Comparison

地下道 vs POOLS™

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

地下道

Features
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ホラーテイスト脱出ゲームです! 流行りの出口系インスパイアゲームです。 「気がつくと地下道に迷い込んでしまったあなたは、ここから出るため出口を探しさまようことになった……」 ゲームオーバー要素はありません! 不気味な人物が追いかけてくることもありません! 安心して出口を探してください。 イヤホン、ヘッドホンで遊ぶとより臨場感を味わえます!お試しください! ゲーム的には全然難しくないですので、 周回プレイの時はクリアタイムを競ってみてはいかがでしょうか? RTAや早解きクリアも大歓迎です!!! ■ルール 出口となっている上り階段は複数個設置されていますが、 1つだけ正解で不正解の階段を登ってしまうと地下道に引き戻されてしまいます。 また、地下道の形は毎回ランダムです。 毎回新鮮な気持ちで探索してください! ■ヒント 地下道各所には出口(階段)開閉ボタンがあります。 このボタンを押すと不正解の出口をシャッターで閉じることが出来ます。 ただし、不正解の出口よりもボタンのほうが少ないので、すべての不正解の出口を閉じることは出来ません。気をつけてください! 正解の出口はスタート地点より遠い位置にある確率が高いです。 確率が高いだけでスタート地点が近い出口も正解になる可能性があります。

About

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.

Highlights
  • Slow, reflective exploration
  • Atmospheric and immersive environments
  • Inspired by liminal spaces
  • Unfolding narrative through exploration
  • Six distinct chapters
  • Unique sound design
Features
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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.

Screenshots

地下道4 screens
POOLS™4 screens

Verdict

The call

地下道 and POOLS™ both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of POOLS™'s written reviews are positive against 30% of 地下道's. POOLS™ also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 5). 地下道's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 地下道 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for 地下道 against 4.5 for POOLS™. 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 are what separate them: 30% of 地下道's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

地下道 ships an update every 3 weeks, POOLS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
地下道 versus POOLS™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter地下道POOLS™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better4.5 (1.6K ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews79.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size306 MB1.9 GB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperYUKI MIZUNOTensori

Customer experience

地下道

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative63.3%

POOLS™

All ratings1,616 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews626 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.2%

Bugs and requests

地下道

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

None

地下道

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is 地下道 free?
地下道 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 地下道 or POOLS™?
地下道 is rated higher. 地下道 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while POOLS™ averages 4.5 from 1.6K ratings.
Do 地下道 or POOLS™ have ads?
Neither 地下道 nor POOLS™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 地下道 or POOLS™?
地下道 ships an update every 3 weeks, and POOLS™ every 2 months. Most recently, 地下道 was updated on October 15, 2026 and POOLS™ on October 19, 2026.

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