Comparison

Bumper Kart Hockey vs Visual Pinball

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bumper Kart Hockey

Experience a unique mashup of arcade kart racing and air hockey. Control a hovering bumper kart to knock the puck into your opponent's goal. Compete globally online, challenge AI, or race against the clock in timed modes.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer matches
  • Single player vs AI
  • 60-second challenges
  • King of the Puck mode
  • Intuitive tilt and touch controls
  • MFi controller support
Features
Currently charting
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Aren't mashup games fun? Here's one that combines retro arcade kart driving with air hockey! Take the wheel of your Bumper Kart, a hovering disc-shaped go-kart, then bump and smack your way to victory! The rules are simple, use your kart to knock the puck into the opposite goal as many times as you can! Compete with players around the world in real-time online matches, or test your skills against AI opponents. When you’re ready for a new challenge, race the clock in the 60-second “Long Shot” and “Multi-Puck Dash” challenges! Features: • Online Multiplayer - all you need is your Game Center account • Single Player vs AI, with 3 difficulty levels • 60-second Challenges, with competitive leaderboards • King of the Puck mode - hit the puck to claim it, then play keep away from your opponent • Intuitive controls - tilt to steer and touch to go, or use any MFi game controller • Bumpin’ music tracks

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.

Screenshots

Bumper Kart Hockey4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visual Pinball at Free against Bumper Kart Hockey's $1.99. Visual Pinball also leads on update cadence (every 12 months vs every 62 months) and ratings volume (74 vs 3). Bumper Kart Hockey's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). 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; Bumper Kart Hockey costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bumper Kart Hockey 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Bumper Kart Hockey's written reviews are positive against 79% of Visual Pinball's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bumper Kart Hockey ships an update every 62 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Bumper Kart Hockey versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBumper Kart HockeyVisual Pinball
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.3 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings374 — better
Update frequencyEvery 62 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB120 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCurt SteinJason Millard

Customer experience

Bumper Kart Hockey

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Visual Pinball

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

Bugs and requests

Bumper Kart Hockey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or 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

In-app purchases

None

Bumper Kart Hockey

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bumper Kart Hockey free?
Bumper Kart Hockey costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bumper Kart Hockey or Visual Pinball?
Bumper Kart Hockey is rated higher. Bumper Kart Hockey averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Bumper Kart Hockey or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Bumper Kart Hockey nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bumper Kart Hockey or Visual Pinball?
Bumper Kart Hockey ships an update every 62 months, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, Bumper Kart Hockey was updated on October 6, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 22, 2026.

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