Comparison

抓娃娃 vs POOLS™

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

Head to head
About

抓娃娃

Experience the thrill of a claw machine game directly on your phone. Enjoy 24/7 access to a variety of cute dolls and real-time machine control for an immersive, lag-free experience. Easy to play with multi-angle positioning, it offers a fun and refreshing way to win prizes.

Highlights
  • 24/7 online access
  • Real machine control
  • Variety of cute dolls
  • Multi-angle positioning
  • Zero-delay technology
  • Refreshing fingertip experience
Features
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A super cute super easy online doll app Open the phone to grab the doll 24 hours online, want to catch it Release your little universe Real machine control, cute doll Super power, great god Fine dolls with various styles Anytime, anywhere, want to grasp Technology Break Zero Delay to Grab Your Favorite Doll Let you feel the real refreshing experience of fingertips Fun and fun Easy to operate Multi-angle positioning doll Explosive dolls Rich and high-quality explosion models, there is always a sprout your heart

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

抓娃娃4 screens
POOLS™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 抓娃娃 at none against POOLS™'s 1. 抓娃娃 also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.6). POOLS™'s advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 8). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 抓娃娃 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for 抓娃娃 against 4.5 for POOLS™. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of 抓娃娃's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

抓娃娃 ships an update every 3 months, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
抓娃娃 versus POOLS™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter抓娃娃POOLS™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (8 ratings)4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.8% of reviews — better79.4% of reviews
Number of ratings81.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB1.9 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMary RichardsonTensori

Customer experience

抓娃娃

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
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

抓娃娃

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

None

抓娃娃

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is 抓娃娃 free?
抓娃娃 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 抓娃娃 or POOLS™?
POOLS™ is rated higher. 抓娃娃 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while POOLS™ averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do 抓娃娃 or POOLS™ have ads?
Neither 抓娃娃 nor POOLS™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 抓娃娃 or POOLS™?
抓娃娃 ships an update every 3 months, and POOLS™ every 2 months. Most recently, 抓娃娃 was updated on October 20, 2026 and POOLS™ on October 19, 2026.

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