Comparison

Billiard Shot Studio vs Pool Drill Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Pool Drill Tracker

Features
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You watch the tutorials. You read the Reddit posts. You show up to the table with good intentions. But when you're done playing, you have no idea if you actually got better. Pool Drill Tracker fixes that. Pick a drill, run it, tap your makes and misses, and the app keeps score. Do it again next week and you can see the difference. That's it. No video analysis, no AI, no subscription. Just a dead-simple way to turn random practice into something you can measure. WHAT'S INSIDE - 12 built-in drills across Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced — straight-in pocketing, draw shots, cut angles, banks, position play, and more. - Add your own drills if you practice something specific. - Build multi-drill sessions or start a single drill from the library. - Tap to log each shot — the app counts makes, misses, and tells you if you passed. - Stats that actually matter: sessions per week, accuracy by drill, and your current day streak. WHO THIS IS FOR You play at a bar, a pool hall, or on your home table. You're past the "just hitting balls around" phase and you want structure, but you don't need a $200 coaching app with features you'll never touch. You want to know: am I getting better? This app is your practice notebook — except it does the math for you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app, pick your drills, and hit Begin. 2. Tap Potted or Missed after each shot. 3. When the drill finishes, the app shows your score and whether you passed. 4. Check Stats to see your accuracy trends and practice streak over time. All data stays on your phone. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Just you and your table. BUILT BY A PLAYER Pool Drill Tracker was built by a pool player who wanted a simple practice tracker and couldn't find one that wasn't bloated, expensive, or abandoned. This is the app I wanted to exist. Free to download. Free to use.

Screenshots

Billiard Shot Studio4 screens
Pool Drill Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pool Drill Tracker at none against Billiard Shot Studio's 3. Billiard Shot Studio's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Billiard Shot Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Pool Drill Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Billiard Shot Studio versus Pool Drill Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBilliard Shot StudioPool Drill Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRazor PoolNathan Szeto

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Billiard Shot Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$79.99
None

Pool Drill Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Billiard Shot Studio free?
Billiard Shot Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pool Drill Tracker free?
Pool Drill Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Billiard Shot Studio or Pool Drill Tracker have ads?
Neither Billiard Shot Studio nor Pool Drill Tracker shows ads.

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