PBA® Bowling Challenge vs Bowling Puzzle
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 Puzzle
A challenging puzzle game where players aim to knock down all pins with a single ball. Navigate through 120 unique levels, each featuring different obstacle and pin placements. Master the swipe-to-throw mechanic to achieve perfect clears.
- 120 unique puzzle levels
- Clear all pins with one ball
- Strategic obstacle placement
- Swipe-to-throw mechanic
- Progressive difficulty
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120 levels bowling puzzle game! If you kill all the pins with 1 ball and you clear the level! 120 puzzles level placement of obstacles and pin is different offers. - How to play - In any location on the screen, you can throw the ball when you release your finger from the swipe down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bowling Puzzle at none against PBA® Bowling Challenge's 18. PBA® Bowling Challenge's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (131K vs 136). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Bowling Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.
PBA® Bowling Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PBA® Bowling Challenge has 131K ratings behind it against 136, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of PBA® Bowling Challenge's written reviews are positive against 54% of Bowling Puzzle's.
PBA® Bowling Challenge ships an update fortnightly, Bowling Puzzle every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PBA® Bowling Challenge | Bowling Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (131K ratings) — better | 4.5 (136 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.6% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 131K — better | 136 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #141 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Concrete Software, Inc. | Osawa Shunsuke |
Customer experience
PBA® Bowling Challenge
Bowling Puzzle
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 Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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 Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PBA® Bowling Challenge free?
Is Bowling Puzzle free?
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