Pixel Bowling vs Dugout Dice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Bowling
A retro-styled bowling game featuring simple swipe controls and realistic pin physics. Progress through a career mode with multiple tournaments and locations, or enjoy daily challenges and quick play sessions. Unlock new balls and track your performance with detailed stats.
- Retro pixel art style
- Simple swipe controls
- Satisfying pin physics
- Career Mode with 15 tournaments
- Daily Bowl challenges
- Quick Play mode
- Unlockable balls and achievements
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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.
Dugout Dice
Roll dice to build a baseball lineup and advance through innings. Win games and championships to unlock new players and boosts. Strategize with player abilities, superfan boosts, and dice upgrades to achieve victory.
- Dice rolling gameplay
- Lineup building
- Player abilities
- Superfan boosts
- Season progression
- Unlockable content
- Offline play
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Roll dice. Build your lineup. Make the playoffs. Win a championship. Beat the target score before three outs to advance to the next inning. Win games, make the playoffs and win championships to unlock new players, Superfan boosts, cheat menus and more. Fall short, and your season is over. Every season is a chance to build something different. Recruit players with special abilities, add Superfan boosts, and upgrade your dice. Discover powerful combinations, stack multipliers, and turn modest hits into massive payoffs with one-time consumables and clever bench management. **BUILD YOUR WINNING COMBO** - Draft players with abilities that stay with you during the season. - Combine Superfan Boosts, dice upgrades, and items for powerful combos. - Face pitchers and boss closers who challenge your best strategies. - Unlock new players, Boosts, and ballparks as you progress. - Take on a fresh Daily Diamond challenge to earn an advantage during your season. - Enjoy turn-based gameplay at your own pace. - Play offline and pick up right where you left off. **FREE TO PLAY. NO ADS. EVER.** An optional, one-time in-app purchase unlocks customization and fun extras.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dugout Dice at Free against Pixel Bowling's $1.99. Dugout Dice also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Pixel Bowling's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#82 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, 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
Dugout Dice is free to download; Pixel Bowling costs $1.99 up front. Dugout Dice sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel Bowling asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pixel Bowling against 4.6 for Dugout Dice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 23 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Pixel Bowling's written reviews are positive against 82% of Dugout Dice's.
Pixel Bowling ships an update monthly, Dugout Dice daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Bowling | Dugout Dice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (70 ratings) — better | 4.6 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #82 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | adam rogan | Clinton Graves |
Customer experience
Pixel Bowling
Dugout Dice
In-app purchases
Pixel Bowling
No in-app purchases
Dugout Dice
- Dugout Dice Pro$4.99
