Comparison

PinPal vs Bowling Calculator

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

Head to head
About

PinPal

Track your bowling scores and analyze detailed statistics to improve your game. This app supports leagues, tournaments, and open play, offering insights into your spare pickups and common misses.

Highlights
  • League, tournament, and open bowling score tracking
  • Detailed statistical analysis
  • Spare pickup and leave analysis
  • Multiple score entry methods
  • Average calculation
Features
Read full description

PinPal is a bowling scorekeeping application designed to provide bowlers with detailed statistics to help improve their average. PinPal keeps track of both leagues, tournaments, and open bowling, allowing bowlers to view their average and other statistics in many different ways. PinPal puts tons of useful stats right at your fingertips. Ever wondered what your average would be if you picked up all your single pin spares? Ever wondered what spares you leave the most, and how often you are able to pick it up? Well now you can find out! Scores can be entered either by selecting all the pins you knocked down or entering the scores you get for each ball. Also, if you don't want to take the time to enter each frame, you can just enter the final score for the game. Make sure to check out PinPal Lite if you want to try it out before buying! Any questions, comments, concerns, complaints, compliments, suggestions, or feedback of any other sort can be directed at PinPalApp@gmail.com, or to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PinPalBowling.

About

Bowling Calculator

Easily score your bowling games with this straightforward application. Quickly enter scores frame by frame and see your total calculated instantly. Save and reload your games for later review.

Highlights
  • Easy score entry
  • On-the-fly total calculation
  • Save and load games
  • Simple interface
  • Supports iPhone and iPod
Features
Read full description

Bowling Calculator is a simple and easy-to-use application that allows easy scoring of your bowling games. Bowling Calculator's simplistic interface allows for quick entry of your scores. Simply tap a frame, and select the score in the pop-up. Your total score is calculated on-the-fly with each entry. The app also has support for saving games. For each game you wish to save, simply tap the "Save" button at the bottom of the screen, and enter a desired name. Saved games can be re-loaded at any time by tapping the "Load" button.

Screenshots

PinPal4 screens
Bowling Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bowling Calculator at Free against PinPal's $8.99. Bowling Calculator also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). PinPal's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (92% vs 50%). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bowling Calculator is free to download; PinPal costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PinPal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PinPal has 5.1K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of PinPal's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bowling Calculator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, Bowling Calculator every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
PinPal versus Bowling Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinPalBowling Calculator
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (5.1K ratings) — better3.6 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5.1K — better45
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 53 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff StuartCollin Mistr

Customer experience

PinPal

All ratings5,070 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews134 reviews
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative3.7%

Bowling Calculator

All ratings43 ratings
Positive60.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative30.2%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative35.0%

Bugs and requests

PinPal

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Games not generating correctly
  • Incorrect strike/spare tracking

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add Apple Watch support
  • Ability to track lane information
  • Option to record ball speed
  • Handicap calculation and tracking
  • Landscape mode support
Show 3 more
  • Multi-user support
  • Ability to print stats
  • No-tap and 9-pin no-tap options

Bowling Calculator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PinPal

No in-app purchases

None

Bowling Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PinPal free?
PinPal costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bowling Calculator free?
Bowling Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PinPal or Bowling Calculator?
PinPal is rated higher. PinPal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while Bowling Calculator averages 3.6 from 45 ratings.
Do PinPal or Bowling Calculator have ads?
Neither PinPal nor Bowling Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PinPal or Bowling Calculator?
PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, and Bowling Calculator every 53 months. Most recently, PinPal was updated on November 10, 2026 and Bowling Calculator on November 6, 2026.

Other comparisons