POOLS™ vs Tactical Loadout Simulator
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.
Tactical Loadout Simulator
Build and manage your tactical gear collection. Unlock new items, combine weapons and operators, and create custom loadouts. Explore themed collections and discover rare items through crates and lucky draws.
- Create and save custom loadouts
- Collect weapons, knives, and operators
- Complete themed collections
- Crate opening and lucky draw system
- Multiple item rarities
- Realistic military style
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Build your own tactical gear collection. Unlock new items, combine weapons and operators, and create your own loadouts. Explore themed collections, discover rare items and expand your arsenal. Grow your collection through crates and lucky draws. Open cases, try your luck with spins and unlock weapon skins, knives and operator gear. Every drop brings you closer to completing your collection. FEATURES: • Create and save custom loadouts • Collect weapons, knives and operators • Complete themed collections • Crate opening and lucky draw system • Multiple item rarities • Clean and realistic military style Build the perfect loadout and complete your collection. This is a fan-made simulator and is not affiliated with any official game or publisher
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: POOLS™ at 80% against Tactical Loadout Simulator's 0%. POOLS™ also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Tactical Loadout Simulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tactical Loadout Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
POOLS™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, 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 0% of Tactical Loadout Simulator's.
POOLS™ ships an update monthly, Tactical Loadout Simulator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POOLS™ | Tactical Loadout Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tensori | Sergey Peters |
Customer experience
POOLS™
Tactical Loadout Simulator
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)
Tactical Loadout Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99
Tactical Loadout Simulator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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