Comparison

Visual Pinball vs Kickabout™ Table Soccer

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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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

Kickabout™ Table Soccer

Experience high-speed physics-based table soccer on your mobile device. Enjoy quick solo matches or intense 2-player local multiplayer games with strategic gameplay and unlockable national teams. Perfect for on-the-go fun or social gatherings.

Highlights
  • High-speed physics engine
  • 1 or 2 player local multiplayer
  • Strategic movement zones
  • Unlockable national teams
  • Quick 2-minute matches
  • Game Center Leaderboard
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Language: English only. High-speed Finger Futbol for 1 or 2 players! “Ingenious” & "addictive” - POCKETGAMER "Plenty of fun" - Six Colors “Oh my god. This game is amazing!” - thenexusisopening (reddit) INNOVATIVE PHYSICS-BASED GAMEPLAY • Easy to Pickup: Just drag your players into the ball. • Hard to Master: develop precision ball skills with 60 FPS physics • Tactical: Movement zones and walls force strategic passing, ala foosball and futsal • Bitesized: the 2 minute matches make perfect halftime entertainment. DESIGNED FOR iPAD & iPHONE * Silky smooth touch controls (say goodbye to awkward virtual joysticks!) • Made for iPhone: Optimized for one-handed, portrait play. • Made for iPad: A true "digital tabletop" experience. The larger canvas turns your iPad into a premium soccer party for two. 1 PLAYER: THE GLOBAL COMPETITION • Collect and play as 42 National Teams from around the world, including USA, Mexico, Canada, England, Argentina, and Brazil. • Compete with Skill-Based Scoring: Earn points for goals, post-hits, and stylish trick shots. • Go for a high score, and climb the Game Center Leaderboard! 2 PLAYER: THE ULTIMATE PARTY GAME • Local Multiplayer: Compete with friends and rivals on a single device. • Face-to-Face: Each player takes an end of the device for authentic tabletop competition. • Riotous Fun: The perfect "ice-breaker" game for any social gathering. FROM AN AWARD-WINNING GAME DESIGNER Kickabout was created by Rob Kay - the Lead Designer of Guitar Hero and creator of Slope (150M plays). It is free to play and ad-supported, with an in-app purchase to remove ads and directly support indie development.

Screenshots

Visual Pinball3 screens
Kickabout™ Table Soccer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kickabout™ Table Soccer at 4.9 against Visual Pinball's 4.3. Kickabout™ Table Soccer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and review sentiment (95% vs 79%). Visual Pinball's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. Kickabout™ Table Soccer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Visual Pinball asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kickabout™ Table Soccer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 32 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Visual Pinball's written reviews are positive against 95% of Kickabout™ Table Soccer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Pinball ships an update every 12 months, Kickabout™ Table Soccer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Visual Pinball versus Kickabout™ Table Soccer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual PinballKickabout™ Table Soccer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (73 ratings)4.9 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews94.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB196 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason MillardRob Kay LLC

Customer experience

Visual Pinball

All ratings73 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Kickabout™ Table Soccer

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral5.3%
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

Kickabout™ Table Soccer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Kickabout™ Table Soccer

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Unlock All 42 National Teams$7.99

Questions

Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kickabout™ Table Soccer free?
Kickabout™ Table Soccer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual Pinball or Kickabout™ Table Soccer?
Kickabout™ Table Soccer is rated higher. Visual Pinball averages 4.3 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Kickabout™ Table Soccer averages 4.9 from 32 ratings.
Do Visual Pinball or Kickabout™ Table Soccer have ads?
Kickabout™ Table Soccer shows ads; Visual Pinball does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual Pinball or Kickabout™ Table Soccer?
Visual Pinball ships an update every 12 months, and Kickabout™ Table Soccer fortnightly. Most recently, Visual Pinball was updated on October 18, 2026 and Kickabout™ Table Soccer on October 21, 2026.

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