Comparison

BowlTrace vs Bowldyna Studio

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

Head to head
About

BowlTrace

Features
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BowlTrace analyzes bowling videos shot on your phone to show the ball's trajectory, speed, and rev rate (RPM). Features • Video analysis — record or pick a video to compute trajectory, speed, and rev rate • Automatic lane calibration — detects the lane, with manual corner adjustment when needed • Arsenal — track your balls' specs and maintenance history • Lane patterns — auto-recognize Kegel standard sheets and visualize the oil pattern on the lane • History — browse your analyses by date on a calendar All videos and analysis data are stored only on your device and never uploaded. Note: The rev rate (RPM) metric is currently in beta; recording at 60fps improves accuracy.

About

Bowldyna Studio

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Bowling, from feel to physics. Bowldyna Studio measures your throws from video and puts those numbers straight into a physics simulation — what actually happened, and what would happen if you changed something. Record a throw and the app measures ball speed, rev rate, axis rotation and the path down the lane. Once enough throws are in, it estimates the oil on that lane and proposes, for each throw, where to stand and where to aim. "Why did that miss the pocket?" "Why does the same line hook differently from one game to the next?" "How much does rev rate — or the oil pattern — really change the path?" Bowldyna Studio turns differences you can only feel into a path, a number, and a mechanism you can look at. THROW ANALYSIS - Analyze a recorded video, or run the camera live - Automatic ball speed, rev rate, axis rotation, axis tilt, release board and launch angle - Breakpoint, pocket position, entry angle, pins contacted and pins fallen - Calibration is four points traced onto the lane edges - A clean lane picture is built automatically, with people and the ball averaged out, so the points land on the lane edge - Within a session, the next recording starts from the four points you already set - One visit is one session: throws accumulate instead of scattering - Export the analysis as CSV - Everything runs on the device. No video is uploaded anywhere LANE OIL ESTIMATE (Pro) - Works out where the oil was depleted and where it was carried down, from your own throws - Heatmap of the estimated oil change - The gap between simulation and measurement, before and after the estimated oil is applied, in boards - The confidence of the estimate, and how much of the lane it accounted for - After an estimate, every throw gets a strike course drawn over its measured path — changing only where you stand and where you aim - Hand the measured lane straight to the simulator SIMULATION - Ball speed, rev rate and rotation direction - Release board, launch angle, axis rotation and axis tilt - House ball / my ball - Ball library for keeping several balls - Coverstock, surface, RG, differential, core, PAP and layout - House, flat, short, long and custom lanes - Lane library for custom lanes - Oil pattern visualization - Breakdown and carrydown, overlaid - Continuous skid, hook and roll - Ball path, pocket position and entry angle - Ball-to-pin and pin-to-pin collisions - Full lane view and pin deck view - 3D View (Beta) for pin action - Strike / spare route search (Beta) - Edit standing pins and target pins - Save and load throw conditions and profiles - 12 languages FREE Throw analysis from recorded video and from the camera, the core throw settings, path simulation, the house and flat lane presets, and the result readouts. Strike / spare route search (Beta) is free for now as well. BOWLDYNA PRO A single in-app purchase permanently unlocks the lane oil estimate, detailed ball specifications, PAP and layout, custom lanes, breakdown and carrydown, pin physics, 3D View (Beta) and the other advanced controls. There is no subscription. The current version shows no ads. RECORDING TIPS Put the phone on a tripod or something else that will not move, and frame the whole lane from the foul line to the pins. 60 fps is recommended; 30 fps costs rotation accuracy. A ball with visible patterns or logos measures far better than a plain dark one. PLEASE NOTE Bowldyna Studio does not guarantee any particular result or any improvement in your score. Measurements and estimates alike carry error from the lane surface, from oil that keeps changing, from the condition of the ball, from your release, and from how the video was shot. The confidence shown by the strike / spare route search describes how stable a line is inside the current simulation model. It is not a promise that the line will strike on a real lane. Treat what this app measures and simulates as a way to study your throws and understand the physics of bowling.

Screenshots

BowlTrace4 screens
Bowldyna Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BowlTrace at none against Bowldyna Studio's 1. Bowldyna Studio's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bowldyna Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BowlTrace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BowlTrace ships an update every 4 days, Bowldyna Studio daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
BowlTrace versus Bowldyna Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowlTraceBowldyna Studio
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperILHO PARKchotaro yamamoto

In-app purchases

None

BowlTrace

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Bowldyna Studio

One-time1
  • Bowldyna Pro$4.99

Questions

Is BowlTrace free?
BowlTrace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bowldyna Studio free?
Bowldyna Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BowlTrace or Bowldyna Studio have ads?
Neither BowlTrace nor Bowldyna Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BowlTrace or Bowldyna Studio?
BowlTrace ships an update every 4 days, and Bowldyna Studio daily. Most recently, BowlTrace was updated on October 5, 2026 and Bowldyna Studio on October 17, 2026.

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