隣人さん vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
隣人さん
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”あなたは 隣人 を知っていますか？” となりに住む人の 本当の姿を知っていますか？ 壁の向こうのヒミツを… ▽遊び方 ・アパートの住人から出題されるクイズに「タップ」で答えよう ・「のぞいて」答えるちょっぴりスリリングな場面も・・・？ 隣人のナゾを解き明かす だれでも簡単に楽しめる ナゾ解きクイズです。 ・ ・ ・ 隣人 を のぞく とき のぞかれた 隣人 も また 隣人 を 知ります
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: 隣人さん at none against POOLS™'s 1. 隣人さん also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (93% vs 80%). POOLS™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. 隣人さん asks for nothing beyond the download.
隣人さん holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.8K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of 隣人さん's written reviews are positive against 80% of POOLS™'s.
隣人さん ships an update every 7 months, POOLS™ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 隣人さん | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 80.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GlobalGear Co. Ltd. | Tensori |
Customer experience
隣人さん
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
隣人さん
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
隣人さん
No in-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
