Comparison

Runstatic 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

Runstatic

A simple racing game where you shake your phone to control a lizard on a track. Compete against others to reach the finish line first.

Highlights
  • Phone shaking controls
  • Lizard character
  • Race track gameplay
  • Competitive racing
  • Simple mechanics
Features
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Shake your phone to help the lizard move through the race track. Try to beat the others.

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.

Screenshots

Runstatic4 screens
Visual Pinball3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Runstatic at 4.8 against Visual Pinball's 4.3. Runstatic also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.6). Visual Pinball's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (74 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Runstatic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Pinball has 74 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Runstatic ships an update every 37 months, Visual Pinball fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Runstatic versus Visual Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRunstaticVisual Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.3 (74 ratings)
Positive reviews—78.6% of reviews
Number of ratings474 — better
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB134 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerjovan mitchell-etienneJason Millard

Customer experience

Runstatic

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visual Pinball

All ratings74 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.9%

Bugs and requests

Runstatic

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

Runstatic

No in-app purchases

None

Visual Pinball

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Runstatic free?
Runstatic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Pinball free?
Visual Pinball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Runstatic or Visual Pinball?
Runstatic is rated higher. Runstatic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Visual Pinball averages 4.3 from 74 ratings.
Do Runstatic or Visual Pinball have ads?
Neither Runstatic nor Visual Pinball shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Runstatic or Visual Pinball?
Runstatic ships an update every 37 months, and Visual Pinball fortnightly. Most recently, Runstatic was updated on October 24, 2026 and Visual Pinball on October 30, 2026.

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