# Visual Pinball vs Shard Puzzle

The clearest difference is price: Visual Pinball at Free against Shard Puzzle's $0.99. Shard Puzzle's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Visual Pinball is free to download; Shard Puzzle costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

## The numbers

| Metric | Visual Pinball | Shard Puzzle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | **Free** | $0.99 |
| Rating | **[4.3 (74 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visual-pinball/id6547859926/reviews)** | — |
| Number of ratings | **74** | — |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Size | 134 MB | 1 MB |
| Requires iOS | 26.6 | **17.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Age rating | 9+ | +4 |
| Developer | [Jason Millard](https://appshunter.io/developer/1527911552) | [TOMAS VYTAS](https://appshunter.io/developer/1876250254) |

## What reviewers say

### Visual Pinball

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/visual-pinball/id6547859926)

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:** macOS Compatibility, Game Controller support, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none

**What reviewers like**

- 🚀 Awesome way to play virtual pinball on the go
- 👍 Super easy to set up with minimal file prep time
- 👍 Insane that I can play favorite pins on just my phone
- 👍 Fantastic portable implementation of VPX
- 👍 Fun and exciting to archive the history of pinball

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🔧 More ability to adjust table settings needed
- 🔧 Struggling to manage camera angle
- 🔧 No fullscreen on iPad, plunger and outlanes cropped
- 🔧 Some tables don't work or have issues

**Reported bugs**

- Tables don't load for some users
- Certain complex/intensive tables error out or run at low FPS

**Requested features**

- 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


### Shard Puzzle

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shard-puzzle/id6759169195)

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Visual Pinball free?

Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is Shard Puzzle free?

Shard Puzzle costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.

### Do Visual Pinball or Shard Puzzle have ads?

Neither Visual Pinball nor Shard Puzzle shows ads.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*