Salotto vs ChipsPool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
ChipsPool
Manage your tournament experience with this companion app. Discover upcoming events, track your activity, and stay informed about matches and results. Customize notifications and preferences for a personalized tournament hub.
- Player dashboard and tournament activity
- Discover upcoming tournaments and venues
- Follow live tournament and match information
- Receive optional match notifications
- Manage player account and settings
- Set preferred tournament region
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ChipsPool - Players is the player companion app for ChipsPool tournaments. Discover upcoming events, follow your tournament activity, and stay connected when it is time to play. The app gives players a focused place to manage their ChipsPool experience without venue or tournament-administration tools. With ChipsPool - Players, you can: • View your player dashboard and tournament activity • Discover upcoming tournaments and venues • Follow live tournament and match information • Receive optional match, table, registration, result, and venue notifications • Set your preferred tournament region and venue alert preferences • Manage your player account and notification settings Notifications are optional and can be adjusted at any time in Preferences. Location access is optional and is used only when you choose to set a preferred tournament region. ChipsPool - Players is built for players participating in ChipsPool events. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ChipsPool at 5.0 against Salotto's 4.2. ChipsPool also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Salotto's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Salotto sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. ChipsPool asks for nothing beyond the download.
ChipsPool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salotto has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Salotto's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChipsPool's.
Salotto ships an update every 3 weeks, ChipsPool monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salotto | ChipsPool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Salotto LLC | Griff's Bar & Billiards |
Customer experience
Salotto
ChipsPool
In-app purchases
Salotto
- Salotto Monthly Discount$2.491 Month
- Pro Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Pro Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
- 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
- Golden Ticket$10.00
- Salotto Pro and MOB Hit List$24.99
ChipsPool
No in-app purchases
