Comparison

Pinball Game 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

Pinball Game

Experience classic pinball action with intuitive controls. Tap the screen to launch the ball and operate the paddles to keep it in play. Enjoy this free pinball game with a wizard-style theme.

Highlights
  • Intuitive tap controls
  • Classic pinball gameplay
  • Wizard-style theme
  • Free to play
Features
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Tap the ball to launch and use the left and right sides of the screen to control the flippers. Keep the ball in play and aim for a new high score. Collect coins and visit the shop for extra balls and a flipper upgrade. Compare solo high scores with Game Center. ONLINE MATCH Challenge iOS and Android players in 60-second, one-on-one score battles. See both scores and the countdown as you play. Both players use the same equipment, with balls replenished throughout the match. Online matches do not spend your solo coins or balls. Practice against the computer while waiting for an opponent. When a match is found, practice ends and a fresh match begins. See your opponent’s name and rating before the countdown. Check the shared top-100 win-rate leaderboard; players become eligible after one completed match. Game Center sign-in and an internet connection are required for online play. Solo play does not require sign-in. Automatic fullscreen ads are not shown. A small banner may appear only on the title screen. Gameplay, online matches and the shop have no banner ads. Optional rewarded videos for extra balls remain available in the shop. The one-time Remove Ads purchase removes the title-screen banner. Optional rewarded videos remain available after purchase. Restore purchases from Settings → Remove Ads. Start playing without entering your age or completing setup screens. Age, advertising privacy and optional usage analytics can be changed in Settings. Unknown age receives protective ad settings. Ads that require consent remain unavailable until you choose to complete that consent in Settings. Your exact age is not stored, and analytics stays off without your explicit choice. Interface languages: English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Russian.

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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Experience the open source pinball simulator now on your iPhone! Features: - Play hundreds of community and hobbyist-developed tables. - Feel the action with haptic feedback for bumpers, targets, and flippers. - Customize your experience with a simple, intuitive interface for settings, table options, and POV adjustments. - Game controller support. - External DMD support for ZeDMD, ZeDMD-WiFi, and Pixelcade devices. - Serum AltColor support. - AltSound support. - Touch overlay shows touch areas. - Step-by-step touch instructions when playing a table. - Advanced options for power users, including script and log file exports. - Support for iOS 18 Game Mode.

Screenshots

Pinball Game3 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Visual Pinball at 4.6 against Pinball Game's 4.0. Visual Pinball also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (45 vs 2). Pinball Game's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

Visual Pinball holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 45 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Pinball Game's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pinball Game versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinball GameVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better78.6% of reviews
Number of ratings245 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size149 MB87 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperTAKAHARU INOUEJason Millard

Customer experience

Pinball Game

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

Visual Pinball

All ratings45 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Bugs and requests

Pinball Game

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

Pinball Game

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pinball Game free?
Pinball Game 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, Pinball Game or Visual Pinball?
Visual Pinball is rated higher. Pinball Game averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.6 from 45 ratings.
Do Pinball Game or Visual Pinball have ads?
Pinball Game shows ads; Visual Pinball does not.

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