挑战灵动岛 vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
挑战灵动岛
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据说没有人可以打到 100 分
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 in-app purchases: 挑战灵动岛 at none against POOLS™'s 1. 挑战灵动岛 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). POOLS™'s advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ads 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. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 挑战灵动岛 asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | 挑战灵动岛 | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 78.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | NEOBARAN | Tensori |
Customer experience
挑战灵动岛
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
挑战灵动岛
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
挑战灵动岛
No in-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
