BLあるある vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLあるある
This app collects and presents common tropes and situations found in Boys' Love (BL) manga. Users can read manga, answer trivia questions about BL "aruaru" (common occurrences), and discover new BL stories. It features various character pairings and scenarios.
- BL manga "aruaru" collection
- Manga reading
- Trivia quizzes
- Character pairing scenarios
- 13 featured manga titles
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「BLマンガ」…… それは禁断の花園…！！ BLマンガって結構定番化してるシチュエーションあるよねぇ〜 そんな「あるあるネタ」を集めました！！ ■ラインナップ ・ぼくらのヒ・ミ・ツ／後輩(攻)×先輩(受) ・ワンダフルジャングル／チーター(攻)×黒猫(受) ・笑顔の体温／理系年上会社員(攻)×可愛い系年下大学生(受) ・不真面目パーティーピーポー！／不良(攻)×優等生(受) ・アラブのアダムに犯されて／アラブの王子(攻)×ショタ大学生(受) etc...作品数は13作品！ ■こんなの「あるある」！ 【アラブの王子はヒゲがない】 現地だと生えていないと◯◯認定！？ 【周囲が男×男について寛大すぎる】 むしろみんな付き合ってた…( ﾟдﾟ) 【「ご褒美」と「お仕置き」は結局同じ】 いいことしたら「ご褒美」、わるいことしたら「お仕置き」。結局することは一緒じゃんｗｗｗｗ 【翌朝は大体受けが後から起きてくる】 多分激しかったんだろうな… ■遊び方■ ・漫画を読む ・あるある問題が出題されます ・当てはまる箇所をタップで解答！ 今日も元気にほーもぉー！
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: BLあるある at none against POOLS™'s 1. BLあるある also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.5 vs 15.6). POOLS™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 68 months). On price, review sentiment and monetization model 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. BLあるある asks for nothing beyond the download.
BLあるある 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of BLあるある's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.
BLあるある ships an update every 68 months, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLあるある | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better | 78.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 68 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MIKU KURAKI | Tensori |
Customer experience
BLあるある
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
BLあるある
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
BLあるある
No in-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
