Comparison

Survival Bowling vs PopStealth

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

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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.

About

PopStealth

Navigate through challenging levels as a cute stealth character, avoiding enemies and utilizing various in-game mechanics. Compete globally for the fastest clear times and unlock new characters. More content is planned for future updates.

Highlights
  • Stealth action gameplay
  • Over 50 stages
  • Warp zones and destruction blocks
  • Over 30 unlockable characters
  • Global clear time rankings
  • Short, fast-paced levels
Features
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Introducing a stealth action game that anyone can easily play and enjoy! ! Control a pop and cute stealth character and aim for the goal without being detected by the enemy! -- More than 50 stages appeared Make full use of various gimmicks such as warp zones and destruction blocks, Can you use stealth to reach the goal without being spotted by the patrolling enemies? ? Each stage can be completed in a short time, so you can play fast! Plus! Plus! ! More stages to be added in future updates We are also planning to add gimmicks, so we will deliver more challenging stages! -- Control over 30 types of stealth characters -- There are many variations, from simple guys to guys with lots of gadgets (just looks, can't use gadgets!?) Different characters participate in the ability! ! Operable characters will be added in future updates! ! Please wait for the new participants in Stealth~! -- Equipped with a ranking function that competes for the clear time of each stage -- See who can complete the stage fastest! ? Equipped with a ranking function that allows you to compete with users from all over the world You could be the one to steal 1/10000th of a second and become the number 1 in the world! ! Introducing the first stealth action game from EnterBase! ! Control popular and cute characters and enjoy stealth action! -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- EnterBase plans to continue producing games of various genres in the future. Everyone's warm words will be the vitality to create fun games, so I would be happy if you could give me your opinion by reviewing this application, X (old Twitter), email, etc. Thank you for your continued support of EnterBase.

Screenshots

Survival Bowling4 screens
PopStealth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Survival Bowling at 4.6 against PopStealth's 1.0. Survival Bowling also leads on ratings volume (46 vs 1). PopStealth's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, 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. PopStealth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Survival Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Survival Bowling has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Survival Bowling versus PopStealth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvival BowlingPopStealth
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (46 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB201 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiant Wave Games LLCShun Nishida

Customer experience

Survival Bowling

All ratings36 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

PopStealth

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Survival Bowling

One-time1
  • Remove Ads and More$0.99
None

PopStealth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Survival Bowling free?
Survival Bowling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PopStealth free?
PopStealth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Survival Bowling or PopStealth?
Survival Bowling is rated higher. Survival Bowling averages 4.6 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while PopStealth averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Survival Bowling or PopStealth have ads?
Both Survival Bowling and PopStealth show ads.
Which is updated more often, Survival Bowling or PopStealth?
Survival Bowling ships an update every 5 months, and PopStealth fortnightly. Most recently, Survival Bowling was updated on October 24, 2026 and PopStealth on October 7, 2026.

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