Comparison

StrikeBook vs Pinalytics

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

Head to head
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.

About

Pinalytics

Features
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Pinalytics is the bowling stat tracker for bowlers who want to know not just what they scored, but why. Enter games pin by pin with a fast, thumb-friendly interface built for league night. Pinalytics turns your frames into the numbers that matter - and shows you exactly where your average has room to grow. FREE: • Frame-by-frame scoring with pin-level detail • Average, high game, high series, and strike streak • Strike % and clean-game % across your full history • Organize by league, tournament, season, and bowling center • Track your balls and oil patterns • Backup, export, and restore your data anytime PRO - one-time purchase, no subscription: • First-ball average, carry %, makeable-spare, single-pin, and split conversion • Pin-leave breakdown: see which leaves cost you the most pins • Dial It In: tap any stat and see how improving it would change your average • Trends over time, with filtering by league, season, center, ball, and pattern Your data lives on your device - no account, no sign-in, and you can export it whenever you want.

Screenshots

StrikeBook4 screens
Pinalytics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StrikeBook at none against Pinalytics's 1. Pinalytics's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Pinalytics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StrikeBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StrikeBook ships an update every 3 weeks, Pinalytics weekly. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
StrikeBook versus Pinalytics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrikeBookPinalytics
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOmer Faruk AsilPinalytics

In-app purchases

None

StrikeBook

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Pinalytics

One-time1
  • Pinalytics Pro$9.99

Questions

Is StrikeBook free?
StrikeBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinalytics free?
Pinalytics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StrikeBook or Pinalytics have ads?
Neither StrikeBook nor Pinalytics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StrikeBook or Pinalytics?
StrikeBook ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pinalytics weekly. Most recently, StrikeBook was updated on September 17, 2026 and Pinalytics on September 17, 2026.

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