Comparison

Visual Pinball vs Candy Train Classic

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
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.

About

Candy Train Classic

Guide a candy train by rotating tiles to pick up cars and deliver them to the station. Avoid crashing the train to complete each level. This puzzle game offers a simple yet engaging challenge.

Highlights
  • Tile rotation gameplay
  • Pick up candy cars
  • Deliver train to station
  • Avoid train crashes
  • Simple puzzle mechanics
Features
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Steer your candy train by rotating tiles on the board. Pick up candy cars until the caboose car. Deliver complete train by steering into the station. And above all... don't crash the train!

Screenshots

Visual Pinball3 screens
Candy Train Classic3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Candy Train Classic at 5.0 against Visual Pinball's 4.3. Candy Train Classic also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and iOS requirement (12 vs 26.6). Visual Pinball's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 4). 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

Candy Train Classic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 75 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Visual Pinball's written reviews are positive against 100% of Candy Train Classic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Pinball ships an update fortnightly, Candy Train Classic weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Visual Pinball versus Candy Train Classic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual PinballCandy Train Classic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (75 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings75 — better4
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.612 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason MillardKyle Sylvestre

Customer experience

Visual Pinball

All ratings74 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral11.9%
Negative10.2%

Candy Train Classic

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Candy Train Classic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

None

Candy Train Classic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Candy Train Classic free?
Candy Train Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Pinball or Candy Train Classic?
Candy Train Classic is rated higher. Visual Pinball averages 4.3 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while Candy Train Classic averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Visual Pinball or Candy Train Classic have ads?
Neither Visual Pinball nor Candy Train Classic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Pinball or Candy Train Classic?
Visual Pinball ships an update fortnightly, and Candy Train Classic weekly. Most recently, Visual Pinball was updated on November 5, 2026 and Candy Train Classic on October 30, 2026.

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