Run your bowling side action
from one iPad.
Brackets, eliminators, high game pots, sweepers, and mystery doubles — signed up, scored, and paid out without a recap sheet, a calculator, or a line of bowlers at your table asking who won.

Sign bowlers up
Name, lane, average, and which pots they want, as they walk in.
Start the event
Brackets generate instantly with the fewest possible repeat matchups.
Enter scores
Once per bowler per game — every bracket and pot updates everywhere, live.
Pay out
Winnings are computed the moment the last game locks. Check names off as you pay.
Built by a tournament director, for tournament directors
Smart brackets
8-bowler, 3-game elimination brackets that keep the same people from bowling each other over and over — even when someone buys five entries. Round-2 rematches are avoided by design.
Eliminator pots
Scratch and handicap eliminators with per-game cut scores. Set the cut, survivors advance automatically, and the cut line is obvious to everyone.
High game & series pots
Scratch and handicap high game for every game of the set — or a total-pins series sweeper. Standings sort themselves the moment scores go in.
Mystery doubles
Entrants are secretly paired at start. Teams stay anonymous on the board until you hit Reveal — then the room finds out who carried whom.
Apple Pencil score entry
Write scores straight into the grid the way you would on a recap sheet — no keyboard popping over your hand. Lock each game when it goes final.
Payouts, done
Every pot is calculated automatically the moment game 3 locks. A paid checkbox for every bowler means nobody gets missed and nobody gets paid twice.
Live for your bowlers
Print a QR poster right from the iPad. Bowlers scan it and follow brackets, standings, and winnings live on their phones — no app to install, no crowd at your table.
The whole night, on one screen at a time








Simple pricing. Free where it counts.
Run real events free for up to 16 bowlers. Go unlimited with Pro, or unlock a single big night with an Event Pass.
Free
No sign-up needed to run a night.
- Up to 16 bowlers per event
- Unlimited events
- Every pot: brackets, eliminators, high game, series, mystery doubles
- Live bowler viewer + QR poster
- Demo events to practice on
Pro
$79.99 your first year. Or $14.99/mo — just $9.99/mo for your first two months.
Everything in Free, plus
- Unlimited bowlers per event
- Unlimited pots & brackets
- Event history & printable recaps
- One subscription, unlimited events
Event Pass
For the big night, without subscribing.
- Unlocks a single event to full Pro
- Unlimited bowlers for that event
- All pots & brackets uncapped
- Buy only when you need it
Pro and Event Passes are purchased in the app. The free tier needs no account. Prices in USD; other regions priced by Apple.
Your bowlers are already holding the scoreboard
Every event gets a QR code and a 5-letter join code. Post it at the counter and the whole house follows along at viewer.bowlingsideaction.com.