Comparison

Zoo Battle vs Visual Pinball

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Zoo Battle

Engage in a strategic board game set in a zoo, where players move animals across various terrains to trap opponents. Customize your game board and choose your opponent, from human players to AI.

Highlights
  • Animal-themed gameplay
  • Customizable game board size
  • Multiple opponent types (human, AI)
  • Themed game board backgrounds
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • Game Center leaderboards
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ZOO BATTLE - ISOLATION Moving the classic strategy board game Isolation (Isola) to the animal kingdom. Well, I mean the zoo. Battle with your favorite animal through forest, hill, desert and legend castle. Trap the opponent to win the match. New in 2.0.0: - Added online game mode and Game Center leader board. - Re-designed the UI. HOW TO PLAY On one player’s turn, do two actions: - Moving the character to a neighboring (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) position. - Remove an idle grid on the game board. Player cannot move to the removed grid. The player who cannot perform any move lose the game. FEATURES - 10 adorable animals - Customized game board from 5X5 to 10X10 - 3 opponent selections, human, easy AI and hard AI - 4 game board themes SUPPORT https://www.facebook.com/ZooBattle bolei.game@gmail.com

About

Visual Pinball

Experience the full virtual pinball simulator with realistic physics, lighting, and sound. This open-source app offers a redesigned interface, enhanced table management, and the complete desktop experience for mobile devices. Enjoy a vast library of tables without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Realistic physics, lighting, and sound
  • Redesigned interface with Liquid Glass
  • Full in-game menu for graphics and controls
  • Support for various backglass and display types
  • Easy table import and management
  • Optimized memory usage
Features
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The official Visual Pinball app. Built by volunteers since 2000 and open source since 2010, Visual Pinball is the simulator the virtual pinball community has been playing for over two decades. More than 70 people have contributed to it, and this app runs the same engine as the desktop version, so every table plays with the physics, lighting and sound its creator intended. No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Made by volunteers. Two years of work from the Visual Pinball volunteers, in one update. Thank you for your patience, and for playing! A FRESH NEW LOOK • Redesigned for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass • Favorites and recently played tables at the top of your list • Search, sorting and three tile sizes • Light, Dark or System appearance • New loading screen that shows progress THE FULL DESKTOP EXPERIENCE • The complete Visual Pinball in-game menu for graphics, sound, controls and table options • Remap every button on keyboards and game controllers • Save settings for every table, or just the one you're playing MORE TABLES, LOOKING BETTER • Show the backglass and score display (DMD, alphanumeric or reels) on screen, right where you want them • Support for PUP packs, FlexDMD, B2S backglasses, video playback and VNI colorizations • All the latest physics and rendering improvements from the desktop version • Much lower memory use: textures are compressed on first load, then cached EASIER TABLE MANAGEMENT • Import .zip files, along with .vpx and .vpxz • Share any table as a single .vpxz file • The web file manager can now upload whole folders, extract archives, edit scripts and settings, and show the log live AND MORE • Many stability and memory fixes This version requires iOS 26.6 or later.

Screenshots

Zoo Battle4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Zoo Battle at 5.0 against Visual Pinball's 4.3. Zoo Battle also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.6). Visual Pinball's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (75 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zoo Battle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 75 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Zoo Battle's written reviews are positive against 78% of Visual Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zoo Battle ships an update every 23 months, Visual Pinball fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Zoo Battle versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZoo BattleVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.3 (75 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better78.0% of reviews
Number of ratings275 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB134 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBolei FuJason Millard

Customer experience

Zoo Battle

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visual Pinball

All ratings74 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative10.2%

Bugs and requests

Zoo Battle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Visual Pinball

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Tables don't load for some users
  • Certain complex/intensive tables error out or run at low FPS

Requested features

6 requests
  • List of most played tables
  • Ability to reposition DMD
  • Option to skip startup checks for some tables
  • Ability to edit table scripts on the app
  • Direct link to table depository
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  • iPad version with more screen space

In-app purchases

None

Zoo Battle

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zoo Battle free?
Zoo Battle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zoo Battle or Visual Pinball?
Zoo Battle is rated higher. Zoo Battle averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 75 ratings.
Do Zoo Battle or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Zoo Battle nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zoo Battle or Visual Pinball?
Zoo Battle ships an update every 23 months, and Visual Pinball fortnightly. Most recently, Zoo Battle was updated on November 2, 2026 and Visual Pinball on November 5, 2026.

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