Comparison

Visual Pinball vs Space Pinball

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

Space Pinball

Features
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Space Pinball is a pinball game for people who miss the one that came with the computer — the plunger, the ramps, the ranks, the sound of a ball rattling around a lit playfield. Eight tables, each with its own art, layout and soundtrack. Deep Space is the classic cadet table. Retro CRT is pixel aliens and chiptune. Neon Arcade is a synthwave grid in hot magenta. Solar Flare burns molten gold. Ice Nebula is frozen gas and pale blue light. Crimson Void is blood red on black, with no stars left. WHAT'S IN IT • Real flipper physics — flip, hold, nudge, and tilt if you push too far • Eight tables with distinct layouts, bumpers, ramps and targets • Missions with fuel timers, drop targets and score multipliers • Ranks from Cadet to Fleet Admiral as your score climbs • Ball save, kickback and extra balls • Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Local high score table for your ten best runs • Plays entirely offline — no account, no sign-up CONTROLS Touch the left half of the screen for the left flipper, the right half for the right one. Drag down on the lane to pull the plunger. Swipe up to nudge the table, but three nudges in four seconds triggers TILT and your flippers go dead. PREMIUM The free game includes the first table and shows advertising. Space Pinball Premium is a single purchase — no subscription — that unlocks all eight tables, every table added later, and removes advertising completely. Family Sharing is supported. Privacy Policy: https://space-pinball-site.web.app/privacy.html Support: https://space-pinball-site.web.app Space Pinball is an independent app and is not affiliated with Microsoft or the 3D Pinball Space Cadet game.

Screenshots

Visual Pinball3 screens
Space Pinball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Visual Pinball at none against Space Pinball's 1. Visual Pinball also leads on ads (none vs shown). Space Pinball's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On price 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. Space Pinball sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Visual Pinball asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Visual Pinball versus Space Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual PinballSpace Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (73 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings73 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB53 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason MillardATAKAN TUYLUOGLU

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

Space Pinball

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Space Pinball

One-time1
  • Deep Orbit Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Space Pinball free?
Space Pinball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Visual Pinball or Space Pinball have ads?
Space Pinball shows ads; Visual Pinball does not.

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