Comparison

Pro Pick'em vs PoolHall

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

Head to head
About

Pro Pick'em

Engage in free daily and weekly pick'em, survivor, and fantasy sportsbook games for pro football, basketball, baseball, and hockey. Compete with friends or join public groups for a chance to win prizes by predicting game winners.

Highlights
  • Daily and weekly pick'em games
  • Survivor and fantasy sportsbook options
  • Compete with friends in private groups
  • Join public groups for grand prize
  • Predict regular season game winners
  • Automatic result calculation
Features
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Pro Pick'em offers free daily and weekly pro football, basketball, baseball, and hockey pick'em, survivor, and fantasy sportsbook games that let you compete with friends, colleagues, or other pro sports fans around the world by picking the winners of regular season games. Simply enter your selections each week and let Pro Pick'em calculate the daily, weekly, and overall results. You can create private groups if you want to play against your friends, or you can join the public group for your chance at winning the grand prize. There is no purchase necessary to compete for the grand prize but you must be 18 years or older in order to receive the grand prize. There is no age requirement if you want to play just for fun. Lot's of other features too! NOTE: Apple Inc. is not a sponsor of ProPickem LLC and is in no way associated with ProPickem LLC. All contests and prizes are offerd solely by ProPickem LLC with no endorsement by Apple Inc. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PoolHall

This app modernizes the classic 10x10 squares game for live sports events. It automates scoring, tracks winners in real-time, and allows easy in-app invites for friends. Supports NFL, college football, NBA, and college basketball.

Highlights
  • Live sports schedules (NFL, NBA, College)
  • Real-time automatic scoring
  • In-app friends list and invites
  • Public and private game pools
  • Block Mode for 2x2 picks
  • Customizable profiles
Features
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Watch the live score move on your board in real time. PoolHall makes it easy to run squares, pick'em pools, and survivor leagues with your friends, family, or coworkers. It works great for NFL and NCAAF, and squares boards work for NBA and college basketball too. Squares is the main event. Set up a board for any game, let your group claim squares, and lock it at kickoff. As the score changes during the game, PoolHall shows you which square is winning right now. No more refreshing a spreadsheet or waiting for someone to text the group. The board updates as the game happens. Pick'em is just as simple. The commissioner builds a weekly slate, everyone makes their picks before kickoff, and the standings update automatically when results come in. You can play straight pick'em or add confidence scoring, where each person assigns point values based on how sure they are about each pick. Survivor keeps your group locked in all season. Pick one team to win each week. If they lose, you take a strike, and enough strikes puts you out. Each team can only be used once, so the easy picks run out fast. The field gets smaller every week until someone is left standing. Creating a pool takes under a minute. Share an invite code and your group joins instantly. Players always join for free. Only the person running the pool covers a one time price when they open it, and there is an annual pass if you run several. The app handles scoring and standings automatically. It also supports guest players, so anyone can join without creating an account. Commissioners can enter scores for custom games, build weekly slates, and manage their group from inside the app. One thing worth knowing: PoolHall never moves money. Anything your group works out is settled between you, outside the app. NFL season is right around the corner. Get your pools set up. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pro Pick'em4 screens
PoolHall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PoolHall at 100% against Pro Pick'em's 43%. PoolHall also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pro Pick'em's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (774 vs 11). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pro Pick'em sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PoolHall sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pro Pick'em holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pro Pick'em has 774 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Pro Pick'em's written reviews are positive against 100% of PoolHall's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pro Pick'em ships an update every 9 days, PoolHall every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pro Pick'em versus PoolHall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro Pick'emPoolHall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (774 ratings) — better3.7 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews43.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings774 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB50 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperProPickem LLCJordan Kulzer

Customer experience

Pro Pick'em

All ratings774 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive43.1%
Neutral17.6%
Negative39.2%

PoolHall

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pro Pick'em

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Delayed game score updates
  • Clipboard data access

Requested features

5 requests
  • Notifications for upcoming games
  • Matrix view of all players' picks
  • Option to send picks to non-app users
  • Dark mode
  • Real-time score updates

PoolHall

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pro Pick'em

Subscriptions2
  • Best Bets Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Best Bets Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • Single League Admin Pass$4.99
  • Unlimited League Admin Pass$12.99
12 purchases

PoolHall

Subscriptions3
  • Premium$4.991 Month
  • PoolHall Premium (Annual)$49.991 Year
  • Commissioner Pass$79.991 Year
One-time9
  • Extra Square Slot$0.99
  • Unlock One Pool$4.99
  • More Players$4.99
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  • Squares Pool$7.99
  • Pool - 20 Players$9.99
  • More Players$9.99
  • Pool - 50 Players$14.99
  • Pool - 100 Players$19.99
  • Pool - Unlimited Players$29.99

Questions

Is Pro Pick'em free?
Pro Pick'em is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PoolHall free?
PoolHall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pro Pick'em or PoolHall?
Pro Pick'em is rated higher. Pro Pick'em averages 4.5 out of 5 from 774 ratings, while PoolHall averages 3.7 from 11 ratings.
Do Pro Pick'em or PoolHall have ads?
Pro Pick'em shows ads; PoolHall does not.
Which is updated more often, Pro Pick'em or PoolHall?
Pro Pick'em ships an update every 9 days, and PoolHall every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pro Pick'em was updated on September 26, 2026 and PoolHall on September 18, 2026.

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