放烟花Fireworks vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
放烟花Fireworks
Experience the beauty of fireworks anytime, anywhere with this casual game. Enjoy a variety of fireworks and new gameplay modes like electronic firecrackers and fireworks sliding puzzles. Perfect for celebrating special occasions without the hassle of real fireworks.
- Variety of fireworks
- Electronic firecrackers
- Fireworks sliding puzzle
- Casual gameplay
- Year-end celebration theme
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期待一个人的感动，绽放一个人的精彩，每个人都是最美丽最独特的烟花，或许它会消纵即逝，但总会留下那一刻的美好！又是一年岁末时，大家一起放烟花吧！Fireworks这款休闲游戏来满足您新年不方便放烟花的烦恼，多种烟花，来欣赏烟花绽放的那一刻吧！ 新增电子鞭炮和烟花华容道玩法，快来体验一下吧！
POOLS™
This app offers a slow, reflective, and immersive experience focused on exploration and atmosphere. It evokes feelings of unease and curiosity through its unique environments, inspired by liminal spaces and internet phenomena. Discover changing worlds and subtle narratives without traditional gameplay mechanics.
- Slow, reflective exploration
- Atmospheric and immersive environments
- Inspired by liminal spaces
- Unfolding narrative through exploration
- Six distinct chapters
- Unique sound design
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Explore, admire and listen. That’s it. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. POOLS isn’t a traditional game. it’s slow, reflective, and intentionally uneventful, perhaps a bit like virtual museum. So take your time. Breathe. POOLS unfolds slowly, rewarding patience and quiet attention. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen. Yet it can feel oppressive at times by invoking quiet fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and the strange beauty of liminal space architecture. There's no typical story. But as you explore and advance further, you start to notice that the game's world changes around you, deeper you go… Rooms look and feel… different. Base game features six chapters, each lasting 10-30 minutes. Inspired by the internet phenomena Liminal spaces, Found footage and The Backrooms, especially the Poolrooms concept. One of the original artists behind the Poolrooms concept is Jared Pike.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 放烟花Fireworks at none against POOLS™'s 1. 放烟花Fireworks also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). POOLS™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 22). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 放烟花Fireworks asks for nothing beyond the download.
POOLS™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of 放烟花Fireworks's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
放烟花Fireworks ships an update every 6 weeks, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 放烟花Fireworks | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (22 ratings) | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better | 78.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 登理 郝 | Tensori |
Customer experience
放烟花Fireworks
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
放烟花Fireworks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
POOLS™
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to move on iPad Pro
- Glitches reported
Requested features
3 requests- Expand to different Backrooms-inspired themes
- Add a multiplayer mode
- Introduce more interactive elements (e.g., monsters, items to discover)
In-app purchases
放烟花Fireworks
No in-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$6.99
