Comparison

Pool With Friends vs Chess Royale

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

Head to head
About

Pool With Friends

Engage in exciting 8 ball pool matches on your iOS device. Practice your skills against friends or random players with a realistic 3D simulator and smooth controls. Learn the game's rules as you play in this free, immersive billiard experience.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer billiard game
  • Realistic 3D simulator
  • Beautiful and realistic graphics
  • Learn game rules while playing
  • Smooth gameplay and controls
  • Play with friends offline or online
Features
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Play an exciting 8 ball pool on your iPhone or iPad now! Rack the balls with a powerful break shot. Impress your friends your billiard playing skill! You don’t have to buy an expensive pool table just to enjoy fun and addictive pool party with your friends. Just download our app and play for FREE! Do you love to play billiard? Have you ever dreamed of becoming a biliard or snooker master, playing bilyard on a pool live tour across the country? Maybe you even dream of participating in the World Pool Championship. To become a maestro, you must practice and play against tough opponents to sharpen your snooker skill. The problem is, like most people, you probably don’t have access to a pool table 24/7. However, you can still practice your skills by playing virtual 8ball pool on your iOS device. You can practice with your friends or random players who also enjoy playing snoker as much as you do. Some people like to play 9 ball pool and some people enjoy 8ball pool games. In Pool with Friends, the game you can play is the 8 ball pool version. The rule of the game is slightly different than the 9 ball version. For example, in the 8ball version, you may not put the opponent’s balls into the pockets. By playing this game, you will be able to practice and learn about the rules of the game easily. ============================================================= TOP FEATURES OF POOL WITH FRIENDS – EIGHT BALL POOL MULTIPLAYER: ============================================================= #MULTIPLAYER BILLIARD GAME Play with your friends offline or play with random players online. You can also play against yourself to practice your shots. #REALISTIC 3D SIMULATOR Pool with Friends uses an advanced and realistic physic simulator. You will see how the balls move on the pool table when you hit the ball with different strength and direction. Enjoy playing as if you are pool billiards pro. #BEAUTIFUL AND REALISTIC GRAPHIC We handcrafted the game graphic to make it look realistic and sharp. The graphic will help you determine how to make the best and most accurate shot. #LEARN ABOUT THE RULES OF THE GAME WHILE PLAYING After your turn, we will check the table and inform you if you’ve committed a foul. We will also inform you the name of the foul. For example Scratch is a foul when a player pockets the white ball. As the result, the opponent can choose where to place the white ball. This is a great way to memorize the rule of the 8 ball pool game. #SMOOTH GAMEPLAY AND GAME CONTROL To play this game, first tap on the table to place the ball to rack. Then adjust the direction and the strength. Tap on the Hit button to hit the white ball. It’s a very easy and straightforward gameplay, but it’s not easy to master. You need to practice to understand the physic of the game and how the ball moves when you hit using certain level of strength to a certain direction. Play pool (8 Ball) with your friends around the world. Using turn based multiplayer, you can have multiple games going at the same time. Requires GameCenter and internet to play. Featuring realistic physics, great graphics, standard rules, fun gameplay and highscores. Warning: Quitting the game after you hit the white ball and before your turn is over will result in a loss. So, what are you waiting for? Download and play Pool with Friends for FREE now! Even when you don’t want to join World pool championship, you can still enjoy this realistic billiard game and beat your friends. After that, go on a virtual pool life tour in our app and conquer every snooker master you meet! --- Do you enjoy playing our virtual pool game? Please leave us a rating and review to show your support for us!

About

Chess Royale

Engage in the classic game of chess with millions worldwide. This app offers AI challenges, multiplayer matches, and extensive training tools including puzzles and post-game analysis to improve your strategic skills.

Highlights
  • Play against AI
  • Multiplayer matches
  • Chess puzzles
  • Post-game analysis
  • Beginner and advanced training
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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► THE ONLY CHESS APP YOU NEED Whether you’re a complete beginner or a highly experienced player, Chess Royale has everything you could need to enjoy one of the world’s greatest board games on your mobile device. Play with the AI, with friends, or with millions of strangers all over the world, then train your chess skills with tutorials, puzzles, and post-game analysis. One of the greatest things about chess is that there’s always something new to learn, and this beautifully designed app will allow you to keep on discovering the magic of chess and enhancing your love of the game day after day. ► WHY CHESS? ◾ With a history that stretches back over millennia, chess is both a vital cultural artefact and a beloved pastime that brings together millions of players all over the world. ◾ Renowned as a fierce test of the intellect, chess provides incredible training for your brain. Regularly playing chess and solving puzzles can train your strategic skills, develop logical and lateral thinking, help with learning and understanding psychology, improve your analysis and enhance your memory. ◾ It’s fun! Chess may be intimidating for beginners, but the more you learn and the better you understand the game, the more entertaining and rewarding it becomes. There’s some reason why it has remained among the most popular board games in the world for centuries, after all. ► WHY CHESS ROYALE? ◾ It pays to be popular: With over 50 000 000 players across all popular platforms, Chess Royale ensures there’s always a real opponent of similar skill online and ready to play in a variety of multiplayer formats. ◾ Endless variations: Not only can you challenge real players of different skill levels, you can also play in eight different modes. Play blitzes with varying time limitations, use the notifications system to play with friends when they’re online, test yourself in private against the game’s AI, and enter and arrange tournaments of various formats for more multiplayer fun. ◾ More than just a game: Chess Royale boasts more than 5000 chess puzzles to help you train specific aspects of your game. The app also features analysis tools that you can use post-match to help with your learning and development. And there is a trainer for beginners and more advanced players to get a better grasp of this intensely rich and complex game. Despite the wonders of modern technology, you’ll be hard pressed to find a mobile game that’s as challenging, enjoyable, and intellectually satisfying as chess. Whether you’re looking for just a new game to play online or a trainer to help you take the very first steps in exploring the magic of chess, Chess Royale offers something extra. Download the app now to discover the ultimate mobile chess environment. ►Vip Subscription: - You can subscribe to Vip membership to play without any ads, unlock all purchasable deck packs and play infinite puzzles every day. Also you can use infinite hints while solving chess puzzles - You are able to choose from three subscription options: a weekly subscription (free for the first 3 days) for $4.99 USD, a monthly subscription for $14.99 USD, an annual subscription for $79.99 USD - Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription or free trial in the iTunes settings at least 24-hours before the end of the free trial period. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. - Please note that any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Pool With Friends3 screens
Chess Royale4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chess Royale at 60% against Pool With Friends's 14%. Chess Royale also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (20K vs 5). Pool With Friends's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Chess Royale sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Pool With Friends asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chess Royale holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Royale has 20K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Pool With Friends's written reviews are positive against 60% of Chess Royale's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pool With Friends ships an update every 5 months, Chess Royale every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Pool With Friends versus Chess Royale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool With FriendsChess Royale
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings)4.5 (20K ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews59.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings520K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB490 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCREATIVE STAR SOFT SRLSayGames LTD

Customer experience

Pool With Friends

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative78.6%

Chess Royale

All ratings20,246 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews788 reviews
Positive59.5%
Neutral11.3%
Negative29.2%

Bugs and requests

Pool With Friends

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Chess Royale

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions being marked as wrong
  • Game losses due to connection issues or app freezes
  • Inconsistent trophy/ranking system
  • Inability to report cheating or suspicious behavior

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to play longer timed games
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee
  • More advanced chess analysis and training features
  • Improved matchmaking to pair players of similar skill levels

In-app purchases

None

Pool With Friends

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Chess Royale

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Vip3 Days trial2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Monthly Vip$19.991 Month
  • Annual Vip$39.991 Year
One-time7
  • Tiny Coins Pack$0.99
  • Tiny Gems Pack$1.99
  • Gold Reserve 2$2.99
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  • Coins Pack Offer$3.99
  • Disable Ads Forever$4.99
  • Medium Gems Pack$6.99
  • Large Gems Pack$19.99

Questions

Is Pool With Friends free?
Pool With Friends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Royale free?
Chess Royale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pool With Friends or Chess Royale?
Chess Royale is rated higher. Pool With Friends averages 2.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Chess Royale averages 4.5 from 20K ratings.
Do Pool With Friends or Chess Royale have ads?
Chess Royale shows ads; Pool With Friends does not.
Which is updated more often, Pool With Friends or Chess Royale?
Pool With Friends ships an update every 5 months, and Chess Royale every 5 weeks. Most recently, Pool With Friends was updated on October 23, 2026 and Chess Royale on November 3, 2026.

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