Comparison

Brick Breaker, Pro 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

Brick Breaker, Pro

Features
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Brick Breaker, Prize Edition Pro. No Ads If you like breakout and arkanoid you'll love our Brick Breaker classic arcade game. There are 76 levels to complete, all unlocked so you don't need to muck about unlocking stuff. Catch the specials to enable Multi Ball, Rocket Launchers, Super Bomb, Bonus points, bigger bats, etc. And don't forget this is the Prize Edition, there are lots of prizes to collect – can you grab them all and complete all the levels. Download it now and start breaking those bricks and collecting the prizes.

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

Brick Breaker, Pro4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Visual Pinball at Free against Brick Breaker, Pro's $0.99. Visual Pinball also leads on update cadence (every 12 months vs every 35 months). Brick Breaker, Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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; Brick Breaker, Pro costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brick Breaker, Pro ships an update every 35 months, Visual Pinball every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Brick Breaker, Pro versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrick Breaker, ProVisual Pinball
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.3 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—78.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—74 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB120 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperGalatic DroidsJason Millard

Bugs and requests

Brick Breaker, Pro

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

Brick Breaker, Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brick Breaker, Pro free?
Brick Breaker, Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Brick Breaker, Pro or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Brick Breaker, Pro nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brick Breaker, Pro or Visual Pinball?
Brick Breaker, Pro ships an update every 35 months, and Visual Pinball every 12 months. Most recently, Brick Breaker, Pro was updated on October 26, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 22, 2026.

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