Comparison

MR Soft vs POOLS™

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

Head to head
About

MR Soft

A cute, physics-based platformer where you guide a soft rabbit to collect coins and avoid obstacles. Explore hidden areas for bonus points and aim for a perfect score.

Highlights
  • Cute, soft rabbit protagonist
  • Coin collection for high scores
  • Explore hidden areas
  • Avoid obstacles like spiky balls
  • Aim for 3-star ratings on levels
Features
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小时候很喜欢《Loco Roco》这款游戏,萌萌的画风很吸引我,但是很可惜没有一款能在手机上玩的版本,后来我突发奇想,本来我自己也是做程序开发的,就想着自己来做一款类似的游戏,加上我自己的一些想法,在过去漫长的一年中,我独立完成了整个游戏,诞生了大家现在看到的《MR Soft》,制作这款游戏花费了我大量的时间,一个人做真的很累,我目前主要收益来自于我的工作,如果这款游戏能带给我一些工作之外的收益是最好不过的。欢迎大家提出宝贵的意见,或者一些大家自己的想法,一起来完善《MR Soft》,真的很希望大家能玩玩我的游戏,谢谢各位朋友。 《MR Soft》一款画风萌萌哒的游戏,主角是一只身体软绵绵的兔子,他的目的就是尽量多的收集银币然后回家,收集的银币越多,得到的分数越高,游戏光卡中还有着许多隐藏区域,玩家得仔细看,仔细找,这些隐藏区域往往有着分数极高的蓝色草莓,要小心途中的刺刺球哦,更多的惊喜,玩家要自己去发现哦,要想拿3颗星也不简单哦。

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

MR Soft4 screens
POOLS™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: POOLS™ at Free against MR Soft's $0.99. POOLS™ also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (79% vs 52%). MR Soft's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On ads 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

POOLS™ is free to download; MR Soft costs $0.99 up front. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MR Soft asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of MR Soft's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MR Soft versus POOLS™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMR SoftPOOLS™
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (18 ratings)4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.6% of reviews79.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings181.6K — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB1.9 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDuyang ChenTensori

Customer experience

MR Soft

All ratings18 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral5.6%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral12.9%
Negative35.5%

POOLS™

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

Bugs and requests

MR Soft

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

MR Soft

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is MR Soft free?
MR Soft costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MR Soft or POOLS™?
POOLS™ is rated higher. MR Soft averages 4.0 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while POOLS™ averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do MR Soft or POOLS™ have ads?
Neither MR Soft nor POOLS™ shows ads.

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