Billiards vs Virtual Pool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Billiards
Experience a realistic billiards simulation with five distinct game modes. Customize your playing environment and enjoy true-to-life physics and graphics. Play solo, against AI, or challenge friends online or locally.
- Realistic 3D simulation
- Five game modes (9-Ball, 8-Ball, Straight, 3-Balls, Snooker)
- Customizable table and cloth colors
- Spin control and real-life physics
- Play solo, against computer, or multiplayer
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Realistic and very easy to play billiards simulation with five different games. Choose from 9-Ball, 8-Ball, Straight, 3-Balls and Snooker, with customized table and cloth color for each. Fully featured 3D simulation, giving you spin control, real-life physics and graphics with rotating balls. Play solo, against the computer, or challenge another player on the same computer or online, to this life-like computer interpretation of your favorite game.
Virtual Pool
Experience realistic pool gameplay across multiple game modes, including career modes where you can compete in professional tours or hustle your way through various rooms. Customize your cues and challenge AI opponents of all skill levels.
- Multiple pool game types (8Ball, 9Ball, Snooker, 6 Ball)
- Pro Tour Career mode with rankings and achievements
- Hustler Career mode with gambling and room bosses
- 128 AI opponents with varying skill levels
- Customizable cues (break, jump, low deflection)
- 8 different playing locations
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Be a Pro, play a season on the Pro Tour and finish high in the ranking to move up to a more prestigious tour! Or hustle your way through 8 pool rooms to the ultimate money match with Curly. Play 8Ball, 9Ball, Snooker and more games. “So realistic it will make your real pool game better!” Virtual Pool 4 features free play of 6 Ball, a game similar to 9 Ball. There are 8 different locations to play in and 128 AI Opponents of varying skills levels to play against. There are 26 additional games in 5 Game Packs available as In App Purchases Compete for a season in Pro Tour Career. Play against AI opponents based on real pros and top amateurs. Start on the Local tour and work up through the Regional, National, and finally the World tour. See tour rankings and player statistics. Try to earn all 50 achievements for each season on Tour. Each season includes several tournaments with different formats including single elimination, double elimination, and special invitational. Pro Tour Career is available with purchase of any Game Pack. Start in the Garage and gamble your virtual bankroll through six locations and hundreds of opponents in Hustler Career play. Beat the room boss to advance to the next location. Opponents become more challenging in later locations and the betting stakes go up! Some locations occasionally have tournaments for a change of pace in this pressure packed gambling odyssey. Use some hard earned virtual cash to buy break cues, jump cues and low deflections cue shafts. Careers setup includes seventeen different game choices and five skill levels. Hustler Career player is available with purchase of any Game Pack. Use a custom Play Cue to show some style and change the shaft to a lower deflection model for better aiming accuracy. Get a Break Cue to smash the rack harder and make more balls. Jump Cues can be used to jump over obstructing balls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Virtual Pool at 3.8 against Billiards's 2.2. Virtual Pool also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (42% vs 17%). Billiards's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Billiards sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Virtual Pool sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Virtual Pool holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Pool has 93 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Billiards's written reviews are positive against 42% of Virtual Pool's.
Billiards ships an update every 5 months, Virtual Pool every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Billiards | Virtual Pool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (10 ratings) | 3.8 (93 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 42.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 388 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | baKno Games | Celeris, Inc. |
Customer experience
Billiards
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In-app purchases
Billiards
- Billiards 10 Game Sessions$0.99
- Billiards Unlimited for One Month$1.99
- Billiards Full Game Unlimited$24.99
Virtual Pool
- $1500 Career Cash$0.99
- 25 Online Credits$0.99
- 9-Ball Pack$1.99
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- 8-Ball Pack$1.99
- Straight-Pool Pack$1.99
- Snooker Pack$1.99
- Carom Pack$1.99
- $5000 Career Cash$1.99
- 60 Online Credits$1.99
- $15000 Career Cash$2.99
- 100 Online Credits$2.99
- All Game Packs$4.99
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