Comparison

Circus Jumpers vs POOLS™

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

Head to head
About

Circus Jumpers

Experience the thrill of circus stunts with three unique characters. Master your balance, collect coins for bonuses, and aim for new high scores in this endless jumping game.

Highlights
  • Perform breathtaking stunts
  • Choose from three unique heroes
  • Improve balancing skills
  • Collect coins for bonuses
  • Achieve new records
Features
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Welcome to our troupe of circus jumpers! Perform breathtaking stunts and get the adrenaline buzz. Choose one of the three heroes: a romantic clown, an ambitious and impressive circus manager, or a monkey, a carefree child of the wild. Improve your skills: balance on the verge of falling and overcome any difficulties on the way to your goal. Collect coins: get bonus features and achieve new records.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Slow, reflective exploration
  • Atmospheric and immersive environments
  • Inspired by liminal spaces
  • Unfolding narrative through exploration
  • Six distinct chapters
  • Unique sound design
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Circus Jumpers4 screens
POOLS™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: POOLS™ at 4.5 against Circus Jumpers's 3.4. POOLS™ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 5). Circus Jumpers's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Circus Jumpers sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

POOLS™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Circus Jumpers's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Circus Jumpers ships an update every 11 months, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Circus Jumpers versus POOLS™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircus JumpersPOOLS™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews79.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB1.9 GB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperAndrey SvershkoTensori

Customer experience

Circus Jumpers

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

POOLS™

All ratings1,616 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews626 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.2%

Bugs and requests

Circus Jumpers

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

3 purchases

Circus Jumpers

One-time3
  • 25000 coins$0.99
  • Ad-free$0.99
  • 60000 coins$1.99
1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is Circus Jumpers free?
Circus Jumpers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Circus Jumpers or POOLS™?
POOLS™ is rated higher. Circus Jumpers averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while POOLS™ averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Circus Jumpers or POOLS™ have ads?
Circus Jumpers shows ads; POOLS™ does not.
Which is updated more often, Circus Jumpers or POOLS™?
Circus Jumpers ships an update every 11 months, and POOLS™ every 2 months. Most recently, Circus Jumpers was updated on October 5, 2026 and POOLS™ on October 19, 2026.

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