Comparison

POOLS™ vs MathHero

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

MathHero

Features
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Solve math problems and strike! Answer correctly and your hero swings the sword. Miss or run out of time, and the monster strikes back. MathHero is a casual educational RPG where math skill IS your battle power! [Perfect for] • Anyone who wants to sharpen the four basic operations the fun way • People who find workbooks boring but love games • A quick brain workout in battle-sized sessions [Features] Math is your battle power! The faster and more accurately you solve, the harder your hero hits. Wrong answers and timeouts let the monster counterattack - stay focused! A step-by-step math curriculum Difficulty rises naturally as you progress through the chapters. • Chapter 1 : Single-digit addition & subtraction • Chapter 2 : Addition & subtraction with carrying and borrowing • Chapter 3 : Times tables to two-digit multiplication • Chapter 4 : Division - including quotients and remainders! 80 stages and epic chapter bosses await. Collect 15 unique heroes Swordsman, miner, ninja, pirate, knight - 15 heroes each with their own style! Earn gold to unlock new heroes and level them up. Forge upgrades Boost attack, HP, critical, evasion and more - 7 upgrade tracks to take on tougher stages. Fresh quests every day Complete daily and weekly quests for gold and gem rewards. A little every day builds a lasting math habit. Go for 3 stars Clear a stage with perfect answers to earn 3 stars! Accuracy and solve time appear on the results screen, so you can see skills improving at a glance. Start your adventure with MathHero today! One quick battle instead of a workbook page - and watch those math skills grow. --- Developer: UniCat Game Studio Contact: unicatgamestudio@gmail.com Privacy Policy: https://unicatstudio.com/mathhero/privacy.html

Screenshots

POOLS™4 screens
MathHero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: POOLS™ at none against MathHero's shown. POOLS™ also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MathHero sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
POOLS™ versus MathHero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOOLS™MathHero
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB122 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperTensoriHaeSeung Jee

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)

MathHero

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

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

MathHero

One-time10
  • A Few Gems$0.49
  • Handful of Gems$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Remove Ads Pack$2.99
  • Gold Pouch$3.99
  • Gem Pouch$3.99
  • Gold Chest$8.99
  • Gem Chest$8.99
  • Gold Vault$17.99
  • Gem Vault$17.99

Questions

Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MathHero free?
MathHero is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do POOLS™ or MathHero have ads?
MathHero shows ads; POOLS™ does not.

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