# PoolTool — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of PoolTool by Adderley Group Ltd., rated 4.26/5 from 98 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pooltool/id1495556387/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pooltool/id1495556387.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 75 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 12 ## Newest reviews (11 of 51) ### 2/5 — Not useful for tax reporting *2023-10-20, version 3.21.2* Doesn’t break out earnings by year nor valuation when coin earned. How am I to compute accurate earnings for tax purposes. IRS treats staking as earnings regardless if sold. Just like bank interest must pay tax on earnings. But with crypto need to know value of coin when received which fluctuates I though pool tools would track that. I can get my amount Ada earned in Daedalus. But I need this breakout of value at earn time. ### 3/5 — App is extremely slow *2023-08-14, version 3.21.1* App was working good but since last 2 updates it got extremely slow sometimes taking good minute or 2 to load pool data ### 2/5 — Great App… *2022-06-24, version 3.16* It’s a great little app, unfortunately only drawback and hence the 2 star rating is that if you need to reset/recover your password now you will have to send an Ada fee. Otherwise this would have have been a 5 star app for me. ### 2/5 — Not useful for tax reporting *2022-04-01, version 3.16* Doesn’t break out earnings by year nor valuation when coin earned. How am I to compute accurate earnings for tax purposes. IRS treats staking as earnings regardless if sold. Just like bank interest must pay tax on earnings. But with crypto need to know value of coin when received which fluctuates I though pool tools would track that. I can get my amount Ada earned in Daedalus. But I need this breakout of value at earn time. ### 1/5 — Currently Don’t work *2021-09-26, version 3.12* Hasn’t worked since the Alonzo Hardfork. Was a good app to track rewards. But no is a worthless icon on your Home Screen because it doesn’t update stakepools info either. Obviously needs an update soon ### 1/5 — Send us ada to verify your account *2021-09-01, version 3.12* Should be stated this is non refundable Your not getting your ada back What it’s really saying is pay us ### 1/5 — Scam *2021-08-24, version 3.12* Pide enviar 2000 ADA a una wallet para verificar que somos los dueños de la wallet que queremos monitorizar. Estafa. ### 1/5 — Obvious Scam *2021-06-30, version 3.12* Using this app requires sending ADA to verify your account. This is an obvious scam and should be removed from the App Store. Don’t fall for it. ### 4/5 — Overall good, some caveats. *2021-06-21, version 3.12* The app is good for giving general info for your staking however there are a prevalence of bugs which can be rather annoying. ### 4/5 — Good but not without bugs *2021-06-20, version 3.12* Must have if you are staking on Cardano network. As of late block production for some of the pool is not showing. ### 4/5 — Nice app but not too keen on new Verify *2021-06-10, version 3.12* I’m going to hold off until there are screenshots of what UX we gain beyond the paywall. I’d have kept the old UI until you’d finished implementing/marketing the new features that are hinted at, it doesn’t compel me to make the ADA transaction blind. Curious what you have planned. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — SCAM *2023-10-02, version 3.21.2* I have sent the ADA requested to create an account and when I log in it waits and does not enter. And they don't answer in support. ### 1/5 — SCAM!!! *2022-04-03, version 3.16* First; it requires a payment in crypto which bypasses Apple’s payment services in direct violation of Apple’s payment policies. Second; It doesn’t work. Third; There is no support for this app from the Author. APPLE SHOULD TAKE THIS SCAM APP DOWN IMMEDIATELY ### 1/5 — Customer Service *2022-03-16, version 3.16* I cannot get in touch with customer service. I registered my wallet, which requires you transfer some crypto to “verify” you’re the owner. I did so. And nothing. I tried to login as an existing user and select “forgot password,” hoping that would at least get me past the “register” page, but it just asks me to transfer tokens over to “verify” again. ### 1/5 — Ransomware *2022-02-15, version 3.16* Used to be a good app. Now it demands ADA as payment to use it. Don't trust it. Find another. ### 1/5 — Used to be good *2022-02-10, version 3.15* Latest update has ruined the app. There’s now a requirement to sign up in order to see the rewards for your wallets. This wasn’t a requirement prior to this update so I guess they just want reasons to get your personal data now. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2022-01-30, version 3.14* Buggy Freezes Poorly formatted Have to pay or it stays frozen Improve please ### 1/5 — Do it later *2021-10-28, version 3.13* En pocas palabras te obligan a tener el premium cuando no lo quieres, a la hora de poner mi nombre de la wallet y QR te sigue al siguiente mensaje que te hace escribir una contraseña para obtener servicios premium cuando le das al botón de DO IT LATER es como si estuviera de decoración ya que no funciona por mucho que lo mantengas le pulses 50 veces. ### 1/5 — Scam: App asks to send Ada by Jan 2022 to continue using service *2021-10-09, version 3.13* The Pooltool app says to verify your wallet address by creating an account AND sending them ADA from your own wallet by January 2022 in order to continue tracking your staking rewards. Any requirement of withdrawing funds from your own wallet is a scam. **The blockchain is a public ledger** so by definition there should be no valid reason why you should ever be forced to pay for this functionality to be verified by January 2022. How it works now can be how it works later on because it is a public ledger. That is where they muddy the waters in transparency because it confuses people on how this actually works. You are identifiable and lose some level of anonymity by confirming you own a walket address. If they needed a way to pay for services, be upfront and transparent in that regard. Why connect users to their wallet addresses? Otherwise there should be other options and choices for tracking rewards without giving up your privacy by confirming each and every single wallet address. For example, if someone has 20 wallets, then hypothetically, each wallet will be tagged on the public ledger if they send Ada from each of them just to track staking rewards. So the data points are out there connecting the user to tbe tool. Why is this necessary? It isn't and shouldn't be. This is taking advantage of the newness of Cardano since the tech is growing that other tracking options are limited at the moment. But if you look around, although the Pooltool app is getting comprehensive in features, it is not the only game in town. ### 1/5 — Really? Scam Alert *2021-10-08, version 3.13* It asks for 1.925 ADA to “add an account” I do it, the app locks up, on restart it doesn’t have my account, wants another 1.925 to add my account, what a scam ### 1/5 — Unable to create/add new account *2021-10-03, version 3.13* Some good pool data, but limited in usability since I can't create/add a new account. After entering the account name and account address the timer/clock just simply spins. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Mr Patrick O’Donnell *2022-09-14, version 3.16* Just got the app but looks good in time will give review 👍 ### 5/5 — Beauty! *2021-08-31, version 3.12* Essential tool for every Cardano ADA holder. ### 5/5 — Me/him/her/she *2021-08-03, version 3.12* I think this is best way to track your pools/bocks but it don’t have accessible for me as handicapped/education from screen load ### 5/5 — THE tool for all SPO! *2021-07-17, version 3.12* All inclusive! Love it. ### 5/5 — Great tool *2021-06-17, version 3.12* Love using this tool to keep track of if the stake pools I am delegating to are creating blocks. This makes it simple to check. In fact it send you a notification. Great tool for cardano ### 5/5 — Great app for tracking ADA stats *2021-06-06, version 3.11* Really nice UI/UX, reliable and accurate data. Highly recommended if you are a delegator, SPO or just want more info on ADA and Cardano. ### 5/5 — awesome app *2021-06-03, version 3.11* looking forward to more features in the future ### 5/5 — Super useful app *2021-05-27* Made by Cardano OGs. A must have app if you are staking. You can easily set up alerts to reduce the risk of a stake pool making a change without you noticing such as reducing pledge or increasing fees. A great way to keep track of the portfolio of pools you stake to. Also a handy resource to quickly get more info about stake pools you come across on social media. ### 5/5 — Great *2021-05-11, version 3.11* Gteat ### 5/5 — Thank you for Night Mode 🌓🙏🏽 *2021-05-07, version 3.11* Could you please rename ‘Dark Mode’ to ‘Night Mode’. Please and thank you!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-11.*