Shuttle Defense vs Pinball Compact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shuttle Defense
Defend your shuttle through challenging space environments with various weapons. Navigate asteroid fields and battle enemy crafts across 40 levels. Enjoy fast graphics, haptic feedback, and a captivating soundtrack.
- 40 levels across 3 stages
- Multiple weapon types
- Keyboard controls
- Haptic feedback
- Speech guidance
- Cross-device play
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40 Levels in 3 stages and bosses. Play it on iPhone, iPad, iPhone touch, Apple TV - and on your Mac (sold separately! If you have a keyboard attached: Fully controllable with keys! Shuttle Defense is a full featured space game. Use your weapons against the perils of space. Navigate through meteors and asteroid fields and fight against tough enemy space crafts. Features: • No ads! • Fast graphics • Haptic feedback on iPhone • Very easy to learn - difficult to master! • Fantastic music and sounds • Many different weapons • Speech - to guide you through the game (can be turned off) • Suitable for all ages • Play on Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod touch • Made with Xcode, Swift, Spritekit and supports Catalyst CREDITS I like to thank others for their great work and contributions: • Background images by NASA http://hubblesite.org • http://www.brianadvent.com • https://www.raywenderlich.com • https://kenney.nl • https://www.dl-sounds.com
Pinball Compact
Experience unique pinball action with intuitive controls and realistic physics. Hit various targets to unlock fun bonuses and enjoy a dynamic gameplay experience.
- Unique play style
- Hit bumpers, bricks, and gems
- Fun bonuses
- Easy controls
- Realistic physics
- Cool sound effects
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Pinball Compact is a kind of pinball game that anybody can enjoy! You have to hit bumpers, bricks, gems and some other targets with the ball. Explore the unique play style and different fun bonuses. Features - Easy controls - Cool sound effects - Realistic physics - Multiple bonuses How to play - Press and hold the spring in the ball launcher, and then release to launch the ball. - Touch on the left side of the screen to control the left flipper or on the right side to control the right flipper. Play Pinball Compact and have fun with this unique pinball action!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pinball Compact at Free against Shuttle Defense's $2.99. Pinball Compact also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (70 vs 5). Shuttle Defense's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On in-app purchases 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
Pinball Compact is free to download; Shuttle Defense costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pinball Compact holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinball Compact has 70 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Shuttle Defense's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pinball Compact's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Shuttle Defense ships an update every 2 months, Pinball Compact every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shuttle Defense | Pinball Compact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 465 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Markus Malik | Milen Kirkov |
Customer experience
Shuttle Defense
Pinball Compact
In-app purchases
Shuttle Defense
No in-app purchases
Pinball Compact
No in-app purchases
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