Comparison

POOLS™ vs SET GAME

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

Head to head
About

POOLS™

Explore, admire, and listen in this slow, reflective experience. It's an intentionally uneventful journey through uncanny and eerie environments, rewarding patience and quiet attention. Discover a world that subtly changes as you advance, inspired by internet phenomena like liminal spaces and The Backrooms.

Highlights
  • Exploration-focused gameplay
  • Relaxing and reflective atmosphere
  • Eerie and uncanny environments
  • Slow-paced, uneventful experience
  • World changes as you advance
  • Six chapters, 10-30 minutes each
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

SET GAME

A brain-training puzzle game where players find sets of three cards based on specific attributes. It requires concentration and observation to identify combinations that are either all the same or all different across four properties: shape, color, shading, and count.

Highlights
  • Card matching puzzle
  • Four attribute comparison
  • Dark mode UI
  • Hint system
  • Add cards option
  • Score tracking
Features
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안녕하세요! 남녀노소 누구나 즐길 수 있는 두뇌 개발 퍼즐 게임, SET GAME입니다. 화면에 펼쳐진 12장의 카드 속에서 규칙에 딱 맞는 3장의 짝(Set)을 찾아보세요! 단순해 보이지만 고도의 집중력과 관찰력이 필요한, 가장 완벽한 두뇌 트레이닝 게임입니다. [게임 방법] 3장의 카드가 가진 4가지 속성(모양, 색상, 음영, 개수)을 비교하세요. 각 속성이 3장 모두 '완전히 같거나' 혹은 '완전히 달라야' 세트가 됩니다! • 예시 1: 색상이 모두 빨간색 (O) • 예시 2: 색상이 빨강, 초록, 보라로 모두 다름 (O) • 예시 3: 2장은 빨강인데 1장만 초록 (X - 탈락!) [주요 기능] • 깔끔한 디자인: 눈이 편안한 다크 모드 기반의 직관적인 UI • 힌트 시스템: 도저히 정답이 안 보일 땐? '힌트' 버튼을 눌러보세요! 정답 카드가 깜빡입니다. • 유연한 플레이: 더 이상 찾을 수 있는 세트가 없다면 '3장 추가'를 통해 새로운 기회를 만드세요. • 점수 기록: 하나씩 찾을 때마다 올라가는 점수! 나의 한계에 도전해 보세요.

Screenshots

POOLS™4 screens
SET GAME2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SET GAME at none against POOLS™'s 1. SET GAME also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). POOLS™'s advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.1). On price and ads 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. SET GAME asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
POOLS™ versus SET GAME: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOOLS™SET GAME
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB4 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTensorihayoung cheon

Customer experience

POOLS™

All ratings1,795 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews674 reviews
Positive80.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative13.6%

SET 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)

SET GAME

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99
None

SET GAME

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SET GAME free?
SET GAME is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do POOLS™ or SET GAME have ads?
Neither POOLS™ nor SET GAME shows ads.

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