LayoutQ
Layouts from your numbers
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Link your pro shop, and its stock is marked on the balls the app suggests, priced where listed, and the balls it drills for you land in your bag with their layouts.
LayoutQ turns your numbers into decisions at the lane. Free; no ads or freemium features.
Drilling layouts: Enter your PAP, ball speed, rev rate, and axis tilt and rotation. For a catalog ball whose core type is on file, the app suggests a Dual Angle Layout, shown as drilling angle, pin-to-PAP, and VAL angle, with the reasoning behind each number. Ask for an earlier or later break, a smoother or more angular shape, or more or less flare. Or step the numbers yourself under Explore and watch the shape change. Show the same layout in Dual Angle or Storm VLS notation, whichever your pro shop reads. Every layout is a suggestion; your pro shop confirms fit and layout and decides what gets drilled.
Your arsenal: Keep every ball you own with its drilled layout and current surface. LayoutQ groups a bag into six slots. See which slots your bag covers. Track games since the last cleaning, resurface, and oil extraction, and get told when a pad is due. Reset a ball to its factory finish.
Ball catalog and recommendations: Browse more than 1,000 bowling balls, with coverstock, RG, and differential in the list and the core type, where one is on file, on each ball's page. Filter by brand or by performance level, from entry to high. Compare any two balls. Recommendations fill the gaps in your bag, each with a suggested layout and a starting surface. Choose whether suggested balls start duller, neutral, or shinier.
Live sessions: Pick a house shot or a Kegel sport pattern, log shots as you bowl, and get feet and target moves, ball changes, and a polish suggestion where it would help, as the lane transitions. Score games frame by frame. Get a spare target for common leaves, from your own line. Save your home center so a session starts with its pattern already set, and share a summary with your coach when you are done.
Your pro shop: Your shop can keep your fit specs and the balls they drill for you. Enter the claim code they hand you, or scan the counter QR while you wait, and the balls they drill land in your bag with their layouts.
Tracking: Mount your phone on a tripod, calibrate the lane with four taps, and record a shot to see the ball's tracked path on an overhead lane view. Optional: The camera can estimate your slide-leg knee angle during a session. All camera processing happens on your phone; no video is uploaded.
Privacy: No ads and no third-party trackers. Your data lives in your account; you can export it as a CSV from Profile and delete it from the app at any time.
Product, brand and organization names, including Storm, VLS, Dual Angle, Kegel and USBC, are the trademarks of their owners, and LayoutQ uses them only to identify the balls, notations and rules it refers to. LayoutQ is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them, or by any ball manufacturer. Recommendations are informational; confirm layouts with a qualified pro shop before drilling.
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New in the 1.2 store build:
- Live-session moves use the 2-and-1 ratio USBC and Kegel teach, the same for every style. When to apply it is LayoutQ's own reading. Some suggestions change with this update.
- Profile, Arsenal, and a pro shop's Shop tab say "Could not load" and offer "Try again" when a read fails.
- A PAP of 0 and 0 now counts as no PAP, so you get the benchmark layout until you enter yours.
- Unlinking a pro shop takes effect at once, and removing a staff member retires their invite.
- A Bowling terms screen under Help & FAQ explains PAP, axis tilt, rev rate, and other terms the app uses.
- A ball's core name shows where its maker published one.
- Ball spacing now tests every pair in your bag together, so a "Your games" verdict appears less often by chance.
- Prices typed or imported with a decimal comma, such as 149,99, are read as 149.99. (This only applies to pro shop accounts.)
- The name fields no longer show an example name.
This is also the first iPhone build carrying the current camera permission prompt.
The developer, Anthony Wheeler, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Anthony Wheeler
- Size
- 68.7 MB
- Category
- Sports
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Anthony Wheeler