# Williams™ Pinball — user reviews > 995 indexed App Store user reviews of Williams™ Pinball by ZEN Studios, rated 4.40/5 from 15,114 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/williams-pinball/id1406370101/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/williams-pinball/id1406370101.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10,796 · 4★ 2,075 · 3★ 859 · 2★ 390 · 1★ 994 ## What do users think of Williams™ Pinball? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Realistic pinball physics - 🎨 Excellent table graphics and visuals - 🕹️ Faithful recreation of classic pinball tables - 🏆 Enjoyable daily challenges - 👍 Smooth and responsive gameplay **Cons** - 💰 Expensive microtransactions and pay-to-play model - 🕰️ Slow server connectivity and frequent loading issues - 🤯 Confusing and convoluted progression system - 🙄 Intrusive and unskippable advertisements - 🤖 Unreliable controls and flipper responsiveness **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent ball physics and behavior - Rewards not registering due to server issues - Frequent crashes and freezes, especially after ads - Progression data randomly getting reset or lost **Most requested features** - Ability to purchase individual tables outright - Option to disable distracting visual effects - Improved nudging and tilt controls - Landscape mode support on tablets - Offline play mode ## Newest reviews (11 of 995) ### 2/5 — No audio *2026-08-29, version 1.6.9* Very few worthwhile boards to play. Audio also doesn’t work which is like 80% the game so can’t recommend. Gameplay does seem solid though. ### 3/5 — The Get Away *2026-08-13, version 1.6.9* Honestly game is fun but The Get Away pinball machine absolutely blows. Hogs the pinball and runs the timer down practically the entire time. I would very much like a feature to where I can scrap a pinball machine and get something else out of it because I really don’t like The Get Away at all in anyway not even a little bit. Everything else is fun ### 4/5 — Mein Lieblingsflipper *2026-08-10* Die Tische sind gut spielbar, wenn auch mit Qualitätsunterschieden. Mit dem ProPhysik Modul sind sie ok. Lasst euch nicht verwirren. Man muss keinerlei Geld für irgendwas ausgegeben. Bin inzwischen Level 40 und habe alle Tische (ausser Indy) ein paar tausend credits und 400 Gold ohne einen einzigen Cent auszugeben. Es dauert eben, aber die Übung braucht man für die höheren Level sowieso. Tolle App. ### 4/5 — Great Game *2026-07-30, version 1.6.9* Lots of fun and really well done. Lost one star for a few reasons: - One ball challenge forces you to watch match animations; no option to disable match - Some tables will send your ball right down the centre when they are automatically shot out, often with no ability to hit it with the paddles before its lost (notably fish tales) ### 4/5 — Great game, with some room for improvement *2026-07-13, version 1.6.9* I’ve played this game when it was Originally released, and you could change the playfield angle, the Nudge was an area just above the flippers so you didn’t need to move your hand, and you could play it in Portrait or Landscape mode. Still the same great game but with fewer options. I’ve had no adds getting to level 3 , so not sure what people Are talking about with Adds ? ### 2/5 — Needs bugs fixed *2026-07-10, version 1.6.9* Flippers sometimes don’t work Balls get “lost or stuck” ### 3/5 — Good but *2026-06-30, version 1.6.9* Pretty good but it need controller support ### 2/5 — Just “Wow” *2026-06-30, version 1.6.9* Love Pinball, played physical games across the northeastern states, thought this would be a great app to build skills and play games without the use of 4 quarters. For awhile the game was great, however left and right I can’t even load into the game, when trying to play on data for the free sessions, it asks if I want to download the 15mb of data, sure not a problem I say, then the game tells me there’s an error… every single time, and yes data is turned on to be used for this game. Then came my breaking point, I know I have a flight coming up, “wonderful” I think to myself, “I’ll have tables unlocked so I can play on the plane!”. So there I go playing, unlocking tables getting prepped for my flight. Then the worst imaginable thing happens, in airplane mode you can not play any of the arcade play tables that you have unlocked. This event ruined any respect I had left for the game. Great concept, games felt great to play on, but when you make your entire game based on having an internet connection constantly, lines were crossed. Do better ### 1/5 — No zen coins *2026-06-26, version 1.6.9* I purchased zen coins but I didn’t receive any zen coins in game ### 2/5 — online feature removed *2026-06-23, version 1.6.9* the removed my favorite part which was the Skillz online matchmaking. ### 1/5 — Totally unplayable *2026-06-20, version 1.6.9* Riddled with fetch errors and confusing UI. Unplayable in its current state. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Pointless money grab *2026-08-20, version 1.6.9* The grind to unlock more than one table is overwhelming. I’ve given up…you upgrade table and then you find out it needs to be level 2 to be playable. Greedy nonsense. There are cheaper pinball sim options that grant full unlocks from the off. I’m done with this after a few weeks on zero progress despite daily play. As the Addams Family table says….G-R-E-E-D!! ### 1/5 — Great Gameplay, terrible app *2026-08-20, version 1.6.9* The pinball game play is fantastic, lots of choices, smooth gameplay. But that doesn’t make up for the terrible app and user interface. This app must connect to game servers to work, it constantly fails at that. And if it disconnected from the server while you’re playing the game, then you won’t get your rewards for the hard fought game you just won. There are lots of game pauses during times challenges, which is a good thing so the machine can play through its animations and you won’t lose any time. However there isn’t always a pause when there should be, and this timed task is applied to every game which can make it difficult depending on how the scoring of that game works, while not impossible it is annoying and tasks should be tailored to each game. The user interface is annoying, when in arcade mode and after selecting a game if you hit the back button it takes you back to the main menu and not back one page as it should. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2026-08-17, version 1.6.9* Practically everything is behind paywalls. ### 1/5 — Bizarre Paywall *2026-08-09, version 1.6.9* It’s sad to see a clearly amazing game locked behind either a paywall or an insane grind. Luckily I chose Medieval Madness as my first game which I love, but it’s becoming clear the only legit way to unlock another table is to grind for a few weeks or pay like $10+. I collected mystery parts for a table to unlock it but then it said that I can’t play the table until I upgrade it to level TWO! What was the point of spending money on the zen coins. The games look amazing and really feel like the legit ones, disappointing to see this structure here that ruins it. ### 1/5 — Bug fixes needed *2026-08-06, version 1.6.9* Challenge collectibles like tickets are not added to total immediately after collecting but waits until the next round, the math is way off. i.e i started with 2,755 tickets earned 35 tickets and the games total for this was 2,770 not the 2,790 it should be. On the last round no tickets earned are added to the total at all. Going in and out of leader boards cause an error time total for challenges screen shot (I have) shows it added 4,721 days of waiting time. No good goffers has bounding box issues (upper right flipper) as well as the challenge mode launch issues there are a handful of full of other tables where the ball at launch will remain in the shooter lane. The only option is to exit out and try again. This seems to happen when timers in the background (for challenges) finishes a cycle. ### 1/5 — Cannot play *2026-07-21, version 1.6.9* Unable to enter any game: Internal Error ### 1/5 — Wasn’t worth the download *2026-07-05, version 1.6.9* Too many hoops to jump through just to play a pinball game, it was easier to delete it. ### 1/5 — Server Down!? *2026-07-04, version 1.6.9* Yes!! The servers are still down a week after my last review! ### 1/5 — Pinball?When?Where??!? *2026-06-30, version 1.6.9* yet ANOTHER overly designed game that requires participation in designer’s conception of game process (climbing tiers, accumulating level access, Paying4Entry!) well before you actually get to play-the-game !! SoHappyToBeDeletingNow ### 1/5 — Server Down!? *2026-06-28, version 1.6.9* The servers have been down for maintence for close to a week now. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best genX pinball around *2026-08-20, version 1.6.9* 80s Toronto Yonge at flashback ### 5/5 — Love real pinball? *2026-08-18, version 1.6.9* Download this app. I’m a recent enthusiast. I search for bars and establishments with pinball machines. There’s a great collection of real pinball machines. There are challenges that allow you to upgrade machines at an economical rate where you don’t feel like you have to buy upgrades. Overall 5* ### 5/5 — Ballz Out Vintage Fun *2026-08-12, version 1.6.9* This game takes me back to the days of my arcade youth, spending my change on the real classic Williams machines. This is a great pinball game for your phone. Easy to use and artfully recreated. Classic fun for days! Get ya pull in this silver ball battle! CoopDaKill ### 5/5 — Addictive *2026-08-06, version 1.6.9* Great game. I’ve spent a lot of time and money collecting all the tables and maxing them out doing challenges. ### 5/5 — not a ‘walk-up’ experience, Pinball FX Go for that. *2026-08-02, version 1.6.9* For the walk up experience the Devs advised to get Pinball FX go, which is another Zen Studios title, which is what i’m after. This game wants me to progress to ‘achieve’ it and play daily challenges. This is set up for what Apple wants in Apple Arcade, similar to the Retro Arcade. I’m not interested in that kind of ‘engagement’. Just wanted to play Arabian Nights, Funhouse, and even TAF (RIP, Raul Julia). Didn’t try long enough to see if it has ads. The physics are more realistic than the old Farsight Pinball Arcade, so that’s nice, and worth playing where real machines aren’t available. ### 5/5 — Pinball finest *2026-07-15, version 1.6.9* Tables are expensive. Really sucks that i own all .these tables in pinball fx on steam and havw to repurchase them here ar a premium ### 5/5 — Addicting! *2026-07-14, version 1.6.9* After installing and playing just the one table, I have found myself wanting to play more tables. The daily challenges are a lot of fun and just like a physical machine you want to get that high score. If you love pinball this game is a must and take a walk down memory lane. ### 5/5 — W Game *2026-07-14, version 1.6.9* I don’t need to explain BEST GAME EVER ### 5/5 — Fantastic Fun! *2026-07-02, version 1.6.9* Love these games! Enjoying all of them! ### 5/5 — MR *2026-06-12, version 1.6.9* I like this pinball machine in fact my eyes are so wide open because I love them all --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*