Comparison

Visual Pinball vs LipGuess

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

LipGuess

Features
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LipGuess is a fun visual word-guessing game where you recognize words by watching lip movements. The challenge is that many different sounds share the same lip shape. For example, B, M, and P all look almost identical on the lips. That means words like "Mama" and "Papa" can look nearly the same when spoken silently. Your task is to use the visible mouth movements and the context of the word to make the correct guess. Watch the mouth carefully, study the lip shapes, and choose the correct answer. With every round, you'll become better at recognizing visual speech patterns and spotting the subtle differences between similar-looking words. FEATURES • Watch clear lip-movement animations • Discover why some sounds look identical on the lips • Guess words using visual clues and speech patterns • Learn to distinguish similar mouth shapes • Improve your observation skills through repeated play • Enjoy a simple and easy-to-use game experience Whether you want to challenge your perception, sharpen your observation skills, or simply enjoy a unique word game, LipGuess offers a fun and surprisingly tricky visual challenge. WATCH THE LIPS. GUESS THE WORD.

Screenshots

Visual Pinball3 screens
LipGuess3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Visual Pinball at none against LipGuess's shown. LipGuess's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.6). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Pinball ships an update fortnightly, LipGuess every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Visual Pinball versus LipGuess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual PinballLipGuess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (75 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings75 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB63 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason MillardYaser Selim

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

LipGuess

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

None

LipGuess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LipGuess free?
LipGuess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Visual Pinball or LipGuess have ads?
LipGuess shows ads; Visual Pinball does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual Pinball or LipGuess?
Visual Pinball ships an update fortnightly, and LipGuess every 2 days. Most recently, Visual Pinball was updated on November 5, 2026 and LipGuess on October 29, 2026.

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