Comparison

Mafia Pinball 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

Mafia Pinball

Experience a professional pinball simulator with stunning 3D graphics and realistic physics. Enjoy retro 8-bit visuals, original sound, and exciting gameplay with multiball action. Compete for high scores locally and online.

Highlights
  • Fast 3D graphics
  • Realistic physics
  • Retro 8-bit game style
  • Original music and sound effects
  • Multiball gameplay
  • Local and online high scores
Features
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Welcome to Mafia Pinball - professional pinball simulator for iOS. With fast 3D graphics and realistic physics this game will blow your mind. All parts of pinball table are real objects and you can see how it works! FEATURES – awesome 3D cinematic graphics – Super-detailed graphics in retro, 8-bit game style – Choose whichever mini-game you want to play! – Original music, sound effects, and gameplay! – Multiball! Play with several balls simultaneously! – local and online high scores – hours and hours of pure action in your very own hands

About

Visual Pinball

Enjoy a realistic pinball simulation with hundreds of community-created tables. Experience immersive haptic feedback and customize your gameplay with intuitive settings and controller support. Advanced options are available for power users.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of community-developed tables
  • Haptic feedback for immersive gameplay
  • Customizable settings and POV adjustments
  • Game controller support
  • External DMD and AltColor/AltSound support
  • Touch overlay and instructions
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

Mafia Pinball4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

Mafia Pinball and Visual Pinball both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of Visual Pinball's written reviews are positive against 40% of Mafia Pinball's. Visual Pinball also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Mafia Pinball's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Mafia Pinball sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Visual Pinball asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Pinball holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 84 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Mafia Pinball's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mafia Pinball ships an update every 9 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mafia Pinball versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMafia PinballVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (84 ratings)4.3 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84 — better74
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB120 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperBrainVault Games, LLCJason Millard

Customer experience

Mafia Pinball

All ratings83 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral10.8%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative45.0%

Visual Pinball

All ratings73 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Bugs and requests

Mafia Pinball

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

5 purchases

Mafia Pinball

One-time5
  • Ball Saver x15$0.99
  • Extra Ball x10$0.99
  • Multiball x15$0.99
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  • Cheats Pack$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mafia Pinball free?
Mafia Pinball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mafia Pinball or Visual Pinball?
Visual Pinball is rated higher. Mafia Pinball averages 4.1 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Mafia Pinball or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Mafia Pinball nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mafia Pinball or Visual Pinball?
Mafia Pinball ships an update every 9 months, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, Mafia Pinball was updated on October 24, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 22, 2026.

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