Comparison

Visual Pinball vs Snap

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

Snap

A fast-paced arcade physics game where players launch a grapple to collect valuable space resources while managing limited storage. Make smart decisions under pressure to hit material goals and avoid junk that fills up your space.

Highlights
  • Physics-based grapple with momentum
  • Multi-capture chaining bonus
  • Three difficulty modes
  • Per-level star rating
  • Resource management
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SNAP-BACK is a fast-paced arcade physics game about smart decisions under pressure. Launch yourself into the void, latch onto drifting space resources, and snap them back to your core. Every level has a materials goal to hit — but your storage is limited, and not everything floating out there is worth collecting. HOW IT WORKS Drag to aim, release to launch. Make contact with a resource and you automatically snap back to your core, dragging it with you. Time your launches, chain multi-captures for bonuses, and advance to the next level when you hit your materials goal. KNOW YOUR RESOURCES · Junk — worthless and a storage hog. Destroy it at speed or it'll fill you up fast. · Silver — steady value, manageable storage cost. · Gold — high yield, glowing, worth going out of your way for. · Platinum — rare, maximum payout, barely costs any storage. THE CATCH Fill your storage before reaching your materials goal and it's game over. On harder difficulties, resources that reach your core will destroy it outright. Knowing what to grab, what to smash, and what to dodge is the game. FEATURES · Physics-based grapple with real momentum · Multi-capture bonus for chaining resources in one run · Three difficulty modes: Easy, Medium, and Hard · Per-level star rating based on storage efficiency · Retro pixel art with a neon space aesthetic · Haptic feedback and original sound effects · High score tracking

Screenshots

Visual Pinball3 screens
Snap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Snap at 5.0 against Visual Pinball's 4.3. Snap also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.6). Visual Pinball's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (74 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Snap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 74 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Pinball ships an update fortnightly, Snap every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Visual Pinball versus Snap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual PinballSnap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (74 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings74 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB10 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperJason MillardDavid Vilaverde

Customer experience

Visual Pinball

All ratings74 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Snap

All ratings1 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

Snap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

None

Snap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Snap free?
Snap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Pinball or Snap?
Snap is rated higher. Visual Pinball averages 4.3 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Snap averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Visual Pinball or Snap have ads?
Snap shows ads; Visual Pinball does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual Pinball or Snap?
Visual Pinball ships an update fortnightly, and Snap every 5 days. Most recently, Visual Pinball was updated on October 30, 2026 and Snap on October 22, 2026.

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