Comparison

CatPunchCrash vs POOLS™

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

Head to head
About

CatPunchCrash

Engage in a thrilling and adorable game where you use cat punches to defeat waves of enemies. Collect coins to purchase and equip a variety of items to power up your character. Explore 96 levels plus a daily challenge, with new content added regularly.

Highlights
  • Cat punch combat
  • Enemy variety
  • Coin collection
  • In-game shop
  • Item power-ups
  • 96+ levels
  • Daily levels
Features
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Beat up your enemies with cat punches! "CatPunchCrash" is a super cutea and thrilling game where you beat enemies who appear one after another with cat punches. ・A variety of characters make their appearance. A variety of characters make their appearance. When you take down an enemy, a coin appears. You can buy things at the shop with the coins you collected. ・64 items in all. Go to the shop and buy items. Power up by equipping your favorite item. ・There are 96 levels plus a daily level. There is a total number of 96 stages. Complete the game while having fun! There's also a new level appearing every day! ・BGM by MusMus

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

CatPunchCrash4 screens
POOLS™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: POOLS™ at 4.5 against CatPunchCrash's 4.0. POOLS™ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 4). CatPunchCrash's advantage is review sentiment (92% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (9.0 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. CatPunchCrash sells 5 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of CatPunchCrash'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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatPunchCrash ships an update every 5 months, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CatPunchCrash versus POOLS™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatPunchCrashPOOLS™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews — better79.4% of reviews
Number of ratings41.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 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 iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB1.9 GB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperHIROYUKI TANITensori

Customer experience

CatPunchCrash

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative4.2%

POOLS™

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

Bugs and requests

CatPunchCrash

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

5 purchases

CatPunchCrash

One-time5
  • Coin A set$0.99
  • Coin B set$2.99
  • Coin C set$4.99
Show 2 more
  • Advertisement display off$4.99
  • Coin D set$9.99
1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is CatPunchCrash free?
CatPunchCrash 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, CatPunchCrash or POOLS™?
POOLS™ is rated higher. CatPunchCrash averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while POOLS™ averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do CatPunchCrash or POOLS™ have ads?
CatPunchCrash shows ads; POOLS™ does not.
Which is updated more often, CatPunchCrash or POOLS™?
CatPunchCrash ships an update every 5 months, and POOLS™ every 2 months. Most recently, CatPunchCrash was updated on October 17, 2026 and POOLS™ on October 19, 2026.

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