Comparison

PinPal vs Tenpin Toolkit

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
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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

Tenpin Toolkit

This app provides essential tools for ten-pin bowlers and coaches to improve their game. Features include shot planning, ball speed and rotation analysis, pattern visualization, and a comprehensive ball library. It also offers a score calculator and observation trainer to enhance accuracy and consistency.

Highlights
  • Angles & Targeting visualization
  • Axis Tilt & Rotation analysis
  • Bowling Ball Speed & RPM calculation
  • Observation Trainer
  • Pattern Library
  • Bowling Ball Arsenal management
  • Score Calculator
Features
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Essential tools for ten pin bowlers and coaches including: 1. Angles & Targeting 2. Axis Tilt & Rotation 3. Bowling Ball Speed & RPM 4. Observation Trainer 5. Pattern Library 6. Bowling Ball Arsenal 7. Notes 8. Score Calculator 9. Spare Names --- 1. Angles & Targeting Plan & visualize a shot from the start of your approach to your target, helping you become more accurate and consistent.⁠ Add overlays, such as entry angle, focal point, distance markers, and save favorite shots. Video mode can apply all the above to previously recorded videos, or use camera more when practicing, with up to 30sec delay, for continuous action replay of every shot. --- 2. Axis Tilt & Rotation Take a photo or video of your bowling ball with a PAP (Positive Axis Point) marker and position it in the guide for your approximate axis tilt and rotation. Great for working on control & consistency.⁠ --- 3. Bowling Ball Speed & RPM In simple mode use the start/stop button to calculate bowling ball speed in real time. Advanced mode can load in a video for more accuracy, and rev-rate calculation.⁠ --- 4. Bowling Observation Trainer When we let go of the ball, many of us immediately look up to see the end result at the pins. We don't see the journey the bowling ball takes to, and through, the pins, so don’t see differences between pocket hits that do and don’t carry. ⁠ ⁠ Practice ANYWHERE with the Observation Trainer and learn to focus on four key points of every shot that give you the info you need to make better decisions and start striking more. --- 5. Pattern Library Instant access to details & diagrams of hundreds of bowling lane oil patterns, or enter your own custom patterns. Load any pattern into Angles & Targeting to plot your shot directly over it and plan how you'll attack the lanes. --- 6. Bowling Ball Arsenal Searchable library of over 1,500 bowling balls and a way to manage your own arsenal. Organise bowling balls into separate bags and keep track of information such as surface, layout, important dates and more. When looking for something new, use the Bowling Ball Library to find exactly what you want, with filters for brand, cover & core types, RG, Diff and more. --- 7. Notes Keep track of information about your bowling and equipment. Create general notes, or add notes from within most of the other tools, such as for oil patterns, your bowling balls, Speed & RPM readings, Observation Trainer scores and more. --- 8. Score Calculator Whether earning how scoring works, teaching youth bowlers how to score, or just giving your brain a rest at a Triple-X fun night, there's lots of reasons the Score Calculator can come in handy! --- 9. Spare Names Just for fun, tap the pins to see nicknames of common bowling spares you probably don’t want to be leaving! --- "Every bowler should have Tenpin Toolkit on every device they own. It’s an incredible information source and provides so many things to help you learn, get better and challenge yourself." Tim Mack USBC Hall of Famer & Storm Bowling Director of Global Relations --- "A brilliant app with tools to help you develop and learn different skills. The observation trainer is a great way to train your eyes to start watching your ball go down the lane" Verity Crawley PWBA Professional & SCAD Team Coach --- --- --- Premium features can be unlocked with an in-app subscription. Subscriptions are applied to your App Store account, and will automatically renew annually unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.tenpintoolkit.com/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://www.tenpintoolkit.com/privacy.html Support: https://www.tenpintoolkit.com/#contact

Screenshots

PinPal4 screens
Tenpin Toolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tenpin Toolkit at Free against PinPal's $8.99. Tenpin Toolkit also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). PinPal's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence and ads 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

Tenpin Toolkit is free to download; PinPal costs $8.99 up front. Tenpin Toolkit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. PinPal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PinPal against 4.9 for Tenpin Toolkit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PinPal has 5.1K ratings behind it against 873, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of PinPal's written reviews are positive against 83% of Tenpin Toolkit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, Tenpin Toolkit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
PinPal versus Tenpin Toolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinPalTenpin Toolkit
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (5.1K ratings)4.9 (873 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews — better83.1% of reviews
Number of ratings5.1K — better873
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff StuartTenpin Toolkit

Customer experience

PinPal

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

Tenpin Toolkit

All ratings811 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive83.1%
Neutral5.1%
Negative11.9%

User reviews

PinPal

From 5.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 📊 Comprehensive stats
  • 💯 Reliable and consistent
  • 🔍 Helpful for improving game
  • 🤩 Awesome app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Stats not accurate
  • 🔄 No cloud backup/sync
  • 🤔 Outdated with no updates
  • 📱 Not compatible with iPad
  • 🔢 Can't add more than 3 games

Tenpin Toolkit

From 873 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Comprehensive bowling toolkit with multiple useful features
  • 📊 Excellent for tracking and comparing bowling ball arsenals
  • 🎯 Accurate targeting and aiming modules
  • 📚 Extensive oil pattern library with detailed lane information
  • 💰 Great value for the subscription price ($10/year)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App stability issues with constant screen reloading
  • 🔋 Significant battery drain on mobile devices
  • 💳 Limited functionality without premium subscription
  • 🔄 Requires paying twice to transfer data between platforms
  • 📏 PAP measurement limitations (increments of 1 inch, no downward measurements)

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
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  • Multi-user support
  • Ability to print stats
  • No-tap and 9-pin no-tap options

Tenpin Toolkit

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Constant screen reloading causing app instability
  • Battery drain significantly higher than other apps
  • Glitches when looking up patterns in certain locations
  • PAP measurement system doesn't support fractional increments
  • Oil pattern database contains some inaccurate data
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  • Data transfer utility is cumbersome between platforms

Requested features

11 requests
  • Score tracking and database with averages and spare percentages
  • Cloud storage for multi-device access
  • Ball comparison tool (side-by-side specs comparison)
  • Custom multi-pin spare setups in Angles & Target tool
  • Integration of ball specs into Angles and Targeting calculations
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  • Larger zoomable grid in Ball Arsenal Graph
  • PAP entry in personal settings
  • Measurement options for approach length
  • Different outcomes in aim trainer beyond strikes
  • Free or reduced-cost ball bag for new users
  • Improved data transfer between iOS and Android platforms

In-app purchases

None

PinPal

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Tenpin Toolkit

Subscriptions1
  • Unlock Full Version$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99

Questions

Is PinPal free?
PinPal costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tenpin Toolkit free?
Tenpin Toolkit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PinPal or Tenpin Toolkit?
Tenpin Toolkit is rated higher. PinPal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while Tenpin Toolkit averages 4.9 from 873 ratings.
Do PinPal or Tenpin Toolkit have ads?
Neither PinPal nor Tenpin Toolkit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PinPal or Tenpin Toolkit?
PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tenpin Toolkit every 3 weeks. Most recently, PinPal was updated on November 10, 2026 and Tenpin Toolkit on November 11, 2026.

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