Comparison

subpar pool vs Minesweeper Twist

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

Head to head
About

subpar pool

Engage in a unique pocket billiards experience across procedurally generated levels. Strategize your shots, adapt to unpredictable physics, and customize challenges with a deck of cards for endless replayability. Immerse yourself in a vibrant world with a charming art style and a relaxing soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Card-based challenge customization
  • Four distinct worlds
  • Thousands of gameplay combinations
  • Bite-sized play sessions
  • One-handed play
Features
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Dive into each procedurally generated level, consisting of a series of tables filled with balls you must pocket within a set number of shots. Escape into the fantastically vibrant world, while strategizing the best plan to pocket your balls. Watch your plan inevitably combust as you adapt your next move to skillfully take home the win. Progress in the game and create your course choosing cards from a deck to tailor the challenges to your desired game experience and playstyle. Want to feel stressed to the max? Take part in the Fast Run, which limits the time you have to aim. Want a level with portals? Subpar Pool has you covered. Or want to see what happens when you play Subpar Pool with glass balls as they roll and collide? There’s thousands of ways to combine the dynamic cards to create a unique playthrough experience, every time. Immerse yourself in the charming, lively world of Subpar Pool while you find out if you can master the unpredictability of ever-changing balls colliding in this satisfying and mesmerizing mashup experience. Features: • Four different worlds, each with its own set of constraints and challenges • Procedurally generated tables and 18 different cards with more than 14,000 ways to combine for an always fresh gameplay experience • A compact game experience designed for bite-sized play sessions (or longer if you prefer!) • A stunning, vibrant french-inspired art style that transports you into the enchanting world • Plays comfortably with one hand • A soothing, mini-golf funk soundtrack to get you in the spirited mood • Created by grapefrukt games, the dev behind beloved and acclaimed games holedown, twofold inc & rymdkapsel

About

Minesweeper Twist

This puzzle game challenges players to locate hidden mines on an irregular grid. Use numbered clues to deduce mine locations and avoid detonation. Offers adjustable difficulty levels for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Irregular grid gameplay
  • Numbered mine clues
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Customizable grid settings
  • Flagging mines
Features
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Minesweeper Twist is a variant of the classic game Minesweeper. Minesweeper is a simple puzzle game, where you need to use clues scattered on a grid to find all the mines. The clues are numbers indicating how many mines are in the neighboring tiles. Uncover incorrectly a single mine and you lose. Flag all the mines and you win. The variant: The difference is that the grid is irregular. On a regular grid, each cell has 8 neighbors, but in this case, they can have between 6 and 10. This leads to more difficult games, as you can't build the same mental tricks to solve where the mines are. Difficulty levels: The game opens on a beginner grid, which can be solved in a few minutes. You can increase the difficulty using the intermediate or expert settings, which will give you larger grids. You can also set custom settings, where you can have very large grids and also define the percentage of tiles that have a mine.

Screenshots

subpar pool4 screens
Minesweeper Twist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Minesweeper Twist at Free against subpar pool's $4.99. Minesweeper Twist also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). subpar pool's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (39 vs 4). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Minesweeper Twist is free to download; subpar pool costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Minesweeper Twist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: subpar pool has 39 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of subpar pool's written reviews are positive against 75% of Minesweeper Twist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

subpar pool ships an update every 2 weeks, Minesweeper Twist weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
subpar pool versus Minesweeper Twist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersubpar poolMinesweeper Twist
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (39 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings39 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#97 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwebbfarbror ABGUILLAUME JACQUES FRADIN

Customer experience

subpar pool

All ratings39 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%

Minesweeper Twist

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

subpar pool

No in-app purchases

None

Minesweeper Twist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is subpar pool free?
subpar pool costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Minesweeper Twist free?
Minesweeper Twist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, subpar pool or Minesweeper Twist?
Minesweeper Twist is rated higher. subpar pool averages 4.6 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Minesweeper Twist averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do subpar pool or Minesweeper Twist have ads?
Minesweeper Twist shows ads; subpar pool does not.
Which is updated more often, subpar pool or Minesweeper Twist?
subpar pool ships an update every 2 weeks, and Minesweeper Twist weekly. Most recently, subpar pool was updated on September 24, 2026 and Minesweeper Twist on June 10, 2026.

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