Best Bowling LT vs BNOTE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Best Bowling LT
Track your bowling scores and analyze your performance with detailed statistics and graphs. Easily input scores frame by frame, manage multiple bowlers, and review your game history. This version offers full functionality for testing before upgrading.
- Detailed score and pin tracking
- Performance trend and distribution graphs
- Pin down state statistics
- Event list with search and filtering
- Input history for quick entry
- Save and share score sheets
- Multiple bowler management
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This LT Edition has the same function as the paid version. You can check the operation before purchasing a paid version. Various statistics! Easy input while bowling. Analyze it at any time! [Data Type] - Date-time for event - Event name (Practice, League, etc.) - Place - Notes - Handicap - Tag (for grouping and marking) - The score and state of the pins for each frame - Bowling ball, spare ball - Position and Spot [Statistics] - Performance Trend Graph - Performance Distribution Graph - Percentage for each pins' down states, statistics of remaining pin patterns - Performance Summary (Total games, High Game, 200up, Split Convert etc...) [Features] - Event list sorted by date - Search and filtering - Input history (No need to type every time.) - Save and share score sheet image - Multiple Bowler Management - iCloud supported - Supports new score calculation method "current frame scoring" [Point to be noted] - If your data is stored in iCloud, you can continue using the data from the LT version as is. If your data is stored on the device, please copy the data using the Files app. - Emoticons cannot be used [Limit of LT Edition] More than 50 events cannot be registered. Ads will be displayed. Please buy Best Bowling!
BNOTE
Track scores for various sports like billiards and bowling with graphical representations and PDF exports. Offers iCloud backup and PC data editing via iTunes file sharing. An optional add-on removes ads and restrictions.
- Score recording for billiards (Self Count9)
- Pin recording for bowling
- Current frame scoring system support
- Graphical score representation
- PDF score list export
- iCloud backup and data transfer
- iTunes file sharing for PC editing
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● New features " Watch ads, start trial" button has been added. You can experience the official version for up to 6 hours without adding an add-on. ● Previous new features ·You can now record a score for "Self Count9"(billiards). What is "Self Count9"? This is a practical game where you can score the ability of 9-ball. When practicing alone, please give it a try! ※Record Bowlards and Self Count9 in separate Notebooks. ·Pin recording is now possible. Turn on "Record Pin" on the setting screen. (For bowling only) ·Supports the current frame scoring system. This is a new score calculation method adopted at the 2018 Asian Games. (For bowling only) ● Features · Graphical representation of the score · PDF of the corresponding score list · The iCloud backup, Can transfer data to other devices. · The iTunes file sharing, I can be done with a PC(EXCEL) score Add / Edit. ● add-on (purchase official version) · remove Ads · Release of restrictions (10 score restrictions, 2 note restrictions, etc.) [Contact Us | Support] mailto:bnoteg@gmail.com Please contact us by email from "Contact | Support" on the app's settings screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BNOTE at 5.0 against Best Bowling LT's 4.5. Best Bowling LT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (168 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. BNOTE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Best Bowling LT asks for nothing beyond the download.
BNOTE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Bowling LT has 168 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Best Bowling LT's written reviews are positive against 48% of BNOTE's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Best Bowling LT ships an update every 2 months, BNOTE every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Bowling LT | BNOTE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (168 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews — better | 48.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 168 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuhiko Koyama | minoru takeuchi |
Customer experience
Best Bowling LT
BNOTE
In-app purchases
Best Bowling LT
No in-app purchases
BNOTE
- Purchase Official Version$3.99









