Comparison

POOLS™ vs Horror Train Night Escape Game

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

Head to head
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.

About

Horror Train Night Escape Game

Navigate a haunted underground subway filled with eerie mysteries, hidden anomalies, and terrifying creatures. Use your instincts, flashlight, and limited resources to uncover clues and escape the lurking horrors in this spine-chilling survival game.

Highlights
  • Endless subway exploration
  • Uncover supernatural anomalies
  • Immersive scary atmosphere
  • Survival gameplay with limited resources
  • Find hidden clues and pathways
Features
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Endless Horror Train Hidden Anomaly Horror Train Hidden Anomaly is a spine-chilling survival game where you must navigate through a haunted underground world filled with eerie mysteries, hidden anomalies, and terrifying creatures lurking in the shadows. Horror Train Hidden Anomaly Game Features: Endless Subway Horror – Explore an abandoned subway filled with eerie sounds, sudden scares, and unknown dangers. Hidden Anomalies – Uncover supernatural anomalies and solve chilling mysteries that haunt the subway rails. Scary Atmosphere – Immersive horror environment with dark tunnels, flickering lights, and paranormal encounters. Survival Gameplay – Use your instincts, flashlight, and limited resources to escape the lurking horrors. Find the Clues – Discover hidden objects and secret pathways to survive the terrifying night. Can you survive the nightmare and escape the haunted subway rail? Download Horror Train Hidden Anomaly now and test your courage! Play now if you dare!

Screenshots

POOLS™4 screens
Horror Train Night Escape Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Horror Train Night Escape Game at none against POOLS™'s 1. Horror Train Night Escape Game also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). POOLS™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Horror Train Night Escape Game asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Horror Train Night Escape Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.8K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of POOLS™'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Horror Train Night Escape Game's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POOLS™ ships an update monthly, Horror Train Night Escape Game every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
POOLS™ versus Horror Train Night Escape Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOOLS™Horror Train Night Escape Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB112 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTensoriMuhammad Shahbaz

Customer experience

POOLS™

All ratings1,738 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews661 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral6.2%
Negative13.9%

Horror Train Night Escape Game

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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)

Horror Train Night Escape Game

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99
None

Horror Train Night Escape Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Horror Train Night Escape Game free?
Horror Train Night Escape Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, POOLS™ or Horror Train Night Escape Game?
Horror Train Night Escape Game is rated higher. POOLS™ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Horror Train Night Escape Game averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do POOLS™ or Horror Train Night Escape Game have ads?
Horror Train Night Escape Game shows ads; POOLS™ does not.
Which is updated more often, POOLS™ or Horror Train Night Escape Game?
POOLS™ ships an update monthly, and Horror Train Night Escape Game every 10 days. Most recently, POOLS™ was updated on October 30, 2026 and Horror Train Night Escape Game on October 30, 2026.

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