Comparison

Open Bowl vs Bowling Scheduler

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

Head to head
About

Open Bowl

This app allows bowlers to easily track their scores frame by frame or input final results. It automatically calculates key statistics like average and strike rate to show progress over time. Users can create private or shared sessions and follow friends to compare games.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame score logging
  • Automatic average calculation
  • Strike and spare rate tracking
  • Recent performance analysis
  • Private and shared sessions
  • Follow other bowlers
  • Clean game history
Features
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Open Bowl is a modern bowling score tracker built for people who actually bowl. Log games frame by frame or add final scores in seconds. Open Bowl automatically tracks your average, strike rate, spare rate, and recent performance so you can see how you’re improving over time. Create sessions, keep them private, or share them with friends. Follow other bowlers, compare games, and keep a clean history of your bowling without ads or clutter. Designed to be fast, simple, and reliable — whether you bowl casually or every week. No ads. No unnecessary features. Built by bowlers, for bowlers.

About

Bowling Scheduler

Organize your bowling league season effortlessly. Track team availability, build weekly lineups, and manage schedules. This app ensures you always know if you have enough bowlers for each game.

Highlights
  • Create and join bowling teams
  • Manage bowlers and substitutes
  • Track weekly availability
  • Build weekly lineups
  • Manage schedules and special dates
  • Share team invitations and information
Features
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Bowling Scheduler helps bowling teams organize their season without chasing everyone down every week. See your full season at a glance, track who is available, and quickly identify weeks when your team needs another bowler. Features include: • Create and join bowling teams • Manage regular bowlers and substitutes • Track weekly availability • See season coverage at a glance • Build weekly lineups • Manage bowling schedules and special dates • Share team invitations • Share weekly lineup and coverage information • Support multiple teams • Recover your teams when moving to a new phone Captains can manage their team roster and schedule while bowlers can keep their own availability current. Bowling Scheduler is designed for league bowlers who want a simple way to answer one question every week: do we have enough bowlers?

Screenshots

Open Bowl4 screens
Bowling Scheduler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Open Bowl at daily against Bowling Scheduler's every 4 days. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Open Bowl against 5.0 for Bowling Scheduler. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Open Bowl ships an update daily, Bowling Scheduler every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Open Bowl versus Bowling Scheduler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpen BowlBowling Scheduler
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImari TirrellPeter Euphosin

In-app purchases

None

Open Bowl

No in-app purchases

None

Bowling Scheduler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Open Bowl free?
Open Bowl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bowling Scheduler free?
Bowling Scheduler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Open Bowl or Bowling Scheduler?
Open Bowl and Bowling Scheduler are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Open Bowl or Bowling Scheduler have ads?
Neither Open Bowl nor Bowling Scheduler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Open Bowl or Bowling Scheduler?
Open Bowl ships an update daily, and Bowling Scheduler every 4 days. Most recently, Open Bowl was updated on November 5, 2026 and Bowling Scheduler on November 6, 2026.

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