Pool Ball Star vs RetroHandheld
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool Ball Star
Experience the thrill of becoming a pool master with over 300 levels of engaging gameplay. Enjoy realistic 3D graphics, relaxing background music, and intuitive touch controls. This free game offers a fun and immersive pool experience.
- Over 300 levels
- Realistic 3D ball graphics
- Bomb game mechanic
- Relaxed background music
- Intuitive touch controls
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Pool Ball Star! Believe it you must love it! PRESS REVIEW: Experience the fun to be a master in pool ball! Best of all, it’s totally FREE! Over 300 levels for you! When you play it once, you won’t stop. It will help you enjoy a pleasant time! Game Features: *Bomb *Realistic 3D ball *Relaxed background music and interesting sound. *Touch the screen for control game stick
RetroHandheld
Transform your iPhone or iPad into a classic gaming console. Play popular retro systems like Game Boy, NES, and PlayStation with controller support and save states. Bring your own legally owned game files for an offline, ad-free experience.
- Plays 8 classic consoles
- Controller support
- Save states and auto-save
- Offline play
- Cheat code support
- iCloud backup
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Retro Handheld turns your iPhone and iPad into a real retro gaming machine, and it plays the consoles most iPhone emulators leave out. Start for free with the classic lineup: Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, NES, and Super NES. Unlock Nintendo 64, PlayStation, GameGear, DreamCast and Sega Genesis with one purchase — no subscription and no ads, ever. PlayStation works the moment you import a game. OpenBIOS is bundled, so there is no BIOS file to hunt down and no setup to wade through. Every emulator core ships inside the app, ready to play. WHAT YOU GET Eight consoles in one app, from Game Boy to PlayStation Auto cover art box art downloads automatically when you add a game A native, uncluttered interface built for iPhone and iPad Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Pro, and MFi controller support with automatic per-console mapping Game Genie, GameShark, and Action Replay cheat code support Save states anywhere, auto-save on exit, and one-tap resume Fast-forward for speeding through slow sections Screenshot capture to save your best moments iCloud backup for save data across devices Retro TV shell on iPad, plus haptic feedback Play time tracking for every game Fully offline. No accounts, no internet, no tracking. BRING YOUR OWN GAMES Retro Handheld does not include any games. You must own the original cartridge or disc to legally use game files with the app. Import your library from the Files app and keep it on your own device. Built on proven open-source emulation cores, compiled and bundled so there is nothing extra to download before you play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pool Ball Star at 5.0 against RetroHandheld's 3.8. Pool Ball Star also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). RetroHandheld's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Pool Ball Star sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and RetroHandheld sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pool Ball Star holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | Pool Ball Star | RetroHandheld |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YY.,LTD | David Margot |
Customer experience
Pool Ball Star
RetroHandheld
In-app purchases
Pool Ball Star
- 2000 Crash$0.99
- Cue NO.11$0.99
- 80 Lifes Bag$2.99
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- 200 Lifes Bag$4.99
- CUE NO.12$4.99
- CUE NO.13$8.99
- 30000 Crash$9.99
- CUE NO.14$18.99
- CUE NO.15$28.99
- 200000 Crash$39.99
RetroHandheld
- Full Unlock$2.99









