Last updated on January 18th, 2026 at 08:31 am
Virtual Lawn Bowls – Sports Game Review
Virtual Lawn Bowls is a Sports/Simulation/Sports game from Raiden Limited, first launched in 10th February 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 57+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Virtual Lawn Bowls Stand Out
Feature Summary:
• Online PvP Multiplayer
• Online Chat
• Online Tournaments
• Single Player matches
• Realistic physics
• Beautifully rendered 3D environment
• Intuitive touch screen controls
• Flat or uneven greens
• Scores of kits to choose from!
The 8 century old past time has been faithfully recreated for the iPhone & iPad in all it’s strategic and skilful glory. Draw, block and drive your way to victory with up to 4 players competing on flat or uneven greens for the title of greatest Virtual Lawn Bowler.
• Online turn-based Multiplayer contests; defeat everyone and battle to the top of the global rankings leaderboard
• Single Player experience competing with up to 3 robotic opponents
• Up to 4 players can battle it out in Multiplayer
• Intuitive touch screen controls allow for accurate aim and delivery
• Play on a flat green or an infinite number of uneven greens
• Features realistic physics that accurately simulate the experience
• Configure everything; change the bowl bias, players, difficulty, terrain and more!
• Manipulate the in-game camera to better judge your shots in a beautifully rendered 3D environment
• Take part in the unique Skill Challenges game mode; scenarios that test your bowling ability and compare your ratings against the world through Game Center.
• Kit out in your choice of bowl and mat set
This Sports game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Virtual Lawn Bowls is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th March 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Fixed an issue where adjusting control settings was mistakenly behind a pay wall.
Download & Availability
Virtual Lawn Bowls is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Virtual Lawn Bowls on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Lots of fun. And no annoying ads. Thank you.
This is a great game to recreate lawn bowls. We think there are a couple of bugs though. In a three player game with two bots, the game does not end when one bot reaches the target score first. Play continues. And when a bot plays the jack too short or in the gutter, it is not forced to replay it like a human player. Hopefully these get fixed in a future release.
Need to add 2 more bowls in competition play.
We have been enjoying this app for several months now, and each update has been a meaningful improvement. We would recommend to all bowlers. On-line games are very intense! Keep up the great efforts to bring bowling to all.
We really like the app but never able to play online as there are no opponents. Also, of the few occasions we have been able to play against others, in two cases we won the match and then at the conclusion it says the other person won.
Online interaction with opponents is minimal. Allowing one player to claim a victory when the opponent takes too long to play his shot is ridiculous, especially when there is no timer or warning in the game.
Fun little game. Only suggestion is that you scale the time limit between bowls WAY back. Championship competition should be 5 mins between bowls max. Not 30min.
This is a god game. The only problem is the Ai of the second ball. It purposely loses.
We truly enjoy this game! Being that we're from E Tn, we can't find a bowls club near us to start trying to play! We love the sport so this game is as close as we can get to playing it! And for that we're greatful! A few bugs could be worked out but all in all… Good game.
Best lawn bowls yet. Good interface that does not get on the way of play. Recommended.
We love this game! We are having a lot of fun playing.
We like the game very much – a lot like the real thing. A Player should not be able to re-throw the Jack after putting it in the Ditch.
The game is fun to play, could use a few tweaks.
We love the game. It's so realistic. It's so much fun to play. It gives you so many game play options.
This is a fun game, and not as easy as you think. We wish there were more modes to play and that it didnt so long to play against a person.
Beautiful graphics, game play is great. Developers thank you for a great job. Companies, and developers like these folks should be supported. This is one fantastic app that they put out. Class job, God bless.
Us and our friend just purchased the full game, our question is why is there such a big time lag between shots played? You can't see the opponents turn until after he has taken his shot, it's very distracting from seeing him play in actual time, will this be corrected? Graphics are great.
We love playing it , but there is a major disconnect between the game and Game Center. Sometimes you have to open the game four times, sometimes it won't let you play at all. It will say you need to log into Game Center when you just did. Fix that for a five star rating.
This game lacks polish, and has major bugs. Online games hang, preventing us from taking our shot and completing our turn. The physics engine is clumsy and unrealistic, especially around inclines and declined. The shot mechanism is difficult to gage, and makes it difficult to apply consistent power to your shots. This means there is much more luck than skill involved in playing. Over all this is a playable title, apart from online issues, but it's certainly mediocre. It could be a lot better with minor improvements.
Very additive game. Best so far.
This game offers a great simulation of lawn bowling. You'll like you're at the park.
Top players don't finish games they are losing, so it does not affect their score when others claim the win. Needs to be fixed.
This game is one of the worst ones we've played. It doesn't show you correct instructions, It has so many loo poles plus the measurement ring around the ball isn't even correct. We mean there is a lot worse than just these. But NO ONE get this game.
Very well organized. Very sensitive to the touch. The computer learns progressively. Very satisfying to win.
Whenever we return to online match it crashes.
Really fun when you get the hang of it. Hint: line up the arrow point in line with the yellow ball and gauge the distance.
We really enjoy Bocce Ball and we find this simulation of the game quite addictive.
Fun to kill a few minutes. Quick games.
We've never player bowls in our life but we love this app. Relaxing and enjoyable to play.
This game is wicked fun. Just what's would hope for after the download. Way to go to the creators.
This is a great app! Lots of fun. Good control on the rolls.
This game is really fun and very addicting.
This is a fun game, but single course tires quickly.
This game is easy to use and so much fun to play.
Pretty neat little game. Relaxing.
Gr8 game to pass time lot of fun.
Requires accuracy. If you like bocci ball or lawn bowling this is a fun little game that requires little time to load and hardly any battery juice on iPhone.
Love it, who said bowls was a relaxing game for old folks? We want to kick blue robots butt.
It needs a speed control or your guessing all the time.
Great strategic game. Looking forward to getting the full version.
Clumsy Bocce with very heavy balls. Try it! Would be a better game if the computer didn't throw away his 2nd shot so often.
Want the opponent to be more crafty.
Enjoyable time can be had with this game, a challenge.
Pretty easy to get addicted to this as an avid lawn bowler. Concept is simple, gameplay is fabulous.
Inspires strategic thinking which helps our real game.
The main reason we got this was because it said you can play your friends on-line. What it really means is you get to play against some stranger on-line. We would prefer the option to play against MY friends.
But need to add the ability to invite others to play. Maybe we're stupid and can't figure it out but we can't see to invite friends to play Update—had someone figure it out for us. Update—game is still great but the method of rolling the ball is hard to use and figure out. How do u curve the ball.
Pretty cool game and realistic. Lawn bowls is great game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9.1
- Size: 82.53 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Raiden Limited
Last updated: 24th March 2025 | Genre: Sports, Simulation | Developer: Raiden Limited