Comparison

Straight Pool Deluxe vs PoolHub.live

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

Head to head
About

Straight Pool Deluxe

This app provides comprehensive scorekeeping for straight pool games, offering detailed statistics and game history. It allows real-time stat updates, game sharing, and remote spectator viewing. Sync games across devices and access official rules and forums.

Highlights
  • 14.1 continuous scorekeeping
  • Extensive statistics and game history
  • Real-time in-game stats
  • Game sharing and live broadcasting
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Access to official rules and forums
Features
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Straight Pool Deluxe is the complete 14.1 continuous (straight pool) scorekeeper — free to try, with one-time purchases to unlock the full experience. Straight Pool scorekeeping with extensive statistics and full game history. Easy to read scoring screen, just tap to run balls or finish racks. Keeps track of fouls, breaking fouls, safeties, three-foul penalties, etc. In-game stats update realtime with every ball made. See your average run, high run and other stats at-a-glance while playing. Easily share in-progress game dashboard, game innings and completed game stats via Facebook, email, etc. Turn on the Gamecast feature during scoring to broadcast the game to a web page that updates in realtime for remote spectator viewing. Full game history saved, with extensive per-game stats and inning-by-inning recap for all games. Aggregated player stats spanning full game history with adjustments to home in on stats vs. individual opponents, stats only for games played on a certain size table, games over a date range, etc. Synchronization between player iPads—score a game on your iPad, and the game is automatically synced to your opponent’s iPad also, so each player gets a complete game history on their device. Quick one-touch access to official rules and the most popular straight pool online forum. ——— FREE TO TRY Score and record games with the full scoring engine, plus access to your recent games and core stats. UNLOCK MORE — one-time purchase, pay once, own it: • Local — full statistics and trends, your complete game history, and scoring games for other players. • Cloud — everything in Local, plus cloud backup, automatic sync across your iPads, opponent game delivery, and Gamecast live sharing. (Already own Local? Upgrade for the difference.)

About

PoolHub.live

Connect with fellow pool players, fans, and enthusiasts. Create profiles, message others, watch live matches, and participate in tournaments. Discover pool halls, vendors, and equipment for sale.

Highlights
  • Player profiles and connections
  • Live match streaming and viewing
  • Tournament entry and management
  • Venue and vendor database
  • Marketplace for pool gear
  • League organization tools
  • Challenge feature with scoreboard
Features
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PoolHub is where pool players go. Open to every pool player, fan, and friend. Create a profile, connect with players, message them, watch live matches, enter tournaments, follow pool rooms, and send or accept a challenge. Post shots for free. Whether you play league, bar box, juniors, or the road, or you just love the game, this is where pool lives. Join. Watch. Compete. Calendar One calendar for league nights, challenges, tournaments, and venue events. Follow any of them and get a notification when it starts. Venue database Look up pool rooms. Open a room to see what is going on there. Vendor database Browse pool equipment vendors and their stores. Marketplace Browse gear for sale, save a listing, and message the seller. PoolHub Plus posts a listing. PoolHub Plus — $9.99 a month, or $99 a year Saved streams kept for 90 days Marketplace Post equipment for sale. League section Organize your league, teams, ratings, matches, and the numbers that matter. League nights show on the calendar. Challenge feature Set the game and challenge a friend or any player on the map. If they accept, stream it with a scoreboard. Accepted challenges show in the feed, and people can follow them so they know when you go live. Each challenge keeps track of viewers, likes, and comments. The challenge with the most activity each month wins Challenge of the Month. Right now the prize is a custom Paragon carbon fiber shaft. Scoreboard Go live and put a scoreboard on the stream from the broadcast screen. Venue database List a pool room in the PoolHub database. Also in Plus Unlimited streaming Priority on the Live Map, and a status so players know what you are looking for and where you are Highlight clips from your streams Create and promote matches and events Tag opponents and schedule a match Accept tips, digital gifts, and fan support PoolHub All Access — $29.99 a month, or $299 a year Saved streams kept for 1 year Everything in Plus Vendor database Open a vendor store and show your products. For people who run events Tournament formats, including One Pocket with a One Pocket scoreboard Chips, King of the Table Brackets, scheduling, and table assignments Co-hosts for bigger events Fill a bracket by hand or automatically Live scores for anyone following the event Push notifications to the players Players can stream their match, with a scoreboard, from the match screen A free account can follow players, post, watch streams, use the Live Map, enter tournaments, post shots, browse the marketplace, look up venues and vendors, and use the calendar. Saved streams stay for 90 days. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PoolHub.live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Straight Pool Deluxe at every 3 days against PoolHub.live's weekly. PoolHub.live's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Straight Pool Deluxe sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PoolHub.live sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. 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 — 5.0 for Straight Pool Deluxe against 5.0 for PoolHub.live. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Straight Pool Deluxe ships an update every 3 days, PoolHub.live weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Straight Pool Deluxe versus PoolHub.live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStraight Pool DeluxePoolHub.live
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings811 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB82 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperChris StrombergerPoolHub

Customer experience

Straight Pool Deluxe

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PoolHub.live

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Straight Pool Deluxe

One-time3
  • Cloud Upgrade$9.99
  • Local Unlock$19.99
  • Cloud Unlock$29.99
4 purchases

PoolHub.live

Subscriptions4
  • Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Plus Annually$119.001 Year
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  • Pro Annually$359.001 Year

Questions

Is Straight Pool Deluxe free?
Straight Pool Deluxe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PoolHub.live free?
PoolHub.live is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Straight Pool Deluxe or PoolHub.live?
Straight Pool Deluxe and PoolHub.live are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do Straight Pool Deluxe or PoolHub.live have ads?
Neither Straight Pool Deluxe nor PoolHub.live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Straight Pool Deluxe or PoolHub.live?
Straight Pool Deluxe ships an update every 3 days, and PoolHub.live weekly. Most recently, Straight Pool Deluxe was updated on November 11, 2026 and PoolHub.live on October 31, 2026.

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