Virtual Pool 4 vs Balls Jam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Pool 4
Experience a realistic 3D pool simulation with over 27 different games, including 8-Ball, 9-Ball, and Snooker. Compete in Pro Tour Career modes, climb the rankings, and earn achievements. Or, test your skills in Hustler career mode, gambling your virtual bankroll against increasingly challenging opponents.
- 27+ pool and billiards games
- Realistic 3D graphics
- Pro Tour Career mode
- Hustler career mode
- Customizable cues
- Multiple skill levels
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Play 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Snooker, Billiards, Pub Pool, 27 games total, in 3D! “So realistic it will make your real pool game better!” Compete for a season in Pro Tour Career. Play against real pros and top amateurs as virtual opponents. Start on the Local tour and work up through the Regional, National, and finally the World tour. See tour rankings and player statistics. Try to earn all the tour achievements for each tour game. Each season includes several tournaments with different formats including single elimination, double elimination, and special invitational. Tour games include 9-Ball, 8-Ball, Snooker, Black Ball, 10-Ball, 8-Ball Pub World Rules, and Straight Pool. Play levels of Easy, Normal, Hard, Extra Hard, and Good Luck. Start in the Garage and gamble your virtual bankroll through six locations and hundreds of opponents in Hustler career play. Beat the room boss to advance to the next location. Opponents become more challenging in later locations and the betting stakes go up! Some locations occasionally have tournaments for a change of pace in this pressure packed gambling odyssey. Use some hard earned virtual cash to buy break cues, jump cues and low deflections cue shafts. Careers setup includes seventeen different game choices and five skill levels. Use a custom Play Cue to show some style and change the shaft to a lower deflection model for better aiming accuracy. Get a Break Cue to smash the rack harder and make more balls. Jump Cues can be used to jump over obstructing balls. Virtual Pool 4 is the best single player pool game available. Grab a cue and play now!
Balls Jam
Match three identical balls to collect them. Manage your limited plate space carefully to clear thousands of challenging levels. This game offers a strategic puzzle experience.
- Match 3 similar balls
- Collect balls
- Limited plate capacity
- Thousands of levels
- Tricky challenges
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Find 3 similar balls to collect them. Remember, plate only hold 7 balls, so use it wisely! Enjoy thousands of tricky levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Balls Jam at Free against Virtual Pool 4's $4.99. Balls Jam also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and device support (3 vs 1). Virtual Pool 4's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 10 months). On in-app purchases 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
Balls Jam is free to download; Virtual Pool 4 costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Balls Jam holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Pool 4 has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Virtual Pool 4 ships an update fortnightly, Balls Jam every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Pool 4 | Balls Jam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (34 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Celeris, Inc. | Oksana Voloshyna |
Customer experience
Virtual Pool 4
Balls Jam
In-app purchases
Virtual Pool 4
No in-app purchases
Balls Jam
No in-app purchases
