Дорога в Чебурнет vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Дорога в Чебурнет
Control the internet in the early 2000s as a censorship agent. Pass laws, combat evolving technologies, and shut down companies to maintain state control over the web. Your mission is to shape the internet's future within 25 years.
- Manual law creation for censorship
- Adapt to evolving internet technologies
- Acquire, close, or destroy internet companies
- 25-year in-game timeline
- Collaborative development with eQualitie
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Начало 2000-х. Интернет развивается семимильными шагами, и становится доступен все большем числу людей. Оставлять такой опасное явление без присмотра нельзя — и государство возлагает на тебя, безымянного сотрудника цензурного ведомства, важную миссию. Ты должен взять под контроль всю сеть — любой ценой. - Заказывай в ручном парламенте удобные законы: от цензуры во имя защиты детей до запрета зарубежных ресурсов и слежки - Поспевай за развитием технологий, которые помогают обходить твои запреты - Покупай, закрывай или уничтожай интернет-компании, до которых получится дотянуться На реализацию есть всего 25 лет и время уже пошло. Готов ли ты уничтожить свободный интернет? ******* Игра создана в коллаборации с некоммерческой организацией eQualitie, разрабатывающей открытые решения для поддержки свободы слова и ассоциации в интернете.
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 rating: POOLS™ at 4.5 against Дорога в Чебурнет's 4.0. POOLS™ also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 5). Дорога в Чебурнет's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Дорога в Чебурнет asks for nothing beyond the download.
POOLS™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Дорога в Чебурнет's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.
Дорога в Чебурнет ships an update monthly, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Дорога в Чебурнет | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 386 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Igor Dorfman | Tensori |
Customer experience
Дорога в Чебурнет
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
Дорога в Чебурнет
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
Дорога в Чебурнет
No in-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
Questions
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