Comparison

Higgsters Games 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

Higgsters Games

A collection of classic and modern puzzle games designed to evoke nostalgia. It offers unlimited, auto-generated puzzles across various categories like word, number, and logic challenges. The app is free, ad-free, and regularly updated with new games.

Highlights
  • 26+ classic and modern puzzle games
  • Unlimited, auto-generated puzzles
  • No adverts or Wi-Fi required
  • Word guessing (Wordle-inspired)
  • Number guessing
  • Emoji Mastermind
  • Sudoku with difficulty settings
Features
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Higgsters brings together 50 offline puzzle, card, word and logic games in one app. Play favorites like Mahjong, FreeCell, Klondike Solitaire, Sudoku, Minesweeper, Nonograms, Boggle, Watersort, Quordle and Puzzword without ads, subscriptions or tracking. Why players keep Higgsters installed: - 37 games in one app - offline play whenever you want - no ads or interruptions - quick games and deeper challenges - classic favorites plus modern puzzle hits Whether you want a calm game before bed, something for a flight, or a quick break during the day, Higgsters gives you a wide mix of card games, word games, logic puzzles and number challenges in one place. Games include Mahjong, FreeCell, Klondike Solitaire, Sudoku, Minesweeper, Nonograms, Boggle, Watersort, Quordle, Hangman, Puzzword and more. If you want an offline games app with real variety and no nonsense, Higgsters is built for exactly that.

About

Visual Pinball

Experience the full virtual pinball simulator with realistic physics, lighting, and sound. This open-source app offers a redesigned interface, enhanced table management, and the complete desktop experience for mobile devices. Enjoy a vast library of tables without ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Realistic physics, lighting, and sound
  • Redesigned interface with Liquid Glass
  • Full in-game menu for graphics and controls
  • Support for various backglass and display types
  • Easy table import and management
  • Optimized memory usage
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

Higgsters Games4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Higgsters Games at 5.0 against Visual Pinball's 4.3. Higgsters Games also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.6). Visual Pinball's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 7). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Higgsters Games 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 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Higgsters Games's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Higgsters Games ships an update every 8 days, Visual Pinball fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Higgsters Games versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiggsters GamesVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.3 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better78.6% of reviews
Number of ratings774 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB134 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJames HigginsJason Millard

Customer experience

Higgsters Games

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visual Pinball

All ratings74 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Bugs and requests

Higgsters Games

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

Higgsters Games

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Higgsters Games free?
Higgsters Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Higgsters Games or Visual Pinball?
Higgsters Games is rated higher. Higgsters Games averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Higgsters Games or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Higgsters Games nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Higgsters Games or Visual Pinball?
Higgsters Games ships an update every 8 days, and Visual Pinball fortnightly. Most recently, Higgsters Games was updated on October 30, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 30, 2026.

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