Visual Pinball vs zenkari
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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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.
zenkari
A native Akari puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. Place lanterns to light up the board while avoiding conflicts. Offers various puzzle types, daily challenges, and optional Game Center integration.
- Touch-friendly grids with haptics
- Multiple Akari variations
- Procedurally generated puzzles
- Daily challenge with target time
- Optional Game Center integration
- Accessibility features
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zenkari is a native Akari (Light Up) puzzle app for iPhone and iPad. Place lanterns on open cells, satisfy numbered walls, and light the whole board — without two lanterns shining at each other. CLASSIC RULES, MODERN PLAY • Touch-friendly grids with clear feedback, haptics, and optional conflict highlighting • Step-by-step tutorial for new players • Timer, marks, sound, and appearance options (system, light, or dark) PUZZLE VARIETY • Standard Akari plus variations such as coloured light, mirrors, twins, queens (diagonal rays), regional boards, and hex grids • Procedurally generated boards by difficulty and size • Bundled puzzle packs and import support DAILY CHALLENGE & GAME CENTER (OPTIONAL) • A new puzzle each day with a target time • Leaderboards, achievements, and fastest-time previews per board size • Game Center sign-in is optional — core solo play does not require an account ACCESSIBILITY • VoiceOver labels on the grid • Dynamic Type in navigation and settings • Reduce Motion support PRIVACY Saved games, settings, and local progress stay on your device. The app may show ads to help keep zenkari free. See the privacy policy for details on advertising, analytics, and App Tracking Transparency. Akari and Light Up refer to the puzzle type. Nikoli and other third-party names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Visual Pinball at none against zenkari's shown. Visual Pinball also leads on ratings volume (45 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). zenkari's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
zenkari 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Visual Pinball's written reviews are positive against 100% of zenkari's.
| Parameter | Visual Pinball | zenkari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (45 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jason Millard | JEREMY S WEBER |
Customer experience
Visual Pinball
zenkari
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
zenkari
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Visual Pinball
No in-app purchases
zenkari
No in-app purchases









