# Pinball Map

> Find pinball machines to play!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id359275713](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id359275713)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id359275713`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ryan Taylor-Gratzer
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (129 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.4.21
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2010-03-03
- **Size:** 88 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pinball-map/id359275713)
- **Website:** [https://pinballmap.com/](https://pinballmap.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pinballmap.com/privacy](https://pinballmap.com/privacy)

## Description

Pinball Map is a mobile-first, open-source, crowdsourced map of public pinball machines. It catalogs 50,000+ machines across 12,000+ locations worldwide, built by players and venues and linked to the Pinball Map website.

This Chrome extension lets you quickly discover pinball locations, filter by machine, manufacturer, or year, save favorites, view map activity, and contribute by adding machines, submitting new locations, commenting on machine conditions, posting high scores, and sharing photos or upcoming events.

## Rankings

- #121,345 — Overall

## Review summary

Pinball Map is widely praised as the best pinball location finder with a community-driven, up-to-date database and an easy map interface. Users value discovering new venues, planning trips, distance estimates, and comments that help gauge machine playability. The app is actively developed with features like dark mode. Recurrent concerns are crashes on launch or reload, and region-related navigation changes that complicate pre-trip browsing, plus occasional data gaps in remote areas.

### Pros

- Up-to-date, community-maintained listings of pinball venues and machines.
- Easy-to-use map with distance info, filters, and the ability to add/remove games.
- User comments indicate whether machines are playable, helping choice.
- Great for discovering new venues and planning trips.
- Active development with new features (like dark mode) and ongoing updates/donations.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and instability (white screen on load, crashes during data reloads).
- Region-based navigation changes make scoping areas harder; region reloads on every launch.
- Occasional data gaps in remote areas due to reliance on user submissions.
- Some UX quirks, such as Nearby map resetting zoom/back or reliance on a 'More' button to view all machines.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id359275713)