Level Devil vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Level Devil
Navigate through approximately 200 challenging levels with updated graphics and relaxing gameplay. This game offers soft bullets, bombs, and buzzsaws, along with a real ending and a speed-run option.
- 200+ challenging levels
- Updated graphics
- Relaxing gameplay
- Soft bullets and bombs
- Real ending
- Speed run button
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A nice, peaceful platformer Run, jump, reach the door, and enjoy a calm little adventure full of fair levels, friendly spikes, trustworthy platforms, and perfectly normal surprises. You will definitely not rage. You will definitely not die again and again. And every trap is probably just your imagination. Level Devil is a relaxing skill game for players who love hard platformers, impossible jumps, funny fails, and totally safe little challenges. Test your timing, trust the floor, avoid the spikes, ignore the traps, and prove that you are invincible. Or don’t. That’s fine too. Features: - 240+ happy little levels - Simple controls for very skilled people - Spikes, traps, and other friendly decorations - Funny fails you will want to pretend never happened - Local 2-player mode to share the suffering - Secrets, surprises, and completely fair level design - A peaceful experience for fans of rage games, hard platformers, memes, and dying again This is not a troll game. This is not impossible. This is not trying to trick you. Please download Level Devil and have a wonderful, relaxing time. You deserve it.
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 ads: POOLS™ at none against Level Devil's shown. Level Devil's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (61K vs 1.6K). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Level Devil sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Level Devil holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Level Devil has 61K ratings behind it against 1.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Level Devil's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.
Level Devil ships an update every 3 weeks, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Level Devil | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (61K ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 78.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61K — better | 1.6K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #9 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | WebVentures B.V. | Tensori |
Customer experience
Level Devil
POOLS™
User reviews
Level Devil
From 61K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and straightforward controls
- 🚀 Addictive and challenging gameplay
- 😄 Humorous and quirky design
- 🎨 Pleasing 8-bit visuals
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional control issues and dropped inputs
- ⏱️ Short overall length/content
- 💰 Ads can be intrusive at times
POOLS™
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Immersive experience
- 🔒 No ads
- 👍 Incredible attention to detail
- 👍 Realistic graphics and sound
- 👍 Eerie and creepy atmosphere
Room to improve
- 🐛 Boring after a while
- 🐛 Lack of variety in environments
Bugs and requests
Level Devil
Reported bugs
2 issues- Teleport and wraparound mechanics not working as expected
- Crashes or freezes on certain levels
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and content updates
- Multiplayer or level creation mode
- Improved responsiveness of controls
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
Level Devil
- Remove Pop-Up Ads$4.99
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$6.99
