Asphalt Empire vs Pool Masters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Asphalt Empire
Build a seaside city by mining resources like stone and sand, then crafting asphalt. Expand your urban landscape and manage your growing metropolis.
- Resource mining (stone, sand)
- Asphalt production
- Seaside city construction
- Urban development simulation
- City management
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Dig up stone and sand,make asphalt,build your own seaside city!
Pool Masters
Design and construct impressive swimming pools to bring joy and coolness to everyone. Dive into a summer of fun and creative building.
- Pool design
- Pool construction
- Summer theme
- Creative building
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Brace yourselves - the summer is coming! What are you going to do about it? How about building some amazing pools and making everybody happy and cool at the same time? Let the summer fun begin!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pool Masters at 50% against Asphalt Empire's 0%. Pool Masters also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.8). Asphalt Empire's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pool Masters holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Asphalt Empire's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pool Masters's.
Asphalt Empire ships an update weekly, Pool Masters monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Asphalt Empire | Pool Masters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (9 ratings) | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 280 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 国新 夏 | Furious Avocado D.O.O. |
Customer experience
Asphalt Empire
Pool Masters
In-app purchases
Asphalt Empire
No in-app purchases
Pool Masters
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Asphalt Empire free?
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