Comparison

subpar pool vs Doomscroll

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

Doomscroll

An arcade shooter designed for your wrist, where you control your descent into a cavern by turning the Digital Crown. Your character automatically fires, but stopping too long means game over. Unlock new monsters and weapon upgrades as you go deeper.

Highlights
  • Digital Crown control for Apple Watch
  • Swipe controls for iPhone
  • Retro arcade shooter gameplay
  • Unlockable monsters and weapon upgrades
  • Endless descent challenge
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Your phone has a thousand games. Your watch has almost none. But this is about to become your favorite watch game. Doomscroll is an arcade shooter built for your wrist where the only thing you need to do is turn the Digital Crown to scroll deeper into the cavern. Your character fires as you go. Stop scrolling too long and the flames will get you. It starts out easy. But the deeper you get, the worse it gets. New monsters unlock, but for every 100 that you kill, you can pick a weapon upgrade. You’ll encounter barricades, spider webs, and get the occasional health potion. Your challenge is to see how far you get, and whether you can get further next time. Faithfully ported from the original browser game, with all five cavern floors, every monster, the same endless descent. Also plays on iPhone with swipe controls. • Built for Apple Watch, controlled with the Digital Crown • Play for two minutes or twenty • No ads. No in-app purchases. • No sound! Because who wants game noises coming out of their watch? • (And because you want to listen to a podcast while you play anyway) • Collects no data. • One purchase gets you both the Watch and iPhone apps

Screenshots

subpar pool4 screens
Doomscroll3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Doomscroll at 5.0 against subpar pool's 4.6. Doomscroll also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99). subpar pool's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 1) and chart position (#74 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

subpar pool costs $4.99 and Doomscroll $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doomscroll 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

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subpar pool versus Doomscroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametersubpar poolDoomscroll
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.6 (39 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#74 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB3 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developerwebbfarbror ABDavid Friedman

Customer experience

subpar pool

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

Doomscroll

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

subpar pool

No in-app purchases

None

Doomscroll

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is subpar pool free?
subpar pool costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Doomscroll free?
Doomscroll costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, subpar pool or Doomscroll?
Doomscroll is rated higher. subpar pool averages 4.6 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Doomscroll averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do subpar pool or Doomscroll have ads?
Neither subpar pool nor Doomscroll shows ads.

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