Comparison

Tabletop Gaming vs POIU

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

Head to head
About

Tabletop Gaming

This app delivers a monthly digital magazine focused on board games, card games, RPGs, and wargames. It features news, reviews, interviews, and guides, with exclusive digital content and a mobile-optimized reading experience.

Highlights
  • Monthly magazine content
  • News and reviews
  • Interviews with designers
  • Miniatures painting guide
  • Mobile-optimized reading
  • Night reading mode
  • Adjustable text size
Features
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Tabletop Gaming is the UK’s only monthly magazine dedicated to all types of gaming on your tabletop. From board games, card games, roleplaying games and miniatures we have you covered every month in 100 pages. Extra digital content is available only with the digital edition including exclusive images, videos, podcasts and more! PLUS, with a specially designed mobile edition, wave goodbye to zooming and say hello to night reading mode, adjustable text size and accessing all things gaming at the touch of your fingertips. 
With tons of reviews of new releases each month you’ll never be in the dark about what you should play next.

 Each issue: 
• Latest news and reviews to discover new favourite games
 • Dive deep into how games are made in interviews with world famous designers
 • In-depth features
 • Ten of the Best games lists
 • Tabletop Gaming Live Event news
 • How we made and have you played articles
 • Learn new tricks with our miniatures painting guide 
• Get to grips with the classics that have passed you by 
• The indie shelf, showcasing unknown gems 
• Event reports from the world of tabletop gaming 
• Shop spotlights to find your new gaming café ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest issue. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

About

POIU

A collection of mini party games designed for group play with friends. Create a room and invite others to join instantly by scanning a QR code. Build an online friend list and communicate with them.

Highlights
  • Collection of mini party games
  • Create and join rooms via QR code
  • Online friend system with messaging
  • Weekly ranking resets
  • Social Level progression
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It is a collection of games that you can enjoy together with your friends. After one person creates a room, other friends simply scan the QR code through the "Find Room" to enter the room, and they can immediately enter the same game room and enjoy together. If you have played with friends at least once, you can become online friends through the "Friends" and send and receive messages with each other. - Single player records of some games are not stored to prevent cheating. - An internet connection is required to play the game. - The ranking is reset once a week. However, past ranking information will also be available for viewing on the website or in the game. - The Social Level will be rise according to the number of friends you played with. [Required access] camera permission - Permission required to enter the room through the QR code. [Patent (South Korea)] Patent registration number : 10-2016-0102819 Patent application details : Online group creation method and program using offline identification code

Screenshots

Tabletop Gaming4 screens
POIU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: POIU at none against Tabletop Gaming's 26. POIU also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Tabletop Gaming's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (29 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tabletop Gaming sells 26 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 3 months. POIU asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

POIU holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabletop Gaming has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabletop Gaming ships an update every 5 months, POIU fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tabletop Gaming versus POIU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabletop GamingPOIU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (29 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB71 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWarners Group Publications PLCnTeko

Customer experience

Tabletop Gaming

All ratings29 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.2%

POIU

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

26 purchases

Tabletop Gaming

Subscriptions2
  • Tabletop Gaming Auto Renewable Subscription$19.993 Months
  • Tabletop Gaming Auto Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$79.991 Year
One-time24
  • Issue One (id:799153)$6.99
  • Issue Two (id:799150)$6.99
  • Issue Three (id:799151)$6.99
Show 21 more
  • Issue Four (id:799152)$6.99
  • Issue Five (id:799677)$6.99
  • Issue Six (id:799681)$6.99
  • Issue Seven – D... (id:799685)$6.99
  • June 2018 (#19) (id:801344)$6.99
  • March 2024 #88 (id:695117)$6.99
  • January 2026 (pp:1136735)$6.99
  • February 2026 (pp:1136733)$6.99
  • April 2025_101 (pp:1045477)$6.99
  • March 2025_100 (pp:1045486)$6.99
  • August 2021 [#57] (id:803878)$6.99
  • February 2025_99 (pp:1045495)$6.99
  • March 2022 [#64] (id:804326)$6.99
  • April 2024 #89 (id:695113)$7.99
  • July 2025 [#104] (pp:1110368)$7.99
  • July 2024_92 (pp:1045558)$7.99
  • November 2024_96 (pp:1045522)$7.99
  • October 2024_95 (pp:1045531)$7.99
  • August 2024_93 (pp:1045549)$7.99
  • June 2024_91 (pp:1045567)$7.99
  • December 2023 #... (id:695129)$12.99
None

POIU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabletop Gaming free?
Tabletop Gaming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is POIU free?
POIU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tabletop Gaming or POIU?
POIU is rated higher. Tabletop Gaming averages 4.6 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while POIU averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Tabletop Gaming or POIU have ads?
POIU shows ads; Tabletop Gaming does not.
Which is updated more often, Tabletop Gaming or POIU?
Tabletop Gaming ships an update every 5 months, and POIU fortnightly. Most recently, Tabletop Gaming was updated on October 22, 2026 and POIU on October 21, 2026.

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