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Get the game

Download Pocket Midway on the App Store. Updates arrive through the App Store.

How to play

Flick the ball along the lane. You get nine counted balls per game; a roll too soft to clear the ramp comes back without using a ball. A glowing hot target pays double. Every ten points earns a ticket.

Playing on iPhone Duo

Place the phone partly open like a small laptop: lane below, targets above. The hinge angle changes the launch. Close it to keep playing on the outer screen, or open it flat for a single-screen game. The practice lane introduces folding without spending balls or changing records.

Tickets and prizes

Earn tickets through play and redeem them for toys at the prize counter. Owned toys live in your toy chest, where you can play with them. Spending tickets does not reduce your lifetime total. Tickets are earned through play and cannot be exchanged for money or physical prizes.

Saved progress and Game Center

Settings, tickets, prizes and local records are stored on this device. Game Center is optional and does not back up your toy chest or spendable ticket balance. Removing the app can remove local progress. Manage Game Center sign-in and sharing through iOS Settings.

Friend challenges

With Game Center, you can send a friend a score to beat on any board. They play when they can, and you both see who scored higher. There is no live matchmaking and no waiting for an opponent.

Events and contests

Event cards on the Home screen show what’s running, your progress and how much time is left. Each contest’s official rules are in the app.

Sound and motion

Settings has separate controls for game sound, music and haptics. The game also follows the system Reduce Motion setting. You can pause during a game.

Optional announcements

If your version offers announcements, choose contest news, prize news, both, or neither. Turn both off in the game to remove the subscription when online. If you switch off permission in iOS Settings, open the game so it can send the removal. If you turn announcements off while offline, removal stays pending. Reopen Pocket Midway or choose Retry Removal in Settings once you’re connected.

Privacy

Read the Pocket Midway privacy policy for local storage, Apple services, support messages and optional announcements.