Billiard Shot Studio vs Pool PerformStars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Pool PerformStars
This app provides advanced video analysis for serious pool players to track progress and improve their game. It offers shot-by-shot breakdowns, form tracking, and structured coaching modes. Users can record or upload practice videos and analyze measurable parameters for each shot.
- Video recording and upload
- Shot-by-shot analysis
- Form tracking over time
- Measurable shot parameters
- Structured coaching modes
- Remote coaching options
- Player profile and privacy controls
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PerformStars is a video-based training companion for serious pool players who want measurable progress. Record or upload practice, get shot-by-shot breakdowns, track your form over time, and stay motivated with clear goals and visible improvement. Practice videos, your way Record training videos right inside the app, upload existing clips, or add a session by pasting a YouTube link. You can also run a demo training session to see the value of analysis before uploading your own videos. Sessions can be deleted anytime, shared via link, and exported as a shot table in XLS (sent to your email). Session analysis with full control PerformStars automatically detects shots inside your video and labels outcomes as made or miss. You stay in charge: fix occasional mistakes by manually correcting results and deleting false shots that shouldn’t count. Review every shot individually, jump through the full shot list, and open a dedicated shot view with a poster/video snippet for that exact moment. Each shot comes with a detailed card of measurable parameters from our database: speed, distance, complexity, cut angle, target path, pocket, and confidence. Coaching mode: progress, reports, trends The Coaching screen turns practice into a structured process. You see your progress toward the next automatic report, access your coaching report history, and track trends across time periods. This is where PerformStars becomes more than analytics—it becomes motivation: you always know what you’re building toward and what’s improving. Want a human eye on your game? “My Coach” explains how remote coaching works: private collaboration with a coach, shared video review, and a training plan built around your actual shot data. Live, matches, and the community layer Explore the larger billiards world through search across users, players, and matches. Browse top players and top/live matches, open player pages, follow favorites, and view match replays remotely. Inside a match you can dive into racks and individual shots, then jump directly to player profiles and recent match history. Your player profile and privacy controls Your profile is your identity and your progress hub. See your place in the ranking, profile stats, achievements/levels, and activity feed. Training privacy is under your control: you decide whether your practice statistics are visible or kept private. Reliable by design PerformStars is built to feel fast and dependable: a local database for instant startup, profile/training/report sync, delta updates, quick pull-to-refresh, smart media caching, and upload continuation after network failures. Whether you’re chasing tighter cue-ball control, more consistent pocketing under pressure, or simply a training routine that keeps you hungry— PerformStars turns practice into visible progress. Terms of Use: https://performstars.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://performstars.com/privacy-policy Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Billiard Shot Studio at 100% against Pool PerformStars's 0%. Billiard Shot Studio also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Pool PerformStars's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Billiard Shot Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Pool PerformStars sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Billiard Shot Studio ships an update every 3 weeks, Pool PerformStars every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Billiard Shot Studio | Pool PerformStars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 126 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Razor Pool | Dmitrii Sadovnik |
Customer experience
Billiard Shot Studio
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In-app purchases
Billiard Shot Studio
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$79.99
Pool PerformStars
- PerformStars Pro$17.991 Month
- PerformStars Pro$99.991 Year
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