Comparison

PinPal vs Victory Bowling

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

Victory Bowling

This app is a comprehensive bowling score tracker designed for serious players. It offers detailed statistics, performance insights, and trend analysis to help users understand and improve their game. Financial tracking and session management features are also included.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame score entry with pin diagram
  • Detailed statistics and performance insights
  • Trends and charts over time
  • Lane notes and session management
  • Financial tracking (optional)
  • Tablet and iPad optimized layouts
  • Backup and cloud sync
Features
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Victory Bowling is a complete bowling score tracker built for serious bowlers who want to understand and improve their game. SCORE TRACKING Enter scores frame by frame with an intuitive pin-selection interface. Track strikes, spares, splits, and every leave. Support for standard 10-frame games, free-frame practice sessions, and score-only entry — just log a final score when you don't need full frame detail. DETAILED STATISTICS See your average, strike percentage, spare conversion rate, double rate, and more. Break down your performance by single pin, multi-pin, and split conversions. View your most common leaves and how often you convert each one. Strike string distribution optionally spans across games within a session, so back-to-back games count as one continuous string. TRENDS OVER TIME Chart your progress with interactive trend graphs. Track how your average, strike percentage, spare conversion, and other metrics change over time with adjustable smoothing. PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS Compare your performance across bowling centers, bowling balls, oil patterns, and lane pairs. Tap any insight category to see a full ranked list — every center, ball, pattern, or lane pair sorted by average, strike %, or spare %. Filter statistics by date, session type, pin type, and more. LANE NOTES Attach notes to specific lane pairs at each bowling center — carry tendencies, carrydown patterns, target adjustments. View and edit them mid-session right from the game screen. SESSION MANAGEMENT Organize games into sessions for league nights, tournaments, and practice. Save sessions as templates for quick reuse. Set defaults for your center, oil pattern, ball, and lanes. Share scorecard images with friends. TABLET & IPAD SUPPORT Full wide-screen layouts on tablets and iPads. The game entry screen automatically uses the split-view layout in portrait mode — no rotation required. FINANCIAL TRACKING (optional) Track entry fees, side action, prize winnings, and expenses per session. View net results, ROI, and top events in Statistics. All data stays on your device. BACKUP & RESTORE Export your complete history as a backup file. Optional iCloud or Google Drive sync keeps your data safe across devices. FEATURES - Frame-by-frame score entry with pin diagram - Score-only game entry for quick logging - Automatic score calculation - Strike, spare, and split tracking - Spare leave analysis with pin diagrams - Lane pair notes per bowling center - Session templates for fast setup - Performance trends and charts - Full ranked insights by center, ball, pattern, and lanes - Session filtering and comparison - Support for multiple bowling balls, centers, and oil patterns - League and tournament tracking - High game and high set records - Free-frame practice mode - Financial tracking with net results and ROI - Tablet and iPad optimized layouts - Scorecard sharing - Local backup and cloud sync - Dark theme designed for the bowling center All your data stays on your device. No ads. No tracking. Just bowling.

Screenshots

PinPal4 screens
Victory Bowling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: PinPal at 5.1K against Victory Bowling's 14. PinPal also leads on chart position (#3 vs unranked). Victory Bowling's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 92%). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Victory Bowling $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PinPal against 5.0 for Victory Bowling. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PinPal has 5.1K ratings behind it against 14, 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 100% of Victory Bowling's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, Victory Bowling every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PinPal versus Victory Bowling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinPalVictory Bowling
Price$8.99$7.99 — better
Rating4.9 (5.1K ratings)5.0 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.1K — better14
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff StuartVictory Bowling Software LLC

Customer experience

PinPal

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

Victory Bowling

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Victory Bowling

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PinPal

No in-app purchases

None

Victory Bowling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PinPal free?
PinPal costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Victory Bowling free?
Victory Bowling costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PinPal or Victory Bowling?
Victory Bowling is rated higher. PinPal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 5.1K ratings, while Victory Bowling averages 5.0 from 14 ratings.
Do PinPal or Victory Bowling have ads?
Neither PinPal nor Victory Bowling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PinPal or Victory Bowling?
PinPal ships an update every 6 weeks, and Victory Bowling every 2 weeks. Most recently, PinPal was updated on November 9, 2026 and Victory Bowling on November 9, 2026.

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