POOLS™ vs Rata Kong
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.
Rata Kong
Embark on a chaotic, hyper-casual running adventure as an otaku rat on a mission for a unique beverage. Navigate treacherous sewers, utilize absurd transformations, and collect quirky skins in this satirical pixel art game.
- One-handed controls
- Unique transformations
- Creative obstacles
- Absurd skin collection
- Themed events and missions
- Scoreboard and progression
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Conoce a Naputo, una rata otaku que está dispuesta a arriesgarlo todo por amor… incluso correr por las alcantarillas más sucias de la ciudad. Su misión: conseguir cerveza chile con mayonesa para su waifu virtual, o perderla para siempre. Este runner hipercasual híbrido combina humor absurdo, acción caótica y progresión constante. Perfecto para jugadores que buscan partidas rápidas, recompensas inmediatas y un estilo visual pixel art cargado de sátira. Características destacadas: - Controles simples con una sola mano: toca para saltar, desliza para caer o activa embestidas destructivas. - Transformaciones únicas: vuela con un jetpack, atraviesa muros como fantasma, dispara cañones o arrasa con un tsunami. - Obstáculos creativos: charcos de agua negra ácida, trampas de ratones, chanclas misil del abuelito y mucho más. - Colección de skins absurdas: desde Naputo “El Banquero” hasta la Rata Cosplayer de Waifu, cada skin es una sátira visual. - Eventos y misiones temáticas: cada mes trae recompensas especiales, desde San Valentín Waifu hasta Noche de Rata-terror. - Tabla de puntajes y progresión: compite por la mayor cantidad de monedas, desbloquea boosters y supera tus récords.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rata Kong at 5.0 against POOLS™'s 4.5. POOLS™'s advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rata Kong sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rata Kong 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.
POOLS™ ships an update monthly, Rata Kong every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POOLS™ | Rata Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — 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 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tensori | Octavio Kuri Medrano |
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)
Rata Kong
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
Rata Kong
- Oferta de Evento5 variants$0.99
- Oferta de Evento4 variants$1.99
- Oferta de Evento$2.99









