Comparison

Deck Warlords 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

Deck Warlords

Build a powerful deck of magical creature cards and battle other players in this strategic trading card game. Collect and evolve dozens of unique cards with varying rarities to create an unbeatable strategy and become the greatest Warlord.

Highlights
  • Collect magical creature cards
  • PvP arena battles
  • Dozens of unique creatures
  • 6 card rarities
  • Merge and evolve cards
  • Deep strategy gameplay
Features
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Collect the ultimate creature deck full of magical cards and defeat your opponents (PvP) in this new TCG / CCG card game. With dozens of cards and tokens to imbue you can collect an unique deck and wreak chaos as the greatest Warlord of all! The war and chaos has come! Its time to prove you are worthy your name. Enter the world of this new TCG / CCG creature card game - Deck Warlords! FEATURES - FREE TO PLAY - Simple to learn TCG / CCG gameplay with a deep strategy - Fight with other Warlords in the arena! (PvP) - Dozens of various creatures with uniques abilities - 6 different card rarities ranging from common to mythical! - Merge and evolve your cards into new unique ones - Limitless possibilities how to impress others with your ingenious deck! - Fast-paced gameplay and quick duels ensure you can enjoy all features with only just a few minutes a day! Download now for free and try new twist on trading card game (TCG). All just in a few minutes a day! CONTACT US Visit our official site at http://www.runningpillow.com Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RunningPillow Like us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Running-Pillow/152419281439318

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

Deck Warlords3 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Visual Pinball at none against Deck Warlords's 14. Visual Pinball also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Deck Warlords's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Deck Warlords sells 14 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 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 73 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 79% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deck Warlords ships an update every 9 days, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Deck Warlords versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeck WarlordsVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (33 ratings)4.3 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews — better78.6% of reviews
Number of ratings3373 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB120 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperJan HalamicekJason Millard

Customer experience

Deck Warlords

All ratings33 ratings
Positive75.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative14.6%

Visual Pinball

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

User reviews

Deck Warlords

From 33 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun card game
  • 👍 Good for passing time
  • 👍 Free to play
  • 👍 Generous rewards
  • 👍 Nice graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🐛 Unfixed bugs
  • 🐛 Abandoned app
  • 🐛 Pay to play elements
  • 🐛 Pricey in-game purchases

Visual Pinball

From 73 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome way to play virtual pinball on the go
  • 👍 Super easy to set up with minimal file prep time
  • 👍 Insane that I can play favorite pins on just my phone
  • 👍 Fantastic portable implementation of VPX
  • 👍 Fun and exciting to archive the history of pinball

Room to improve

  • 🔧 More ability to adjust table settings needed
  • 🔧 Struggling to manage camera angle
  • 🔧 No fullscreen on iPad, plunger and outlanes cropped
  • 🔧 Some tables don't work or have issues

Bugs and requests

Deck Warlords

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Purchases not validated
  • Items not received after purchase
  • Charged multiple times without receiving items
  • App closes with error message
  • Bugs go unfixed
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  • App stops getting updated
  • Cannot play paid-for game

Requested features

4 requests
  • Fix bugs and glitches
  • Update abandoned app
  • Improve strategy elements
  • Make progression smoother

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

14 purchases

Deck Warlords

One-time14
  • 360 Gems$4.99
  • 720 Gems$4.99
  • 2nd mythical card$4.99
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  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • 4000 Gems Sale$4.99
  • 1500 Gems$9.99
  • 750 Gems$9.99
  • Middle Pack$9.99
  • 8200 Gems$9.99
  • 1550 Gems$19.99
  • 3100 Gems$19.99
  • 2nd Mythical Card$19.99
  • 8000 Gems$49.99
  • 2nd Mythical Card$99.99
None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Deck Warlords free?
Deck Warlords 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, Deck Warlords or Visual Pinball?
Visual Pinball is rated higher. Deck Warlords averages 4.0 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 73 ratings.
Do Deck Warlords or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Deck Warlords nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deck Warlords or Visual Pinball?
Deck Warlords ships an update every 9 days, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, Deck Warlords was updated on October 21, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 18, 2026.

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