Comparison

8 Ball Shot Timer vs RackEmApp

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

RackEmApp

Manage your pool league team and player profiles, submit match results, and view live scoring and league standings. Useful tools like a shot timer and scoreboard are available to all users.

Highlights
  • Manage player and team profiles
  • Submit match results
  • Live scoring
  • League table information
  • Shot timer
  • Scoreboard
Read full description

RackEmApp is the pool platform that can take your pool league to the next level. Get your league in touch with us to get started. The RackEmApp mobile app is for pool captains and players to access and manage their player and team profiles, as well as submit match results. This in turn drives live scoring and "as it stands" league table information.

Screenshots

8 Ball Shot Timer4 screens
RackEmApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 8 Ball Shot Timer at 100% against RackEmApp's 67%. 8 Ball Shot Timer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). RackEmApp's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8 Ball Shot Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, RackEmApp weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
8 Ball Shot Timer versus RackEmApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8 Ball Shot TimerRackEmApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas BirdMatthew Warr

Customer experience

8 Ball Shot Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RackEmApp

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

8 Ball Shot Timer

No in-app purchases

None

RackEmApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 8 Ball Shot Timer free?
8 Ball Shot Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RackEmApp free?
RackEmApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 8 Ball Shot Timer or RackEmApp have ads?
Neither 8 Ball Shot Timer nor RackEmApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8 Ball Shot Timer or RackEmApp?
8 Ball Shot Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and RackEmApp weekly. Most recently, 8 Ball Shot Timer was updated on November 2, 2026 and RackEmApp on November 8, 2026.

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