Pinball. vs Space Captain Pinball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinball.
Experience realistic 3D pinball with an innovative table editor to create and share your own unique pinball layouts. Enjoy original tables, online player-created tables, and impressive visual and sound effects. This free version offers single-ball play, with options for full gameplay via in-app purchases.
- 3D pinball gameplay
- Table editor for custom tables
- 10 original tables included
- Online player-created tables
- Realistic physics engine
- Amazing visual and sound effects
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3D Pinball game with an amazing new feature: a Table Editor for you to create and play your own tables. Pinball comes with 10 original tables and a growing number of online tables created by players around the world. Experience tons of amazing effects in this original, highly entertaining Pinball game. With realistic physics, cool sounds and unlimited tables, Pinball will have you coming back for more. This free version allows you to play a single ball per table. In order to play with all 3 balls, you need to purchase either a License, some Tokens or a Subscription. All these available as In-App Purchases within the game.
Space Captain Pinball
Embark on a cosmic pinball adventure across the universe. Collect elements of the periodic table by navigating through nebulae, stars, and asteroids, while avoiding the perils of black holes.
- Space-themed pinball gameplay
- Collect periodic table elements
- Navigate nebulae and celestial bodies
- Avoid black holes
- Universe exploration
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It's Space Captain Pinball! You know, Pinball..... but in Spaaace! You are intrepid captain of space, Space Captain Pinball! Your mission, if you choose to accept it - and it'll be way more fun if you do - is to travel the Universe collecting the Elements of the Periodic Table! Travel from Nebula to Nebula, pinballing off of Stars, Asteroids, Pulsars, Comets and other Celestial Bodies, but be careful not to get sucked into a Black Hole..... being spaghettified can ruin your entire day!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Space Captain Pinball at 100% against Pinball.'s 24%. Space Captain Pinball also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Pinball.'s advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pinball. sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Space Captain Pinball asks for nothing beyond the download.
Space Captain Pinball holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Pinball.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Space Captain Pinball's.
Pinball. ships an update every 3 months, Space Captain Pinball every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinball. | Space Captain Pinball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | baKno Games | dave ciaccio |
Customer experience
Pinball.
Space Captain Pinball
Bugs and requests
Pinball.
Reported bugs
11 issues- Crashes frequently
- Ball gets stuck
- Game over after first bumper
- App crashes before fully loading
- Ball gets irretrievably stuck
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- Program crashes when saving tables
- Saved tables are blank files
- Controls are laggy and unresponsive
- Game freezes
- Ball gets stuck all over the place
- Zoomed in on one spot, cannot move
Requested features
6 requests- Add more content to the game
- Improve game fluidity
- Fix ball getting stuck in hole
- Add landscape mode for building tables
- Add zoom/pan feature for building tables
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- Allow designing tables on a computer and uploading
Space Captain Pinball
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pinball.
- Pinball 10 Game Sessions$0.99
- Pinball Unlimited for One Month$1.99
- Pinball Full Game Unlimited$24.99
Space Captain Pinball
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pinball. free?
Is Space Captain Pinball free?
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