Total Pool 2 vs 8 Ball Pool Hero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Total Pool 2
Experience realistic billiards with multiple pool game modes. Master your skills through practice and compete in tournaments. Enjoy true-to-life physics and graphics across various pool variants.
- 8-Ball, 9-Ball, and UK Pool variants
- Realistic billiard physics
- True-to-life graphics and rulesets
- AI opponents
- Five tournaments
- Practice mode
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Total Pool 2 delivers the best pool game on the market. Eight-Ball, Nine-Ball and UK Pool variants are all included with true-to-life billiard physics, graphics, rulesets and AI. Try to master the five tournaments to prove your worth. Line up the balls to improve your skills in the practice mode.
8 Ball Pool Hero
Engage in a challenging billiards experience with impressive graphics. Play anytime, anywhere, and test your skills to become a champion.
- Challenging gameplay
- Play anywhere, anytime
- Awesome graphics
- Become a billiards champion
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Hey, do you want to play billiards? 8 Ball Pool Hero is an addictive challenging game where you can challenge yourself. Come on and become a billiards champion! Free to play Play it anywhere anytime Awesome graphics
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Total Pool 2 at 4.0 against 8 Ball Pool Hero's 1.0. Total Pool 2 also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). 8 Ball Pool Hero's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Total Pool 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Total Pool 2 has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Total Pool 2's written reviews are positive against 0% of 8 Ball Pool Hero's.
Total Pool 2 ships an update every 2 weeks, 8 Ball Pool Hero monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Total Pool 2 | 8 Ball Pool Hero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 327 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giles Coope | ROOSTER GAMES YAZILIM ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Total Pool 2
8 Ball Pool Hero
In-app purchases
Total Pool 2
No in-app purchases
8 Ball Pool Hero
No in-app purchases
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