Comparison

Visual Pinball vs Rocket Pixels

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

Head to head
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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Experience the open source pinball simulator now on your iPhone! Features: - Play hundreds of community and hobbyist-developed tables. - Feel the action with haptic feedback for bumpers, targets, and flippers. - Customize your experience with a simple, intuitive interface for settings, table options, and POV adjustments. - Game controller support. - External DMD support for ZeDMD, ZeDMD-WiFi, and Pixelcade devices. - Serum AltColor support. - AltSound support. - Touch overlay shows touch areas. - Step-by-step touch instructions when playing a table. - Advanced options for power users, including script and log file exports. - Support for iOS 18 Game Mode.

About

Rocket Pixels

Pilot a rocket through an asteroid field, dodging obstacles and collecting gold. Experience an exciting runner game with simple, engaging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Dodge asteroids
  • Collect gold
  • Rocket-based runner gameplay
  • Exciting action
Features
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Dodge asteroids and collect gold in this exciting rocket based runner game!

Screenshots

Visual Pinball3 screens
Rocket Pixels3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rocket Pixels at 5.0 against Visual Pinball's 4.6. Rocket Pixels also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Visual Pinball's advantage is ratings volume (45 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

Rocket Pixels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 45 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Visual Pinball versus Rocket Pixels: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual PinballRocket Pixels
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (45 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better2
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB120 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason MillardFajar Dirham

Customer experience

Visual Pinball

All ratings45 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Rocket Pixels

All ratings2 ratings
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

Rocket Pixels

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

None

Rocket Pixels

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rocket Pixels free?
Rocket Pixels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Pinball or Rocket Pixels?
Rocket Pixels is rated higher. Visual Pinball averages 4.6 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Rocket Pixels averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Visual Pinball or Rocket Pixels have ads?
Neither Visual Pinball nor Rocket Pixels shows ads.

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