Comparison

WPB vs Billiard Shot Studio

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

Head to head
About

WPB

Enhance your pool game with structured drills, lessons, and advanced training tools. Visualize shots, calculate break speed, and track progress to improve your skills on a physical table.

Highlights
  • 200+ structured drills
  • Ghost-ball aiming visualizer
  • Break speed calculator
  • Complete pool course curriculum
  • Table layout creator
  • Custom drill sharing
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Train your pool game with structured drills, lessons, and powerful training tools. Please note: WPB is a training app for real pool and billiards. It’s built for players practicing on a physical table—not a phone game. From World of Pool and Billiards (WPB), this app turns your table time into a structured training program with drills, lessons, tools, and tracking. THE DRILL ENCYCLOPEDIA Stop hitting balls aimlessly and start running focused practice sessions. • 200+ structured drills for aiming, fundamentals, cue-ball control, position play, safeties, and more • Browse drills by difficulty and skill category • Track your scores and see your progress over time • Use timers and weekly leaderboards to stay accountable • Create and share your own custom drills AIMING CALCULATOR | GHOST-BALL AIMING VISUALIZER Struggling with cut shots and contact points? Use the aiming calculator to visualize the ghost ball and learn how to aim any cut shot on the table. • Drag and drop the cue ball and object ball to recreate any shot in seconds • Select a pocket and instantly see the ghost-ball position and contact point • See estimated cue-ball paths for stun, rolling top spin, and draw • Get an instant answer at the table whenever you’re unsure how to aim a shot BREAK SPEED CALCULATOR Don’t guess—measure. • Quickly time your break and see your break speed in seconds • Compare breaks with friends and see who’s really bringing the heat • Test different cues and techniques to find your most powerful controlled break A harder break is only an advantage if you can control it—this tool helps you understand and refine both power and consistency. COMPLETE POOL COURSE Instead of random tips and clips, follow a clear curriculum. • Fundamentals: stance, grip, bridge, and shot routine • Shot Making: aim, cue-ball control, using side spin, and position play • Advanced Techniques: kicking systems and bank shots • Lessons link directly to drills so you know exactly what to practice next Your place in the course is saved, so you always know what to work on when you walk into the pool hall. TABLE LAYOUT CREATOR AND TRAINING TOOLS Design, save, and share situations you want to study. • Drag and drop balls to recreate missed shots and tricky layouts • Build your own custom drills and annotate them with text and shapes • Use the shot clock, simple tournament manager, and quick links to official rule books COMMUNITY FOR SERIOUS POOL PLAYERS Connect with players who are actively working to improve their game. • Share layouts, drills, and participate in discussions • Compete on weekly leaderboards, share personal bests, and earn badges for performance milestones It’s a focused space built around training and getting better at pool—not just another social feed. WHO WPB IS FOR • League players (APA, BCA, and local leagues) looking to move up a skill level • Fargo-rated players who want to raise their rating • Tournament and money-game players who want structured practice • Coaches and room owners who want ready-made drills and layouts for students If you’re willing to put in the work, WPB gives you a framework to follow. FREE VS PREMIUM WPB is free to download with a limited preview mode. To access the full training experience, every user is eligible for a 7-day free trial. Upgrade to Premium to unlock: • Full drill library • Complete course and all lessons • All training tools • Detailed progress tracking and performance insights Choose the plan that fits your training: Monthly, Annual, or Lifetime access. The annual plan costs less than a single in-person coaching session—and gives you a full year of structured training. Download WPB: Pool Training & Drills and start turning your table time into real, measurable improvement. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Billiard Shot Studio

Design, simulate, and analyze pool and billiard shots with a powerful engine. Refine your aim, speed, and tip position to discover new strategies and test your skills in various game modes. Save and organize your favorite shots for practice and improvement.

Highlights
  • Pool and billiard shot simulation
  • Interactive shot design tools
  • Shot library for organization
  • Find a Shot cue ball positioning aid
  • Target Game skill challenges
  • Real-time aim, speed, and tip adjustment
Features
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Design a shot. See how it plays. Take it to the table. Billiard Shot Studio helps players and coaches explore shot ideas, understand cue ball movement, and build a personal practice library. Set up the balls, adjust the stroke, and watch the simulation show how each change affects the shot. EXPLORE MORE TABLES Set up shots on 7-, 8-, and 9-foot pool tables, Heyball, 10- and 12-foot snooker tables, or a pocketless carom table. Choose cloth colors to make the workspace your own. SEE EVERY DETAIL • Play, pause, scrub, and step through shots frame by frame. • Change playback speed from 2× down to 1/32× to see exactly how the balls react. • Turn on the Spin Indicator to see the cue ball's sidespin, follow, and draw as it travels. • Add Playback Effects: motion trails and flashes at the cue strike, ball contacts, cushion hits, and pocket drops. • Choose a cue ball style (Classic, Measle, Two-tone, or Two caps) and watch it roll. • Follow ball paths, see where balls make contact, and continue from where the balls stop. DIAL IN THE SHOT • Position balls precisely and zoom in up to 4×. • Fine-tune aim, speed, spin, cue elevation, and cue ball deflection. • Try ideas freely with undo and redo. • Drag the Aim, Cue tip, and cue stick popups out of the way to keep your shot visible. • Use portrait or landscape on iPad, resize windows, or fold and unfold iPhone Duo without losing your work. PLAN YOUR NEXT SHOT Tap a pocket to line up a direct pot, show a Shape Zone to plan position, or turn on Pocket Aim Lock to keep the pot on target as you adjust the shot. All free. Find Positioning Shot searches for a shot that pockets the selected ball and sends the cue ball toward your chosen destination. Then drag the destination target to explore nearby positions. Your first successful Find Positioning Shot each day is free; more require Premium. SAVE AND SHARE • Share a shot with a link or QR code. Anyone with Billiard Shot Studio can open it and load the exact setup, no account needed. Creating links requires sign-in. • Export shot images and videos. Videos can include the Spin Indicator and Playback Effects. • Save shots to your Shot Library with Premium, then organize them with collections, favorites, notes, search, sorting, and filters. The Library requires sign-in. FREE AND PREMIUM Core editing, simulation, playback, image and video export, Shot Links, Shape Zones, Pocket Aim Lock, and the first two object balls are free. Premium adds more object balls, saving new shots, creating collections, copying saved shots, random shots and layouts, break setups, watermark removal, and more than one successful Find Positioning Shot per day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WPB4 screens
Billiard Shot Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Billiard Shot Studio at 100% against WPB's 25%. Billiard Shot Studio also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). WPB's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (253 vs 36). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. WPB sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month and Billiard Shot Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Billiard Shot Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WPB has 253 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of WPB's written reviews are positive against 100% of Billiard Shot Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WPB ships an update weekly, Billiard Shot Studio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
WPB versus Billiard Shot Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWPBBilliard Shot Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (253 ratings)4.7 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings253 — better36
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperParrent Ventures LLCRazor Pool

Customer experience

WPB

All ratings251 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Billiard Shot Studio

All ratings36 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

WPB

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Membership7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Membership7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$249.99
3 purchases

Billiard Shot Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is WPB free?
WPB is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Billiard Shot Studio free?
Billiard Shot Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WPB or Billiard Shot Studio?
Billiard Shot Studio is rated higher. WPB averages 4.4 out of 5 from 253 ratings, while Billiard Shot Studio averages 4.7 from 36 ratings.
Do WPB or Billiard Shot Studio have ads?
WPB shows ads; Billiard Shot Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, WPB or Billiard Shot Studio?
WPB ships an update weekly, and Billiard Shot Studio every 3 weeks. Most recently, WPB was updated on November 7, 2026 and Billiard Shot Studio on November 8, 2026.

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