Pinball Arcade
This is real pinball for your Android phone and tablet!
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3.28
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great selection of classic pinball tables
- High realism and good graphics
- Good simulation of the actual pinball experience
Cons
- Ball speed is too fast and unrealistic
- Screen refresh rate issues that impact playability
- Physics and flipper response feel inferior to other pinball apps
Most mentioned
- Screen refresh rate causes play to speed up
- Issues with ball movement and physics
- Need for settings adjustment for optimal gameplay
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| Date | Author | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-21 |  | | I have a love/hate relationship with game. I love the super realistic tables and great selection of classic games. However, the screen refresh rate issue is a major bug which has long been left unaddressed. The lack of that fix, lack of additions of new games, and a horrible/dated UI outside the actual game play make me hesitant to pay any more for new machines (which are not cheap, btw). Is there a future for this game? |
| 2024-07-19 |  | | App plays in fast forward unless you go to your settings ->display -> motion smoothness and change it to standard from adaptive. Tables don't scale properly in the display, so about 20% of the board is off the screen down near the flippers. Physics are terrible, the ball floats around way too much and doesn't bounce as you'd expect. Table lighting is terrible. Basically inferior in every way to the Williams Pinball App. Stern, please have Zen make your next app. |
| 2024-07-07 |  | | This used to be my favorite game.. Grew up playing pinball, and it's very realistic. With my latest phone, it's pretty much unplayable . The speed of the ball is ridiculous. And if u change it to 60hz the graphics go bad. Can't see the score it's all fuzzy. Hope you can fix that, I miss playing it. |
| 2024-05-18 |  | | This is an update to an updated review. This game was amazing for years. Recently I got a Samsung Ultra 23 and for some reason this game plays like it is on fast forward. It's hard to do anything because all the machines move way too fast. *Update* You can turn off the "fast forward" by going to your display settings and turn your motion smoothness from adaptive to standard. Just annoying to have to turn it on and off just for this game. Overall it's still a great way to learn these pins |
| 2024-04-22 |  | | I totally agree with Austin, I've had this app for several years. I just loved it and couldn't wait to download it into my new tablet and phone. In my opinion The physics is not the same anymore, No fun, and I also spent a small fortune for all the tables. Hopefully, I'm not screwed. And I will most certainly miss this game. I'm very disappointed. And by the way, you shouldn't have to get into your phone and do all those changes that's Ridiculous it's their fault not ours. |
| 2024-04-18 |  | | I still have all 100 tables and they work great. Still best pinball app of all time. P.S, to those of you who have an issue with the game and ball moving way too fast, all u have to do is go into your upper device settings and put it in Power Saver mode while playing this app. It will automatically reduce the frame rate to the correct speed. |
| 2024-04-16 |  | | I recently gave a bad review to this game but I was wrong. It simulates the real thing but you have to have a good wi fi signal or the game will not work right. Also, after I use the app for longer than 10 minutes things start to malfunction like the flippers getting stuck or it quits working altogether. The same happens if I restart it too many times. Otherwise, Great job on game! |
| 2024-03-09 |  | | Turning the refresh rate down to 60 definitely fixed the ball movement problem. What I don't understand is, if you are aware of todays faster refresh rates, why are you not updating the game? Adjusting this to 60 has negative effects on other apps and performance. It's a pain to keep going into settings. I would give it 5 stars if you would fix this problem. It's not like this is a free app. |
| 2024-01-30 |  | | I want to like this game. It has great graphics. But the ball moves way too fast, and moves even faster when you hit it with a flipper. It moves faster than real life. The ball also has a weird tendency to drop between the flippers in the dead zone where you can't save it. Happens way too often. If they fix the ball issue, then this will be a much better game and I would rate it higher. |
| 2023-05-14 |  | | You guys messed with the physics on the ripplys table. I had this on my old phone and you would be able to shoot the ball up the ce ter ramp with no issue. Now the ball almost always backs out of the ramp. It's also harder to make the trick shot at the beginning of the game, you can shoot the ball the exact same way and it won't go in. Ball doesn't hop between the flippers when it comes down the right ramp instead looses speed and gutters. You RUINED the experience. |
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