PBA® Bowling Challenge

Name: PBA® Bowling Challenge
Rating: 4.7 (130666 reviews)
Author: Concrete Software, Inc.

Bowl! Strike! 3D Sport Arcade!

Free · In‑App Purchases

131K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Sports
Developer

Concrete Software, Inc.
Language

EN
English
Size

150.2
MB

Rise through the ranks against 24 of the PBA’s best bowlers as you compete for a variety of regional and national championship trophies. Starting in a local alley with a scuffed up 12 lb ball, you’ll hone your skills against bowling legends on your way to competing in the Tournament of Champions! Start a career or bowl a quick game! Career mode is at the heart of PBA Bowling Challenge, but if you’d rather just lace up and take to the lanes, we’ve got you covered. Choose from a wide variety of opponents and locations and unlock even more content in Career Mode! Online Multiplayer Action! Bowl against your friends in real-time, one-on-one multiplayer matches! Powered by Game Center services, multiplayer mode lets you invite your friends or get matched against a random opponent! Bowl against the best! How do you think you’d fare against the cool confidence and pin-point accuracy of Walter Ray Williams, Jr. or the brash power stroke of Pete Weber? How would your scores stand up against the high spin and smooth release of Norm Duke or the high cranking backswing of Tommy Jones? Based on actual statistics that track their power, hook, and control, PBA Bowling Challenge strives to accurately recreate the skill and style of the top bowlers in the sport today. Features Include: - Quickplay, Multiplayer, and Career modes! - Dozens of PBA Tournaments! - Bowl against 24 of the best PBA bowlers! - Over 100 different bowling balls with unique stats! - Leaderboards and Achievements. - Bonus challenges in every tournament! - Split Balls, Bomb Balls, and more!

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

131K Ratings

Very fun app
10/29/2018

dmswickrath
Been playing this app continually since 2014. I play every day every time on iPad since I have all the power bowling balls so running out of energy never a problem. When I first started playing game was a little annoying having to wait to recharge but over time saved up to get energy charging balls which eliminated waiting. When enough adds watched to save up to ultimate ball and after then never had to wait again . Never bought gold pins would just watch ads and win to earn, Love the added venues when they appear. Love the special balls, daily spins, weekend events, and other challenges. Only problems are Sometimes locks up after a game and have to restart. This occurs during certain times of year while other times never locks up and works flawlessly for weeks. Sometimes the sound goes away and have to reboot to get back. Sometimes to get spins the videos don’t play and get playback errors. All seem minor compared to the overall experience of the game. Tech support was fine when needed One time at beginning of 2018 the game lost all my settings (special balls, points, gold pins etc....) and I had a LOT of points gold pins and special balls that were all lost, and I was really bummed out. sent email to support which sent me special file to restore my stats and recovered all successfully. Thank god otherwise I would have probably stopped playing game altogether. Hope this game last for many more years as endless entertainment

Developer Response
Hello,We're glad to hear you enjoy the game so much! If you run into issues like the ones you've described, please feel free to contact us and we'd be happy to help do whatever we can for you. You can reach us at support@concretesoftware.com or by using the Contact button in the game's inbox.Thank you,Concrete Software
Very fun app
10/29/2018

dmswickrath

Been playing this app continually since 2014. I play every day every time on iPad since I have all the power bowling balls so running out of energy never a problem. When I first started playing game was a little annoying having to wait to recharge but over time saved up to get energy charging balls which eliminated waiting. When enough adds watched to save up to ultimate ball and after then never had to wait again . Never bought gold pins would just watch ads and win to earn, Love the added venues when they appear. Love the special balls, daily spins, weekend events, and other challenges. Only problems are Sometimes locks up after a game and have to restart. This occurs during certain times of year while other times never locks up and works flawlessly for weeks. Sometimes the sound goes away and have to reboot to get back. Sometimes to get spins the videos don’t play and get playback errors. All seem minor compared to the overall experience of the game. Tech support was fine when needed One time at beginning of 2018 the game lost all my settings (special balls, points, gold pins etc....) and I had a LOT of points gold pins and special balls that were all lost, and I was really bummed out. sent email to support which sent me special file to restore my stats and recovered all successfully. Thank god otherwise I would have probably stopped playing game altogether. Hope this game last for many more years as endless entertainment
Developer Response 10/30/2018
Hello,We're glad to hear you enjoy the game so much! If you run into issues like the ones you've described, please feel free to contact us and we'd be happy to help do whatever we can for you. You can reach us at support@concretesoftware.com or by using the Contact button in the game's inbox.Thank you,Concrete Software
I’ve been playing a LONG time.
10/30/2022

Camdensmommy28
I hadn’t had any issues much at all with the game. Other than it will lock up and I have to close it out. Now when it happens and you have to restart it, I preferred it starting the match over because usually when it would start acting up, it would end up with me getting a bad frame because it would freeze so I couldn’t finish the frame. Now when it restarts, you have to keep whatever you had when it would mess up so much. So in turn, I’m losing events and regular matches because I can’t start them over again when it would glitches like we used to be able to fix. Now we are just out our games and it’s causing me to lose events already. Also my only other issue would be that usually events get harder to beat the further you advance, but now I’ve played the same event twice and both times the “computer” got 2 300 games in a row and knocked me out of the event. It’s so frustrating. When it’s towards the end, it’s understandable but when it’s the 2nd or 3rd match and they are getting 300s continuously, it’s very frustrating. They just updated recently and it made it worse for these reasons. Overall it’s still the app I play the most. I have played less since they “fixed” stuff a couple weeks ago, but it only benefits the computer and not us as players. Their game glitches and we are stuck with bad scores and lose events. That makes us pay to play again. I don’t think that is starting to ruin it for me. But I hope they will change it back.

Developer Response
Hello,I apologize if you're running into problems or issues with the game. You can message us about issues at support@concretesoftware.com or using the contact button in the help section of the game's inbox.Thank you,Concrete Software
I’ve been playing a LONG time.
10/30/2022

Camdensmommy28

I hadn’t had any issues much at all with the game. Other than it will lock up and I have to close it out. Now when it happens and you have to restart it, I preferred it starting the match over because usually when it would start acting up, it would end up with me getting a bad frame because it would freeze so I couldn’t finish the frame. Now when it restarts, you have to keep whatever you had when it would mess up so much. So in turn, I’m losing events and regular matches because I can’t start them over again when it would glitches like we used to be able to fix. Now we are just out our games and it’s causing me to lose events already. Also my only other issue would be that usually events get harder to beat the further you advance, but now I’ve played the same event twice and both times the “computer” got 2 300 games in a row and knocked me out of the event. It’s so frustrating. When it’s towards the end, it’s understandable but when it’s the 2nd or 3rd match and they are getting 300s continuously, it’s very frustrating. They just updated recently and it made it worse for these reasons. Overall it’s still the app I play the most. I have played less since they “fixed” stuff a couple weeks ago, but it only benefits the computer and not us as players. Their game glitches and we are stuck with bad scores and lose events. That makes us pay to play again. I don’t think that is starting to ruin it for me. But I hope they will change it back.
Developer Response 11/01/2022
Hello,I apologize if you're running into problems or issues with the game. You can message us about issues at support@concretesoftware.com or using the contact button in the help section of the game's inbox.Thank you,Concrete Software
very good app
01/13/2018

Broken Bridge
Still a good app but VERY frustrating when ads tie up the game and you have to shutdown your iPad and reboot in order to continue playing. Such a waste of the player’s time. The app still has the problem with some of the daily spins. Emails have not been answered. It is a shame because it is a very good game which they obviously put a lot of work into. Since the app is a couple of years old now, they probably want to put minimal resources into it now. This is a very good and realistic app. Not perfect, but very good as long as you don’t mind investing some dollars into better bowling balls and energy. I think you will get frustrated waiting for the natural course of events to take place. The costs are reasonable but I think you should be prepared to spend some money. One thing that sticks in my craw is the number of times pins just spin around as well as spin around and never go any place. The natural odds are just not possible to calculate. Pins move, even if they do not help you. They travel, sometimes they hit other pins, sometimes they don’t. But overall it is a very good app that gives much enjoyment and brings back memories for many of us.

Developer Response
Hello,We're aware of some issues causing the game to freeze at the end of matches, and we're working to investigate this game and get it fixed. I'm sorry to hear you've emailed us and received no response. Please make sure when you try to contact us you're emailing us directly at support@concretesoftware.com.Thank you,Concrete Software
very good app
01/13/2018

Broken Bridge

Still a good app but VERY frustrating when ads tie up the game and you have to shutdown your iPad and reboot in order to continue playing. Such a waste of the player’s time. The app still has the problem with some of the daily spins. Emails have not been answered. It is a shame because it is a very good game which they obviously put a lot of work into. Since the app is a couple of years old now, they probably want to put minimal resources into it now. This is a very good and realistic app. Not perfect, but very good as long as you don’t mind investing some dollars into better bowling balls and energy. I think you will get frustrated waiting for the natural course of events to take place. The costs are reasonable but I think you should be prepared to spend some money. One thing that sticks in my craw is the number of times pins just spin around as well as spin around and never go any place. The natural odds are just not possible to calculate. Pins move, even if they do not help you. They travel, sometimes they hit other pins, sometimes they don’t. But overall it is a very good app that gives much enjoyment and brings back memories for many of us.
Developer Response 01/15/2018
Hello,We're aware of some issues causing the game to freeze at the end of matches, and we're working to investigate this game and get it fixed. I'm sorry to hear you've emailed us and received no response. Please make sure when you try to contact us you're emailing us directly at support@concretesoftware.com.Thank you,Concrete Software
Love/hate relationship with game
07/22/2019

Howieb4
Been playing everyday for last six months. You need to to keep your spin streak alive or else need to pony up points to revive it. No biggie there. But a big issue I see is as move up in levels, the cost of playing a game grows too. So if you have 400 energy points showing it costs 250 points to play. If you have 1000 points if cost 800 points to play. So you never can play two games in a row without using pins to buy more energy. And I would never ever use real money to buy energy points . There is also times when the game slow and unresponsive. Not sure if it's my iPad, but many times the game will freeze up during a roll and before you know it the ball rolls not how you threw it. I have had many perfect games ruined by this lockup. You get into a rhythm on how you throw the ball and these annoying delay breaks that. On the plus side when the game is working as it should it's fun to play. Many, almost too many ball choices(of course very pricey to get the better balls). But controls are nice. Oil patterns do affect ball play as you move through the tourneys. Some special events require you be at a crazy high level to even be able to launch. I've been playing every day for six months and at level 33. Some balls and events require you to be at levels 75 ad above. Of course you can play real moneyto progress faster, but you know what they say about a fool and his money.

Developer Response
Hello,Thank you for your feedback on the game! If you have an other questions or comments please let us know at support@concretesoftware.com.
Love/hate relationship with game
07/22/2019

Howieb4

Been playing everyday for last six months. You need to to keep your spin streak alive or else need to pony up points to revive it. No biggie there. But a big issue I see is as move up in levels, the cost of playing a game grows too. So if you have 400 energy points showing it costs 250 points to play. If you have 1000 points if cost 800 points to play. So you never can play two games in a row without using pins to buy more energy. And I would never ever use real money to buy energy points . There is also times when the game slow and unresponsive. Not sure if it's my iPad, but many times the game will freeze up during a roll and before you know it the ball rolls not how you threw it. I have had many perfect games ruined by this lockup. You get into a rhythm on how you throw the ball and these annoying delay breaks that. On the plus side when the game is working as it should it's fun to play. Many, almost too many ball choices(of course very pricey to get the better balls). But controls are nice. Oil patterns do affect ball play as you move through the tourneys. Some special events require you be at a crazy high level to even be able to launch. I've been playing every day for six months and at level 33. Some balls and events require you to be at levels 75 ad above. Of course you can play real moneyto progress faster, but you know what they say about a fool and his money.
Developer Response 07/12/2019
Hello,Thank you for your feedback on the game! If you have an other questions or comments please let us know at support@concretesoftware.com.

Strike! The new PBA Bowling Challenge v3.22.0 update is now available for you to take a shot at: - Resolved an issue with ads appearing at incorrect times. Got an idea you want to pass off to the alley's team? Email us at support@concretesoftware.com

Version 3.22.0

Oct 13

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