BART vs 8Ball Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BART
This application enhances communication and information access for emergency services personnel. It provides tools for team coordination, message feeds, and resource location, aiming to improve response times and safety.
- Pager message feed
- Message centre
- Parallel notifications (SMS, email, push)
- Member qualifications
- Rostering and availability
- Mapping and geolocation
- Incident routing
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Are you a volunteer or professional emergency services worker? Stay connected with your team and find the information you need quickly and easily with BART. Don’t let limited budgets and resources stop you from doing the work that keeps your community safe! Bringing together a range of information critical to the event at hand, BART facilitates stronger communication between teams, safer working environments and quicker response times. BART helps teams communicate better: - Pager message feed (for approved members) - Message centre - Parallel SMS, email and push notifications - Member qualifications - Rostering, availability and attendance BART makes it easy to find the right information: - Mapping and geolocation - Incident routing - Resource locations (using map layers) - Estimated arrival time to headquarters Please note you must be registered for BART to use this Application. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
8Ball Timer
This app helps track player shot times in billiards games, offering customizable shot clocks and countdowns. It also provides diagrams and rules for fouls, umpiring, and game procedures, with a feature to illustrate and teach shots.
- Customizable shot clock times
- 5-second countdown beep
- Foul and rule diagrams
- Umpiring guidance
- World and International rules
- Interactive shot diagram tool
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The Original and #1 8Ball timing App for iPhone is Back! Now for the first time ever, available on Apple Watch! Keep track of players shot time with the simple use of either Buttons or Gestures Players have the option to choose what Shot Clock Time the want as well as also having a Time Extension and a 5 Second countdown beep Learn how to determine what is and what isn't a Foul Snooker with the diagrams provided And Brush up on current rules, calling procedures and guidance for umpiring Both 2 Shot/World Rules and International Rules are right on the App for quick and easy access Introducing "Shot Diagram" For the first time ever you can now illustrate and setup and teach shots right in the App. With the ability to move balls all around a table, there are endless possibilities to how you can lay out a shot. And also available is a large White ball, so you can also show where to cue the white. Simply select the "Shot Diagram" tab from the tab bar and follow the instructions to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 8Ball Timer at weekly against BART's every 6 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for BART against 3.0 for 8Ball Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of BART's written reviews are positive against 67% of 8Ball Timer's.
BART ships an update every 6 weeks, 8Ball Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BART | 8Ball Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EMERG Solutions PTY LTD | Erik Westerholm |
Customer experience
BART
8Ball Timer
In-app purchases
BART
No in-app purchases
8Ball Timer
No in-app purchases









