Comparison

Pyramid+ 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

Pyramid+

A solitaire card game with an optional Aztec pyramid theme. Players tap or drag cards to make sums of 13. Customize the game's appearance and compete for high scores.

Highlights
  • Solitaire card game
  • Aztec pyramid motif
  • Tap or drag cards to sum 13
  • Customizable game appearance
  • Game Center score submission
Features
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Pyramid is a solitaire card game favorite -- and this version is even more fun with an optional Aztec pyramid motif. Tap 2 cards that add up to 13; or drag one card onto another to make 13. Choose number of rows, background, card face, and submit your best scores to Game Center. This version contains no advertising, no in-app purchases.

About

Visual Pinball

Experience the full virtual pinball simulator with realistic physics, lighting, and sound. This open-source app offers a redesigned interface, enhanced table management, and the complete desktop experience for mobile devices. Enjoy a vast library of tables without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Realistic physics, lighting, and sound
  • Redesigned interface with Liquid Glass
  • Full in-game menu for graphics and controls
  • Support for various backglass and display types
  • Easy table import and management
  • Optimized memory usage
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Pyramid+3 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visual Pinball at Free against Pyramid+'s $0.99. Visual Pinball also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (75 vs 2). Pyramid+'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Visual Pinball is free to download; Pyramid+ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pyramid+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 75 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pyramid+'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Visual Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pyramid+ ships an update every 6 months, Visual Pinball fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Pyramid+ versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPyramid+Visual Pinball
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.3 (75 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better78.0% of reviews
Number of ratings275 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB134 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerfishdog.netJason Millard

Customer experience

Pyramid+

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visual Pinball

All ratings74 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative10.2%

Bugs and requests

Pyramid+

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

Pyramid+

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pyramid+ free?
Pyramid+ costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pyramid+ or Visual Pinball?
Pyramid+ is rated higher. Pyramid+ averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 75 ratings.
Do Pyramid+ or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Pyramid+ nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pyramid+ or Visual Pinball?
Pyramid+ ships an update every 6 months, and Visual Pinball fortnightly. Most recently, Pyramid+ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Visual Pinball on November 5, 2026.

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