Comparison

PingyPong 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

PingyPong

Engage in a fast-paced, story-driven arcade game where survival depends on your paddle skills. Battle through five distinct sectors, each with unique challenges and enemies, as you progress through a narrative that unfolds with every match. Master skill-based gameplay, customize your character, and climb the leaderboards to restore the world.

Highlights
  • Skill-based arcade gameplay
  • Adaptive AI bosses
  • Character customization
  • Story-driven progression
  • Achievements and leaderboards
  • Perfect-run bonuses
Features
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PingyPong The future’s last hope is a paddle. In a broken world ruled by corrupt districts and ruthless champions, one game decides everything. Welcome to PingyPong, a fast-paced, story-driven arcade experience where every match is more than just a point. It is survival. Battle your way through five distinct sectors, each with its own atmosphere, enemies, and stakes: • The Rust Quarter – Fight scavengers in a wasteland built from collapsed cities. • The Aqua Sector – Water is currency, and The Tide controls it all. • The Neon Citadel – Speed, power, and stolen energy fuel this glowing fortress. • The Garden Dome – Paradise for the elite, starvation for everyone else. • The Spire – Face the Architect and decide the fate of humanity. Each district features unique AI opponents, escalating difficulty, and cinematic story moments that unfold as you progress. Features • Skill-based arcade gameplay that is easy to learn and hard to master • Adaptive AI bosses with unique play styles • Character customization including paddle color and profile • Story-driven progression with narrative between matches • Achievements and leaderboards • Perfect-run bonuses and score multipliers Win matches. Overthrow tyrants. Restore the world one rally at a time. In PingyPong, the ball never stops, and neither does the fight.

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

PingyPong4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Pinball at 79% against PingyPong's 0%. Visual Pinball also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.3 vs 2.6). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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; PingyPong costs $0.99 up front. 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 73 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PingyPong's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PingyPong ships an update every 98 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PingyPong versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPingyPongVisual Pinball
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.6 (5 ratings)4.3 (73 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings573 — better
Update frequencyEvery 98 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.2 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB120 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperCX3 LLCJason Millard

Customer experience

PingyPong

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Visual Pinball

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

Bugs and requests

PingyPong

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

PingyPong

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PingyPong free?
PingyPong 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, PingyPong or Visual Pinball?
Visual Pinball is rated higher. PingyPong averages 2.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 73 ratings.
Do PingyPong or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither PingyPong nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PingyPong or Visual Pinball?
PingyPong ships an update every 98 months, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, PingyPong was updated on October 10, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 18, 2026.

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