Pinball Game vs Visual Pinball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Intuitive tap controls
- Classic pinball gameplay
- Wizard-style theme
- Free to play
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Tap the ball to launch, then tap 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 high scores with Game Center. Automatic fullscreen ads are not shown. A small banner may appear only on the title screen; gameplay and the shop have no banner ads. Optional rewarded videos for extra balls are available in the shop when you choose to watch them. The one-time Remove Ads purchase removes the title-screen banner. Optional rewarded videos remain available after purchase. Purchases can be restored from the Remove Ads panel. Enter your age before playing so the app can apply the appropriate advertising protections. Your exact age is not stored. Advertising consent and tracking permission are separate choices; you can play without granting them.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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 81%) 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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 81% of Visual Pinball's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Pinball Game | Visual Pinball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 60 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | TAKAHARU INOUE | Jason Millard |
Customer experience
Pinball Game
Visual Pinball
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
Pinball Game
No in-app purchases
Visual Pinball
No in-app purchases
Questions
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