Pinball King vs Visual Pinball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinball King
Experience classic arcade pinball with realistic physics and engaging gameplay. Control flippers to keep the ball in play, shoot down enemies, and compete for high scores. Enjoy single-player challenges or multiplayer battles worldwide.
- Realistic physics engine
- Collectable spaceships
- Easy controls
- Spectator mode
- Single-player challenges
- Global multiplayer mode
- Achievements and leaderboards
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It is a classic arcade game that will provide you the best entertainment. Control flips and do your best to avoid dropping your ball! And Shoot down enemy space ships. Feature - The most natural and precise physics are applied. - Remarkable rewards for stage clears : collectable spaceships - Easy and casual controls - Spectator mode is supported (watching CPU's play) - Single mode: Challenge for higher score - Multi-player mode : compete with players from all around the world - Achievement and Leader Board supported - 16 languages supported - Tablet Device supported - fun game, free game, no wifi, no internet Homepage : https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=4864673505117639552 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mobirixplayen YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/mobirix1 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mobirix_official/ TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@mobirix_official
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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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Visual Pinball at none against Pinball King's 10. Visual Pinball also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (79% vs 60%). Pinball King's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Pinball King sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Visual Pinball asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Pinball King against 4.3 for Visual Pinball. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 114 and 74 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Pinball King's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's.
Pinball King ships an update every 3 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinball King | Visual Pinball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (114 ratings) | 4.3 (74 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.2% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 114 — better | 74 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MOBIRIX | Jason Millard |
Customer experience
Pinball King
Visual Pinball
User reviews
Pinball King
From 114 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay
- 🎨 Good graphics and visual design
- ⚡ Smooth and fluid performance
- 🕰️ Nostalgic pinball experience
- 🎯 Realistic pinball mechanics
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 🐛 Ball physics inconsistent and unrealistic
- 🎮 Paddles/flippers unresponsive or buggy
- 😴 Limited gameplay variety and monotonous
- 🔧 Poor overall game mechanics implementation
Visual Pinball
From 74 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Pinball King
Reported bugs
8 issues- Ball passes through paddles/flippers
- Paddles fail to respond to input
- Ball gets stuck between bumpers
- UI elements not loading correctly
- Game crashes and freezes
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- Ads cause game slowdown and lag
- Right-side paddle control lag on iPhone
- App stuck on ad screens with no exit
Requested features
7 requests- Multiple pinball tables or levels
- Tutorial for new players
- More mini-games and bonus features
- Additional game modes and variations
- Better visual variety and decorative options
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- Improved paddle/flipper responsiveness
- Ad-free or premium version option
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 King
- 10 Dia items$2.99
- 25 Dia items$4.99
- Stater Package$4.99
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- 60 Dia items$9.99
- Big Coin Package$9.99
- Big Dia Package$9.99
- 125 Dia items$29.99
- Ultra Package$29.99
- 325 Dia items$49.99
- 750 Dia items$99.99
Visual Pinball
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pinball King free?
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