謎のゲーム：Friendly lab vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
謎のゲーム：Friendly lab
Engage in a puzzle-solving adventure to bring happiness to two individuals. Help them overcome challenges and recover memories by providing a variety of items and meals. With over 150 items available, you can assist them on their journey to contentment.
- Solve puzzles
- Help characters recover memories
- Provide meals and items
- Over 150 items available
- Focus on character happiness
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二人を幸せにする謎解きをしよう。 二人に様々な物を提供して二人の抱える悩みを解消しながら記憶を蘇らせる手伝いをしてあげましょう。 提供できる食事やアイテムは150種以上。 難しいことはありません今すぐ二人を幸せにしてあげましょう。
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 rating: POOLS™ at 4.5 against 謎のゲーム：Friendly lab's 4.0. POOLS™ also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 5). 謎のゲーム：Friendly lab's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. 謎のゲーム：Friendly lab sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
POOLS™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of 謎のゲーム：Friendly lab's written reviews are positive against 80% of POOLS™'s.
謎のゲーム：Friendly lab ships an update every 2 weeks, POOLS™ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 謎のゲーム：Friendly lab | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | cornet | Tensori |
Customer experience
謎のゲーム：Friendly lab
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
謎のゲーム：Friendly lab
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
謎のゲーム：Friendly lab
- d07_就寝01_EV$0.99
- d08_就寝02_EV$0.99
- d10_就寝_あの日$0.99
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- d10_就寝_理由$0.99
- d09_就寝01$0.99
- ヒント全開放$2.99
- 工藤羅漢ヒント$2.99
- 34エルグ$3.99
- イベントCG全開放$6.99
- 168エルグ$17.99
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
