8 Ball Shot Timer vs Simon Webb's Pool Workout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8 Ball Shot Timer
This customizable app helps officiate 8-ball pool games with a shot clock. It offers adjustable timers, sound, vibration, and color alerts for countdowns and warnings. It also includes the official World Eight Ball Pool rules for quick reference.
- Customizable shot timer
- Sound, vibration, and color alerts
- Halfway and 5-second warnings
- Intuitive tap and swipe controls
- Includes World Eight Ball Pool rules
- Full tournament standard functionality
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A clean, simple design packed with features and swipe gestures that make officiating effortless. This fully customisable 8 Ball Shot Timer app lets you stay focused on the game, not the clock. Choose built-in sound, vibration, and colour alerts to suit your style while keeping distractions to a minimum. Apple Watch support adds a companion timer on your wrist - quick taps and swipes for start/pause and reset, optional duration presets (including custom times when not locked to your iPhone), haptics for the final countdown, and sync with your iPhone when it’s connected. Set the timer for 40 seconds, 60 seconds, or your own custom time - perfect for both standard and tournament play. Optional audio, vibration, and screen colour changes notify you at the halfway point, so you’re always aware of the countdown. Need an extra warning? Enable alerts at 5 seconds remaining, using sound, vibration, colour changes - or any combination you prefer. All timer controls are quick and intuitive, activated with simple taps or swipe gestures. For added confidence, the app also includes the full World Eight Ball Pool rules, as published by the Australian Eight-Ball Federation, giving you instant access whenever you need it during a game.
Simon Webb's Pool Workout
Improve your pool game with structured practice sessions. Access 35 pro exercises with animated demonstrations and track your progress over time. Build custom workouts or use pre-configured routines to focus on specific skills and become a better player.
- 35 pro practice exercises
- Animated demonstrations
- Progress tracking and stats
- Customizable workout builder
- Pre-configured workouts
- Skill-specific drills
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Do you want to become a better pool player? Are you tired of aimless practice sessions hitting balls around the table without improving? Do you need to add some structure to your practice time? Would you like advice and guidance from an expert who has played the game at the highest level? Then Simon Webb's Pool Workout is for you! Featuring 35 pro practice exercises the app shows you exactly what you need to do to improve your game. Each exercise includes a detailed explanation with an animated demonstration. You can play through the exercise yourself and record your score in the app. Over time the app will track your progress so you can see how you are improving and where you need to practice more. Each exercise focuses on a specific skill - potting, breaking, doubles, cueball control, skill shots, patterns and pace control. This means you can work on all aspects of your skillset to build a winning game. Exercises are graded by difficulty to keep you challenged as your skills improve. There are also links to Simon's YouTube channel with in-depth explanations and demonstrations of some of the exercises. The app helps you structure your practice time by grouping exercises into workouts. The app comes with four pre-configured workouts that have been exclusively created by Simon to help you develop the full set of skills you need to win. The app tracks your workout performance over time so that you can see how your overall game is improving. The app also includes a workout builder to let you build your workouts from the exercises in the app. This means you can tailor your practice routine precisely to match your skill level. Simon Webb's Pool Workout is the perfect app if you are serious about improving your pool game and winning more matches. It has all the tools you need to practice effectively and turn yourself into a better pool player. 35 exercises covering a wide range of skills Workouts to structure your practice time Stats tracking to monitor your progress Animated demonstrations and videos to aid understanding Simon Webb is a former professional pool player and England international. He recently retired from playing to focus on a commentating and broadcasting career. He has a YouTube Channel where he shares lessons learned during his playing career, coaching tips, practice routines and drills, as well as some insights into my broadcasting career. Simon says "I have decided to create this app to further help people improve their pool games. This app will give you some great practice routines and bring a structure to your practice sessions, as well as giving you the vital feedback to allow you to focus on the areas of your game that really need it." SUBSCRIPTIONS The Pool Workout app offers a subset of exercises and workouts for free - you can access and use these exercises by downloading and installing the app. To access all of the exercises and workouts, the Pool Workout app offers a monthly auto-renewing subscription plan that costs £1.99 per month. The subscription is auto-renewable which means it will automatically renew unless you turn auto-renew off in your App Store account settings on your device. If you want to stop your subscription then you should switch off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. TERMS AND CONDITIONS You can see the full Terms & Conditions at https://www.leafcutterstudios.com/terms-pool-workout
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 8 Ball Shot Timer at 5.0 against Simon Webb's Pool Workout's 3.5. 8 Ball Shot Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Simon Webb's Pool Workout's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Simon Webb's Pool Workout sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. 8 Ball Shot Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
8 Ball Shot Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 8 Ball Shot Timer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Simon Webb's Pool Workout's.
8 Ball Shot Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, Simon Webb's Pool Workout every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8 Ball Shot Timer | Simon Webb's Pool Workout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Bird | Leafcutter Studios Ltd |
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8 Ball Shot Timer
Simon Webb's Pool Workout
In-app purchases
8 Ball Shot Timer
No in-app purchases
Simon Webb's Pool Workout
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
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