Pro Pool - Ultimate 8 Ball

I really like pool/billiard style apps, but there are a few issues with this one. Mainly the scoring system is flawed, it sets you up a tie most of the time, like probably 75% of the time. You score either 0 for a loss or 1 for a win. If both you and the person you are matched with win, or lose, you have to play a tie breaker. And then another and another until someone actually wins vs the other losing their game. A different scoring system based on points per shot would be much better, and less likely to result in a tie. The other issue is the power meter. For some reason about midway through the match, the power meter starts to sort of flash between showing the whole meter, or blacking out the whole meter. But it flashes A LOT, like I am not prone to seizures but I imagine someone who is would have a real problem with it. It personally gives me a headache and is extremely distracting. Besides these two issues I haven’t played too many matches yet, (the flashing meter is distracting enough that I don’t want to play often at all) but it seems like an otherwise decent game. If you can update me once you’ve addressed the issues I’ll gladly change my review.

I’ve had the app for 2 days now and have been playing quite a bit. It’s a really fun game but the app crashes constantly. It has caused me to lose cash games where I would have won. Each crash I report to skillz and they are good with refunding the initial investment for the match, but I’d exponentially more money than I currently do because of this issue. For instance, if you’re playing a cash match with someone and you have a score of 10 and haven’t lost the match yet but then boom.... crash. If you go back into the app and go to that match that states a loss, you can see the opponents score of 2 so you would have beat them at the current state you were at; however, it will state abandoned because it thinks you left the app due to the crash. It only seems to crash for me during cash games but it has caused me to lose a lot of cash games and cash tournaments where I would have won. Skillz has stated that if you close the app and restart it that it typically fixes the problem, however, it did not in my situation. It’s a fun game and I’d recommend it, but ONLY if you have patience to deal with all the crashes and don’t get too upset when you “lose” money, in the sense that you lose what you would have won. Skillz will refund your initial cost for the match but nothing can be done in regards to the $15 in matches that I should have won had it not been for a crash in the game.

This is the best pool app I've ever played. The graphics and true action of the balls is incredible. I would prefer to use my iTunes Store card for the purchases of money. I also would love it if there was 9 Ball in the token ticket section. And to be able to sit and play a game all the way through. I would make it easier to spend money because you would make more as a company. More in app purchases too for pool sticks and speed up the game over display or allow a way to move forward to start another game. Thanks for making a real good game...now make it easier to spend money.