Visual Pinball vs Astro Pinball
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Astro Pinball
Embark on a galactic mission to conquer the pinball galaxy. Enjoy authentic classic pinball machine sounds and animations. Compete globally and climb the leaderboards to prove your skills.
- Galactic exploration mission
- Classic pinball sounds and animations
- Global leaderboard competition
- Head-to-head player challenges
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Report to duty! Your mission: explore the galaxy and rise to the top! Experience the classic sounds and animations of a real pinball machine. Go head to head against other players in the global leaderboard!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Astro Pinball at 4.7 against Visual Pinball's 4.3. Astro Pinball also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 26.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Astro Pinball holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 122 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Visual Pinball's written reviews are positive against 83% of Astro Pinball's.
| Parameter | Visual Pinball | Astro Pinball |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (74 ratings) | 4.7 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.6 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Millard | Kyle Sylvestre |
Customer experience
Visual Pinball
Astro Pinball
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
Astro Pinball
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Visual Pinball
No in-app purchases
Astro Pinball
No in-app purchases
Questions
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