Simon Webb's Pool Workout vs darkSIDEpool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simon Webb's Pool Workout
Improve your pool game with structured practice sessions. Access 35 pro exercises with animated demonstrations and track your progress over time. Build custom workouts or use pre-configured routines to focus on specific skills and become a better player.
- 35 pro practice exercises
- Animated demonstrations
- Progress tracking and stats
- Customizable workout builder
- Pre-configured workouts
- Skill-specific drills
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Do you want to become a better pool player? Are you tired of aimless practice sessions hitting balls around the table without improving? Do you need to add some structure to your practice time? Would you like advice and guidance from an expert who has played the game at the highest level? Then Simon Webb's Pool Workout is for you! Featuring 35 pro practice exercises the app shows you exactly what you need to do to improve your game. Each exercise includes a detailed explanation with an animated demonstration. You can play through the exercise yourself and record your score in the app. Over time the app will track your progress so you can see how you are improving and where you need to practice more. Each exercise focuses on a specific skill - potting, breaking, doubles, cueball control, skill shots, patterns and pace control. This means you can work on all aspects of your skillset to build a winning game. Exercises are graded by difficulty to keep you challenged as your skills improve. There are also links to Simon's YouTube channel with in-depth explanations and demonstrations of some of the exercises. The app helps you structure your practice time by grouping exercises into workouts. The app comes with four pre-configured workouts that have been exclusively created by Simon to help you develop the full set of skills you need to win. The app tracks your workout performance over time so that you can see how your overall game is improving. The app also includes a workout builder to let you build your workouts from the exercises in the app. This means you can tailor your practice routine precisely to match your skill level. Simon Webb's Pool Workout is the perfect app if you are serious about improving your pool game and winning more matches. It has all the tools you need to practice effectively and turn yourself into a better pool player. 35 exercises covering a wide range of skills Workouts to structure your practice time Stats tracking to monitor your progress Animated demonstrations and videos to aid understanding Simon Webb is a former professional pool player and England international. He recently retired from playing to focus on a commentating and broadcasting career. He has a YouTube Channel where he shares lessons learned during his playing career, coaching tips, practice routines and drills, as well as some insights into my broadcasting career. Simon says "I have decided to create this app to further help people improve their pool games. This app will give you some great practice routines and bring a structure to your practice sessions, as well as giving you the vital feedback to allow you to focus on the areas of your game that really need it." SUBSCRIPTIONS The Pool Workout app offers a subset of exercises and workouts for free - you can access and use these exercises by downloading and installing the app. To access all of the exercises and workouts, the Pool Workout app offers a monthly auto-renewing subscription plan that costs £1.99 per month. The subscription is auto-renewable which means it will automatically renew unless you turn auto-renew off in your App Store account settings on your device. If you want to stop your subscription then you should switch off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. TERMS AND CONDITIONS You can see the full Terms & Conditions at https://www.leafcutterstudios.com/terms-pool-workout
darkSIDEpool
This app allows users to easily record billiards match results, track statistics like break and run outs, and even incorporate a 'luck' factor. It generates custom rankings based on performance and offers shareable match reports with unique commentary.
- Record match results
- Track break and run outs
- Measure average rack times
- Incorporate luck factor
- Generate custom rankings
- Shareable match reports
- In-match commentary
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Feel the Power with the Official darkSIDEpool Scoreboard app, dedicated to recording billiards match results between friends. With the easy to use interface you can record match results, break and run outs, average rack times and even LUCK! Yes that's right even luck can be tracked if players are in agreement to use that feature. As matches are played players will receive a custom ranking based on their performance which factors in match score, run outs and luck factors. Will you be able to rise over your friends and become the ultimate player? Feel free to share the results of your matches using our custom match report generator to let everyone know how you taken down your opponent like a buffalo. Take inspiration from the Emperor's messages. With 100's of messages available based on different match outcomes and circumstances you'll never stop wanting to share them. Also, turn up the volume to listen to in match commentary from the DARKSIDE himself! FEEL THE POWER!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simon Webb's Pool Workout at 3.5 against darkSIDEpool's 3.0. Simon Webb's Pool Workout also leads on iOS requirement (14.3 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Simon Webb's Pool Workout sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and darkSIDEpool sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simon Webb's Pool Workout holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Simon Webb's Pool Workout | darkSIDEpool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leafcutter Studios Ltd | Matthew Hyden |
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Simon Webb's Pool Workout
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In-app purchases
Simon Webb's Pool Workout
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
darkSIDEpool
- Unlock Full App$1.99
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