Comparison

Pool Ball Star vs RetroHandheld

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Over 300 levels
  • Realistic 3D ball graphics
  • Bomb game mechanic
  • Relaxed background music
  • Intuitive touch controls
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Plays 8 classic consoles
  • Controller support
  • Save states and auto-save
  • Offline play
  • Cheat code support
  • iCloud backup
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Pool Ball Star4 screens
RetroHandheld4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pool Ball Star versus RetroHandheld: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool Ball StarRetroHandheld
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYY.,LTDDavid Margot

Customer experience

Pool Ball Star

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RetroHandheld

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pool Ball Star

One-time10
  • 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
1 purchases

RetroHandheld

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Pool Ball Star free?
Pool Ball Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RetroHandheld free?
RetroHandheld is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pool Ball Star or RetroHandheld?
Pool Ball Star is rated higher. Pool Ball Star averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while RetroHandheld averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Pool Ball Star or RetroHandheld have ads?
Neither Pool Ball Star nor RetroHandheld shows ads.

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