Bowling Reviews

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.

Each time I leave a bad review I finally get a response, but only afterwards. “Please send your receipts”??? After a couple months? No thanks, YOU screwed up, and at this point you find out what the story is, or don’t. I’m fine with your horrible service, unless I hear from you. And here’s the last one, so everyone can keep up. Game is deleted

After at least ten attempt to contact them, the only response I’ve gotten has been when leaving an unfavorable review. Three purchases without receiving what I paid for.

This last time, after months, NOW I’m told in there last response, only after a bad review, that they need receipts after months. I told them when it happened, and got NO response, but NOW months later they want something. It was more than this, but go and give me two of the three balls I purchased, and I’ll return to the game, only because I know I won’t get any one of the three I was no given after paying for them. I know they read these reviews, do I guess we’ll see how much they value their customers and if they are just money hungry or if their concerned with fair service

*Update* after reaching out to the developer with no luck and reading and watching a few things online nothing changed. Waited a few months, nothing changed. The only way to fix my problem is uninstall and reinstall and that only works until I close the game. As soon as I come back no matter what I do the ball goes straight, no rotation whatsoever. I am forced to downgrade my rating and just completely remove this game from my phone, since nothing has been done since October. Nice try Belmo but you should have picked a dev that could support your product. I won't be redownloading or changing my rating due to developer negligence so don't even try.

*original review* This game could be fun but it has many bugs and flaws. Firstly, when I first left the game to came back to play, I had no balls on my ball return and had to figure out how to get them back. It was not explained. Secondly, after leaving the first time I now can't get the ball to hook. No matter the release settings the ball goes completely straight and I can find no way to remedy this.
It could be fun but it is nothing but frustrating at the moment.

The game is ok I will say that. I do think there’s to much Emphasis on buying things. The tournament style event on the game is stupid hard. Like any game to many ppl find a way to cheat or there bots even if it says there another player. Why are there different styles on the game if you just want ppl to bowl 2 hand. Anyone that knows about this app knows it doesn’t matter the ball on the oil pattern it matters the part of the lane your this app from. I have bowled on all these patterns and make the adjustments you would in real life on these oil patterns. Why is it easier to bowl on short patterns and hard on heavy to medium when in real life it’s reversed. The animation and the way the pins react 1 frame your stink in a animation where the pins hit and they fall the next game the pin spinning right In front of the pin. And know one leaves as many as spits as ppl do on this game. Do you know how rear it is for someone to leave 4 to 5 7-10 in 1 game. Not only that how do so many ppl pick that up on this game because is predetermined. I’m not saying make the game easier I’m say make the game fair. How can ppl with 10 ranking literally be better then ppl with 300 ranking. And how do some ppl hav a 300 ranking and like 20 games played. This game could be really good but it your a little to money hungry and you get nothing unless your paying for it!

This game back in the day was amazing, good ball motion, great ball action and fun to play, and you could play for little to no cost. I get that someone has to make money on the game somewhere at some point, but it has now become greedy. There are sooo many bugs in the game. You go to gameplay and it puts you on the wrong oil pattern and allows you to shoot, but the other player falls out of the matchup and then you get zeroes because it times you out. Gameplay a year ago was pretty flawless, rarely issues...until someone decided it was a good idea to add 20 oil patterns, tournaments, ridiculous prices for equipment and oil patterns. The developers have ruined a perfect game by over complicating it. The game WAS fun and simple, instead of keeping it simple, someone went rogue and added too many features with a tremendous amount of bugs. It’s time to find a new this app game in Bowling Store.

There are many reasons why I enjoy Belmo’s game; the balls, brand name and funky patterned ones, the axis adjustments, and speed (can easily bowl a practice game in under 4 min) to name a few, but a few areas are disappointing; for one the directions and descriptions of strength and smartness do not make sense, it seems whoever came up with the text does not use English as their primary language, I can guess at the meaning but shouldn’t have to. Another is the UI, I’m on level 6 so I assume it gets better but using my iPad the difference between throwing the ball in the left gutter to a 1,3 pocket strike is a flip of a coin and no idea what the result is. Lastly, most top rated games let the player try out equipment before purchasing, perhaps a few frames or a game to determine what ball you like. Could be a four or possibly five star with these improvements.

I’ve been playing this game for about 2 years now, really fun and great to mess around on when the boredom hits. I’ve never really had a problem with the game, but waiting forever to get new balls in the in-game shop is ridiculous. Haven’t spent a single dollar, took ages to get the physix and the fever pitch in the shop. It’s sad how anti-consumer the developers are. For the longest time, you could buy the gold cards with in-game gold coins. That feature is now removed, and you can only pay for it with real-life cash.

Development is great, graphics are awesome, but if they could be a bit more consumer friendly the game would be golden. Some suggestions I have are: after a new ball is out, put it in the shop about a month after the promotion went live; and start allowing us to purchase gold cards with in-game gold coins again.

Please don’t keep going in the direction of MTX, it never works out in the end.

Fun game! By far the best this app game available for mobile devices.

For the developer:
It took a long time, but the tournament mode finally came out. It was really a let down because you go into the mode and there are already a full list of players who have shot 900 for the three games. So to start with no chance of winning is not that exciting. Seeing that the Red Square pattern also had a full list of 900s leads one to believe that the game is hacked. To this point, I have not faced that many 300s in live games to suggest that this is even possible.

I would like to see a different mode other than just the one on one. Maybe an offline tournament or league mode would be more fun. Or maybe a live tournament where you actually bowl live against others. And there needs to be another way to progress other than just playing against other bowlers.

Also, could there be a way to reduce the speed points on your profile? When you select to increase your speed after leveling up and you find it doesn’t work as well, you should be able to remove the point and drop back down to the previous maximum speed.

Lastly, it would be nice to see more design options for the pins added to the game.

This is flat out the best this app game on Bowling 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/this app 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 this app by Jason Belmonte, not this app 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!

Hello, My name is Lucas and I have been playing the Belmonte game for a while now. A couple months ago, anytime I’d try and load into the game, it would just glitch and I couldn’t press anything. It looked like the this app alley but all of the back walls combined. I have tried restarting my phone and deleting and reinstalling the game but that didn't work. How ever when I would redownload and sign into the game I would be able to play the games but the rooms were always messed up and practice kind of worked. Then when I closed Bowling and reopened it it was glitched again. I was able to make a new account and that would work but then trying to get back into my actual account it was still glitched. This was my favorite game to play but now I can’t play it. Can you please do something about it? Thank You I emailed you guys like 3 times, can you guys please do something?

I like the game. Probably more realistic than other this app games out there. I just don’t feel like there is enough to do. You have a skill shot tournament where only %1 of those who enter get the top prize. And if you can’t bowl close to 300 every game forget it. Not even fun at all for those just starting out or even those who have played for awhile. There are some on here that have every ball and pattern mastered. And it isn’t that easy. New ones need not apply here. Besides that you just bowl online sometimes against the same person, some over and over. There are no tournament for new to average bowlers. Unless you can throw over 270 consistently. There are no daily or weekly challenges no fun things to do to level up. Just bowl the same people over and over until you be become good and then face bowlers who will be rolling 300’s against you. It is a great game though. Just wish there was a little more.

Very accurate ball motion, shapes, pin action, oil patterns. Everything is on point. Would love to see lanes change over the course of a game. Other ball brands is a pipe dream but it would be cool to roll other brands. Would love to see more oil patterns down the road. Also a more interactive chat would be cool. I would love to play some of my friends and talk some serious smack. Much like we do when we bowl in leagues.

Only complaint I have is sometimes it takes forever to find a player in 1v1. After a while it finds bots to play but perhaps there could be a setting to only play bots but gain less experience. Or even a campaign mode similar to the PBA this app game. Also, this game crushes the PBA game in every aspect. Very addicting and a great tool to educate yourself off the lanes. It becomes fun playing different parts of the lane and drilling the equipment to have the ball walk into the pocket. A very large learning curve but once you get the hang of it it is hard to exit.

Since 12.2 iOS Bowling doesn’t open

So, this is my 2nd review I’ve made, but hear me out. This game was incredible, by far the best this app game. Like it wasn’t even close. This game had it all. And while the most recent update doesn’t take away from the fact that it is still great, it just really hurt the game. Basically, it slowed down your maximum ball speed from almost 21 mph to less than 17 mph. And this is with 30/30 speed too. This really ruined so many this app balls. Hy-Road Nano, arguably the best this app ball in the game, and extremely popular, is virtually impossible to hit the pocket with now. You used to be able to use any this app ball you wanted, but now you can really only use this app balls with very little hook. This game is great, just please at least make it possible to get back to your old ball speed.

My son loves the game and plays it all the time. It is challenging and the various balls play differently as they would in real life. It is fun to play against each other as well.

We did have a double billing issue when I tried to purchase content for his account (requires parent approval). If you try to buy something in Bowling and it doesn’t go through don’t try to buy it again. Instead contact support and send them a copy of your bill and they will get the content added. That is how we were double billed. The content didn’t show up so I tried to purchase again and Bowling didn’t catch that I had already paid for that content.

Support was helpful in resolving this issue (they can’t refund, Apple has to do that, but they helped me get additional content for the money I paid).

This is a very good game and it's got the storm company brand and you can setup your own this app balls, I have not seen a game like it. It's a lot like real this app, you have to hit your mark. I know because I bowl in real life and you have to be on your mark to get good results. Storm is a good company though even though personally I bowl Motiv. Anyway this is a good game. Also I know that Jason Belmonte is a storm player but if it's possible. Can you guys add like Roto-Grip and other brands, so we have more of a variety and those picky company players who only stick to one brand. I just know that this game is centered around Belmo. Now that I think about it, that would be hard, you would probably have to be sponsored by the other brands for copyright reasons. Sorry this is so long but thanks for the very realistic game. 😀🎳👍

It’s a very cool this app game, probably the best one out there. Physics are fantastic, and the one on one mode is great.

One of my main complaints is there are just some pay to win elements in this game, so if you don’t have the money, then you won’t be able to have access to as much balls as someone who did have the money, which I think is kinda unfair. At least expand the pro shop, where you don’t have to spend money, or make it so that you have to use your coins or chips to actually buy the balls instead of straight up money.

Also, there are a few weird glitches where sometimes the this app balls, when returning back to the ball return, get FLUNG right onto the floor, which I think is quite hilarious, but it can definitely use some fixing. There also have been times where my game has had trouble loading and I’ve had to delete Bowling and reinstall it from Bowling Store to fix the problem (luckily, the access to Facebook accounts helps keep all the progress).

Besides other suggestions to improve the game, such as faster oil transition, and being able to customize your speed more (maybe have a bar similar to the ones where you control RPM, axis rotation, and axis tilt where you can set it to your max speed that’s determined by your speed points), it’s a great, very addictive game. Highly recommend!

First of all this is a great game. I have played for 2-3 years and this game is phenomenal. I’d talk about how the ball motion is amazing, and pin physics are accurate but that has already been said In other reviews. One problem is that I can’t adjust my release during a match. I don’t know if this is a glitch or on purpose but either way it’d be cool to be able to adjust it mid match like you do irl. Also if you win a this app clash you’ve already won you don’t get the pins or the ball rewards because you already have them. Can there be some type of alternative reward even if I’ve already won it before? It would also be cool to have a doubles type match and team/league play Otherwise everything is great.

Huge fan of this game and have been playing it since it came out. Finally got to Level 104, have over 40 million in chips…..just to not be able to play because it can’t login to Facebook. This game used to be supported and updated and it’s pretty obvious that it is no longer that way considering the king of the “week” pattern has been Stone Street…..for about 7 months now….🙄
Love this game, love the graphics and realism about it, but if your gonna make an app that is this good, you have to continue to support it and unfortunately until you get it fixed I have to uninstall and let it die with the rest of the once promising this app simulators.

This game brings everything real this app would bring to you. Going from lane conditions (oil pattern) to the cover stock and weight block of the ball. With realistic stats to show which each individual ball does and how it may react on the different patterns available. Even the pin action is super realistic, I mean even real this app random things are left and occur so definitely as realistic as it gets. Easily 5 stars hope more modes come out asap. If you are a actual Rl bowler this is the game for you hands down no questions asked. Even for someone looking for a real this app experience that isn’t a avid bowler or doesn’t play often this is as close as your gonna get to being in the this app alley throwing games. Great job belmo I still wanna vs you 1v1 in RL if your near Sacramento Cali, it would be a dream come true to show storm there’s another monster bowler that could give you a run for your money lurking =)

I’ve tried pretty much every this app game that there is on Bowling Store looking for something realistic. This IS it! It can actually help improve your real life game. this app is a game of angles and curves. But it’s also a mental game. I’m about a 180 average bowler on league. My nemesis like many bowlers was the ten pin! What I learned playing this game is to take a more direct line to the 10 pin. Still cross lane but a lot less angle. I haven’t missed a 10 pin in over a month and my average is now 205! I owe part of that to observing ball motion on this game.
Now a few complaints. The amount of splits I leave in THIS game is pretty unbelievable. I’ve been watching pins fall long enough that I pretty much can call what spare is going to be left as soon as the ball hits the pins. There is something off here. I real life you see a 7-10 spit maybe one time out of 10 games. Here I have seen one or three per game.
Also it would be cool to see your opponent’s shot.
Other than that. Great this app simulation.