Pool vs Farm Samurai Chef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool
Experience classic 8-ball pool on your mobile device. Challenge a friend or play solo, aiming to pocket your assigned balls and then the black ball. Enjoy realistic 3D animation and precise aiming hints.
- Single player mode
- Two player mode
- Left and right-handed support
- 3D ball animation
- Aiming hint
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Play 8-ball pool on your mobile device against your friend. The object of the game is to pocket your set of assigned balls (solid or striped) and finally pocket black ball to designated pocket. Game features: - one or two players modes - for left and right hands - real 3D ball animation - hint for precise aiming Good luck and enjoy the game!
Farm Samurai Chef
Slice flying farm animals to create food and achieve a high score in this action-packed game. Avoid lighter fluid bottles and utilize power-ups like grills, fences, and egg timers to enhance your gameplay.
- Slice flying farm animals
- Avoid lighter fluid bottles
- Grill power-up for instant food
- Fence power-up to stop animals
- Egg timer to slow animal generation
- Leaderboard for high scores
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You are a master Farm Samurai Chef trying to slice farm animals to turn them into food. Farm Samurai Chef is an addicting action packed game. Slash the flying farm animals to turn them into food as you try and get high score. Try and slice as many animals as possible without hitting a flying lighter fluid bottle. During the game when you see a grill touch it to turn all the animals on the screen into food. When you see a fence touch it to stop all the animals on the screen. Touching the egg timer will slows down the generation of the animals and lighter fluid bottles. + Leaderboard + Slash 9 different animals + Grill Power-up turns all the animals on the screen into food + Fence Power-up stops all the animals on the screen + Egg Timer Power-up slows down the generation of animals and lighter fluid bottles + Easy to play hard to master
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pool at Free against Farm Samurai Chef's $0.49. Pool also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 37 months) and ratings volume (72K vs 1). Farm Samurai Chef's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On ads, 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
Pool is free to download; Farm Samurai Chef costs $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Farm Samurai Chef holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pool has 72K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Pool's written reviews are positive against 100% of Farm Samurai Chef's.
Pool ships an update every 6 weeks, Farm Samurai Chef every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pool | Farm Samurai Chef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.49 |
| Rating | 4.6 (72K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #152 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Vintolo Ltd | Mike Hempfling |
Customer experience
Pool
Farm Samurai Chef
Bugs and requests
Pool
Reported bugs
3 issues- Computer takes turns when it shouldn't
- Cue ball placement issues after fouls
- Balls getting stuck on table edges
Requested features
5 requests- Add online multiplayer mode
- Implement different difficulty levels for AI
- Allow more control over cue ball and shot power
- Include scoring/stats tracking
- Add more table and ball customization options
Farm Samurai Chef
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pool
No in-app purchases
Farm Samurai Chef
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pool free?
Is Farm Samurai Chef free?
Which has better reviews, Pool or Farm Samurai Chef?
Do Pool or Farm Samurai Chef have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pool or Farm Samurai Chef?
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