Doodle Bowling vs Pocket Bowling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doodle Bowling
Experience arcade-style bowling with realistic physics and a variety of unique, visually striking environments. Master spin to avoid gutters and achieve strikes across dozens of psychedelic lanes.
- Realistic bowling physics
- Spin control for accuracy
- Dozens of psychedelic lanes
- Multiple themed worlds
- Strike challenges
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Ready for some fun arcade bowling? Put some spin on your ball to stay out of the gutter - great bowling physics! Strike your way across dozens of psychedelic lanes! Smash pins in crazy fun worlds of neon lights, retro polygons, voxels, caves, and candy! Your friends and family agree, Doodle Bowling is a hit!
Pocket Bowling
Experience arcade-style bowling with intuitive swipe controls. Clear pins, collect stars for new balls, and unlock unique board skins through challenges. Compete globally on the leaderboard and master the game.
- Swipe and throw ball mechanics
- Pin clearing gameplay
- Collect stars for new balls
- Unlockable board skins
- Global leaderboard competition
- Endless gameplay
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◉◉◉ The ultimate arcade bowling game! ◉◉◉ Swipe'n'throw the ball to clear out the board from every pin! How many can you do in a row? Collect stars to unlock new balls. Take challenges to unlock new board skins. Improve your skills and become the master of the board. Beat the world leaderboard to become the Bowling star! Easy to learn, hard to master! ◉ Free to play ◉ Endless gameplay ◉ Simple yet tricky ball control ◉ Challenge your friends with the best score
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pocket Bowling at none against Doodle Bowling's shown. Pocket Bowling also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Doodle Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pocket Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 331 and 131 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Doodle Bowling's written reviews are positive against 71% of Pocket Bowling's.
| Parameter | Doodle Bowling | Pocket Bowling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (331 ratings) | 4.5 (131 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 331 — better | 131 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GameResort LLC | Ketchapp |
Customer experience
Doodle Bowling
Pocket Bowling
Bugs and requests
Doodle Bowling
Reported bugs
4 issues- Strikes not always registering correctly
- Pins resetting mid-frame
- Ads causing the app to crash or redirect to the App Store
- Progress and unlocks not saving properly
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode (local or online)
- More diverse and customizable bowling environments
- Improved physics and pin behavior
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Ability to preview new lanes before purchase
Pocket Bowling
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Bowling
- Remove Ads$3.99
Pocket Bowling
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Doodle Bowling free?
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