Comparison

Visual Pinball vs Gravataxx

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

Gravataxx

Experience a retro-inspired arcade game paying homage to early video game classics. Developed by a solo indie creator, this title offers simple, enjoyable gameplay. Purchasing the game directly supports independent game development.

Highlights
  • Retro arcade gameplay
  • Indie developer support
  • Simple fun mechanics
  • Classic video game tribute
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GRAVATAXX is a tribute to one of the earliest video games ever made. It was made by a solo developer over the course of five weeks during a period of unemployment, as a way to both keep working and to take a concept from start to finish. Buying this game will support an indie game developer, creating simple fun games without AI. You know how to play this game.

Screenshots

Visual Pinball3 screens
Gravataxx3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visual Pinball at Free against Gravataxx's $0.99. Visual Pinball also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 2). Gravataxx's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.6). On ads, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gravataxx 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Visual Pinball versus Gravataxx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual PinballGravataxx
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (74 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings74 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 12 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB69 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason MillardLucas Haley

Customer experience

Visual Pinball

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

Gravataxx

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

Gravataxx

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

None

Gravataxx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gravataxx free?
Gravataxx costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Visual Pinball or Gravataxx?
Gravataxx is rated higher. Visual Pinball averages 4.3 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Gravataxx averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Visual Pinball or Gravataxx have ads?
Neither Visual Pinball nor Gravataxx shows ads.

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