POOLS™ vs Snake Wars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Snake Wars
Grow your snake by consuming food and outmaneuvering opponents in this casual competitive game. Start small and aim to become the longest snake, dominating the game world. It's a fun challenge of strategy and survival.
- Grow your snake
- Consume food
- Outmaneuver opponents
- Dominate the game world
- Casual competitive gameplay
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This is a super fun casual competitive game. In the world of Snake Wars, everyone starts out as a small snake, and through continuous efforts, they become longer and longer, and eventually dominate the world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: POOLS™ at 79% against Snake Wars's 0%. POOLS™ also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 22). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Snake Wars sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
POOLS™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of POOLS™'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Snake Wars's.
POOLS™ ships an update every 2 months, Snake Wars every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POOLS™ | Snake Wars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) — better | 3.7 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 459 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tensori | 开涛 孙 |
Customer experience
POOLS™
Snake Wars
Bugs and 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)
Snake Wars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$6.99
Snake Wars
- Free from advertising$0.99
- A small amount of props$0.99
- A large amount of props$3.99
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- A very large amount of props$9.99
