Comparison

PALINGENESIS vs Ultimate Bowling

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

Head to head
About

PALINGENESIS

Experience an album as an interactive music video game. Explore animated worlds, each tied to a song, and uncover a developing narrative through your journey. This unique application blends hand-crafted animation with interactive gameplay.

Highlights
  • Interactive animated worlds
  • Music-driven environments
  • Unfolding narrative
  • Hand-crafted animation
  • Visual sequences
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PALINGENESIS is a music video game. The album by GRIGS unfolds as a series of interactive animated worlds, with each environment built around a different song. Created entirely by animator and musician John Paul Grigsby, PALINGENESIS brings together hand-crafted animation, interactive environments, and visual sequences that appear as you move through each world. As you progress through the album, a larger story begins to take shape through the environments and the moments you come across along the way. Listen to PALINGENESIS by GRIGS wherever you stream music. www.johngrigsby.com

About

Ultimate Bowling

Features
Currently charting
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Ultimate Bowling is the most physically realistic, most atmospheric and deepest bowling experience on iPhone – no subscription, no ads, no internet. One price. All content. Forever. – TRUE PHYSICS & CHAIN REACTIONS – Every throw counts. Feel speed, spin and hook in a full 3D physics simulation. The ball hits a pin, the pin takes down the next – with realistic scatter and true cascades. Eight balls, each with its own physics profile: from dead straight to heavily curving. – REAL BOWLING TECHNIQUE – Choose your style: straight, hook or spinner. Adjust timing, rotation and hand position and watch your technique live as fine lines along the lane. You throw with a real swing – pull the ball back, swing forward, release. – YOUR AMBIENCE, YOUR DISCO – Turn the background into a light show! Pick a custom color or an animated ambience: Disco, Aurora, Nebula, Sunset or Ocean. Gently drifting, color-changing orbs of light make every game unique – with a relaxed soundtrack in the background. – CHARMING MASCOT – An adorable pin hero cheers you on. And after a strike, a dancing guest jumps onto the lane to celebrate with you. Achievements appear in stylish comic speech bubbles. – THREE CONTROL SCHEMES, YOUR STYLE – • Swing/Swipe: direction, power and spin in one gesture • Gyroscope: tilt your iPhone to aim – maximum immersion • Precision: fine-tune with sliders for true purists – FIVE GAME MODES – • Classic: 10 frames by official rules • Tournament: fight for the local leaderboard • Challenge: spares, splits and strike streaks • Relax: endless play without score pressure • Pro training: targets, lines and angle analysis – PLAY TOGETHER – Up to four players on one device (pass and play) or connected locally over Bluetooth & Wi-Fi – no internet needed. – EVERYTHING UNLOCKABLE – Unlock extra balls just by playing. Strike streaks and personal bests are your currency. Never any in-app purchases. – ALWAYS IN CONTROL – A permanent live scoresheet, a built-in bowling guide and detailed statistics: average, best game, strike & spare rate and the score history of your recent games in elegant charts. Multiple profiles for the whole family. – PREMIUM IN EVERY DETAIL – OLED-optimized dark design, fluid 120 Hz graphics, two beautiful lanes (classic wood & modern synthetic), a dramatic strike camera, precise haptic feedback and atmospheric sound. – YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS – 100% offline. No accounts, no tracking, no analytics SDKs. All scores and profiles stay on your device. Grab your ball. Hit the pocket. Get the perfect strike.

Screenshots

PALINGENESIS4 screens
Ultimate Bowling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PALINGENESIS at Free against Ultimate Bowling's $0.99. PALINGENESIS also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Ultimate Bowling's advantage is chart position (#119 vs unranked). On ads and in-app purchases 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

PALINGENESIS is free to download; Ultimate Bowling costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PALINGENESIS ships an update every 9 days, Ultimate Bowling every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
PALINGENESIS versus Ultimate Bowling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPALINGENESISUltimate Bowling
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank—#119 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size741 MB38 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperJohn Paul GrigsbyThomas Brandl

In-app purchases

None

PALINGENESIS

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Bowling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PALINGENESIS free?
PALINGENESIS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Bowling free?
Ultimate Bowling costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PALINGENESIS or Ultimate Bowling have ads?
Neither PALINGENESIS nor Ultimate Bowling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PALINGENESIS or Ultimate Bowling?
PALINGENESIS ships an update every 9 days, and Ultimate Bowling every 5 weeks. Most recently, PALINGENESIS was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ultimate Bowling on November 10, 2026.

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