Comparison

PDPM Navigator® vs Pool Captain

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

Head to head
About

PDPM Navigator®

This tool helps users understand how changes in clinical categories, Section GG, and other factors impact PDPM categorization and reimbursement. It covers all urban and rural areas and offers insights into PDPM planning and training.

Highlights
  • PDPM categorization analysis
  • Reimbursement impact assessment
  • Section GG impact
  • Speech and Language Pathology impact
  • Nursing categories impact
  • Urban and rural area coverage
Features
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The PDPM Navigator has all the same information as the popular PDPM Calculator on the Broad River Rehab website. This tool will help you understand how changes in ► Default Clinical Category ► Section GG ► Speech and Language Pathology ► Non-Therapy Ancillaries ► Nursing Categories will change your PDPM categorization AND pay. All urban and rural areas are included. About Us: Broad River Rehab is a knowledgeable and compassionate provider of PT, OT, SLP, Respiratory and Nursing services. Contact us today to find out how responsive a rehab partner should be. We'll create action plans to help you with: ► PDPM Planning & Training ► Medicaid Case-Mix ► Five-Star Rating Improvement ► Quality Measures Improvement We have the expertise you need and we're eager to help!

About

Pool Captain

Features
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Your handicap is what the league assigned you. Your scoring pace is what you are actually doing. Pool Captain logs your matches and works out the level you are really playing at. Yours, and everyone else's on the roster. Seven tools. No account, no ads, no tracking, and it all works in airplane mode. Every screen links to a plain-language guide explaining how its number is worked out, including where a figure is a calibrated estimate rather than a rule off the scoresheet. THE CAPTAIN'S VIEW Log a match in about twenty seconds: innings, defensive shots, points, match points, win or loss. The app turns that into a scoring pace, then grades the pace against the level each player was assigned. • Every player on one axis, so an SL3 and an SL7 can be read side by side • Color says who is pushing up, who is holding and who is soft • Graded on the best 10 of the last 20, and it flags which matches count • That is your lineup conversation, settled before you get to the table APA 9 BALL LOGGING Your pace is points per inning. • Charted against the skill bands, so you can see the level you are tracking toward • Defensive shots taken out of innings, the way the scoresheet does it (probably?) APA 8 BALL LOGGING • Innings per win, innings per rack, and win percentage • Innings shared between both players, handled properly • The same best-10-of-20 window as 9-ball BREAK SPEED: YOUR PHONE AS A RADAR GUN Put the phone on the rail and break normally. All it needs is how far the cue ball travelled and how long it took. • The mic times two sounds, tip on cue ball then cue ball on rack, and turns the gap into mph or km/h • Reads the room's noise floor first, so a loud bar does not fool it (I hope anyway) • Shows you the waveform it heard, with a marker on each sound. Drag one if it guessed wrong • Warns you when it is not sure, rather than quietly reporting a wrong number • Save each one and your break becomes a trend: best, average, and a speed-over-time chart APA 8 BALL: WHAT THE MATCHUP IS WORTH Set two skill levels and the app fills in the rest. • The race each player is on, off the Equalizer chart • Single-game odds, and every score line with its own probability • The match points each line pays, so you can see expected value FARGO MATCH • The same odds engine, driven off two Fargo ratings • Race lengths you set yourself, up to a race to 50 • A BCA-style games handicap, so you can propose a fair spot (17 point style) TABLE DIFFICULTY (Credit: Dr. Dave Alciatore) A bar box and a tournament table are not the same game. • Four tape-measure numbers give a Table Difficulty Factor • A verdict from Too Easy to Too Tough • A plain sentence like "about 12% tougher than a standard table" • Save every room you play in and see them ranked on one bar WHERE YOUR DATA LIVES On your phone. • No sign-up, no network requests of its own, no ads, no analytics, no crash reporting • Logs, break history and saved tables sit in the app's private storage • Every log exports to a JSON file you can restore on another phone. This is handy if you are changing team or want to analyze your team using AI The microphone is used only on the break-speed screen, and only while it is listening. Audio is analyzed in memory to find two impacts; no recording is saved or transmitted. What persists is a number. A NOTE ON THE NUMBERS The race charts and 9-ball point requirements are transcribed from APA's own materials. The skill-level bands the comparison screens grade you against are calibrated estimates from match data, not official figures, and the guide says so wherever they are used. Pool Captain is an independent app, not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the American Poolplayers Association, FargoRate, or any league operator or rating service. Table difficulty ratings use Dr. Dave Alciatore's Table Difficulty Factor system. (Who seems like a great guy who probably wouldn't force me to remove this.)

Screenshots

PDPM Navigator®4 screens
Pool Captain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pool Captain at every 9 days against PDPM Navigator®'s every 2 months. PDPM Navigator®'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

PDPM Navigator® ships an update every 2 months, Pool Captain every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PDPM Navigator® versus Pool Captain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPDPM Navigator®Pool Captain
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBroad River RehabJoe Eaton

In-app purchases

None

PDPM Navigator®

No in-app purchases

None

Pool Captain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PDPM Navigator® free?
PDPM Navigator® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pool Captain free?
Pool Captain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PDPM Navigator® or Pool Captain have ads?
Neither PDPM Navigator® nor Pool Captain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PDPM Navigator® or Pool Captain?
PDPM Navigator® ships an update every 2 months, and Pool Captain every 9 days. Most recently, PDPM Navigator® was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pool Captain on October 7, 2026.

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