Comparison

Let's Bowl vs Nova Golf

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Let's Bowl

Experience the thrill of bowling with realistic 3D graphics and finely tuned physics. Master intuitive flick controls to aim and send your ball down the lane for strikes and spares. Enjoy endless entertainment and challenge, aiming for a perfect 300 game.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D graphics
  • Finely tuned physics
  • Intuitive flick controls
  • Endless entertainment
  • Perfect your technique
  • Fast ball return
Features
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Let the good times bowl! Get the best bowling game now! Everyone loves bowling! Now you can be the king of the 10-pin wherever you are! Realistic 3D graphics immerse you into the feel of a classic bowling alley. Finely tuned physics mean this simulation is easy to play but impossible to master, just like the real thing! Endless entertainment and challenge right at your fingertips. Intuitive controls using a flick motion to send your ball flying down the lane for your STRIIIIKE! Can you get 3 in a row for a TURKEY?? Fast ball return keeps the action going. Perfect your technique and bowl a 300 if you can! DIRECTIONS: Line up your shot by dragging the ball left or right. To bowl, touch the ball and flick down the alley towards the pins. If you're having trouble aiming the ball try drawing a line from the ball to the pin you'd like to hit.

About

Nova Golf

Experience a realistic and immersive golf simulation with stunning 3D graphics and diverse courses. Customize your character, compete in career modes, and challenge friends in multiplayer. Earn virtual currency or use in-app purchases for custom clubs and balls.

Highlights
  • Realistic ball physics
  • Stunning 3D graphics
  • Unique global courses
  • Customizable characters
  • Career mode
  • Multiplayer challenges
  • In-app purchases for clubs/balls
Features
Currently charting
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Welcome to Nova Golf, the finest golfing game on the Mac! A followup to the award winning game GL Golf, Nova Golf is sure to keep you entertained and immersed for countless hours. Redesigned from the ground up, Nova Golf has everything both casual/hardcore gamers and frequent/weekend golfers could want. • Realistic ball physics - Everyone will enjoy the simple realism while avid golfers will be able to shape every shot and watch the ball react to all surfaces and lies • Stunning 3D graphics - Nova Golf adapts to each computer for the best image quality while always maintaining a smooth framerate • Unique courses - Locations from around the world feature distinct styles of both play and appearance. You'll know if you're in the Pennsylvania forest, Arizona desert, or on the Scottish coastline • Customizable characters - Level up five playing statistics while managing each avatar's wardrobe and physical appearance • Career mode - Play as both an amateur and professional and progress by winning the required qualifiers and tournaments • Multiplayer - Challenge up to three of your friends and play at the same time • Purchase custom clubs and golf balls using both virtual currency earned in game and through In-App Purchase • High replay value - No hole is the same when varying the white/blue/green tees, five pin locations, and three environmental difficulty settings • Custom music made specifically for Nova Golf • Best rounds list for each course/difficulty setting System Requirements: iOS 7+ iPhone 4+ iPad 2+ iPad Mini+ iPod Touch 4th+ If you like Nova Golf, make sure to check out Nuclear Nova's other games, all available for the Mac/iPhone/iPad/iPod. • GL Golf, the predecessor to Nova Golf, is still actively developed and has over 35 unique courses! Thousands of golfers are posting scorecards online every day with this golf classic • Pinball Shuffle and Pinball Massacre are two unique comic book arcade style pinball tables • Barnyard Blaster is a unique shooter with plenty of weapons, animals, and environments • Rocket Golf gives golf a new twist with its unique 2D side scrolling gameplay • Liquid Defense, Hydrothermal, and Escape are our three classic puzzle/simulator games • Fractal 3D and ASCII Art are our first non-game apps

Screenshots

Let's Bowl3 screens
Nova Golf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Let's Bowl at Free against Nova Golf's $1.99. Let's Bowl also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and iOS requirement (3.1.3 vs 18.0). Nova Golf's advantage is chart position (#88 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Let's Bowl is free to download; Nova Golf costs $1.99 up front. Nova Golf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Let's Bowl asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nova Golf holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Let's Bowl's written reviews are positive against 46% of Nova Golf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Let's Bowl versus Nova Golf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLet's BowlNova Golf
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.4 (30 ratings)3.6 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews45.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3031 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#88 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS3.1.3 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB287 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLine Drift, LLCNuclear Nova Software

Customer experience

Let's Bowl

All ratings30 ratings
Positive63.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative53.3%

Nova Golf

All ratings31 ratings
Positive67.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative29.0%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative48.9%

In-app purchases

None

Let's Bowl

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Nova Golf

One-time10
  • Extra Mulligans$0.99
  • Dozen of all Balls$1.99
  • 1,000 Experience$1.99
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  • Course Pack 1$1.99
  • Driver$1.99
  • Course Pack 2$1.99
  • Level Overdrive$1.99
  • Character Pack$1.99
  • Course Pack 3$1.99
  • Course Pack 4$1.99

Questions

Is Let's Bowl free?
Let's Bowl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nova Golf free?
Nova Golf costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Let's Bowl or Nova Golf?
Nova Golf is rated higher. Let's Bowl averages 3.4 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Nova Golf averages 3.6 from 31 ratings.
Do Let's Bowl or Nova Golf have ads?
Neither Let's Bowl nor Nova Golf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Let's Bowl or Nova Golf?
Let's Bowl ships an update every 3 months, and Nova Golf every 3 months. Most recently, Let's Bowl was updated on October 13, 2026 and Nova Golf on October 22, 2026.

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