Comparison

Salotto vs PoolHub.live

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

PoolHub.live

Connect with fellow pool players, fans, and enthusiasts. Create profiles, message others, watch live matches, and participate in tournaments. Discover pool halls, vendors, and equipment for sale.

Highlights
  • Player profiles and connections
  • Live match streaming and viewing
  • Tournament entry and management
  • Venue and vendor database
  • Marketplace for pool gear
  • League organization tools
  • Challenge feature with scoreboard
Features
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PoolHub is where pool players go. Open to every pool player, fan, and friend. Create a profile, connect with players, message them, watch live matches, enter tournaments, follow pool rooms, and send or accept a challenge. Post shots for free. Whether you play league, bar box, juniors, or the road, or you just love the game, this is where pool lives. Join. Watch. Compete. Calendar One calendar for league nights, challenges, tournaments, and venue events. Follow any of them and get a notification when it starts. Venue database Look up pool rooms. Open a room to see what is going on there. Vendor database Browse pool equipment vendors and their stores. Marketplace Browse gear for sale, save a listing, and message the seller. PoolHub Plus posts a listing. PoolHub Plus — $9.99 a month, or $99 a year Saved streams kept for 90 days Marketplace Post equipment for sale. League section Organize your league, teams, ratings, matches, and the numbers that matter. League nights show on the calendar. Challenge feature Set the game and challenge a friend or any player on the map. If they accept, stream it with a scoreboard. Accepted challenges show in the feed, and people can follow them so they know when you go live. Each challenge keeps track of viewers, likes, and comments. The challenge with the most activity each month wins Challenge of the Month. Right now the prize is a custom Paragon carbon fiber shaft. Scoreboard Go live and put a scoreboard on the stream from the broadcast screen. Venue database List a pool room in the PoolHub database. Also in Plus Unlimited streaming Priority on the Live Map, and a status so players know what you are looking for and where you are Highlight clips from your streams Create and promote matches and events Tag opponents and schedule a match Accept tips, digital gifts, and fan support PoolHub All Access — $29.99 a month, or $299 a year Saved streams kept for 1 year Everything in Plus Vendor database Open a vendor store and show your products. For people who run events Tournament formats, including One Pocket with a One Pocket scoreboard Chips, King of the Table Brackets, scheduling, and table assignments Co-hosts for bigger events Fill a bracket by hand or automatically Live scores for anyone following the event Push notifications to the players Players can stream their match, with a scoreboard, from the match screen A free account can follow players, post, watch streams, use the Live Map, enter tournaments, post shots, browse the marketplace, look up venues and vendors, and use the calendar. Saved streams stay for 90 days. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Salotto4 screens
PoolHub.live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PoolHub.live at 5.0 against Salotto's 4.1. PoolHub.live also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Salotto's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 11). 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. Salotto sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and PoolHub.live sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PoolHub.live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Salotto's written reviews are positive against 100% of PoolHub.live's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salotto ships an update every 3 weeks, PoolHub.live weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Salotto versus PoolHub.live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalottoPoolHub.live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (39 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB82 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSalotto LLCPoolHub

Customer experience

Salotto

All ratings38 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%

PoolHub.live

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Salotto

Subscriptions3
  • Salotto Monthly Discount$2.491 Month
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
One-time7
  • 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
4 purchases

PoolHub.live

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Plus Annually$119.001 Year
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  • Pro Annually$359.001 Year

Questions

Is Salotto free?
Salotto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PoolHub.live free?
PoolHub.live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Salotto or PoolHub.live?
PoolHub.live is rated higher. Salotto averages 4.1 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while PoolHub.live averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Salotto or PoolHub.live have ads?
Neither Salotto nor PoolHub.live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Salotto or PoolHub.live?
Salotto ships an update every 3 weeks, and PoolHub.live weekly. Most recently, Salotto was updated on November 3, 2026 and PoolHub.live on October 31, 2026.

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