Pool Shot Timer vs Simple Shot Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool Shot Timer
This app helps manage shot timing in pool games with customizable countdowns and alerts. It offers audio notifications, speech output, and a 'Time Out' feature for pausing or resetting the timer. Accidental closures are handled with persistent notifications.
- Customizable shot countdowns
- Configurable warning alerts
- Audio notifications
- Speech output option
- Persistent notifications on closure
- 'Time Out' feature
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Pool Shot Timer is designed to make it easier to time the shots in a game of pool. The default setting is a 60 second countdown with a warning at 30 seconds but these can both be changed if required. At the warning and when the timer runs out a chosen notification sound will play or you can use the built in speech option. Accidentally closed the app? Not a problem, a notification will appear at the warning time and when the timer runs out. (Notifications must be enabled when prompted for this to work) During the countdown, the option to call a 'Time Out' is enabled. From there you can continue the timer, start from the default time or just stop the timer.
Simple Shot Clock
This app provides a customizable shot clock for various sports like basketball and water polo. Easily start, stop, and adjust the timer with simple swipe gestures. Personalize the look with color and sound settings to fit your needs.
- Start/Stop timer
- Switch timers
- Adjust time by second
- Customizable colors
- Customizable time settings
- Sound settings
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A dedicated shot clock app for basketball, water polo, billiards, etc. The simple operation makes it easy to use for anyone, and you can change the color and time as you like. ● Basic Operation 1. Start/Stop Tap the time to start the timer, and tap again to stop. 2. Switching the timer Swipe the time to the left or right to switch the timer. 3. Changing the time Swipe up to add 1 second to the time, swipe down to subtract 1 second. ● Setting items ・Color settings (background, text, buttons) ・Time settings ・Sound settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Shot Clock at 5.0 against Pool Shot Timer's 3.3. Simple Shot Clock also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 27 months). Pool Shot Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and device support 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
Both are free to download. Simple Shot Clock sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Pool Shot Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Shot Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Pool Shot Timer ships an update every 27 months, Simple Shot Clock every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pool Shot Timer | Simple Shot Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | michael webb | NAOYA ONO |
Customer experience
Pool Shot Timer
Simple Shot Clock
In-app purchases
Pool Shot Timer
No in-app purchases
Simple Shot Clock
- Support Developer$0.99
- Remove ads$3.99
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