Pinball Arcade vs Smack Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinball Arcade
Experience over 30 authentic digital pinball machines with stunningly accurate recreations of classic tables. Enjoy two free tables each month and explore meticulously emulated gameplay, sounds, and visuals for an immersive arcade experience.
- Over 30 authentic pinball machines
- Exact recreations of classic tables
- Meticulous emulation of gameplay
- High-detail sound effects and visuals
- Two free tables offered monthly
- New tables added regularly
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Play over 30 REAL PINBALL machines! Pinball Arcade is the most realistic and comprehensive pinball simulation ever created! Play TWO FREE TABLES this month! This month's free tables are: * Big Buck Hunter™ * Gladiators™ New table added in this update: * Big Buck Hunter™ * Whoa Nellie™ This expansive digital arcade features exact recreations of the all-time greatest pinball tables from Stern Pinball® and Gottlieb® together in one app. Every flipper, bumper, sound effect, and display pixel has been painstakingly emulated in astonishing detail. Rated 9.0 on IGN! G4TV Mobile game of the year.
Smack Arcade
Relive classic arcade games with integrated voice smack-talk. Currently features a space shooter and a buggy adventure, with more titles planned. Supports MFi game controllers for an enhanced experience.
- Classic arcade gameplay
- Integrated voice smack-talk
- Nostalgiaroids game
- Moon Patroller game
- MFi Game Controller support
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Smack Arcade brings you the joy of arcade classics with the smack-talk you remember built right into the game. Start your smack-enabled gaming with the rocks-in-space-that-must-be-destroyed classic that is Nostalgiaroids! And soon, the wacky buggy-on-a-weirdly-colorful-moon adventure that is Moon Patroller! Now with support for MFi Game Controllers like the SteelSeries Stratus and Stratus XL!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smack Arcade at 100% against Pinball Arcade's 32%. Smack Arcade also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Pinball Arcade's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (808 vs 3). On price, ads 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. Pinball Arcade sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Smack Arcade asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smack Arcade holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pinball Arcade has 808 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Pinball Arcade's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smack Arcade's.
Pinball Arcade ships an update every 3 weeks, Smack Arcade every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinball Arcade | Smack Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (808 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 808 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | FarSight Studios | Jeff Glasse |
Customer experience
Pinball Arcade
Smack Arcade
Bugs and requests
Pinball Arcade
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tables failing to download or load properly
- Unresponsive controls and flippers
- Scoreboard and UI elements being cut off
- Inconsistent or reversed flipper controls
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to purchase individual tables
- More classic and licensed pinball tables
- Improved UI and controls customization
- Cross-platform/device syncing of purchases
Smack Arcade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pinball Arcade
- Tales of the Arabian Nights® Pinball Table$0.99
- The Machine: Bride of Pin•bot™ + Medieval Madness™$4.99
- Fun House™ + Cirqus Voltaire™$4.99
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- Monster Bash™ & Gorgar Pinball$4.99
- Creature from the Black Lagoon$4.99
- Elvira's Scared Stiff™ Pinball$4.99
- The Addams Family® Pinball$4.99
- Gottlieb Pack 1$4.99
- Four Pack of Launch Tables$9.99
- Season 1 Pass$29.99
Smack Arcade
No in-app purchases
Questions
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