Comparison

PinPal vs BowlSheet®

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
Currently charting
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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

BowlSheet®

This app is a comprehensive bowling scoring and tracking system for iOS. It supports various game types, calculates advanced statistics, and allows users to store detailed bowler and equipment information. Share your performance and game data easily.

Highlights
  • Single and multiplayer scoring
  • Baker scoring system support
  • Bowling ball speed calculator
  • Average and stats tracking
  • Oil pattern markup and sharing
  • Split and common leave identification
  • Bowler and equipment management
Features
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Welcome to BowlSheet®! A revolutionary bowling scoring / tracking system for iOS devices * Supports single player AND multiplayer games (team) * First iOS bowling app to support the baker scoring system * Now supports opponent score (match play) * Bowling ball speed calculator built in (mph / kph) * Check averages and stats from directly in the app * Post stats, oil pattern markups and ball drilling specs directly to Facebook, Twitter, or *email with .csv file * Automatically calculates splits / common leaves and displays their common name * Pin by Pin, Ball for Ball scoring * Keep track of everything important in bowling * Easily slide your foot (Approach), Arrow, or BreakPoint Targets for each ball thrown and store the actual hits as well as attempted hits * Store and use different types of oil patterns as well as mark them up and send to others via email * Customizable color scheme for entire app * Store High, Middle, or Low pocket hits for each 1st ball of each frame thrown * Analyze games in their entirety * Keep track of every bowler and their equipment (balls, shoes, wrist supports, and other) * Store bowling ball surfaces and other important equipment options as well as use your own bowling ball image for target sliders * Track bowlers hand layout (span, finger sizes, pitch) and bowling ball layout (Pin / Pap / Dual Angle Layouts) * Store each bowling ball’s drilling and pin layouts * Track which shoe slide (front and back) you used at different bowling centers and even each shot * Take notes for each ball rolled * Store important aspects of each location / event bowled including addresses, phone numbers, coordinator's contact information, you can even take a photo of each location and view the location on a map as well as auto locate via GPS * View common statistics for each bowler as well as their pin hit / miss ratios and percentages * Easily view series totals for each event * Bowl as a single bowler, team or as a Baker Team (bowler 1 thru 5 is assigned automatically to each frame 1-5,6-10). * Change team lineup prior to every Team Game * Filterable statistics for :First Ball average, Strikes, Spares, Splits, Pocket Shots, Open Frames, Split Conversions, Pinfall and more! Please send comments/suggestions to support@edibu.com Follow updates on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/edibullc Or visit our Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/EdibuLLC/ * CSV Statistics Export requires subscription after 1 year from date of app purchase.

Screenshots

PinPal4 screens
BowlSheet®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PinPal at $8.99 against BowlSheet®'s $29.99. PinPal also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). BowlSheet®'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On 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

PinPal costs $8.99 and BowlSheet® $29.99 up front. BowlSheet® sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. PinPal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PinPal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PinPal has 5.1K ratings behind it against 172, 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 67% of BowlSheet®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, BowlSheet® monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
PinPal versus BowlSheet®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinPalBowlSheet®
Price$8.99 — better$29.99
Rating4.9 (5.1K ratings) — better4.4 (172 ratings)
Positive reviews92.2% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings5.1K — better172
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#9 — better#190
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff StuartEdibu LLC

Customer experience

PinPal

All ratings5,053 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive92.2%
Neutral4.7%
Negative3.1%

BowlSheet®

All ratings172 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.7%
Negative21.7%

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

BowlSheet®

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PinPal

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BowlSheet®

Subscriptions1
  • Analytics Export Subscription$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PinPal free?
PinPal costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BowlSheet® free?
BowlSheet® costs $29.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PinPal or BowlSheet®?
PinPal is rated higher. PinPal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while BowlSheet® averages 4.4 from 172 ratings.
Do PinPal or BowlSheet® have ads?
Neither PinPal nor BowlSheet® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PinPal or BowlSheet®?
PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, and BowlSheet® monthly. Most recently, PinPal was updated on October 27, 2026 and BowlSheet® on October 26, 2026.
Which is more popular, PinPal or BowlSheet®?
PinPal currently peaks at #9 in the App Store charts, and BowlSheet® at #190. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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