Comparison

StrikeBook vs LayoutQ

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

LayoutQ

Features
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LayoutQ turns your numbers into decisions at the lane. Drilling layouts: Enter your PAP, ball speed, rev rate, and axis tilt and rotation. For any ball in the catalog, the app recommends a Dual Angle Layout, shown as drilling angle, pin-to-PAP, and pin buffer angle (VAL), with the reasoning behind each number. Adjust for an earlier or later break, a smoother or sharper shape, and more or less flare. Take the numbers to your pro shop. Your arsenal: Keep every ball you own with its drilled layout and current surface. See which of the six arsenal slots you cover and which you are missing. Track games since the last cleaning, resurface, and oil extraction, and get told when a pad is due. Set a ball to its factory finish with one tap. Link your pro shop: claim the record your shop made for you with a code, and every ball they drill lands in your arsenal with its layout. Ball catalog and recommendations: Browse more than 1,200 balls released since 2018 with core, coverstock, RG, differential, and factory surface. Get recommendations that fill the gaps in your bag, each with a suggested layout and starting surface. Live sessions: Pick a house shot or a Kegel sport pattern, log shots as you bowl, and get feet-and-target moves, ball-change suggestions, and surface advice as the lane transitions. Score games frame by frame. A fatigue flag watches your ball speed across games. Tracking: Mount your phone on a tripod, calibrate the lane with four taps, and record a shot to see the ball's real path in 3D. Optional knee-angle tracking watches your slide leg during a session. All camera processing happens on your phone; no video is uploaded. Privacy: No ads, no analytics, no tracking. Your data lives in your account, and you can delete it from the app at any time. Storm, VLS, Kegel, and USBC are trademarks of their owners. LayoutQ is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them, or by any ball manufacturer. Recommendations are informational; confirm layouts with a qualified pro shop before drilling.

Screenshots

StrikeBook4 screens
LayoutQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LayoutQ at every 5 days against StrikeBook's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StrikeBook ships an update every 3 weeks, LayoutQ every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
StrikeBook versus LayoutQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrikeBookLayoutQ
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB65 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOmer Faruk AsilAnthony Wheeler

In-app purchases

None

StrikeBook

No in-app purchases

None

LayoutQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StrikeBook free?
StrikeBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LayoutQ free?
LayoutQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StrikeBook or LayoutQ have ads?
Neither StrikeBook nor LayoutQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StrikeBook or LayoutQ?
StrikeBook ships an update every 3 weeks, and LayoutQ every 5 days. Most recently, StrikeBook was updated on October 4, 2026 and LayoutQ on October 8, 2026.

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