Bowling Over It vs Alone @ Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bowling Over It
A challenging platforming game where you throw a bowling ball to climb to the top of the world. Aim to hit the most pins in the shortest time possible while uncovering a hidden story. Experience gravity changes and unlock special items.
- Climb to the top of the world
- Hit the most pins
- Uncover a hidden story
- Experience gravity changes
- Unlock the gold ball
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Bowling Over It is an unsettling platforming game about climbing to the top of the world, hitting the most pins as possible, in the shorter time you can, throwing a bowling ball. Inspirated in the works Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy and Golfing Over It with Alva Majo. • Hit all the pins and listen to the hidden story. • Take a dip in the sea. • Delight yourself with classical music. • Unlock the gold ball. • Experience the changes of gravity.
Alone @ Home
Defend your home from intruders using various traps and weapons. Outsmart thieves and ensure they have a terrible experience. Utilize the ingredients available to set up your defenses.
- Ingredient-based trap setting
- Weapon usage
- Thief deterrence gameplay
- Home defense strategy
- Multiple defense sections
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Use the ingredients found in each section. Set traps or use your weapons. The thieves will have their worst days ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Alone @ Home at Free against Bowling Over It's $2.99. Alone @ Home also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (67% vs 33%). Bowling Over It's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Alone @ Home is free to download; Bowling Over It costs $2.99 up front. Alone @ Home sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Bowling Over It asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alone @ Home holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alone @ Home has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Bowling Over It's written reviews are positive against 67% of Alone @ Home's.
Bowling Over It ships an update every 33 months, Alone @ Home every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Bowling Over It | Alone @ Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.4 (53 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eduardo Nunez Matas | omer cetin |
Customer experience
Bowling Over It
Alone @ Home
In-app purchases
Bowling Over It
No in-app purchases
Alone @ Home
- Coin Buy 1000x$1.99
- Coin Buy 2500x$2.99
- No Ads Buy$3.99
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- Coin Buy 5000x$4.99
- Beginner Bundle Buy$9.99
- Master Bundle Buy$19.99
- Coin Buy 10000x$19.99
- Coin Buy 25000x$29.99
Questions
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