Doodle Bowling vs Bowling Hero
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!
Bowling Hero
Compete with friends locally or globally in a bowling game. Choose from six heroes and aim for strikes to knock down as many pins as possible. Test your skills and see how many strikes you can achieve.
- Local and global multiplayer
- Choose from six heroes
- Aim for strikes
- Pin-shooting gameplay
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Compete with your friends on the same device or with other players from all over the world. Choose a hero from the six available. Throw the ball and shoot down as many pins as possible! How many strikes will you hit?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Doodle Bowling at 4.3 against Bowling Hero's 3.3. Doodle Bowling also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (332 vs 3). Bowling Hero's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Doodle Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bowling Hero asks for nothing beyond the download.
Doodle Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Bowling has 332 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Doodle Bowling ships an update every 2 months, Bowling Hero every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Bowling | Bowling Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (332 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 332 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GameResort LLC | Code This Lab srl |
Customer experience
Doodle Bowling
Bowling Hero
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
Bowling Hero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Bowling
- Remove Ads$3.99
Bowling Hero
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Doodle Bowling free?
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Which has better reviews, Doodle Bowling or Bowling Hero?
Do Doodle Bowling or Bowling Hero have ads?
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