Five Hoops vs Bowling Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Hoops
Compete in exciting basketball challenges against players worldwide. Unlock new environments, costumes, and balls as you climb the global leaderboard. Experience endless fun with simple swipe controls.
- Global multiplayer competition
- Unlockable locations
- Customizable costumes
- Unlockable balls
- Global leaderboard
- Swipe controls
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Shoot hoops and race millions of other players all around the globe. Unlock exciting new locations, unique costumes and cool balls! Endless fun is only a swipe away. Compete against the world and climb the leaderboard to become #1.
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 in-app purchases: Bowling Hero at none against Five Hoops's 2. Bowling Hero also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Five Hoops's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (119K vs 2). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Five Hoops sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bowling Hero asks for nothing beyond the download.
Five Hoops holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Five Hoops has 119K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Five Hoops ships an update fortnightly, Bowling Hero every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Hoops | Bowling Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (119K ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 119K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Code This Lab srl |
Customer experience
Five Hoops
Bowling Hero
Bugs and requests
Five Hoops
Reported bugs
3 issues- Rewards not always received after watching ads
- Freezing issues when transitioning between levels
- Inconsistent ball physics and bouncing behavior
Requested features
4 requests- Add chat feature to interact with other players
- Increase difficulty as player progresses
- Introduce real-time multiplayer mode
- More customization options for characters and balls
Bowling Hero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Five Hoops
- Remove Ads2 variants$2.99
Bowling Hero
No in-app purchases
Questions
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