Comparison

StrikeBook vs Anchor

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

Anchor

Features
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The bowling scoresheet that finally looks as good as your game. Anchor is a beautifully made score keeper for league and open bowlers. Track every frame pin by pin, see the spare and leave stats you actually practice from, and keep a real scoresheet you'll want to share. No account. No sign-up. Your games stay yours. WHY BOWLERS SWITCH TO ANCHOR • A real scoresheet — a warm, printed-style scorecard with your marks, running total, and the pins you left. Not a spreadsheet. • Spare intelligence — see exactly which spares you convert (single-pin, multi-pin, splits) and which pins leak, so you know what to drill on league night. • Your Pin Deck — the whole rack, colored by how often you take out each pin. • Snap the result — attach a photo of the lane scoreboard as a keepsake. FREE FOREVER Score entry, full history, your average, high game & high series, and strike / spare / open %. No caps, no wall on the basics. ANCHOR PRO Go deeper: full spare & leave intelligence, the Pin Deck heat map, trends over time, custom ranges, printable PDF reports (Season Book, spare practice sheet, match sheet), CSV export, home-screen widgets, and multiple bowlers, leagues & balls. BUILT RIGHT • No account, ever — your data lives on your device and syncs privately with iCloud. • Works for one bowler or the whole lane on league night. • Handicap, leagues, a full ball arsenal, and a clear "how scoring works" guide. Bowl your night. Anchor keeps the sheet. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

StrikeBook4 screens
Anchor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StrikeBook at none against Anchor's 3. On price, ads, device support 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. Anchor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. StrikeBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
StrikeBook versus Anchor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrikeBookAnchor
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOmer Faruk Asil- ASADUZZAMAN

In-app purchases

None

StrikeBook

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Anchor

Subscriptions2
  • Anchor Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Anchor Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Anchor Pro — Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is StrikeBook free?
StrikeBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StrikeBook or Anchor have ads?
Neither StrikeBook nor Anchor shows ads.

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