Comparison

Pixel Bowling vs Centric

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Bowling

Experience retro-style bowling with intuitive swipe controls and realistic pin physics. Compete in a career mode with multiple tournaments and locations, or enjoy daily challenges and quick play. Unlock new balls and track your stats in this ad-free, no-nonsense game.

Highlights
  • Retro pixel art style
  • Intuitive swipe controls
  • Realistic pin physics
  • Career mode with 15 tournaments
  • Daily Bowl challenges
  • Unlockable bowling balls
  • Detailed stat tracking
Features
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Step up to the lane. Pixel Bowling is a retro-styled bowling game with simple swipe controls, satisfying pin physics, and a whole lot to keep you coming back. Aim your shot, set your power, swipe in the direction you want the ball to go. Every roll feels different — every spare feels earned. Career Mode takes you from small-town leagues to the national stage across 15 tournaments and 5 Locations. Win matches, climb the ranks, and unlock new balls along the way. Daily Bowl gives you one game per day. Track your streak, chase your best, and see how you stack up on the Game Center leaderboard. Quick Play is always there when you just want to bowl. Earn achievements, complete weekly challenges, and build your ball collection as you go. Track your stats — strikes, spares, averages, and everything in between. Pixel art. Retro fonts. No ads. No nonsense. Just bowling.

About

Centric

A minimalist arcade reflex game where you control a dot orbiting concentric rings. Collect white dots and avoid red ones to survive as long as possible. Features daily challenges and unlockable visual themes.

Highlights
  • One-hand, one-thumb gameplay
  • Minimalist arcade reflex mechanics
  • Daily challenges (Singularity)
  • Unlockable visual themes
  • Offline play
  • Instant restart
Features
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One dot. Three rings. Pure instinct. CENTRIC is a minimalist arcade reflex game built around a single elegant mechanic: your dot orbits three concentric rings. Hold the screen to push outward, release to snap back inward. Collect the white Echo dots. Avoid the red Void dots. Survive as long as you can. HOW TO PLAY • Your dot orbits the rings automatically. • HOLD anywhere on screen. Your dot expands toward the outer ring. • RELEASE. It contracts back to the inner ring. • Catch every glowing Echo dot that crosses your path. • One Void dot hit and it's over. THE LONGER YOU SURVIVE, THE HARDER IT GETS Void dots appear faster and in greater numbers as your score climbs. The spawn intervals shrink from 2 seconds all the way down to 0.6 seconds. The rings become chaos, and every point feels earned. DAILY SINGULARITY Every day, a new Singularity drops. One orbit. One seed. Every player on Earth plays the same run, at the same time. You get three attempts. No second seed. No replays. Miss all three and you wait until tomorrow. UNLOCK FIVE DISTINCT THEMES Play long enough and you'll unlock new visual identities for the game: • Zen: the clean, light default • Midnight: deep navy with glowing blue trails • Neon: pitch black with electric cyan • Gold: warm darkness and shimmering gold • Abyssal: the legendary theme. Pure black. Breathing red rings. Falling ash. Violet crack on death. Play 5 days in a row to unlock. SECOND CHANCE After a tough run, watch a short ad to revive and keep your score. One revive per round. FEATURES • One-hand, one-thumb gameplay • No timers, no lives, no pay-to-win • Synthesised audio, every sound generated in real time • Instant restart • Offline play, no internet required A game you can pick up in ten seconds and chase for an hour.

Screenshots

Pixel Bowling4 screens
Centric3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Centric at Free against Pixel Bowling's $1.99. Centric also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pixel Bowling's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Centric is free to download; Pixel Bowling costs $1.99 up front. Centric sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Bowling asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Centric holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixel Bowling has 69 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Pixel Bowling's written reviews are positive against 100% of Centric's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixel Bowling ships an update every 3 weeks, Centric every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Pixel Bowling versus Centric: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel BowlingCentric
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (69 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings69 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeradam roganNiv Nisanov

Customer experience

Pixel Bowling

All ratings69 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Centric

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pixel Bowling

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Centric

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Pixel Bowling free?
Pixel Bowling costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Centric free?
Centric is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixel Bowling or Centric?
Centric is rated higher. Pixel Bowling averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while Centric averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pixel Bowling or Centric have ads?
Centric shows ads; Pixel Bowling does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixel Bowling or Centric?
Pixel Bowling ships an update every 3 weeks, and Centric every 5 days. Most recently, Pixel Bowling was updated on September 23, 2026 and Centric on July 9, 2026.

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