Doodle Bowling vs Total Disc Golf
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!
Total Disc Golf
Experience a realistic disc golf simulation with stunning 3D graphics and physics. Play through diverse courses, customize your character, and compete in career mode or with friends. Unlock new content and challenges as you progress.
- Stunning 3D graphics
- Realistic disc physics
- Unique global courses
- Customizable characters
- Career mode progression
- Multiplayer challenges
- In-game purchases for customization
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Welcome to Total Disc Golf, the top disc golfing game and simulator for the iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac. Total Disc Golf is sure to keep you entertained over hundreds of holes across five distinct landscapes. Play the famous Birdie Links club for free while starting your career as a professional disc golfer, then unlock all of the prestigious tournaments and courses with in-game coins. Total Disc Golf is simple enough to pick up and play but deep enough to keep you coming back over and over again. Features include • Stunning 3D graphics - Nuclear Nova's third generation graphics engine with all-new character models and fresh textures/artwork • Realistic disc physics - Beginners will enjoy the simple three-touch shot system, while avid disc golfers will be able to shape every shot using different discs just like they would expect in real life • Unique courses - Four unique courses all from different places around the world. These aren't just simple re-skins, each area has it's own play style and what works well on one course may not work well on another • Customizable characters - Level up your character's golfing skills while managing each avatar's wardrobe and physical appearance • Career mode - Work your way up from the beginner to amateur circuit, then finally to the pro tour by winning various qualifiers and tournaments • Multiplayer - Challenge up to three of your friends and play at the same time, stroke and match play supported • Purchase custom discs, helpers, music, and more using virtual coins bought with in-app purchase • High replay value - Each hole has 64 unique configurations based on different tees, basket locations, and environmental difficulty • Custom soundtrack made specifically for Total Disc Golf • Achievements tracked along with course records, stored both locally and online with Game Center.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Doodle Bowling at Free against Total Disc Golf's $2.99. Doodle Bowling also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 20%) and rating (4.3 vs 2.2). Total Disc Golf's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
Doodle Bowling is free to download; Total Disc Golf costs $2.99 up front. Doodle Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Total Disc Golf sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Doodle Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doodle Bowling has 331 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Doodle Bowling's written reviews are positive against 20% of Total Disc Golf's.
Doodle Bowling ships an update every 2 months, Total Disc Golf every 109 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Bowling | Total Disc Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (331 ratings) — better | 2.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 331 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 109 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GameResort LLC | Nuclear Nova Software |
Customer experience
Doodle Bowling
Total Disc Golf
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
Total Disc Golf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Bowling
- Remove Ads$3.99
Total Disc Golf
- 5 Coins$0.99
- 12 Coins$1.99
- 20 Coins$2.99
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- 40 Coins$4.99
- 100 Coins$9.99
- 250 Coins$19.99
- 800 Coins$39.99
Questions
Is Doodle Bowling free?
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