Comparison

Chalkboard Pinball vs Pixel

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

Head to head
About

Chalkboard Pinball

Design and play your own pinball machines on a virtual chalkboard. Share your unique creations with friends and compete in real-time multiplayer matches.

Highlights
  • Draw custom pinball machines
  • Play created pinball tables
  • Share creations with friends
  • Real-time multiplayer mode
  • Supports up to 4 players simultaneously
Features
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Chalkboard Pinball Creator is not your ordinary pinball game. You can actually draw your own pinball machines on the chalkboard, and then play them! Share your creations with your friends, and there's even a multiplayer mode where you can play simultaneously with up to 4 other players!

About

Pixel

Experience a vast collection of 170 retro-style arcade games in a single application. Enjoy diverse genres like action, sports, puzzles, and card games, all playable offline with simple touch controls and smooth performance. New games are added regularly through free updates.

Highlights
  • 170 bite-sized pixel-art games
  • Playable offline, no internet required
  • Variety of genres: action, sports, puzzles, cards
  • Simple touch controls
  • Smooth 60fps performance
  • New games added via free updates
  • Local multiplayer support
Features
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Pixel Pack is a love letter to the arcade. A single app packed with nearly 300 bite-sized pixel-art games you can pick up and play in seconds. Choose a cartridge from the launcher, drop in, play. No downloads between games, no unlocks, no waiting. Most games run fully offline, right on your phone, and when you want company, more than fifty connect you to live opponents or to a friend on the same screen. WHAT YOU GET A genuinely huge variety across every genre, in tiny-bite size: Arcade and action - dodge, blast, dash, and survive in Star Fury, Astral Drift, Neon Arena, Dragon Soar, Void Eater, Vektor Rush, and Blade Dance. Racing and speed - Astro Racing, Rad Highway, Turbo Trail, Chicken Race, Ramp Rider, and Ski Free. 3D worlds - Spider Mech, Parkour Run, Pixel Cube, Armadillo, Ball Strike 3D, and Paper Toss 3D. Sports and trick runs - Air Hockey, Mini Golf, Pixel Baseball, Foosball, Bowl Bash, Sumo, Pool, Star Kick, and Pro Golf. Brain and board - 3D Picross, Pixel Sudoku, Arcane Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, Reversi, Chinese Checkers, Minesweeper, and Hexis. Word and trivia - Word Search, Wordhive, Hangman, Trivia, and What Am I. Puzzle and merge - Melon Merge, Fuse Frenzy, Block Bash, Bubble Lagoon, Crystal Clash, Fluid Sort, and Threadweave. Cards and table games - Picture Poker, Pixel Holdem, Spidey Solitaire, Wildcard Wanted, Pachinko, Shadow Deal, and Mahjong Tower. All for fun only, with no real wagering and nothing to buy. Reflex and timing - Dont Drop It, Dont Tap, Hat Stack, Rope Skipper, Quick Claw, Balloon Blast, and Rapid Rabbits. Creative and calm - Pixel Canvas, Zen Garden, Bonsai, Pixel Masterpiece, Scene Builder, and Lull. Toys and oddities - Pixel Camera turns your world into live pixel art, Compass points you north, and Chatterbird and Prism Wave react to sound around you. ...and a whole lot more waiting in the launcher. PLAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE More than fifty cartridges go head-to-head online. No account, no sign-up, no email. Pick a name and play. Race in Astro Racing, scrap in Office Brawl, draw and guess in Guess The Sketch, run the table in Pool, or settle it in Arcane Chess, Checkers and Battle Boats. Add a pixel to the shared mural in Megamural. Plenty of other games play two-up on a single phone. DESIGNED TO FEEL GOOD Crisp pixel art at every size, no blurry scaling. Smooth 60fps action. Simple touch controls that actually work. Every game is tuned to be easy to start and easy to put down. PLAY YOUR WAY Pick up for thirty seconds in a checkout line, or sink into a high-score chase on the couch. Your best scores save right on your device. There is always another game one tap away. NO STRINGS ATTACHED No ads. No pop-ups. No accounts or logins. No coins, chips or currency to buy. Just games. GROWING OVER TIME New games arrive in free updates, so the collection keeps getting bigger. One tap, and nearly three hundred ways to play. Welcome to Pixel Pack.

Screenshots

Chalkboard Pinball4 screens
Pixel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chalkboard Pinball at Free against Pixel's $1.99. Chalkboard Pinball also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1). Pixel's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Chalkboard Pinball is free to download; Pixel costs $1.99 up front. Chalkboard Pinball sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pixel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pixel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chalkboard Pinball has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chalkboard Pinball ships an update every 6 months, Pixel weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chalkboard Pinball versus Pixel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChalkboard PinballPixel
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.9 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB37 MB
Age rating+49+
DeveloperPangea Software, Inc.Cameron Burke

Customer experience

Chalkboard Pinball

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative41.2%

Pixel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chalkboard Pinball

One-time1
  • Remove AdsFree
None

Pixel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chalkboard Pinball free?
Chalkboard Pinball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel free?
Pixel costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chalkboard Pinball or Pixel?
Pixel is rated higher. Chalkboard Pinball averages 3.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Pixel averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chalkboard Pinball or Pixel have ads?
Neither Chalkboard Pinball nor Pixel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chalkboard Pinball or Pixel?
Chalkboard Pinball ships an update every 6 months, and Pixel weekly. Most recently, Chalkboard Pinball was updated on October 23, 2026 and Pixel on October 28, 2026.

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