Comparison

Bowling Pool vs ArcadeOS

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

Head to head
About

Bowling Pool

Engage in addictive arcade fun by using a bowling ball to knock down pin balls across over 100 levels. Be careful to avoid the holes to succeed in this engaging game.

Highlights
  • Over 100 levels
  • Bowling ball gameplay
  • Avoid holes mechanic
  • Addictive arcade fun
Features
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Lots of pin balls, using bowling ball to hit them. Remember to avoid holes! More than 100+ Levels! Addictive arcade fun!

About

ArcadeOS

Experience a full arcade with 65 original retro-style games on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Enjoy diverse genres from racing to RPGs, all playable offline with instant resume and authentic chip audio. New games are added seasonally.

Highlights
  • 65 original retro-style games
  • Playable on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
  • Offline play with no internet required
  • Instant resume for all games
  • Authentic chip audio
  • New games added seasonally
  • No accounts, ads, or tracking
Features
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Welcome to ArcadeOS — a whole arcade in your pocket, and now on your wrist. 65 hand-picked original games, each one its own cartridge: kart racers, ninja action, gothic pinball, paper-craft RPGs, sky shooters, momentum platformers, run-and-gun, belt brawlers, puzzle boxes, rhythm, and full 3D adventures. Every game is an original creation in the spirit of the golden age of consoles — drawn in code, scored with real chip audio, and built to be picked up in seconds. CHERRY EDITION 23 new games join the shelf, every one rated five stars by our testers before it shipped — look for the cherry on the cartridge. Highlights: Reefjack's lantern-tide run-and-gun, Thornhollow's gorge platforming, Quiet Falls' suburban-oddball RPG, Emberline's three-winter family saga, Cascabel's commedia brawler, Ironvane's vertical shooter, and Crestline GP's speedboat regatta. APPLE WATCH ArcadeOS now ships with an Apple Watch app. Three games are built for the wrist and the Digital Crown: Redline Ridge (crown hops lanes, hold to burn), Sunstrip (crown steers, tap to shift) and Ironvane (crown flies, hold to charge, tap to call your wingman). Runs on its own — no iPhone needed nearby. FEATURES 65 games — every one with its own hand-crafted cartridge art New home screen: your games as icons, with folders you make yourself Gold-star collection: beat a game, earn its golden seal. Collect them all Authentic chip sound in every game — square waves, the real thing Instant resume — every game remembers exactly where you left off No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No internet required. Just games New games ship in seasonal fruit editions — Cherry is the first ArcadeOS games are living software: they grow new levels, mechanics, and polish over time. Your shelf gets better while you sleep. Powered by RetroApps.

Screenshots

Bowling Pool4 screens
ArcadeOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ArcadeOS at every 3 weeks against Bowling Pool's every 2 months. Bowling Pool's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bowling Pool ships an update every 2 months, ArcadeOS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bowling Pool versus ArcadeOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowling PoolArcadeOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer泽鹏 韦RetroApps LLC

Customer experience

Bowling Pool

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ArcadeOS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bowling Pool

No in-app purchases

None

ArcadeOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bowling Pool free?
Bowling Pool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ArcadeOS free?
ArcadeOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bowling Pool or ArcadeOS have ads?
Neither Bowling Pool nor ArcadeOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bowling Pool or ArcadeOS?
Bowling Pool ships an update every 2 months, and ArcadeOS every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bowling Pool was updated on October 10, 2026 and ArcadeOS on October 3, 2026.

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