Comparison

Escape Game vs POOLS™

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

Head to head
About

Escape Game

Solve intricate puzzles and crack codes to find a way out of a dangerous black and white environment. This challenging escape game requires logic and the use of various tools to overcome obstacles and achieve freedom.

Highlights
  • Solve puzzles
  • Crack codes
  • Use logic
  • Utilize tools
  • Escape ASAP
Features
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Escape Game : Quarantine is a hand-drawn escape-room adventure in black and white. The doors are sealed, the clock is running, and whatever moved through this building is still moving. Search every room. Pick apart a vending machine, lockers, fuse boxes and a wall of drawers. Work out the codes, bring the power back and open the last door before your time runs out. WHAT'S INSIDE - A full escape-room campaign across connected rooms, each with its own chain of puzzles - Striking black-and-white artwork, drawn by hand, with blood-red accents - Codes, wiring, hidden mechanisms and logic puzzles built into the rooms - A blood timer that keeps the pressure on - Stuck? Tap "?" for a hint to your next step FREE TO PLAY - The whole game is free, with ads between rooms. - PRO (one-time purchase): every hint instant, the illustrated Escape Guides, and no ads. - Unlimited Time (one-time purchase): removes the blood timer for good. - Plays offline. No account, no sign-up. If you enjoy point-and-click escape rooms and puzzle games that respect your patience, the quarantine is waiting.

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

Escape Game4 screens
POOLS™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: POOLS™ at 80% against Escape Game's 33%. POOLS™ also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Escape Game's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). 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. Escape Game sells 2 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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Escape Game's written reviews are positive against 80% of POOLS™'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Escape Game ships an update fortnightly, POOLS™ monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Escape Game versus POOLS™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEscape GamePOOLS™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews80.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31.8K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB1.9 GB
Age rating12+9+
Developer旭 梁Tensori

Customer experience

Escape Game

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

POOLS™

All ratings1,738 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews671 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative13.7%

Bugs and requests

Escape Game

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

2 purchases

Escape Game

One-time2
  • Upgrade to PRO$2.99
  • Unlimited Game Time Activations$2.99
1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is Escape Game free?
Escape Game 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, Escape Game or POOLS™?
POOLS™ is rated higher. Escape Game averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while POOLS™ averages 4.5 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Escape Game or POOLS™ have ads?
Escape Game shows ads; POOLS™ does not.
Which is updated more often, Escape Game or POOLS™?
Escape Game ships an update fortnightly, and POOLS™ monthly. Most recently, Escape Game was updated on November 2, 2026 and POOLS™ on November 5, 2026.

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