Comparison

Nova Golf vs Extreme Bowling Challenge

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

Head to head
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
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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

About

Extreme Bowling Challenge

Experience a realistic bowling simulation with five distinct game modes, including curve balls and ramp challenges. Compete against AI opponents or enjoy a solo game, with options to share your scores. Play on various Apple devices, from iPhones to Macs.

Highlights
  • Five unique gameplay types
  • AI opponents
  • Automatic scoring
  • Score sharing via email/text
  • Universal app support
  • Mac M1 Silicon support
Features
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It’s like having your own bowling alley in your pocket: - Have a lane to yourself; - Bowl against up to 3 AI players. Five unique types of gameplay: - Normal 10-frame bowling game with automatic scoring; - Curve ball — pins are positioned on a curve stretching the length of the lane; - Interception — avoid a sliding triangular block which knocks you off course; - Ramp — your ball goes airborne off a ramp, landing just before the pins. - Turbulence — giant blowers from either side push your ball off course. Optionally shares your accomplishments via email, or text messaging. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays. Even runs on Apple Mac or MacBooks equipped with Apple’s new M1 Silicon chip with easy to use mouse and on screen controls.

Screenshots

Nova Golf4 screens
Extreme Bowling Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nova Golf at 46% against Extreme Bowling Challenge's 0%. Nova Golf also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 2). Extreme Bowling Challenge's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 13). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Nova Golf costs $1.99 and Extreme Bowling Challenge $2.99 up front. Nova Golf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Extreme Bowling Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Extreme Bowling Challenge holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nova Golf has 31 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Nova Golf's written reviews are positive against 0% of Extreme Bowling Challenge's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nova Golf ships an update every 3 months, Extreme Bowling Challenge every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard10 real differences · 1 level
Nova Golf versus Extreme Bowling Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNova GolfExtreme Bowling Challenge
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating3.6 (31 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings31 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#129 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size287 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuclear Nova SoftwareMagnin & Associates

Customer experience

Nova Golf

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

Extreme Bowling Challenge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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
None

Extreme Bowling Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nova Golf free?
Nova Golf costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Extreme Bowling Challenge free?
Extreme Bowling Challenge costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nova Golf or Extreme Bowling Challenge?
Extreme Bowling Challenge is rated higher. Nova Golf averages 3.6 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Extreme Bowling Challenge averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Nova Golf or Extreme Bowling Challenge have ads?
Neither Nova Golf nor Extreme Bowling Challenge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nova Golf or Extreme Bowling Challenge?
Nova Golf ships an update every 3 months, and Extreme Bowling Challenge every 25 months. Most recently, Nova Golf was updated on October 30, 2026 and Extreme Bowling Challenge on October 24, 2026.

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