# Zen Pinball Party — user reviews > 596 indexed App Store user reviews of Zen Pinball Party by ZEN Studios, rated 4.70/5 from 14,185 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zen-pinball-party/id1536783591/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zen-pinball-party/id1536783591.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,392 · 4★ 1,698 · 3★ 702 · 2★ 174 · 1★ 219 ## What do users think of Zen Pinball Party? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great fun - 🚀 Feels like real pinball - 👍 Awesome content - 👍 Realistic - 👍 Fantastic on M1 Macs - 👍 Excellent music - 👍 Brilliant pinball sim **Cons** - 🐛 Unresponsive flippers - 🐛 Consistent offline error - 🐛 Pausing randomly - 🐛 Crashes during games - 🐛 Screen glitches - 🐛 Laggy on M1 Macs - 🐛 Pixelated graphics on M1 Macs - 🐛 Flipper lag on Apple TV **Commonly reported bugs** - Progress not saving - Leaderboard issues - Multiplayer mode not working as expected - Repeated tutorial issues **Most requested features** - More classic Williams tables - Ability to skip end-of-ball status screens - More table customization options - Controller configuration options - HDR mode for better visuals ## Newest reviews (10 of 596) ### 4/5 — Good but nudging fix needed *2026-07-28, version 1.10.0* Great Ballys/Williams tables and it is fun but why is nudging not gyroscopic?? Seems such an obvious thing to do and one of the other Zen titles has this. Definitely not enough time to move your hand halfway up the iPad to swipe and playing in your phone is too tiny. ### 3/5 — Keyboard controls *2026-07-24, version 1.10.0* There really should be the option to customize the controls when playing with keyboard ### 2/5 — Buggy *2026-06-18, version 1.10.0* I want to love this game. Unfortunately, I frequently run into a bug where it will stop everything at the end of a game and nothing I do will get the victory screen to trigger. I’ve tried pausing/unpausing, saving and leaving and going back in, nada. This last time I was playing How to Train Your Dragon and as a last resort, I saved, quit, and exited the app. Upon restarting, the game was gone and I lost a three-star victory. I was very sad because it took me awhile to finally get that one. But otherwise, the game really is a blast when it works correctly. ### 2/5 — Outdated but still decently fun *2026-04-27, version 1.10.0* The physics in this game leave a lot to be desired compared to the pay-to-play version that the same studio developed and are constantly updating. Apple should hold these Apple Arcade apps to a higher standard than just allowing outdated games to be posted. ### 3/5 — Crashes & bugs *2026-03-16, version 1.10.0* Love the game, but it does crash sometimes. Worth note that it hasn’t recognized my iPad as online in a good long while, which makes it impossible to compete in tournaments etc. ### 3/5 — It’s ok *2026-02-05, version 1.10.0* It’s ok on my iPad but is absolutely terrible on my Apple TV with a controller. The flippers are not instantaneous. There is too much of a lag. My controller works just fine on other games on the TV. ### 3/5 — Top 1% in season and no rewards? *2026-01-30, version 1.10.0* i just checked my results from the previous season and here's what it said "TOURNAMENT HAS ENDED! You have finished Top 1% in TIME CHALLENGE Thanks for participating! Better luck next time! (YAY)" The YAY was the button to continue... 🤷‍♂️ no trophy icon unlocked or anything? ### 3/5 — Can’t compete in events *2026-01-27, version 1.10.0* Events aren’t working for me. If I try to look at the leaderboard, it shows an alert saying “no scores found.” If I play a game to compete in the event, it shows ranking “N/A” after the game. ### 3/5 — It’s cool but.. *2026-01-11, version 1.10.0* Ok, guys I like this game but I always get bad scores because I can’t see the pinball because there’s too many pictures. ### 1/5 — love this pinball game but... *2026-01-01, version 1.10.0* the portion of the screen that's dedicated to shifting the pinball machine always ends up making me miss flips which ends up causing lost balls which ruins all my best games. i have big hands, allow me to set the area to control the flipper to extend higher up and I'd give it 5 stars. otherwise it's just not worth playing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sound and haptics don’t work well *2026-07-31, version 1.10.0* Lag and settings are unresponsive ### 1/5 — Wow… *2026-05-06, version 1.10.0* Painful to look at, instant headache. First game (snoopy theme) after tutorial that hurt to look at froze on the final ball launch. Will delete and never return. Holy smokes, this is BAD. ### 1/5 — Bad Delay *2026-04-25, version 1.10.0* Like others have stated, there is a delay between pressing shift and the flippers responding. not always, but sometimes when this happens, the ball becomes glitchy and the appearance of the game seems to intermittently glitch. ### 1/5 — Offline Error 80% of the Time - Zen Refuses to Fix It *2026-04-05, version 1.10.0* UPDATE 4/5/26 WHAT A JOKE - The game repeatedly throws up a "YOU ARE OFFLINE - You need to go online to access the Event list" error 80% of the time despite being fully connected to the internet with a working Apple Arcade subscription. My account loads fine, my profile shows and II work from home online all day — but somehow I'm "offline." Right. This is a server-side authentication failure on Zen's end, not a network issue, yet the game has the nerve to tell me I'm offline. I've done extensive troubleshooting including manually digging into Epic Online Services session files via Terminal — something no casual gamer should ever have to do just to play a tournament. I've been reporting this to Zen since 2024 and have received nothing but "we'll forward it to the developers." Well over a year later, nothing has changed. Zero care and no fix in sight. I pay for Apple Arcade specifically for this game and its tournaments. Nothing else. If I work from home for hours everyday online and my computer can load my account and my profile in the game — it's not offline. FIX YOUR SERVERS! ### 1/5 — DONT PLAY *2026-04-04, version 1.10.0* This is by far the biggest let down to my kid not passing the SAT. The delay is so bad on my brand new m5 MacBook Pro you can see the delay from when I press shift and then getting a response on the screen. I have no idea how this ever passed QA to be put on the market place it’s not even funny. Someone dropped the ball hard on this one. This needs to be address asap! ### 1/5 — Poor variety of tables *2026-04-04, version 1.10.0* Poor variety of tables ### 1/5 — Too fast *2026-02-12* Unplayable on MacMini M4, the ball is in 1 frame half way up the table, the next is has been shot all the way down as if there are now physics involved. Also a hardware test mode is required to show monitor lag, keyboard lag when using USB and bluetooth. Have a video overlay with AI generated instructions so that a casual player gets some advise.i ### 1/5 — Games unplayable *2026-02-07, version 1.10.0* I’ve played for a while, and generally enjoy it. For the last month or so all of the events show zero score. The main draw of this game for me is the events. I’ve reached out to support, but haven’t gotten any resolution other than thanks for submitting a complaint. ### 1/5 — Top 1% in tournament and no rewards? *2026-01-31, version 1.10.0* i just checked my results from the previous season and here's what it said "TOURNAMENT HAS ENDED! You have finished Top 1% in TIME CHALLENGE Thanks for participating! Better luck next time! (YAY)" The YAY was the button to continue... 🤷‍♂️ no trophy icon unlocked or anything? Better luck next time? 🤣🤦‍♂️ ### 1/5 — This game is unplayable *2026-01-15, version 1.10.0* The latency is extremely high which makes this game useless and unplayable. From the time I press a shift key (flipper control) until the flipper moves on the screen, the ball is well past. You have to press the button when the ball is 3-5 ball diameters away from the flipper. What a a waste of a game! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best Mobile Pinball *2026-08-16, version 1.10.0* At 26 years old this is on of the best. Just get it already ### 5/5 — Worth every cent of apple arcade *2026-06-05, version 1.10.0* Truly underrated game. It’s old school, retro, and modern all at the same time. I love the collabs and great machines. I WISH FOR MOREE!! ### 5/5 — 8-Ball Deluxe from Williams coming? *2026-05-21, version 1.10.0* Love all of these tables. Great pinball action and with the added graphics makes this as fun as they were 50 years ago! Still playing! Thanks for all of these wonderful choices of games. Eight-Ball Deluxe would be SWEET! ### 5/5 — Só faltam mais mesas *2026-04-27* O jogo é fantástico. Porém as mesas no Arcade são poucas! Pena… ### 5/5 — Best of it’s Clase *2026-04-26, version 1.10.0* Old school pinball with modern coding ### 5/5 — Kimberly Charlson *2026-04-04, version 1.10.0* I love it because it gives me chances and my d child Aliza loves it so much teachers should Allow this in school for like any Grade mostly for like 6th grade my child Aliza in in 6th grade and is in Adam’s middle school! ### 5/5 — Excellent Digital Pinball Title! *2026-04-02, version 1.10.0* Zen knows how to to make premium pinball games, a total blast to play. Highly recommended if you enjoy these tables. ### 5/5 — Enjoyment *2026-03-15, version 1.10.0* Lot of fun ### 5/5 — Great fun if a pinball fan! *2026-01-05, version 1.10.0* The Medieval pinball game reminds me of the old Black Knight pinball game of the 80’s. I have not yet tried a tournament but o am very much enjoying the single-player games. No annoying ads when playing through Apple Arcade, either! ### 5/5 — Awesome Pinball boards *2026-01-05, version 1.10.0* I always loved to play space cadet pinball, but this pinball games has cooler and more awesome boards. I just wish I could change the key binds from left shift and right shift to z and /. Other than that, there is nothing negative I can say about this game. Who ever developed this game gets an A+ in my book! --- *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 2026-08-30.*