Comparison

PINQUEST Pinball 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

PINQUEST Pinball

Experience a thrilling pinball adventure with various challenges. Compete in local and national quests, tournaments, and high score challenges to climb the leaderboards. Master leagues and prove your pinball prowess.

Highlights
  • Local and national quests
  • Tournament competition
  • High score challenges
  • League domination
  • Pinball adventure
Features
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Dive into the ultimate pinball experience with PINQUEST Pinball! Complete local and national quests, compete in tournaments, conquer high score challenges, and dominate leagues. Download now to start your pinball adventure!

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

PINQUEST Pinball4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Pinball at 79% against PINQUEST Pinball's 33%. Visual Pinball also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 12 months vs every 68 months). PINQUEST Pinball's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual Pinball holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 74 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of PINQUEST Pinball's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PINQUEST Pinball ships an update every 68 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PINQUEST Pinball versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPINQUEST PinballVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (8 ratings)4.3 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings874 — better
Update frequencyEvery 68 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB120 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperPINQUEST, LLCJason Millard

Customer experience

PINQUEST Pinball

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Visual Pinball

All ratings73 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Bugs and requests

PINQUEST Pinball

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

PINQUEST Pinball

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PINQUEST Pinball free?
PINQUEST Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PINQUEST Pinball or Visual Pinball?
Visual Pinball is rated higher. PINQUEST Pinball averages 3.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do PINQUEST Pinball or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither PINQUEST Pinball nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PINQUEST Pinball or Visual Pinball?
PINQUEST Pinball ships an update every 68 months, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, PINQUEST Pinball was updated on October 19, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 22, 2026.

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