App Profile: Bowling by Jason Belmonte

George Chewens

Rating: 4/5

This game is just flat THE BEST bowling simulator on the market. There’s huge potential between the players and the developers to make this already amazing game even better. As Bowler myself, even though I’m okay at the game, it’s still a lot of fun to play. There are still a few flaws though, as the pins almost act like they’re bouncing on rubber and as if they are made of rubber themselves when flying or rolling across the pin deck. I would like to see carry down of the oil patterns to play a bigger part in the 1v1 games, like accelerate the oil movement or something similar. And expand Oil Pattern and Ball selection as it updates, I know you guys are currently trying to implement Roto Grip and other companies so that’s a great start. One last thing that could make this game a little better is that you guys could let players, Lvl 50 or higher, drill their own equipment that they’ve purchased throughout the game. You could also let them change the weight of earlier balls (Plastic, Polyester, and PloyUrethane) to they’re current strength. Other than those things, this game is still fun and has a very solid foundation that keeps growing upwards. Thank you for an amazing game and keep doing what you guys do.

Firedrop6605

Rating: 1/5

I have been playing this game for many many years, going back to September of 2017. I have had to restart upon getting a new phone, because of this, it wouldn't login to my original facebook account. It locks you on an account once signed in. Upon restarting, I realize that new players start with absolutely nothing. Forcing you to have to pay to get coins in order to even compete. No one should have to do that. So thats the first issue, its not new player friendly whatsoever. My second issue is the bots you play. There is absolutely no reason in the world they should be averaging 200+ every game when the player average is a 160. This makes it to where you only lose money and its not like you are even giving it to another player, you are giving it all to a bot that is programmed in here to have unlimited coins because well they are bots. Once again there is no reason whatsoever they should be averaging 40+ pins higher than your actual average. Im halfway tempted to just give up and find something better because I'm not spending money on a game that is so expensive just to level up attributes like smartness and strength. If you dont believe its a problem, I’m now level 27 and upgrades are already costing hundreds of thousands of coins (700k for instance) All and all this game does not balance well at all with in game purchases and the amount of coins you can make. Please fix these issues and make this game great again.

ADR@1247

Rating: 4/5

This is flat out the best bowling game on the App Store. Realistic ball motion, (almost) realistic pin action, and the plethora of real-life oil patterns available are the big upsides of this game. With that being said, there’s a few things that I would personally change to make your arsenal/bowling style a bit more unique. I feel like you should be able to take away skill points you’ve added to the strength, speed, and smartness skills. As a bowler myself, there are plenty of times where I have to slow my ball speed down to play a certain pattern correctly. I do understand that we can swipe slower, but it is near impossible to repeat shots that way. I also feel like upgrading those categories shouldn’t cost any in-game currency. I feel like once you level up, your reward should be leveling up your speed for free. My next “inconvenience” is the fact that we are limited to brands of Storm (hopefully we see 900 Global stuff soon!). I know plenty of Brunswick staffers that would love to be able to train with their own equipment. I do understand that this is bowling by Jason Belmonte, not bowling by PBA, so it’s obviously not a dealbreaker for me. All in all this is still my favorite app on my phone and it’s a fantastic training tool, and an overall fun game!