PBA® Bowling Challenge vs Cool Pong
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!
Cool Pong
A unique take on the classic Pong game, this app challenges players to keep multiple balls in play by tapping left or right. Test your reflexes and see if you can achieve a high score in this fast-paced arcade experience.
- Tap controls
- Juggle multiple balls
- High score challenge
- Retro arcade gameplay
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▶▶ Can you beat my score: 21 ? NOT a regular Pong, this is Cool Pong. Yes, a very cool pong game. Easy to play: - Tap left - Tap right Try to juggle all balls. It's so insane. ▶▶ What is your best score? Review with your score.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PBA® Bowling Challenge at 4.7 against Cool Pong's 3.5. PBA® Bowling Challenge also leads on ratings volume (131K vs 6) and chart position (#133 vs unranked). Cool Pong's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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 7 one-off in-app purchases. Cool Pong asks for nothing beyond the download.
PBA® Bowling Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PBA® Bowling Challenge has 131K ratings behind it against 6, 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 80% of Cool Pong'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, Cool Pong every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 15, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PBA® Bowling Challenge | Cool Pong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (131K ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 131K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Concrete Software, Inc. | Chirayu Patel |
Customer experience
PBA® Bowling Challenge
Cool Pong
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
Cool Pong
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
- Black Widow 2.0 Bundle$4.99
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- Plenty of Pins Pack2 variants$4.99
- Pile of Pins Pack2 variants$9.99
- Pin Island Pack$14.99
- Pin Freighter Pack$19.99
Cool Pong
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PBA® Bowling Challenge free?
Is Cool Pong free?
Which has better reviews, PBA® Bowling Challenge or Cool Pong?
Do PBA® Bowling Challenge or Cool Pong have ads?
Which is updated more often, PBA® Bowling Challenge or Cool Pong?
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