion Bowling is all about rolling balls through a world of optical illusion. You have to hit a bowling pin with a ball but it is impossible in the normal world. Only by using new pathways that get created by optical illusions it becomes possible. Your tool for creating the optical illusion pathways is merely changing the view perspective. If two distant platforms look from a certain view angle as if they touch each other then the ball can roll over from one platform to the other, like over a virtual bridge. This way you can create virtual bridges, virtual walls or shift the ball sideways by scratching one platform over another. • 66 levels • No advertisements • No In-App Purchases. All content is unlocked.

Screenshots

Golf Peaks4 screens
Illusion Bowling4 screens

Verdict

The call

Golf Peaks and Illusion Bowling both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of Golf Peaks's written reviews are positive against 58% of Illusion Bowling's. Golf Peaks also leads on price ($2.99 vs $3.99). Illusion Bowling's advantage is chart position (#8 vs #70). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Golf Peaks costs $2.99 and Illusion Bowling $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Golf Peaks against 4.7 for Illusion Bowling. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 562 and 243 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Golf Peaks's written reviews are positive against 58% of Illusion Bowling's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Golf Peaks versus Illusion Bowling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolf PeaksIllusion Bowling
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (562 ratings) — better4.7 (243 ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings562 — better243
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#70#8 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAfterburn Lukasz SpierewkaDaniel Koenig-Meier

Customer experience

Golf Peaks

All ratings562 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative7.5%

Illusion Bowling

All ratings114 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative37.5%

Bugs and requests

Golf Peaks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Jump pads not working as expected on certain levels
  • Missing flag pole to finish on some levels
  • Syncing issues between devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • More levels and worlds
  • Difficulty options or level packs
  • Level editor or user-generated content
  • Scoring system or par system
  • Icloud/cloud sync support
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  • Ability to go back a step automatically

Illusion Bowling

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Golf Peaks

No in-app purchases

None

Illusion Bowling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf Peaks free?
Golf Peaks costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Illusion Bowling free?
Illusion Bowling costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Golf Peaks or Illusion Bowling?
Golf Peaks is rated higher. Golf Peaks averages 4.7 out of 5 from 562 ratings, while Illusion Bowling averages 4.7 from 243 ratings.
Do Golf Peaks or Illusion Bowling have ads?
Neither Golf Peaks nor Illusion Bowling shows ads.
Which is more popular, Golf Peaks or Illusion Bowling?
Golf Peaks currently peaks at #70 in the App Store charts, and Illusion Bowling at #8. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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