Comparison

Crazy Marbles 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

Crazy Marbles

A fast-paced puzzle game where players rotate wheels to guide marbles of the same color, triggering chain reactions. It offers increasingly challenging levels and global competition.

Highlights
  • Rotate wheels to guide marbles
  • Match same-colored marbles
  • Trigger explosive chain reactions
  • Innovative obstacles
  • Global competition and leaderboards
  • Optimized controls for iPhone and iPad
Features
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“Addictive, challenging, and utterly captivating! Crazy Marbles is a fast-paced game that’s incredibly easy to pick up but nearly impossible to put down.” — TAE23, Daily App Show “My absolute favorite! This game is both addicting and challenging, keeping me entertained for hours.” — Giljul, US “Even my wife is hooked! Fast, addictive, and the later levels are a real test of skill.” — Dtale, The Netherlands “Crazy Marbles is a stroke of genius. Completely addictive, I can’t get enough!” — Mrs. May, UK Now available on both iPhone and iPad! Experience Crazy Marbles in its full glory, whether you’re on the go or at home. The control scheme is optimized for each device: • iPad: Rotate the wheel by dragging or flicking it, and release marbles with a simple tap. • iPhone: Tap to rotate the wheel and drag the marbles in the direction you want to launch them. Gameplay: Rotate the wheels and guide your marbles in this high-energy game. Your goal? Fill the wheels with marbles of the same color to trigger explosive chain reactions. Once every wheel has exploded at least once, the level is complete. It sounds easy, but each level presents new and increasingly tricky challenges! With intuitive controls, you’ll effortlessly flick the wheels and tap to release marbles. But don’t be fooled by its simplicity—Crazy Marbles will test your split-second decision-making and strategic focus as you advance through its increasingly complex levels. Features: • Innovative Obstacles: Encounter fresh challenges that will keep you playing for hours. • Global Competition: Beat your own high scores and challenge your friends on Game Center. See how you rank against players worldwide. • Warning: This game is insanely addictive! Remember to take breaks—Crazy Marbles will be waiting for you when you return. Don’t lose your marbles—download Crazy Marbles today!

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

Crazy Marbles4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visual Pinball at Free against Crazy Marbles's $0.99. Visual Pinball also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 5). Crazy Marbles's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.6). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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; Crazy Marbles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crazy Marbles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 74 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 78% and 79% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crazy Marbles ships an update every 7 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Crazy Marbles versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrazy MarblesVisual Pinball
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.3 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings574 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB120 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperRost SolutionsJason Millard

Customer experience

Crazy Marbles

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral13.0%
Negative8.7%

Visual Pinball

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

Bugs and requests

Crazy Marbles

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

Crazy Marbles

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crazy Marbles free?
Crazy Marbles 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, Crazy Marbles or Visual Pinball?
Crazy Marbles is rated higher. Crazy Marbles averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Crazy Marbles or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Crazy Marbles nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crazy Marbles or Visual Pinball?
Crazy Marbles ships an update every 7 months, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, Crazy Marbles was updated on October 24, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 22, 2026.

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