PBA® Bowling Challenge vs Bowling Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PBA® Bowling Challenge
Compete against professional bowlers in realistic 3D matches, from local alleys to national championships. Master your skills in career mode or challenge friends in real-time multiplayer. Unlock new balls and face legendary opponents.
- Career mode
- Real-time multiplayer
- Compete against 24 PBA bowlers
- Over 100 bowling balls
- Dozens of PBA tournaments
- Leaderboards and achievements
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Rise through the ranks against 24 of the PBA’s best bowlers as you compete for a variety of regional and national championship trophies. Starting in a local alley with a scuffed up 12 lb ball, you’ll hone your skills against bowling legends on your way to competing in the Tournament of Champions! Start a career or bowl a quick game! Career mode is at the heart of PBA Bowling Challenge, but if you’d rather just lace up and take to the lanes, we’ve got you covered. Choose from a wide variety of opponents and locations and unlock even more content in Career Mode! Online Multiplayer Action! Bowl against your friends in real-time, one-on-one multiplayer matches! Powered by Game Center services, multiplayer mode lets you invite your friends or get matched against a random opponent! Bowl against the best! How do you think you’d fare against the cool confidence and pin-point accuracy of Walter Ray Williams, Jr. or the brash power stroke of Pete Weber? How would your scores stand up against the high spin and smooth release of Norm Duke or the high cranking backswing of Tommy Jones? Based on actual statistics that track their power, hook, and control, PBA Bowling Challenge strives to accurately recreate the skill and style of the top bowlers in the sport today. Features Include: - Quickplay, Multiplayer, and Career modes! - Dozens of PBA Tournaments! - Bowl against 24 of the best PBA bowlers! - Over 100 different bowling balls with unique stats! - Leaderboards and Achievements. - Bonus challenges in every tournament! - Split Balls, Bomb Balls, and more!
Bowling Pro
Experience realistic bowling with authentic physics and a vast collection of balls and pins. Compete solo on leaderboards or challenge friends in local multiplayer across unique, themed alleys. Enjoy quick games or full matches with customizable frame options.
- Realistic 3D bowling physics
- Collect over 43 balls and pins
- Unlock epic themed alleys
- Pass & Play local multiplayer
- Game Center leaderboards
- 5 or 10 frame games
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Real bowling. Real physics. Real strikes. 43+ balls and pins to collect, epic themed alleys to unlock, Pass & Play with friends — skip the tutorial and roll in seconds. COLLECT OVER 43 BALLS & PINS Unlock bowling balls with unique looks and characteristics. Pair them with pins — from polished hardwood classic to wild novelty styles. More combinations than you'll unlock in a week. PLAY SOLO OR PASS THE PHONE Challenge up to 3 friends in Pass & Play without needing a second device. Or keep the lane to yourself — Game Center leaderboards track every frame either way. EPIC THEMED ALLEYS Laser black light lanes. A Halloween pirate cave. A candy alley. And more. Your lane, your setup. 5 OR 10 FRAMES Quick game or a full match. Unlock the 3-frame mode as you progress. Rated 4.4 stars by bowlers worldwide. Download Bowling Pro and roll your first strike today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: PBA® Bowling Challenge at 131K against Bowling Pro's 1.1K. PBA® Bowling Challenge also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and chart position (#152 vs unranked). Bowling Pro's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 61%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. PBA® Bowling Challenge sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Bowling Pro sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PBA® Bowling Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PBA® Bowling Challenge has 131K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of PBA® Bowling Challenge's written reviews are positive against 75% of Bowling Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PBA® Bowling Challenge ships an update fortnightly, Bowling Pro monthly. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | PBA® Bowling Challenge | Bowling Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (131K ratings) — better | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 131K — better | 1.1K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #152 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 144 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Concrete Software, Inc. | Renown Entertainment |
Customer experience
PBA® Bowling Challenge
Bowling Pro
User reviews
PBA® Bowling Challenge
From 131K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Best game for stress
- ⭐ Fun and challenging gameplay
- ⭐ Realistic bowling experience
- ⭐ Great graphics and sound effects
- ⭐ Variety of venues and features
Room to improve
- 🙄 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🤔 Tournaments feel rigged at times
- 😒 Progression is too grindy
- 🤯 Frequent bugs and crashes
- 🤬 Loss of progress and saved data
Bowling Pro
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun game
- 👍 Great bowling game
- 👍 Wonderful selection of bowling balls and pins
- 👍 Attention to detail is amazing
- 👍 Good graphics and animations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Pins not bouncy enough
- 💰 Low gold per game, expensive items
- ⏱️ Feels slow, could be faster
- 🔍 Impossible to get a perfect game
- 📺 Too many ads, long unskippable ads
Bugs and requests
PBA® Bowling Challenge
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes after watching ads
- Progress and stats randomly reset
- Multiplayer matchmaking issues
- Inconsistent ball behavior and glitches
Requested features
5 requests- Instant replay and save clip feature
- Point difference counter
- One ball roll-off for tied games
- Option to disable crowd noise
- More realistic ball physics and behavior
Bowling Pro
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashes after logo screen
- Inconsistent physics, hard to control ball direction
Requested features
5 requests- Multiplayer mode
- Spare practice mode
- Camera behind the lane option
- Fix scoring issues
- Reduce cost of balls and lanes
In-app purchases
PBA® Bowling Challenge
- Lonely Pin Pack$0.99
- Pin Party Pack2 variants$1.99
- DNA Bundle$4.99
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- Paragon Pearl Bundle$4.99
- Black Widow 3.0 Bundle$4.99
- Black Widow 2.0 Bundle$4.99
- Plenty of Pins Pack2 variants$4.99
- Dark Side Bundle$4.99
- Hypnotize Bundle$4.99
- Weber Bundle$4.99
- Venom Shock Bundle$4.99
- Pile of Pins Pack2 variants$9.99
- Pin Island Pack$14.99
- Pin Freighter Pack$19.99
- Pin Freighter Pack$24.99
Bowling Pro
- Novice Gold Pack$1.99
- 4X Gold$1.99
- Intermediate Gold Pack$3.99
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- 2X Gold$3.99
- Advanced Gold Pack$9.99
- Upgrade$9.99
- Pro Gold Pack$19.99
- Champion Gold Pack$49.99
- Master Key$59.99
Questions
Is PBA® Bowling Challenge free?
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