How to use Pinwise

How do I replace the sample season with my own games?

Open Settings, scroll to Sample season, and press Start Empty. Download a JSON backup first if you have already entered real games.

How do I bowl a game in Pinwise?

Open Bowl, choose house, league, oil, lane, kind, and entry mode, then press Start game. Enter with Pins, Count, or Quick total. Press Save recap when the tenth frame closes.

How do I scan a house scoreboard?

From the season book or Bowl, open Scan board. Photograph the overhead. Pinwise lists every game and its frames. Choose yours and press Save this game, or Fix frames first if a box is wrong.

Does Pinwise save my scores if I reload the page?

Yes. Games stay in this browser. It does not sync to other devices or other browsers.

How do I back up my bowling book or move to a new phone?

In Settings, press Download JSON. On the new device, open Pinwise and Restore JSON.

How does Pinwise score a game?

Standard ten-pin scoring. A strike is 10 plus the next two balls. A spare is 10 plus the next ball. Opens add the pins you knocked.

How do I add balls, houses, and leagues?

Open Gear. Add balls, houses, leagues, and oil before a league night so Bowl setup menus are filled.

Where is Help, Settings, and the privacy policy?

Help and Settings sit just below the main tabs. The privacy policy is linked from Help and from the bottom of the landing page.

Why aren't scanned and count games in single-pin conversion?

The single-pin chart counts only games entered pin by pin. Count and a scanned board record how many pins fell, not which pin was left standing, so those games are left out. Average, strike, spare, and open rates still include them.

A sample season is already in the book so you can click through Home, Stats, and Gear.

When you are ready to keep your own book, open Settings, scroll to Sample season, and press Start Empty.

Six main tabs sit along the bottom of the phone and in the left rail on a wide screen:

• Home — season average, last game, league cards.
• Bowl — start or resume a game.
• Log — every session, newest first.
• Stats — strike/spare rates, single-pin conversion, averages by ball.
• Gear — balls, houses, leagues, oil patterns.
• Donate — Venmo and PayPal support.

The PINWISE name opens the landing page.

Settings and this Help page sit just below those tabs.

Home is the season book. The big number is your average across complete games. Beside it: strike, spare, and open rates. Below: first-ball average, single-pin conversion, a hypothetical average if every missed single pin had converted, and clean-game count.

The chart is a rolling 12-game average. Last game shows the board; tap Recap for strikes, spares, and opens.

Open Bowl. Choose house, league, oil, lane, kind, and entry mode, then press Start game.

• Pins — tap pins you knocked down, then Knock.
• Count — tap how many pins fell (0–10, or X).
• Quick total — type the final score (0–300).

When the tenth frame closes, press Save recap or Next game.

From Home or Bowl, open Scan board. Photograph the overhead. Pinwise lists every game and its frames. Choose one, then press Save this game. Use Fix frames first if a box is wrong.

Log lists every game by night. Filter by house, league, ball, or oil. Tap a row for the recap.

Recap is one game: total, house, league, oil, kind, the full board, and strike / spare / open counts.

Filter by house, league, or oil, then read strike, spare, and open rates, first-ball average, single-pin conversion, and the split and multi-pin leaves.

Four tabs: balls, houses, leagues, oil. Add gear before a league night so Bowl setup menus are filled.

Profile name and hand show on Home.

Download JSON before you switch phones. Restore JSON on the new device. Start Empty wipes the sample season.

Donate shows Venmo and PayPal QR codes for Spur of the Moment Productions.

Standard ten-pin scoring. A strike is 10 plus the next two balls. A spare is 10 plus the next ball.

How scores and the sponsor link are handled: Privacy Policy.