Comparison

Pockster WordFind 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

Pockster WordFind

This word search game offers a cognitive challenge with 50 puzzles. It features intelligent character selection for easy word finding and automatic saves, allowing you to resume your game at any time. Enjoy a satisfying mental workout on your iPhone.

Highlights
  • 50 word search puzzles
  • Automatic game saves
  • Intelligent character selection
  • Eight-directional word finding
  • Cognitive challenge
  • iPhone optimized
Features
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A word search game challenges many aspects of cognitive thought, and it is a natural fit for a quick pick up and play game for the iPhone. With Pockster WordFind we focus on this aspect of game playing. We have incorporated automatic saves to the game so that you can always get back to the game you were playing in case Life happens. The state is saved for each puzzle, which means that you can try one puzzle of WordFind, stop it and select another of the 50 available puzzle, and come back to it at a later date without losing your place on either puzzle. The finger interface has been fully implemented with intelligent character selection. This simplifies selecting words across the puzzle in one of the major eight possible directions and limits finger drift onto the wrong cells. Pockster WordFind provides for a satisfying game experience while exercising the mind. Cognitive escape is as close as your iPhone.

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

Pockster WordFind3 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Visual Pinball at 4.3 against Pockster WordFind's 2.6. Visual Pinball also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 12 months vs every 107 months). Pockster WordFind's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On price, ads, 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

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 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 74 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pockster WordFind's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pockster WordFind ships an update every 107 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pockster WordFind versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPockster WordFindVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (9 ratings)4.3 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings974 — better
Update frequencyEvery 107 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB120 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGreg ChaffinsJason Millard

Customer experience

Pockster WordFind

All ratings9 ratings
Positive22.2%
Neutral33.3%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Visual Pinball

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

Bugs and requests

Pockster WordFind

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

Pockster WordFind

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pockster WordFind free?
Pockster WordFind 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, Pockster WordFind or Visual Pinball?
Visual Pinball is rated higher. Pockster WordFind averages 2.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Pockster WordFind or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Pockster WordFind nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pockster WordFind or Visual Pinball?
Pockster WordFind ships an update every 107 months, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, Pockster WordFind was updated on October 29, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 22, 2026.

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