# Pocket Run Pool

> Arcade pool is back!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id949982914](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id949982914)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id949982914`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Zach Gage
- **Category:** Puzzle
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (1,123 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-22
- **First published:** 2018-05-23
- **Size:** 169 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-run-pool/id949982914)
- **Website:** [http://www.pocketrunpool.com](http://www.pocketrunpool.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://stfj.net/app-privacy.html](http://stfj.net/app-privacy.html)

## Description

Pocket Run Pool is a fast-paced arcade pool game that reimagines 8-ball for mobile. In Pocket Run, you sink balls to earn points based on the pocket you choose, but every miss or scratch costs a life. Your goal is to finish the table before you run out to set a personal best and chase the perfect pocket-run.

Play across Standard, High Stakes, and Insta-Tournament modes, compete asynchronously against players worldwide, track your stats across all modes, and unlock new cues and color schemes with a single $3.99 IAP. Created by the developers of Really Bad Chess and Flipflop Solitaire, Pocket Run Pool delivers addictive play with a go-one-more-turn vibe.

## Rankings

- #57,488 — Overall

## Review summary

Pocket Run Pool is fun and relaxing with decent mobile physics and quick rounds, but is held back by ads, spin limitations, flaky UI on iPads, inconsistent ball behavior, and syncing issues across devices.

### Pros

- Fun and relaxing gameplay with an intuitive cue system.
- Decent ball physics/feel for mobile billiards.
- Quick, bite-sized rounds that are easy to play.

### Cons

- Heavy advertising and desire for an ad-free version.
- Spin/backspin control is limited or missing, with no power indicator.
- UI/display issues on iPad: screen scaling, edges cut off, cue off screen.
- Physics/ball behavior can be inconsistent or unrealistic, with missed pocket detections.
- Syncing and cross-device progress transfer problems (iCloud sync issues, stats reset).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id949982914)