POOLS™ vs マチクイズ（USJ）
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
マチクイズ（USJ）
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USJの待ち時間をもっと楽しく！ アトラクションの待ち列で、友達やカップルと盛り上がれるUSJ○×クイズアプリです。 【特徴】 ・通信不要 — パーク内の不安定な電波でも安心 ・ログイン不要 — 開いたらすぐ遊べる ・100問収録 — アトラクション、フード、パーク雑学など 【ゲームモード】 ・ランダムクイズ：何度でも気軽に ・チャレンジモード：全問正解を目指そう
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: マチクイズ（USJ） at none against POOLS™'s 1. マチクイズ（USJ） also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads and device support 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. マチクイズ（USJ） asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | POOLS™ | マチクイズ（USJ） |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tensori | Tomihiro Higashiguchi |
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)
マチクイズ（USJ）
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
マチクイズ（USJ）
No in-app purchases
