Railbird Pool vs PoolHub.live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Railbird Pool
This AI-powered app helps billiards players record, analyze, and improve their game. It simplifies performance tracking for players of all levels.
- AI-enabled performance tracking
- Record game statistics
- Analyze gameplay
- Improve billiards skills
- Simplified process
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Railbird is performance tracking for pool. Set your phone up at the table, hit record, and Railbird automatically tracks your game — makes, misses, runs, players, and more. Stop guessing and start measuring. TRACK YOUR GAME AUTOMATICALLY • Every make and miss logged for you — no manual scorekeeping • Run tracking: longest runs, streaks, and trends over time • Player detection: multiplayer sessions with per-player stats • Full session history with video and stats TRAIN WITH PURPOSE • Structured drills with per-drill leaderboards • The X-Drill Challenge: see where you rank • Progress tracking that shows your game improving COMPETE WITH FRIENDS • Follow other players • Monthly leaderboards among the players you follow FREE TO USE Record and analyze your game free — no trial clock. Railbird Pro (Monthly or Yearly — save 25% with annual) unlocks the full experience. Also on the web: record with your webcam or OBS and upload video at railbird.ai. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://railbird.ai/privacy
PoolHub.live
Connect with fellow pool players, fans, and enthusiasts. Create profiles, message others, watch live matches, and participate in tournaments. Discover pool halls, vendors, and equipment for sale.
- Player profiles and connections
- Live match streaming and viewing
- Tournament entry and management
- Venue and vendor database
- Marketplace for pool gear
- League organization tools
- Challenge feature with scoreboard
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PoolHub is where pool players go. Open to every pool player, fan, and friend. Create a profile, connect with players, message them, watch live matches, enter tournaments, follow pool rooms, and send or accept a challenge. Post shots for free. Whether you play league, bar box, juniors, or the road, or you just love the game, this is where pool lives. Join. Watch. Compete. Calendar One calendar for league nights, challenges, tournaments, and venue events. Follow any of them and get a notification when it starts. Venue database Look up pool rooms. Open a room to see what is going on there. Vendor database Browse pool equipment vendors and their stores. Marketplace Browse gear for sale, save a listing, and message the seller. PoolHub Plus posts a listing. PoolHub Plus — $9.99 a month, or $99 a year Saved streams kept for 90 days Marketplace Post equipment for sale. League section Organize your league, teams, ratings, matches, and the numbers that matter. League nights show on the calendar. Challenge feature Set the game and challenge a friend or any player on the map. If they accept, stream it with a scoreboard. Accepted challenges show in the feed, and people can follow them so they know when you go live. Each challenge keeps track of viewers, likes, and comments. The challenge with the most activity each month wins Challenge of the Month. Right now the prize is a custom Paragon carbon fiber shaft. Scoreboard Go live and put a scoreboard on the stream from the broadcast screen. Venue database List a pool room in the PoolHub database. Also in Plus Unlimited streaming Priority on the Live Map, and a status so players know what you are looking for and where you are Highlight clips from your streams Create and promote matches and events Tag opponents and schedule a match Accept tips, digital gifts, and fan support PoolHub All Access — $29.99 a month, or $299 a year Saved streams kept for 1 year Everything in Plus Vendor database Open a vendor store and show your products. For people who run events Tournament formats, including One Pocket with a One Pocket scoreboard Chips, King of the Table Brackets, scheduling, and table assignments Co-hosts for bigger events Fill a bracket by hand or automatically Live scores for anyone following the event Push notifications to the players Players can stream their match, with a scoreboard, from the match screen A free account can follow players, post, watch streams, use the Live Map, enter tournaments, post shots, browse the marketplace, look up venues and vendors, and use the calendar. Saved streams stay for 90 days. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PoolHub.live at 100% against Railbird Pool's 56%. PoolHub.live also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Railbird Pool's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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. Railbird Pool sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per month and PoolHub.live sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PoolHub.live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Railbird Pool's written reviews are positive against 100% of PoolHub.live's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Railbird Pool | PoolHub.live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Railbird LLC | PoolHub |
Customer experience
Railbird Pool
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In-app purchases
Railbird Pool
- Railbird Plus Montly$10.991 Month
- Railbird Pro Monthly$16.991 Month
- Railbird Plus Yearly$80.001 Year
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- Railbird Pro Yearly$131.991 Year
PoolHub.live
- Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
- Plus Annually$119.001 Year
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- Pro Annually$359.001 Year








