Comparison

Pinalytics vs Bowler's Palace

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

Head to head
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 • More to come! Your data lives on your device - no account, no sign-in, and you can export it whenever you want.

About

Bowler's Palace

Features
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Bowler's Palace is a scorekeeper for people who actually bowl. Choose Simple scoring to tap a pin count, or Standard scoring to mark the pins you knocked down. The app handles strikes, spares, and the tenth frame, so the running total is right without you doing the arithmetic. It works with no signal at all — bowling centres are famously bad for reception, and nothing about scoring a game should depend on a bar of service. SCORE Tap a count in Simple mode, or tap the pins you knocked down in Standard mode. Strike and spare buttons make scoring quick. Invert the selection when it's quicker to mark what fell. Undo any roll. Add a note to a game while it's still fresh in your mind. SESSIONS Group games into practice, league night, or a tournament. Name a session, record where you bowled, and see the average and high game for that outing. STATISTICS Average, high game, strike percentage, spare percentage, clean game percentage, and average pins per frame — over 7 days, 30 days, 3 months, year to date, or everything you've ever recorded. Filter by session type to find out whether your league numbers really do differ from practice. A score trend chart plots your recent games against a moving average. ARSENAL Keep your equipment where you can see it: weight, coverstock, core, surface grit, and your own notes on what each ball actually does. Mark one as your primary. Per-ball performance shows how many games you've thrown with it, your average, and your high game. BAG PLANS Work out which balls go in which bag before a tournament, so you're not deciding it in the car park. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything is stored on your device first and works completely offline. Sign in with email, Apple, or Google and your history syncs so a new phone picks up where the old one left off. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app, in one step, whenever you want. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking across other apps.

Screenshots

Pinalytics4 screens
Bowler's Palace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bowler's Palace at none against Pinalytics's 1. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pinalytics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bowler's Palace asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pinalytics ships an update every 8 days, Bowler's Palace every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Pinalytics versus Bowler's Palace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinalyticsBowler's Palace
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPinalyticsJustin Howard

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pinalytics

One-time1
  • Pinalytics Pro$9.99
None

Bowler's Palace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pinalytics free?
Pinalytics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bowler's Palace free?
Bowler's Palace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pinalytics or Bowler's Palace have ads?
Neither Pinalytics nor Bowler's Palace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pinalytics or Bowler's Palace?
Pinalytics ships an update every 8 days, and Bowler's Palace every 9 days. Most recently, Pinalytics was updated on November 10, 2026 and Bowler's Palace on November 10, 2026.

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