BOWL.com vs Best Bowling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BOWL.com
Access your digital membership card, track statistics, and stay updated with the latest bowling news. This app provides essential resources like the rulebook and a directory for bowling centers and events.
- Digital membership card
- Membership statistics
- USBC rulebook access
- Bowling center search
- Latest bowling news
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Stay connected with the world of bowling through the official BOWL.com mobile app! Designed exclusively for United States Bowling Congress members, this app offers easy access to your digital membership card, membership stats, and the latest bowling news. Key Features: · Membership at Your Fingertips: Show your membership card effortlessly when competing in tournaments. · Comprehensive Stats: Look up and manage your membership statistics and explore stats of fellow USBC members. · Bowling Resources: Access the USBC rulebook, and search for bowling centers, associations, coaches, volunteers, and tournaments. · Latest News: Stay up to date with breaking stories and updates from USBC. Whether you're competing in a league or simply following the action, the BOWL.com app is your go-to resource for everything bowling. Download the app now to simplify your bowling experience and take your membership with you wherever you go!
Best Bowling
Track your bowling scores and analyze your performance with detailed statistics and graphs. Easily input scores during games, manage multiple bowlers, and review your progress over time. Save and share your score sheets.
- Detailed score input for each frame
- Performance trend and distribution graphs
- Pin state and remaining pattern statistics
- Event list with search and filtering
- Multiple bowler management
- Save and share score sheets
- Input history for quick entry
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Various statistics! Easy input while bowling. Analyze it at any time! [Data Type] - Date-time for event - Event name (Practice, League, etc.) - Place - Notes - Handicap - Tag (for grouping and marking) - The score and state of the pins for each frame - Bowling ball, spare ball - Position and Spot [Statistics] - Performance Trend Graph - Performance Distribution Graph - Percentage for each pins' down states, statistics of remaining pin patterns - Performance Summary (Total games, High Game, 200up, Split Convert etc...) [Features] - Event list sorted by date - Search and filtering - Input history (No need to type every time.) - Save and share score sheet image - Multiple Bowler Management - iCloud supported - Supports new score calculation method "current frame scoring" [Point to be noted] - If your data is stored in iCloud, you can continue using the data from the LT version as is. If your data is stored on the device, please copy the data using the Files app. - Emoticons cannot be used
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Best Bowling at 64% against BOWL.com's 16%. Best Bowling also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (140 vs 9). BOWL.com's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
BOWL.com is free to download; Best Bowling costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Best Bowling holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Bowling has 140 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of BOWL.com's written reviews are positive against 64% of Best Bowling's.
BOWL.com ships an update every 2 months, Best Bowling every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BOWL.com | Best Bowling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (140 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 140 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #153 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United States Bowling Congress | Tatsuhiko Koyama |
Customer experience
BOWL.com
Best Bowling
In-app purchases
BOWL.com
No in-app purchases
Best Bowling
No in-app purchases
