Comparison

Billiard Shot Studio vs Smart

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

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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

Smart

Features
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Smart-Score is an intuitive scorekeeping app for pool billiards. It supports Straight Pool, 8-Ball, 9-Ball and 10-Ball, with scoring screens tailored to each discipline. An optional shot clock can be added to any game. STRAIGHT POOL Keep track of points, innings, current runs, high runs and player averages. Smart-Score supports the essential actions required during a match, including fouls, break fouls, remaining balls, new racks and full reracks. The active-player indicator always shows whose turn it is. 8-BALL, 9-BALL AND 10-BALL Record won racks with a simple swipe directly on a player’s score. Smart-Score tracks racks and sets and automatically manages the breaking player according to the selected break mode. Choose between winner breaks and alternating breaks—within a set and from one set to the next. SHOT CLOCK Keep matches running on pace with the built-in, floating shot clock. Tap directly on the circular display to restart, pause, resume, or add an extension on the fly. Distinct visual ring indicators and acoustic warning sounds keep players informed at configurable first-warning, second-warning, and expiration thresholds. FLEXIBLE SETTINGS Configure default Race-To and Sets-to-Win values for every discipline, as well as shot times, extension durations, and warning thresholds for the shot clock. Match values can also be adjusted for each individual match. Player names can be changed directly from the scoring screen, with suggestions based on previously archived matches. RESULT SHEETS Open the live Results Sheet at any time during a match. Straight Pool results are documented inning by inning, including points, duration and running scores. For 8-Ball, 9-Ball and 10-Ball, the Results Sheet shows every rack, its winner, duration and the score for each set. MATCH ARCHIVE Completed matches are saved in the Match Archive. Review final results, match durations and detailed statistics. Filter archived matches by discipline or date, reopen their Results Sheets or remove individual entries. The maximum number of stored matches can be configured in Settings. LIVE MATCH MONITORING Follow matches from another device on the same local network. Active matches appear automatically in table-number order—no special server configuration is required. Monitoring shows players, scores, match distance, sets, duration and current match status. ADDITIONAL FEATURES • Integrated interactive Shot Clock with extension, pause, and sound alerts • Undo the previous action • Swap players before the match begins • Choose the starting player or breaker • Automatic match-finish confirmation • Reusable player names • English and German interface • Dark Blue, Dark Green and Dark Red themes • Local-network streaming can be enabled or disabled Whether you are keeping score for a practice session, a friendly match, a tournament or several tables at your club, Smart-Score provides a clear and focused way to track every match.

Screenshots

Billiard Shot Studio4 screens
Smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Billiard Shot Studio at Free against Smart's $7.99. Smart's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Billiard Shot Studio is free to download; Smart costs $7.99 up front. Billiard Shot Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Smart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Billiard Shot Studio ships an update every 3 weeks, Smart every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Billiard Shot Studio versus Smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBilliard Shot StudioSmart
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.7 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRazor PoolMichael Scheffler

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

Smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Billiard Shot Studio free?
Billiard Shot Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart free?
Smart costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Billiard Shot Studio or Smart have ads?
Neither Billiard Shot Studio nor Smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Billiard Shot Studio or Smart?
Billiard Shot Studio ships an update every 3 weeks, and Smart every 6 days. Most recently, Billiard Shot Studio was updated on October 22, 2026 and Smart on October 8, 2026.

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