Feature Guide
Everything you need to know about lanestats.com
Scoring
lanestats tracks every pin on every roll. This is what powers all the stats, pin leave analysis, and coaching insights. Here's how it works:
From your dashboard, create a session (set the date, location, and league if applicable), then click "New Game" inside the session. You'll land on the scoring screen with a pin diagram.
Tap the pins you knocked down, then tap "Roll" to confirm. The pins you tapped will turn highlighted. After you confirm, the frame advances automatically. For the second roll, only the standing pins from roll 1 will be shown.
Tap the "Strike" button to select all 10 pins, then tap "Roll". You don't have to tap each pin individually.
On your second roll, tap the remaining pins you knocked down and tap "Roll". If you got them all, it registers as a spare automatically.
lanestats auto-detects most common splits based on the pin configuration after your first ball. You can also toggle the split marker manually with the "Split" button if it misses one. Split data shows up in your stats breakdown.
The 10th frame works just like real bowling. If you strike, you get two more rolls. If you spare, you get one more. The pins reset between bonus rolls just like on the lane.
Tap any frame number at the top of the scorecard to jump back to it. Re-enter the rolls and the score will recalculate from that point forward. You can also reset the current frame with the "Reset Frame" button.
Scoring Tips
These will save you time at the lanes:
If you left the 10 pin on a strike attempt: tap "Strike" (selects all pins), then tap the 10 pin to deselect it, then tap "Roll". This is way faster than tapping 9 individual pins. Works for any leave. Start with all pins selected and deselect what's still standing.
For a strike, just tap the "Strike" button and then "Roll". Two taps total.
On your second ball, if you picked up the spare, just tap "Strike" (it selects all remaining pins) and then "Roll".
Don't select any pins and tap "Roll". It records zero pins knocked down.
Use the ball selector above the scorecard. It applies to the current frame going forward. Your stats page will show which ball performed better.
You don't have to enter your roll the second the pins fall. Score at your own pace. The app saves after every roll so you won't lose progress if you close the tab.
Toggle "Auto-Select" on the scoring screen. When on, all pins start selected (green) and you just tap the pins you missed to deselect them. This is faster for most bowlers since you usually knock down more pins than you leave. For a strike, just hit Confirm Roll without tapping anything. For a 10-pin leave, tap the 10 pin to deselect it and hit Confirm.
Sessions and Games
A session is a trip to the bowling alley. It contains one or more games. You set the date, location, and league when you create it, and you can edit those fields anytime from the session page.
The "Quick Game" button on your dashboard creates a session with today's date and drops you straight into scoring. Good for when you just want to start bowling without filling out details.
You can add as many games to a session as you want. If you bowl a 3-game series, lanestats will track the series total and include it in your series stats.
Star a session from the dashboard or session page to mark it as a favorite. Filter by favorites to quickly find your best nights.
Sessions are public by default, which means they show up on the feed and your profile. Toggle to private if you don't want a session visible to others.
Stats and Analysis
The stats page is where lanestats really shines. All of this data is computed from your pin-by-pin scoring.
Average, median, high/low game, standard deviation, total games and frames. The median is useful because it's not skewed by one great or terrible game like the average can be.
Strike rate, spare conversion, 10-pin conversion, split rate, 200+ game rate. These are the numbers that actually tell you where to improve.
Strike and spare percentage by frame. See if you start strong and fade, or if you tend to rally late. Most bowlers have weaker frames they don't realize.
A heat map of which pins you leave standing most often after your first ball. Hot pins are the ones you need to practice picking up. This is the single most useful thing for targeted practice.
Your most common spare leaves ranked by frequency, with conversion rates for each. Tells you exactly which spare shots you're missing and how often.
Bar chart showing your average score per month over the past year. Hover each bar for strike rate, spare conversion, and game count for that month.
Filter all stats by ball, league, oil pattern, location, or date range. Want to see how you perform on sport patterns vs house shots? Filter by oil pattern. Want to know your league-only average? Filter by league.
Live Scoring
From any session page, tap the "Live" button. It generates a link you can copy and send to anyone. They open it in their browser and see your scores updating in real time. No login required for viewers.
The full scorecard for every game in the session, with pin leave diagrams. Stats like average, strike count, and spare conversion update as you bowl.
The link stays active as long as you're bowling. It expires 30 minutes after your last roll, and has a hard cap of 10 hours. You can also stop it manually anytime from the session page.
Weekly Challenges
Three new challenges are generated every Monday. They're things like "Bowl a 200+ game", "Get a turkey", "Convert 10 spares this week", or "Beat your average by 20 pins". They check automatically every time you complete a game.
When you complete a challenge, it marks as done on your dashboard and on the challenges page. You can see how many other bowlers completed each one.
Ball Comparison
Go to My Info and add your bowling balls. When you score games, select the ball you're using from the dropdown above the scorecard. You can switch balls mid-game and it tracks per-frame.
The Ball Comparison page lets you pick two balls and see them side by side: average score, high game, strike rate, spare conversion, first ball average, and recent 5-game average. The higher stat in each row is highlighted green.
If you're debating which ball to throw on league night, check which one has been performing better recently. The "Recent 5 Avg" stat is especially useful since it reflects how the ball is working for you right now, not six months ago.
Bowling Wrapped
Your year-in-review. Total pins knocked down, games bowled, averages, high scores, strikes, spares, splits, clean games, turkeys, longest strike streak, high series, best month, most used ball, home alley, unique locations visited.
You can switch between years with the arrows at the top. There's a share button that generates a shareable card with your highlights.
Coach
The coach analyzes your data and surfaces actionable insights. It looks at your recent trend (last 10 games vs previous 10), 10-pin conversion, spare conversion, first ball accuracy, strike rate, and ball performance. You'll see it on your dashboard and stats page once you have a few games logged.
It's not generic advice. It's based on your actual numbers. If your 10-pin conversion dropped, it tells you. If one ball is averaging 20 pins higher than another, it tells you that too.
Profile and Social
Your public profile at lanestats.com/u/@yourusername shows your stats, achievements, frame breakdown, and recent sessions. Anyone can see it without logging in.
Follow other bowlers and their sessions show up in your feed's Following tab. Search for bowlers by username from the search page.
Visit another bowler's profile and tap "Compare" to see your stats side by side.
The feed has three tabs: Following (people you follow), Public (everyone), and Trending (200+ games from the past week). Each entry shows the session's scorecard inline.
Milestones you earn as you bowl. Game counts, score thresholds, clean games, series milestones, strike streaks, split conversions. They show on your profile and dashboard. Higher achievements replace lower ones in the same category so your badge list stays clean.