Comparison

PinOut! vs MicroBrick

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

Head to head
About

PinOut!

Experience a reimagined pinball adventure with a continuous journey through a vibrant, retro-wave world. Race against the clock in this arcade-style game, offering a unique twist on classic pinball mechanics.

Highlights
  • Continuous journey gameplay
  • Retro wave aesthetic
  • Pulsating lights and beats
  • Remodeled pinball mechanics
  • Arcade experience
Features
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Pinball reinvented by the award-winning developers of Smash Hit and Does not Commute! Race against time in a continuous journey through this mysterious canyon of pulsating lights and throbbing retro wave beats. The classic pinball mechanic remodeled into a breathtaking arcade experience. "PinOut is a super smart, beautifully designed pinball game" – Wired "Stop everything and play PinOut" – EuroGamer "It's not pinball in the traditional sense – it's something so much better" – PocketGamer "This is a hugely compelling mobile ball-smacker that deserves to be played by many, many people" – Stuff magazine PinOut is playable at no cost and free from ads. An optional premium upgrade is available through a one-time in-app purchase that will enable the ability to continue from checkpoints.

About

MicroBrick

Features
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MicroBrick turns brick breaking into a flood. Start with one ball. Hit split bricks and power-ups, and that ball becomes hundreds, thousands, then millions. There is no ball limit: a GPU simulation keeps every ball moving, so huge floods wipe out thousands of tiny bricks in an instant. ONE BALL. THEN A FLOOD. • Real-time paddle play on boards of up to 50,000 tiny bricks • Balls split with no cap, and your ball count drives the score multiplier • Every level is a pixel-art picture: clear the bricks to reveal it 12 WORLDS, 240 HAND-MADE LEVELS • Each world adds a new mechanic: split bricks, bombs, thick bricks, steel and chain bricks, portals, keys and locks, cores, coins and goal flags, generators and bosses, mazes, timed storms, and a finale • Premium adds the Classic 600 vault: all 600 levels from MicroBrick 1.x COMPETE ON GAME CENTER • Weekly Tournament: 5 fixed-seed stages with modifiers and a weekly leaderboard • Daily Board: a new board every day, and only one attempt counts • Endless Flood: chase your peak ball count • Friend Duel: send a challenge link and race the same board • Total-stars leaderboard and achievements POWER-UPS Split, laser, pierce, explosive, wide paddle, net, slow motion, coin rain and multi-ball. WORKSHOP Build your own boards in the editor and share them as a file, link or QR code. Import boards from friends. From time to time the developer features official boards. SKINS AND GALLERY Earn coins as you play to unlock ball, paddle and palette skins and a pixel-art gallery. Coins come from playing only. They are never sold. FAIR PRICE, NO ADS • Free: Worlds 1–3, Daily Board, Weekly Tournament, Endless Flood, Workshop and skins • MicroBrick Premium (one-time purchase): Worlds 4–12, the Classic 600 vault, all weekly modifiers and an exclusive golden-brick skin • No ads. No subscription. Already bought Premium? You keep everything. PLAY YOUR WAY • Plays offline; progress syncs with iCloud • Auto paddle assist, Reduce Motion support, shape-coded special bricks, Dynamic Type in menus and VoiceOver labels • Made for iPhone and iPad • No tracking. No data collected.

Screenshots

PinOut!4 screens
MicroBrick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MicroBrick at every 5 days against PinOut!'s every 2 weeks. PinOut!'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. PinOut! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MicroBrick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PinOut! ships an update every 2 weeks, MicroBrick every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PinOut! versus MicroBrick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinOut!MicroBrick
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (7.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMediocre ABZHENZHOU SHI

Bugs and requests

PinOut!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ball getting stuck in certain areas
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices
  • Compatibility issues with newer iPhone models

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Endless/infinite mode without time limit
  • Improved physics and control responsiveness
  • Ability to save progress and continue from checkpoints

MicroBrick

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PinOut!

One-time1
  • PinOut Premium$2.99
1 purchases

MicroBrick

One-time1
  • MicroBrick Premium$2.99

Questions

Is PinOut! free?
PinOut! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MicroBrick free?
MicroBrick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PinOut! or MicroBrick have ads?
Neither PinOut! nor MicroBrick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PinOut! or MicroBrick?
PinOut! ships an update every 2 weeks, and MicroBrick every 5 days. Most recently, PinOut! was updated on November 3, 2026 and MicroBrick on October 28, 2026.

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