Doodle Bowling vs Bowling Puzzle
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 Puzzle
A challenging puzzle game where players aim to knock down all pins with a single ball. Navigate through 120 unique levels, each featuring different obstacle and pin placements. Master the swipe-to-throw mechanic to achieve perfect clears.
- 120 unique puzzle levels
- Clear all pins with one ball
- Strategic obstacle placement
- Swipe-to-throw mechanic
- Progressive difficulty
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120 levels bowling puzzle game! If you kill all the pins with 1 ball and you clear the level! 120 puzzles level placement of obstacles and pin is different offers. - How to play - In any location on the screen, you can throw the ball when you release your finger from the swipe down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bowling Puzzle at none against Doodle Bowling's 1. Bowling Puzzle also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3). Doodle Bowling's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 54%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Doodle Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bowling Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bowling Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 331 and 136 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Doodle Bowling's written reviews are positive against 54% of Bowling Puzzle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Doodle Bowling ships an update every 2 months, Bowling Puzzle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doodle Bowling | Bowling Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (331 ratings) | 4.5 (136 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 331 — better | 136 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 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 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GameResort LLC | Osawa Shunsuke |
Customer experience
Doodle Bowling
Bowling Puzzle
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 Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doodle Bowling
- Remove Ads$3.99
Bowling Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Doodle Bowling free?
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