A big online update. HOUSE CHIPS - A chip balance you keep. Everyone starts with 100. Earn more by finishing and winning online matches, or start a campaign run online and let its milestones pay too. - Wager chips on a 1v1 match. Both players agree first, the house holds the stake, and the winner takes the pot. - Every online win pays a purse, bigger in higher divisions. - Your wager history is saved with your account. - Chips are optional. Zero chips never stops you from playing, and they cannot be bought. THE CROWD - Regulars from the campaign now watch your online matches and react to the big shots. - Once a match, bet 5 chips on the marked pocket. Pot one of your balls there on your next clean shot and collect 15. ONLINE PLAY - Rack and match results stay on screen long enough to read, with the exact reason the rack ended. - A cleaner finish: Play Again or Back to Lobby, with Match Details and Player Options one tap away. - Wait for a Human: switch it on to keep waiting for a real player instead of the House Bot. - Buttons now sit below the table and never cover the balls. - Fixed a rare crash during an opponent's shot replay. SOUND - A separate Voice Volume slider, and Normal, Quiet or Off for table talk. Pool Shark is free, with no ads and no paywalls.

A big night at the tables. NEW WAYS TO WIN MONEY - Starter builds: every new run opens with a free kit, so your first break already has a build behind it. - Money on the rail: regulars walk up and put bills on the wood for one specific shot. Make it and the money is yours. - Route pots: pot a corner, then the opposite side pocket on the very next shot, for an extra pot. - The crowd's pocket jackpot: side-bet tables pool their bounty into one marked pocket, with bettors on the rail who react to every shot. - Boss propositions: optional extra terms on the House matches. Six of them, each with its own purse. - Scoring builds now pay real money in money matches, so a stylish rack feeds the next Window. THE TABLE - Balls sink into the pocket instead of vanishing, contact marks are clean strokes, and every win gets its own celebration, from a rack to the 8. - The 8-ball call reminder stays up until you deal with it. - Best of Three now counts racks, not whole races. - iPhone haptics on every shot: cue release, first contact, first pocket. - Quicker paydays and a lighter draw, so older phones keep their frame rate. THE SHOP - Bigger, readable cards that show every effect up front, a permanent build shelf, and opponents named on every choice card. ONLINE - One queue, one ladder: Quick and Ranked share a single public pool, and the House Player steps in when nobody is waiting. THE ROOMS - Real floors, furniture and people walking through all six rooms. Pool Shark is free, with no ads and no paywalls. If the house has been good to you, the tip jar is behind SUPPORT US.

Pool Shark is now free. No ads, no paywalls, and nothing at the tables locked behind a purchase: every room, every table, the whole campaign and ranked online play are simply there, for everyone. A new SUPPORT US door on the home screen says so plainly. Behind it: an optional tip jar if the house has been good to you (a tip unlocks nothing, it just keeps the lights on), and a shelf of the other games we make at mogames.gg. Thank you to everyone who bought the game when it was paid. You made the free version possible.

The first big update since launch. - Play in iMessage: challenge a friend to 8-ball right inside Messages. Each turn travels in the message, no account needed. - Game controllers: native controller support with a virtual cursor, and a name picker that needs no typing. - The rooms come alive: hand-drawn visitors around every venue who react to your shots and your aim, never on the felt. - Anonymous play statistics help us tune the campaign. Turn them off any time under Settings > Access > Share Stats. - Fixes and polish throughout.