Pinball Map vs Billiards TableFinder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinball Map
Discover public pinball machines worldwide with this crowdsourced map. Find locations, check machine availability, and contribute to keeping the data current. Connect with fellow enthusiasts and explore the global pinball scene.
- Find public pinball machines
- Filter by machine, location, or operator
- Save favorite locations
- View recent map activity
- Add/remove machines
- Comment on machine condition
- Add high scores
- View upcoming events
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Find public places to play pinball! Founded in 2008, Pinball Map is an open source, crowdsourced worldwide map of public pinball machines. It lists over 55,000 pinball machines at over 12,000 locations. It's the mobile version of the website, https://pinballmap.com Features: - Filter locations by machine, manufacturer, year, number of machines, and more - Save you favorite locations - See map activity - Add and remove machines to keep the map up to date - Comment on a machine's condition - Add your high score for a machine - Track which machines you've played - View upcoming events - Add location photos - Submit new locations
Billiards TableFinder
Discover nearby billiard halls and tables for pool, snooker, or pile-up games. Get directions, venue contact information, and add new locations yourself. Find new places to play your favorite cue sport.
- Find nearby billiard tables
- Filter by game type (pool, snooker, pile-up)
- Get directions to venues
- View venue contact information
- Add new billiard locations
- Discover new venues
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You are really in the mood for a game of billiards - but you don't know where to find a pool, snooker, or pile-up table in your area? Or do you just want to get out of your home pub and discover new venues? Then the TableFinder app is made for you! TableFinder quickly and easily shows you billiard tables near you and how to get there the fastest way. Filter for the most common game types like pool, snooker and pile-up and avoid not finding the desired table type in your local area. You can also use the app to find useful hints like phone number, email or website for the venue and get information about a local club. You couldn't find a game option in the app? Add it directly to the app with all the important information. Other users of the app will thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pinball Map at 4.8 against Billiards TableFinder's 3.0. Pinball Map also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). Billiards TableFinder's advantage is iOS requirement (13.5 vs 16.4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pinball Map holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinball Map has 133 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Pinball Map's written reviews are positive against 50% of Billiards TableFinder's.
Pinball Map ships an update weekly, Billiards TableFinder every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinball Map | Billiards TableFinder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (133 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 133 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryan Taylor-Gratzer | Phil Merz |
Customer experience
Pinball Map
Billiards TableFinder
Bugs and requests
Pinball Map
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes when refreshing regional data
- White screen crash issue
- App doesn't show locations with Apple Maps running
- Map crashes to a white screen
- Region has to reload every launch
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- App crashes while reloading
- Map won't update as you move around
- Region's information can disappear
- Crashes any time you attempt to edit a machine description or delete a game
Requested features
10 requests- Ability to share a venue via link
- Ability to share current map region via link
- Type game names directly into search bar
- Notification for machine rotation
- Search for a certain machine
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- Pull location data from Google Maps
- Native iPad version
- Submit machines and locations from app
- Add new locations via app
- More readily accessible map function
Billiards TableFinder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pinball Map
No in-app purchases
Billiards TableFinder
No in-app purchases
