POOLS™ vs 小小的身影,重叠的内心
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.
小小的身影,重叠的内心
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充斥着错位与惊喜的都市邂逅,正在咖啡馆的阳光下悄悄发酵。 这是一款关于偶遇、误会、虚拟与现实交错的视觉小说,一个充满“爱与希望”的故事。 【故事简介】 林默是一个普通的程序员。 大学毕业不到一年,曾经的意气风发就被日复一日的工作消耗殆尽。他的生活被压缩在公司、出租屋,和一间常去的咖啡馆这三点一线之间,枯燥且乏味。 他本以为生活会一直如此。 直到这天下午,一位外表与年龄极不相称的神秘少女,闯入了他一成不变的日常。 因为一场哭笑不得的误会,他和这个名叫苏幼晴的女孩有了交集。林默逐渐发现,这个毒舌、傲娇、外表稚气未脱的女孩,身上似乎藏着许多与她外表不符的秘密。 对于早已失去改变动力的林默来说,这场始于咖啡馆的邂逅,会成为他打破沉闷生活的契机吗? 【角色介绍】 苏幼晴(CV:千冥灵): 年龄:23岁 林默在公司附近的咖啡馆里遇到的,总是在角落里画画的神秘少女。外表娇小,看起来比实际年龄小很多,实际上却是已经大学毕业的社会人。 性格如同小恶魔一般,喜欢用毒舌和玩笑捉弄人,尤其热衷于观察林默被捉弄后困扰的表情。虽然总是一副游刃有余的高傲姿态,但一旦被真诚地夸奖或关心,就会立刻变得手足无措,暴露出脆弱的本性。 作为自由插画师拥有极高的天赋,一旦拿起数位板进入创作状态,就会完全沉浸在自己的世界里,对周围的一切浑然不觉。 将林默视为“捉弄起来反应最有趣的玩具”,却也在不知不觉中,在他面前卸下了所有伪装。 林默(男主角): 年龄:22岁 游戏公司程序员,工作半年,能胜任工作但逐渐感到倦怠,渴望某个事件能打破平静的生活。 【游戏信息】 游玩时间:2-3 小时 剧本长度:5万字 CG 数量:5 张(不含差分) SD CG数量:2 张(不含差分)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 小小的身影,重叠的内心 at none against POOLS™'s 1. 小小的身影,重叠的内心 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (94% vs 80%). POOLS™'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 89). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 小小的身影,重叠的内心 asks for nothing beyond the download.
小小的身影,重叠的内心 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.8K ratings behind it against 89, 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 94% of 小小的身影,重叠的内心's.
POOLS™ ships an update monthly, 小小的身影,重叠的内心 every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | POOLS™ | 小小的身影,重叠的内心 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) | 4.8 (89 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 89 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 559 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tensori | Shenzhen Potato Flower Technology Co.,Ltd |
Customer experience
POOLS™
小小的身影,重叠的内心
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)
小小的身影,重叠的内心
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
小小的身影,重叠的内心
No in-app purchases









