Comparison

Williams™ Pinball vs Penguin Elevator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Williams™ Pinball

Experience classic and remastered pinball tables with realistic physics and multiplayer competition. Compete head-to-head for real money and cash prizes in select countries.

Highlights
  • Classic and remastered pinball tables
  • Multiplayer matchups for real money prizes
  • Pro Physics simulation
  • Daily challenges and competitions
  • Global leaderboards
  • New tables added frequently
Features
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Williams™ Pinball ushers in a new era of mobile pinball excellence, uniting pinball players around the globe with new multiplayer features! Experience a dazzling collection of classic premium pinball tables such as Fish Tales™, Medieval Madness™, Attack from Mars™, Junk Yard™, The Party Zone™, Black Rose™ and The Getaway High Speed II™ with more tables on the way! Play head-to-head against players for real money and cash prizes, powered by Skillz! Each table is playable in its original form or in a remastered version featuring newly created 3D interactive characters, side wall art and more, bringing these classic tables to life like never before! Zen’s Pro Physics simulation provides the most authentic pinball experience available. From the makers of Zen Pinball, Marvel Pinball, Star Wars™ Pinball, Aliens vs. Pinball, Bethesda® Pinball and more! FEATURES: - Multiplayer matchups powered by Skillz provide endless competitive play and the chance to win real money and cash prizes in select countries - Daily challenges and competitions - Pro Physics delivers the most realistic mobile pinball experience available - New tables added frequently - Global leaderboards - Single-player challenges - Table customizations PRESS QUOTES Destructoid "The Bally/Williams licence and Zen Studios are truly a match made in heaven" The Sixth Axis "Each of the tables is perfectly recreated here and it’s simply astonishing the level of detail that Zen Studios have achieved" Digitally Downloaded "As with all Zen Studios titles, the physics are spot-on" ZTGD "Any fan of pinball of any skill level should add this to their collection" Universal Monsters © 1992-2019 Universal City Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved. Created and distributed under license from Williams Electronics Games Inc. Bally™ is a trademark of Caesar’s License Company, LLC. Monster Bash™ and Williams™ are trademarks of Williams Electronics Games Inc. Portions © 1992, 1998, 2019 Williams Electronics Games Inc. All rights reserved. Game code © 2018-2019 Zen Studios Ltd. All rights reserved.

About

Penguin Elevator

A voxel stealth-puzzle arcade game where you strategically drop penguins from an elevator. Avoid being seen by other passengers to prevent panic and game over. Earn rewards and use cover to succeed.

Highlights
  • Voxel penguin characters
  • Directional vision mechanics
  • Cover system for stealth
  • Fish treat reward system
  • Gentle difficulty curve
  • Illustrated in-game tutorial
Features
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Penguin Elevator is a voxel stealth-puzzle arcade game. The elevator rises floor by floor, penguins board and take their spots, and your job is simple: make room by dropping passengers through the trapdoor — but only when nobody's watching. HOW TO PLAY • Each penguin faces a direction and watches ahead of itself — 3 tiles forward, a shorter glance to each side, and it's completely blind directly behind • Tap a penguin to drop it, but only from a blind spot — get seen and every witness panics, jumping and screaming, and it's game over • Use a standing penguin as cover — vision is blocked by whoever's in the way • Earn a fish treat every 10 floors and place it to pull every penguin's attention at once • Let the elevator fill up completely with nowhere for new penguins to stand, and it's game over too FEATURES • Charming voxel penguins with directional turnaround sprites and funny push/wobble/dizzy animations • A gentle difficulty curve — relaxed and readable on the first floors, faster and more chaotic the higher you climb • Built-in illustrated tutorial explaining vision, blocking, and the fish treat • No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no data collection — score is saved on your device How high can you climb before someone notices?

Screenshots

Williams™ Pinball4 screens
Penguin Elevator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Penguin Elevator at 5.0 against Williams™ Pinball's 4.4. Penguin Elevator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). Williams™ Pinball's advantage is ratings volume (15K vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Williams™ Pinball sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Penguin Elevator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Penguin Elevator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Williams™ Pinball has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Williams™ Pinball versus Penguin Elevator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWilliams™ PinballPenguin Elevator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (15K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings15K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size191 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperZEN StudiosVLADIMIR CHOPINE

Customer experience

Williams™ Pinball

All ratings15,114 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews1,013 reviews
Positive51.1%
Neutral12.3%
Negative36.5%

Penguin Elevator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Williams™ Pinball

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent ball physics and behavior
  • Rewards not registering due to server issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes, especially after ads
  • Progression data randomly getting reset or lost

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to purchase individual tables outright
  • Option to disable distracting visual effects
  • Improved nudging and tilt controls
  • Landscape mode support on tablets
  • Offline play mode

Penguin Elevator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Williams™ Pinball

One-time11
  • Fistful of Zen Coins$0.99
  • Pile of Zen Coins$4.99
  • Box of Zen Coins$9.99
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  • Universal Monsters™ Pack$9.99
  • Williams™ Pinball: Vol. 5$9.99
  • Indiana Jones(TM) Table$14.99
  • Case of Zen Coins$19.99
  • Legendary Pinball Pack$19.99
  • Legendary Pinball Pack$29.99
  • Set Of Zen Coins$49.99
  • Mountain of Zen Coins$99.99
None

Penguin Elevator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Williams™ Pinball free?
Williams™ Pinball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Penguin Elevator free?
Penguin Elevator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Williams™ Pinball or Penguin Elevator?
Penguin Elevator is rated higher. Williams™ Pinball averages 4.4 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Penguin Elevator averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Williams™ Pinball or Penguin Elevator have ads?
Williams™ Pinball shows ads; Penguin Elevator does not.

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