Good island vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Good island
Engage in a third-person shooter experience on a vibrant island. Collect money by defeating monsters and animals to purchase a variety of weapons, vehicles, and even tanks and planes. Enjoy endless gameplay with no set goals.
- Third-person shooter gameplay
- Ten weapon types
- Four vehicle types
- Ten monster types
- Level system for progression
- Collect money to buy items
- Purchase tanks and planes
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TPS game "Good Island" that may be very popular all over the world Ten kinds of weapons, four kinds of vehicles, and ten kinds of monsters will appear. The number of weapons and vehicles is subtle, but it is inflated with a level system, so I do not mind at all. We introduced level system so too few enemies! Let's collect money by killing animals and monsters. You can purchase various weapons and vehicles with the collected money. Tanks and planes can also be purchased. There is no goal so you can keep going tired. Please try and enjoy the deep joy of finding out the fun of the game that is not fun by yourself.
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: Good island at none against POOLS™'s 1. Good island also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). POOLS™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 41). 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. Good island asks for nothing beyond the download.
Good island holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Good island's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Good island | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (41 ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better | 79.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | 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 | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ASSIST ENTERTAINMENT, K.K | Tensori |
Customer experience
Good island
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
Good island
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
Good island
No in-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
Questions
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