Comparison

Simon Webb's Pool Workout vs Cue Cards

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Cue Cards

This app provides variable practice drills for pool players, adapting to skill levels with a unique rating system. It offers daily challenges, social features for comparing progress with friends, and custom drill creation. A free version is available, with an optional Pro subscription for advanced analytics.

Highlights
  • Adaptive skill-based drills
  • Elo rating system for players and drills
  • Daily challenges and weekly streaks
  • Pass & Play multiplayer mode
  • Customizable drill creation
  • Advanced game analytics (Pro)
Features
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Note: this is not a mobile game. It is a practice and training aid that needs a real pool table. Practice doesn't stick when it's the same shot ten times, because a match never gives you the same shot twice. CueCards is pool training that hands you a new problem every time you step up, pitched at your level, with a Skill Rating that moves with every drill you log. HOW IT WORKS There are five types of card: Layout (where the balls sit), Cue Ball (where you start from), Rule (a condition you play under), Pocket (which pockets are open) and Safety (where the cue ball must finish, or how many cushions to escape). CueCards shuffles them into a drill. Set the balls up on the table to match, shoot it, log how it went, then deal the next one. 598 cards make over 1.2 million different drills, so you will never run out. TRAINING THAT FINDS YOUR LEVEL Your first five drills set your Skill Rating. From then on you're dealt drills at the edge of your game, roughly a coin flip each, which is where practice sticks. Too easy or too hard? Slide the dial to Comfy, Balanced or Push me. EVERY DRILL IS RATED. SO ARE YOU. It's an Elo system: you play against the drill. Beat one rated above you and your rating climbs. Scrape through an easy one and it slips. One scale, Bronze to Platinum, for you and for every drill in the deck. PRACTICE THAT STICKS Motor-learning research keeps finding the same thing: practice that changes between attempts feels harder in the moment and holds up better afterwards. Repeating one shot grooves it, then it fades. Sports science calls it variable practice. CueCards is built on it. SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY The Daily Drill and the Daily Shot are the same for every player in the world. One drill, one shot, once a day. Both count towards your weekly streak. PLAY WITH MATES Pass & Play runs on one phone: everyone shoots the same drills and the best results take it. Add friends to compare Skill Ratings on your own leaderboard, and share any drill or result as a story card. BUILD YOUR OWN Choose the decks, packs and difficulty for a custom drill, and save any drill you want to come back to. FREE FOREVER A starter deck of 8 layouts plus every Cue Ball, Rule and Pocket card and a taste of the Safety deck: 143 cards, nearly 36,000 rated drills, unlimited deals. Drills picked at your level, your Skill Rating, weekly streak and headline stats, the Daily Drill, the Daily Shot and Pass & Play. No ads. CUECARDS PRO All 598 cards, all 1.2 million drills, and the full analysis of your game: • Player map: every part of your game (potting, safety, clusters, cushions, the black) on one rating scale, so you can see what to practise • Insights: patterns in your own results, like "without the black you clear a drill in 1.8 tries; with it, 2.9" • Explorer: slice every drill you've played, any way you like • History: the complete record, drill by drill 14 days free, then monthly or annual. Cancel any time. Works for English 8 ball, American 8 ball, 9 ball and other pool variants. — CueCards Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or annual. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://poolcuecards.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://poolcuecards.com/terms

Screenshots

Simon Webb's Pool Workout4 screens
Cue Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cue Cards at 5.0 against Simon Webb's Pool Workout's 3.5. Cue Cards also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Simon Webb's Pool Workout's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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. Simon Webb's Pool Workout sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Cue Cards sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cue Cards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simon Webb's Pool Workout ships an update every 3 weeks, Cue Cards every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Simon Webb's Pool Workout versus Cue Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimon Webb's Pool WorkoutCue Cards
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeafcutter Studios LtdJason Wicks

Customer experience

Simon Webb's Pool Workout

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

Cue Cards

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simon Webb's Pool Workout

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
2 purchases

Cue Cards

Subscriptions2
  • Cue Cards Pro$5.991 Month
  • CueCards Pro (Annual)$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Simon Webb's Pool Workout free?
Simon Webb's Pool Workout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cue Cards free?
Cue Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simon Webb's Pool Workout or Cue Cards?
Cue Cards is rated higher. Simon Webb's Pool Workout averages 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cue Cards averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Simon Webb's Pool Workout or Cue Cards have ads?
Neither Simon Webb's Pool Workout nor Cue Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simon Webb's Pool Workout or Cue Cards?
Simon Webb's Pool Workout ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cue Cards every 5 days. Most recently, Simon Webb's Pool Workout was updated on October 6, 2026 and Cue Cards on October 14, 2026.

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