FargoRate vs Railbird Pool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FargoRate
This app provides a player rating system for pool players worldwide, allowing users to track their game count and search for other players. It offers features like match history and upcoming events, with premium options for challenges and advanced search.
- Player rating and robustness tracking
- Search for any player
- View upcoming events and live streams
- Sponsored challenges with rewards
- Full match and head-to-head history
- Advanced player search filters
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NEW — CHALLENGES Join sponsored challenges, each with its own goal, deadline and rewards. Track your progress as you play, see how you’re doing, and finish before time runs out. New challenges are added regularly. Challenges are a FargoRate Pro feature. FargoRate rates hundreds of thousands of pool players worldwide. Check your current rating, follow your game count, look up any player, and dig into the match history behind the numbers. REDESIGNED THROUGHOUT This release brings a refreshed interface across the app, with faster navigation, cleaner player cards, and easier searching. FREE • Your FargoRate rating and robustness (how many games your rating is based on) • Your player card • Search players by name • Upcoming events and live streams • Favorite players (limited) FARGORATE PRO • Challenges: join sponsored, time-limited goals and track your progress to earn rewards • Full match history: every match behind your rating • Head-to-head history: your record against any opponent • Advanced search: filter by location, rating range, established status, or any combination • League integration: upcoming league matches and rosters • Unlimited favorites ALREADY IN AN AFFILIATED LEAGUE? You may already have Pro included with your league membership. Sign in to check. Not in an affiliated league? Unlock everything with a monthly or yearly FargoRate Pro subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Support: support@fargorate.com Privacy Policy: https://fargorate.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://fargorate.com/terms
Railbird Pool
This AI-powered app helps billiards players record, analyze, and improve their game. It simplifies performance tracking for players of all levels.
- AI-enabled performance tracking
- Record game statistics
- Analyze gameplay
- Improve billiards skills
- Simplified process
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Railbird is performance tracking for pool. Set your phone up at the table, hit record, and Railbird automatically tracks your game — makes, misses, runs, players, and more. Stop guessing and start measuring. TRACK YOUR GAME AUTOMATICALLY • Every make and miss logged for you — no manual scorekeeping • Run tracking: longest runs, streaks, and trends over time • Player detection: multiplayer sessions with per-player stats • Full session history with video and stats TRAIN WITH PURPOSE • Structured drills with per-drill leaderboards • The X-Drill Challenge: see where you rank • Progress tracking that shows your game improving COMPETE WITH FRIENDS • Follow other players • Monthly leaderboards among the players you follow FREE TO USE Record and analyze your game free — no trial clock. Railbird Pro (Monthly or Yearly — save 25% with annual) unlocks the full experience. Also on the web: record with your webcam or OBS and upload video at railbird.ai. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://railbird.ai/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Railbird Pool at 4.2 against FargoRate's 3.1. Railbird Pool also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 14%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). FargoRate's advantage is chart position (#178 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, ads and 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
Both are free to download. FargoRate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Railbird Pool sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Railbird Pool holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of FargoRate's written reviews are positive against 56% of Railbird Pool's.
FargoRate ships an update every 3 weeks, Railbird Pool weekly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | FargoRate | Railbird Pool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (57 ratings) | 4.2 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FargoRate LLC | Railbird LLC |
Customer experience
FargoRate
Railbird Pool
Bugs and requests
FargoRate
Reported bugs
29 issues- Inaccurate and fake results
- Search feature not working
- App not working at all
- Password problems, cannot log in
- Matches and ratings not updated in real time
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- Black screen on iPhone 11
- App crashes when opening
- Grey screen, cannot use functions
- No visible button to accept login
- Cannot find name in ratings
- Blank stats after season start
- Network unavailable for login
- Subscription error, no features unlocked
- Cannot get past starting an account
- Tried to login, network unavailable
- Cannot see match stats after buying subscription
- Favorite team never remembered
- Data not showing up properly
- Keeps asking to sign up, fails
- Locked out, password reset fails
- Still logging in, ugh
- Won't launch past login page
- Paid for subscription, now free account
- App crashes when opening
- Crashes every time after paying
- Horrible app, messes up ratings
- Paid but broken, still get ads
- Didn't merge with old history
- 3 different ratings
Requested features
14 requests- Manual for understanding text & stats
- Real-time updates for matches and ratings
- Better name search functionality
- Ability to see other people's match history
- Ability to see other players' full info
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- Redesign from the ground up with modern UI
- Match history for any player by date range
- Allow non-players to use the app
- Rating history and trend line for any player
- Tournament results for any player
- Country leaders by player rankings
- Ranking by tournament wins
- See anyone's match history
- Sort and filter match history
Railbird Pool
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FargoRate
- FargoRate Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Player App Subscription$12.991 Year
Railbird Pool
- Railbird Plus Montly$10.991 Month
- Railbird Pro Monthly$16.991 Month
- Railbird Plus Yearly$80.001 Year
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- Railbird Pro Yearly$131.991 Year








