Comparison

Bowling Islands vs Number Bowling

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

Head to head
About

Bowling Islands

Experience bowling on unique tropical island courses with varied lanes, pins, and balls. Master missions and compete on leaderboards to become an Island Bowl Master.

Highlights
  • Tropical island themed courses
  • Varied pin patterns and sizes
  • Multiple ball types (Normal, Power, Premium)
  • Mission-based gameplay
  • Simple pull-and-flick controls
  • GameCenter achievements and rankings
Features
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Have you ever played bowling at tropical islands? Well, now you can! There are various and strange types of lanes, balls, and pins in this game. Pull the throwing cursor to aim, and flick the ball to curve! Let's become a Island Bowl Master!! * Main Features About Courses: We prepared the various types of island shaped courses! There are courses with long and straight lane, curved in double ways, jumping to other lanes (island), etc. You can enjoy the brand new bowling in this game! About Pins: There are lots of patterns of pins too! For example, there are courses with more than 50 pins, a heart shaped frame, and heavy-looking giant pins, etc. Taste the exhilarating feeling, by knocking down these pins! About Balls: You can choose Normal, Power, and Premium ball to throw! Watch the shape of courses and pins' location carefully, and select a suitable ball in each courses! About Missions: We adopt Mission format, in this game. Select missions from 3 types of courses, and clear it by following rules in each courses. If you play mission to the end, you can move to next level. About Control: Control is very simple! Pull the throwing cursor back to "THROW" and release it! Then, flick the ball to create curve. Use this technique, and aim the points. GameCenter: If you Login to "GameCenter", you can able to earn achievements! Also, in particular missions, you can compete with other players in ranking! Let's aim the seat of Number One Bowler!

About

Number Bowling

Features
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Bowling And Get More Number! It is very simple arcade game :) AND HARDER than you think! feel the fantastic in this game · · · · · · Game Feature · · · · · · · » Simply touch to play game » Just play this game on your 10 min free time :) Developer - Best Hyper Casual Game Developer South Korea

Screenshots

Bowling Islands4 screens
Number Bowling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bowling Islands at none against Number Bowling's shown. Bowling Islands also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.5). Number Bowling's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, 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. Bowling Islands sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Number Bowling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bowling Islands ships an update every 6 months, Number Bowling every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bowling Islands versus Number Bowling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowling IslandsNumber Bowling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.5
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB282 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerpascal inc.MondayOFF

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bowling Islands

One-time2
  • 1000coins$0.99
  • Upgrade$2.99
1 purchases

Number Bowling

One-time1
  • No Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Bowling Islands free?
Bowling Islands is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Number Bowling free?
Number Bowling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bowling Islands or Number Bowling have ads?
Number Bowling shows ads; Bowling Islands does not.
Which is updated more often, Bowling Islands or Number Bowling?
Bowling Islands ships an update every 6 months, and Number Bowling every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bowling Islands was updated on November 1, 2026 and Number Bowling on October 30, 2026.

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