Comparison

POOLS™ vs Fossil Deck

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

Fossil Deck

Features
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Fossil Deck is a calm, premium collectible card game for dinosaur lovers. Solve gentle jigsaw-style puzzles to restore each dinosaur to life, then add its beautifully illustrated card — with real prehistoric facts — to your museum collection. • Collect hand-crafted decks: Famous Dinosaurs, Cretaceous Predators, Jurassic Giants, Armored Dinosaurs, Horned Dinosaurs, and Feathered & Fast and more. • Restore species, each with period-accurate artwork and a fact-filled reading page. • Explore a built-in Encyclopedia of 188 prehistoric species — dinosaurs, sea reptiles, and flying reptiles. • No timers, no ads, no energy meters. Play entirely at your own pace. • One-time purchases — never a subscription. The Famous Dinosaurs deck is free to start. • Universal — beautifully designed for both iPhone and iPad. Works fully offline. Perfect for unwinding, for curious minds, and for anyone who has ever loved dinosaurs. Start restoring the free Famous Dinosaurs deck today. Privacy policy: https://marbyte.dev/privacy Terms of use: https://marbyte.dev/terms

Screenshots

POOLS™4 screens
Fossil Deck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: POOLS™ at 4 against Fossil Deck's 2. POOLS™ also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Fossil Deck sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
POOLS™ versus Fossil Deck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOOLS™Fossil Deck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB86 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTensoriMark Opanasiuk

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)

Fossil Deck

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

One-time1
  • POOLS: Full Game$9.99
6 purchases

Fossil Deck

One-time6
  • Cretaceous Predators Deck$1.99
  • Jurassic Giants Deck$1.99
  • Armored Dinosaurs Deck$1.99
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  • Horned Dinosaurs Deck$1.99
  • Feathered & Fast Deck$1.99
  • Unlock All Dinos$19.99

Questions

Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fossil Deck free?
Fossil Deck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do POOLS™ or Fossil Deck have ads?
Neither POOLS™ nor Fossil Deck shows ads.

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