Comparison

BowlingBoard vs StrikeBook

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

Head to head
About

BowlingBoard

Features
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Record your bowling score, get an overview of your latest performances and view your personal statistics using different options. Optionally, you can synchronize your scoreboards in iCloud and make them available to all your devices. Terms of Use link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

StrikeBook

Features
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Your own bowling score book. The one the alley never gives you. The house screens score the whole team, then throw your night away. StrikeBook keeps just your games: every frame, your real average, and every league night, in a score book that's actually yours. Free frame-by-frame scoring, forever. No ads. No account. No subscription. SCORE EVERY FRAME, CORRECTLY • A fast pin pad. Tap the count, the strike, the spare. The sheet fills itself. • Real ten-pin rules, tenth frame and bonus balls handled exactly like the center's screen. • Tap any frame to fix a mistype. Score multiple games a night. • In a hurry? Type just the final score and move on. YOUR REAL AVERAGE, WEEK BY WEEK • Average, high game, high series, strike % and spare %: honest, real-rules numbers. • A trend line that shows your average actually moving. EVERY NIGHT, KEPT • Each night is a record: date, house, league, series, and a photo, if you want one. • Your history scrolls like an album, not a spreadsheet. SHARE THE NIGHT • One tap turns a night into a clean card: scores, series, date, straight into the group chat. GO DEEPER WITH PRO (one-time, no subscription) • Spare conversion by pin leave: the single-pin and 10-pin numbers you argue about. • First-ball average, open-frame %, clean-game count, per-house splits. • Unlimited leagues, unlimited photos per night, and CSV export of every game. StrikeBook is a personal score book, not a group scorekeeper and not a league-secretary tool. Your data lives on your device. Buy Pro once and it's yours. Family Sharing included. Score tonight's games free. Watch your book fill up.

Screenshots

BowlingBoard4 screens
StrikeBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StrikeBook at none against BowlingBoard's 2. StrikeBook also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). BowlingBoard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. BowlingBoard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. StrikeBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BowlingBoard ships an update every 2 months, StrikeBook every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
BowlingBoard versus StrikeBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowlingBoardStrikeBook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPCVOmer Faruk Asil

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BowlingBoard

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
  • Annual Plan1 Month trial$9.991 Year
None

StrikeBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BowlingBoard free?
BowlingBoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StrikeBook free?
StrikeBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BowlingBoard or StrikeBook have ads?
Neither BowlingBoard nor StrikeBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BowlingBoard or StrikeBook?
BowlingBoard ships an update every 2 months, and StrikeBook every 3 weeks. Most recently, BowlingBoard was updated on October 3, 2026 and StrikeBook on October 4, 2026.

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