STUnlocker Ride vs PoolHall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
STUnlocker Ride
Track your Shimano STEPS E-bike rides with this app. It records speed, cadence, battery, and GPS data, and supports external heart rate monitors. Analyze your sessions and export them to popular fitness platforms.
- Records E-bike ride sessions
- Displays speed, cadence, assist level, battery
- Supports external HRM sensors
- Analyzes recorded sessions
- Exports to GPX and FIT formats
- Integrates with Strava and Apple Health
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!! Warning !!! Bikes with SC-E8000 display are not supported!!! Shimano did not endow this display with the ability to output telemetry via Bluetooth. STRide App is designed to record your ride session on Shimano STеPS E-bikes (EP801, EP600, EP8, E8000, E7000, E6100, E5000 motors are supported). The App supports external HRM sensors via Bluetooth. Displays bike's Speed, Cadence, Assist mode and Assist Level, Battery state, Range, Di2 data (gears), Distance, GPS data, HRM, Acceleration, Altitude (via Barometer sensor). The STRide App has the ability to view and analyze recorded sessions. Recorded sessions can be exported to GPX, FIT formats for import into STRAVA and other apps. STRide has integration with STRAVA service. This App shows the real Speed/Distance of the bike according to correction factors The App has integration with Apple Watch (controlling the App, getting Heart Rate from Watch, displaying basic parameters) and Health App integration.
PoolHall
This app modernizes the classic 10x10 squares game for live sports events. It automates scoring, tracks winners in real-time, and allows easy in-app invites for friends. Supports NFL, college football, NBA, and college basketball.
- Live sports schedules (NFL, NBA, College)
- Real-time automatic scoring
- In-app friends list and invites
- Public and private game pools
- Block Mode for 2x2 picks
- Customizable profiles
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Watch the live score move on your board in real time. PoolHall makes it easy to run squares, pick'em pools, and survivor leagues with your friends, family, or coworkers. It works great for NFL and NCAAF, and squares boards work for NBA and college basketball too. Squares is the main event. Set up a board for any game, let your group claim squares, and lock it at kickoff. As the score changes during the game, PoolHall shows you which square is winning right now. No more refreshing a spreadsheet or waiting for someone to text the group. The board updates as the game happens. Pick'em is just as simple. The commissioner builds a weekly slate, everyone makes their picks before kickoff, and the standings update automatically when results come in. You can play straight pick'em or add confidence scoring, where each person assigns point values based on how sure they are about each pick. Survivor keeps your group locked in all season. Pick one team to win each week. If they lose, you take a strike, and enough strikes puts you out. Each team can only be used once, so the easy picks run out fast. The field gets smaller every week until someone is left standing. Creating a pool takes under a minute. Share an invite code and your group joins instantly. Players always join for free. Only the person running the pool covers a one time price when they open it, and there is an annual pass if you run several. The app handles scoring and standings automatically. It also supports guest players, so anyone can join without creating an account. Commissioners can enter scores for custom games, build weekly slates, and manage their group from inside the app. One thing worth knowing: PoolHall never moves money. Anything your group works out is settled between you, outside the app. NFL season is right around the corner. Get your pools set up. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PoolHall at 100% against STUnlocker Ride's 64%. STUnlocker Ride's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and rating (4.1 vs 3.7). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. PoolHall sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. STUnlocker Ride asks for nothing beyond the download.
STUnlocker Ride holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of STUnlocker Ride's written reviews are positive against 100% of PoolHall's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
STUnlocker Ride ships an update every 10 days, PoolHall every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STUnlocker Ride | PoolHall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (19 ratings) — better | 3.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vadim Bukin | Jordan Kulzer |
Customer experience
STUnlocker Ride
PoolHall
In-app purchases
STUnlocker Ride
No in-app purchases
PoolHall
- Premium$4.991 Month
- PoolHall Premium (Annual)$49.991 Year
- Commissioner Pass$79.991 Year
- Extra Square Slot$0.99
- Unlock One Pool$4.99
- More Players$4.99
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- Squares Pool$7.99
- Pool - 20 Players$9.99
- More Players$9.99
- Pool - 50 Players$14.99
- Pool - 100 Players$19.99
- Pool - Unlimited Players$29.99
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