Comparison

Orbit vs Williams™ Pinball

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

Head to head
About

Orbit

This app is a meditative physics puzzler where you launch planets to create stable orbits around black holes. Explore a variety of levels, create your own challenges in a sandbox mode, and enjoy a visually artistic and relaxing experience.

Highlights
  • Gravity simulation puzzles
  • Create stable orbits
  • Sandbox mode for level creation
  • Community-created levels
  • Visual orbital mechanics
  • Minimalist graphics and relaxing music
Features
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ORBIT is a gravity simulator at the heart of a puzzle game. Launch planets with a flick of your finger, and try to get them into stable orbits around black holes. Can you make enough orbits to progress to the next level? New: ORBIT now features a Sandbox (paid) where you can create your own levels! Control time, disable collisions, and paint with gravity. Publish your creations to the world for everyone to play. • 45 free levels, with new mechanics are introduced over time — like repulsive black holes and planets with their own gravity that attract each other • Play community-created levels — virtually limitless content made by other players, all completely free • Launch as many planets as you like, and watch the mesmerizing orbital mechanics unfold • Planets leave colored traces, so that at the end of a level you will have created a beautiful piece of art • See the future trajectory of a planet before you launch it • Play in an environment of smooth, minimalist graphics while listening to relaxing classical piano Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/highkeygames Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/highkeygames

About

Williams™ Pinball

Experience classic and remastered pinball tables with realistic physics and multiplayer competition. Compete head-to-head for real money and cash prizes in select countries.

Highlights
  • Classic and remastered pinball tables
  • Multiplayer matchups for real money prizes
  • Pro Physics simulation
  • Daily challenges and competitions
  • Global leaderboards
  • New tables added frequently
Features
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Williams™ Pinball ushers in a new era of mobile pinball excellence, uniting pinball players around the globe with new multiplayer features! Experience a dazzling collection of classic premium pinball tables such as Fish Tales™, Medieval Madness™, Attack from Mars™, Junk Yard™, The Party Zone™, Black Rose™ and The Getaway High Speed II™ with more tables on the way! Play head-to-head against players for real money and cash prizes, powered by Skillz! Each table is playable in its original form or in a remastered version featuring newly created 3D interactive characters, side wall art and more, bringing these classic tables to life like never before! Zen’s Pro Physics simulation provides the most authentic pinball experience available. From the makers of Zen Pinball, Marvel Pinball, Star Wars™ Pinball, Aliens vs. Pinball, Bethesda® Pinball and more! FEATURES: - Multiplayer matchups powered by Skillz provide endless competitive play and the chance to win real money and cash prizes in select countries - Daily challenges and competitions - Pro Physics delivers the most realistic mobile pinball experience available - New tables added frequently - Global leaderboards - Single-player challenges - Table customizations PRESS QUOTES Destructoid "The Bally/Williams licence and Zen Studios are truly a match made in heaven" The Sixth Axis "Each of the tables is perfectly recreated here and it’s simply astonishing the level of detail that Zen Studios have achieved" Digitally Downloaded "As with all Zen Studios titles, the physics are spot-on" ZTGD "Any fan of pinball of any skill level should add this to their collection" Universal Monsters © 1992-2019 Universal City Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved. Created and distributed under license from Williams Electronics Games Inc. Bally™ is a trademark of Caesar’s License Company, LLC. Monster Bash™ and Williams™ are trademarks of Williams Electronics Games Inc. Portions © 1992, 1998, 2019 Williams Electronics Games Inc. All rights reserved. Game code © 2018-2019 Zen Studios Ltd. All rights reserved.

Screenshots

Orbit4 screens
Williams™ Pinball4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orbit at 94% against Williams™ Pinball's 51%. Orbit also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Williams™ Pinball's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Orbit sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Williams™ Pinball sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.6K and 15K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Orbit's written reviews are positive against 51% of Williams™ Pinball's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orbit ships an update every 2 months, Williams™ Pinball every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Orbit versus Williams™ Pinball: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrbitWilliams™ Pinball
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better4.4 (15K ratings)
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews — better51.1% of reviews
Number of ratings7.6K15K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB191 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHIGHKEY GamesZEN Studios

Customer experience

Orbit

All ratings7,627 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews628 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative3.0%

Williams™ Pinball

All ratings15,114 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral5.7%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews1,013 reviews
Positive51.1%
Neutral12.3%
Negative36.5%

User reviews

Orbit

From 7.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fire game
  • 👍 Relaxing and Enjoyable
  • 👍 Calming, fun, stimulating, humble
  • 👍 Simple and yet complicated
  • 👍 Elegant and easy

Room to improve

  • 🐛 In app purchased not reicevied
  • 🐛 Purchase didn't work for sandbox & ad removal but it's fun.
  • 🔒 Be ware of your data
  • 🐛 Love-hate

Williams™ Pinball

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Realistic pinball physics
  • 🎨 Excellent table graphics and visuals
  • 🕹️ Faithful recreation of classic pinball tables
  • 🏆 Enjoyable daily challenges
  • 👍 Smooth and responsive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive microtransactions and pay-to-play model
  • 🕰️ Slow server connectivity and frequent loading issues
  • 🤯 Confusing and convoluted progression system
  • 🙄 Intrusive and unskippable advertisements
  • 🤖 Unreliable controls and flipper responsiveness

Bugs and requests

Orbit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • In app purchase not received
  • Sandbox mode not working
  • Game crashing and unable to open

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to zoom in and out
  • Ability to rotate the game to landscape on iPad
  • Ability to edit and move existing objects in sandbox mode
  • Ability to name planets and add moons
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  • More levels and game modes

Williams™ Pinball

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent ball physics and behavior
  • Rewards not registering due to server issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes, especially after ads
  • Progression data randomly getting reset or lost

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to purchase individual tables outright
  • Option to disable distracting visual effects
  • Improved nudging and tilt controls
  • Landscape mode support on tablets
  • Offline play mode

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Orbit

One-time7
  • $1 contribution$0.99
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • $2 contribution$1.99
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  • $3 contribution$2.99
  • Orbit Pro$2.99
  • $5 contribution$4.99
  • $10 contribution$9.99
11 purchases

Williams™ Pinball

One-time11
  • Fistful of Zen Coins$0.99
  • Pile of Zen Coins$4.99
  • Box of Zen Coins$9.99
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  • Universal Monsters™ Pack$9.99
  • Williams™ Pinball: Vol. 5$9.99
  • Indiana Jones(TM) Table$14.99
  • Case of Zen Coins$19.99
  • Legendary Pinball Pack$19.99
  • Legendary Pinball Pack$29.99
  • Set Of Zen Coins$49.99
  • Mountain of Zen Coins$99.99

Questions

Is Orbit free?
Orbit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Williams™ Pinball free?
Williams™ Pinball is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orbit or Williams™ Pinball?
Orbit is rated higher. Orbit averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.6K ratings, while Williams™ Pinball averages 4.4 from 15K ratings.
Do Orbit or Williams™ Pinball have ads?
Both Orbit and Williams™ Pinball show ads.
Which is updated more often, Orbit or Williams™ Pinball?
Orbit ships an update every 2 months, and Williams™ Pinball every 5 weeks. Most recently, Orbit was updated on October 30, 2026 and Williams™ Pinball on October 31, 2026.

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