Deck 'Em! vs Coffee Pool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deck 'Em!
Experience a unique boxing card game where you strategize to survive twelve rounds against the champion. With simplified gameplay and intuitive controls, each fight offers a new challenge. Enjoy endless replayability with stunning art, all for free.
- Solitaire-style boxing gameplay
- Survive twelve rounds
- Strategic card play
- Endlessly replayable
- Incredible art
- Simplified gameplay
- Intuitive controls
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Look, kid. You're not even a contender. You're a nobody. A total long shot. The champ is a stone cold killer. As big as an ox. Stronger than oak. But you got a lot of heart, kid. And Mickey loves you. Deck 'Em! is a boxing card game. Try and survive twelve rounds with the undisputed champion of the world, and you'll be a winner in my books, kid. Much like solitaire, the object of the game, much like many card games, is simply to play and strategize. Each fight is different. Sometimes you'll win. Sometimes you'll lose. Highlights include: • Endlessly replayable • Incredible art • Simplified gameplay • Intuitive controls systems • No ads • No IAP* • 100% Free * Tips welcome. :)
Coffee Pool
Engage in a daily pool game with unique challenges and rules each day. Compete with friends or tackle endless levels in League mode with creative game types and modifiers. Enjoy a modern pool experience with streamlined controls and visuals.
- Brand-new table layout daily
- Random game rules
- Unique table modifiers
- Compete with friends
- League mode with endless levels
- Real-world game types
- Creative challenges
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A daily pool game to go with your morning coffee. Each day brings a brand-new table layout, random game rules, and unique table modifiers. Compete with friends to clear the table in the fewest shots, or dive into League mode with endless levels, real-world game types, and creative challenges that keep the action exciting. Featuring a streamlined control scheme and clean, modern visuals, this is pool like you’ve never played it before.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Deck 'Em! at none against Coffee Pool's shown. Deck 'Em! also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 41%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Coffee Pool's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and chart position (#210 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Deck 'Em! sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Coffee Pool sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Coffee Pool holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4K and 2.2K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Deck 'Em!'s written reviews are positive against 41% of Coffee Pool's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Deck 'Em! ships an update every 5 days, Coffee Pool every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deck 'Em! | Coffee Pool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4K ratings) | 4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.4% of reviews — better | 41.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 2.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #210 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 278 MB | 419 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frosty Pop | Shallot Games, LLC. |
Customer experience
Deck 'Em!
Coffee Pool
User reviews
Deck 'Em!
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun game mechanics
- 👍 No ads or in-app purchases
- 👍 Smooth animations and visuals
- 🚀 Simple to learn, challenging to master
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
- 🤔 Lack of progression or content beyond fighting the champ
- 🤔 Money earned has limited use
- 🤔 Blocking mechanics not fully explained
Coffee Pool
From 2.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐️ Very relaxing
- 👍 Easy to get into
- 🎨 Beautiful game
- 🕹️ Enjoyable pool puzzle game
Room to improve
- 🎥 Camera angle issues
- 💰 Frustrating due to modifiers and difficulty
- 💰 Ads are difficult to bypass
- 💰 Paid version feels like a rip-off
Bugs and requests
Deck 'Em!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Leaderboard functionality not working as expected
- Occasional unwinnable games due to card draw
Requested features
5 requests- Career mode or progression system
- Ability to spend earned money on upgrades, new fighters, or customization
- More varied opponents and deck types
- Multiplayer or PvP mode
- Clearer tutorial and explanations of game mechanics
Coffee Pool
Reported bugs
1 issue- Game becomes too difficult after paying to remove ads
Requested features
8 requests- Standalone freeplay mode
- Ambient music
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to buy additional modifiers with coins
- Invert contrast or colorblind mode
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- Cue customization
- Skins for table or ball sets
- More incentive for in-game currency
In-app purchases
Deck 'Em!
- LightweightFree
- Middleweight$2.99
- Heavyweight$9.99
Coffee Pool
- Small Coins$1.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
- VIP Pass$7.99
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- Remove Forced Ads$7.99
- Medium Coins$7.99
- Large Coins$14.99
- Huge Coins$29.99
- Giant Coins$49.99
