Ballbutton vs Salotto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ballbutton
This app streamlines sports club and studio operations by managing bookings, payments, programs, and memberships. It offers features for various athletic facilities and includes a unique social feed for members.
- Booking management
- Payment processing
- Program and lesson scheduling
- Membership management
- Automated payments and billing
- Member social feed
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Ballbutton helps clubs & studios manage their business and grow the revenue by managing bookings, payments, programs, lessons, teams, and members (memberships). Tennis, Golf, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Golf, Swimming, Cycling, Yoga and any other athletic facility Court/Tee/Spot/Line reservations. Any lesson, clinic and program reservations. Offer any classes also Streaming! Membership management tools AtoZ: memberships, subscriptions, initiations, automated payments, billing, reports, checkins and more! PLUS extraordinary one-of-a-kind module: Members’ Social Feed!! Privacy Policy: https://www.ballbutton.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.ballbutton.com/terms
Salotto
Connect with pool players, find competitive matches, and track your ranking globally. Participate in tournaments and improve your FargoRating. Designed for all skill levels, from beginners to pros.
- Connect with local and global pool players
- Find and join competitive matches
- Track your global and regional ranking
- Compete for tournament invitations and prizes
- Optional FargoRating integration
- Real-time statistics
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Salotto is a free app connecting pool players. Meet up with new players, play competitive games and get ranked within your area, country and world. High ranking players can qualify for invitational tournaments and prizes all while affecting their FargoRating (optional). Salotto is for everyone that plays pool, from beginner to professional. Salotto takes away the uncertainty of finding a competitive pool match. Real-time statistics keep members up to date on where they rank in the app. Salotto is free to download allowing a user to create a pool match anywhere or join a match they find on the games map. You can even host a match once a month for free, then pay $0.99 per event to create more matches. If you plan to play more than 3 times per month or want unlimited access, you can sign up for Salotto Pro. Salotto Pro gives members unlimited hosting with no advertising for $4.99 per month or a discounted $49.99 per year. Salotto understands not all users like monthly subscriptions and therefore want to offer the Salotto Free platform with the "pay as you go" format so everyone can use it at their pace. Pool players deserve to play more pool. Terms of Use can be found at https://salotto.app/tc/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ballbutton at none against Salotto's 12. Ballbutton also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (516 vs 38). Salotto's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Salotto sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Ballbutton asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ballbutton holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ballbutton has 516 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Ballbutton's written reviews are positive against 71% of Salotto's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ballbutton ships an update every 6 weeks, Salotto every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ballbutton | Salotto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (516 ratings) — better | 4.2 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 516 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ballbutton, Inc | Salotto LLC |
Customer experience
Ballbutton
Salotto
Bugs and requests
Ballbutton
Reported bugs
9 issues- Invalid input syntax error when booking courts (type integer: 3.0)
- App crashes when clicking on dates to book
- Password creation validation not working properly
- Bookings not appearing in upcoming reservations list
- Potential duplicate charges when using multiple payment methods
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- Email confirmations not being sent
- Mass email function failing to reach users
- Android app rarely functions properly
- Message function disabled with COVID-19 message still displayed
Requested features
10 requests- Change calendar to start with Sunday instead of Monday
- Display booking confirmation with specific day information
- Increase font size for time columns
- Improve reservation visibility in app after booking
- Add phone number as account creation option alongside email
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- Implement reliable email confirmation system
- Show partner names for all reservation participants
- Sort reservations by date rather than day of week
- Enable message sharing functionality for reservations
- Add cancellation management features
Salotto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ballbutton
No in-app purchases
Salotto
- Salotto Monthly Discount$2.491 Month
- Pro Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
- Pay as you Play$0.99
- Submit 1-10 Games$1.99
- Submit 1-10 Games To FargoRate$2.99
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- Submit 11-15 Games$3.99
- Submit 16-25 Games$4.99
- Submit 11-15 Games$4.99
- Submit 16-25 Games$5.99
- Golden Ticket$10.00
- Salotto Pro and MOB Hit List$24.99
