Comparison

Poker Nerd vs 8 Pool Master

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

Head to head
About

Poker Nerd

Learn and practice poker with classic Five-Card Draw and a unique hand-ranking challenge. Compare your skills globally and use tools to analyze hands and understand rankings. Designed for all ages and skill levels.

Highlights
  • Five-Card Draw Poker
  • Pick the Best Hand game
  • Compare Hands tool
  • Poker Hands chart
  • Game Center integration
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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A suite of games and tools for the poker beginner or enthusiast, young and old! Try your hand at the classic Five-Card Draw Poker or the all-new 'Pick the Best Hand', which tests your speed and skill at determining the best hand out of three. Log onto Game Center to compare your Poker Nerd scores with others around the world! Aside from gaming, there is a 'Compare Hands' tool to check one or two poker hands to solve a tiebreaker. This option features a customized keyboard to enter each of the cards in a hand. A Poker Hands chart is also provided for a quick lookup of different hand rankings. All features are presented in a simple and user-friendly interface.

About

8 Pool Master

Experience the thrill of a classic billiards simulator with realistic physics and precise controls. Compete against players worldwide in tournaments, climb leaderboards, and customize your cues and balls. Enjoy thousands of challenge levels and showcase your skills to become the ultimate pool master.

Highlights
  • Realistic billiards gameplay
  • Real physical collision effects
  • Hundreds of customizable cues and balls
  • Thousands of challenge levels
  • Global tournaments and leaderboards
  • Precise club steering and controls
Features
Currently charting
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Get ready to play 8 Pool Master! Those who like to play 8 ball, snooker, or billiards and want to have real fun from the game will love this 8 Pool Master 8 Pool Master is an interesting billiard game, the most exciting and popular classic billiard simulator. Precise club steering set the angle and hit the ball. Exercise your skills on the exquisite billiard table, "8 Pool Master" can bring you the best billiard game experience. Participate in the tournament, occupy a seat among players all over the world, strive to win, get first place in each group and enter a higher group, come and occupy the leaderboard! Fight against players from all over the world! Features: 1. Restore the real billiards gameplay, real physical collision effect, simple operation. 2. Hundreds of cues and billiards, change their shapes at any time to create your own style! 3. Thousands of challenge levels are waiting for you to challenge 4. Get ranked and become the strongest player in the world! Show off your skills and defend your glory in competition with other players. 5. Easy to play, first-class control. So what are you waiting for? Download this super addictive 8 Pool Master for free now to compete with players all over the world and enjoy it. We hope you enjoy 8 Pool Master. If you have any ideas, or if you have any questions about this game to discuss with us, please contact us. We are at your service at any time.

Screenshots

Poker Nerd3 screens
8 Pool Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

Poker Nerd and 8 Pool Master both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Poker Nerd's written reviews are positive against 63% of 8 Pool Master's. Poker Nerd also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 8 Pool Master's advantage is ratings volume (20K vs 2) and chart position (#160 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Poker Nerd sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 8 Pool Master sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Poker Nerd against 4.6 for 8 Pool Master. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8 Pool Master has 20K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Poker Nerd's written reviews are positive against 63% of 8 Pool Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poker Nerd ships an update every 2 months, 8 Pool Master every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Poker Nerd versus 8 Pool Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoker Nerd8 Pool Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)4.6 (20K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better63.0% of reviews
Number of ratings220K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#160 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB224 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDanial IslamTenyoko Entertainment Inc

Customer experience

Poker Nerd

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

8 Pool Master

All ratings19,643 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive63.0%
Neutral5.8%
Negative31.2%

Bugs and requests

Poker Nerd

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

8 Pool Master

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Computer won incorrectly in World Pool
  • Reached level 2800 and no more levels

Requested features

2 requests
  • Fix '9 in a row' issue
  • Casual multiplayer without money

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Poker Nerd

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
11 purchases

8 Pool Master

One-time11
  • TINY COIN PACK$1.99
  • RemoveAds$4.99
  • Cobra Cue$4.99
Show 8 more
  • Eagle Cue$4.99
  • SMALL COIN PACK$4.99
  • START BUNDLE$5.99
  • MEDIUM COIN PACK$9.99
  • POOL BUNDLE$12.99
  • SUPER BUNDLE$19.99
  • GRAND BUNDLE$29.99
  • MEGA COIN PACK$39.99

Questions

Is Poker Nerd free?
Poker Nerd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 8 Pool Master free?
8 Pool Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Poker Nerd or 8 Pool Master?
8 Pool Master is rated higher. Poker Nerd averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while 8 Pool Master averages 4.6 from 20K ratings.
Do Poker Nerd or 8 Pool Master have ads?
Both Poker Nerd and 8 Pool Master show ads.
Which is updated more often, Poker Nerd or 8 Pool Master?
Poker Nerd ships an update every 2 months, and 8 Pool Master every 3 months. Most recently, Poker Nerd was updated on October 13, 2026 and 8 Pool Master on October 18, 2026.

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