Comparison

POOLS™ vs Angry Snake

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

Angry Snake

Engage in a physics-based adventure where you launch a snake to defeat pigs and recover stolen food. Strategically use explosions and collect items to grow your snake and overcome clever challenges. This game offers hours of fun and strategic action.

Highlights
  • Launch snake with precision
  • Cause epic explosions with pigs and bombs
  • Grow snake by collecting apples
  • Manage energy for powerful strikes
  • Master physics to overcome obstacles
Features
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Sumérgete en una aventura única donde la estrategia y la acción se fusionan. Lanza tu serpiente con una resortera, desata explosiones masivas y recupera lo que es tuyo. Cada nivel es un nuevo reto de física que pondrá a prueba tu ingenio. Lo que harás en el juego: • Lanza tu serpiente con precisión milimétrica. • Colisiona con cerdos y bombas para explosiones épicas. • Haz crecer tu serpiente recolectando manzanas. • Gestiona tu energía para maximizar cada golpe. • Domina la física para superar obstáculos ingeniosos. Ayuda a Snakeón, una serpiente tranquila, a recuperar su pollo asado robado por cerdos ambiciosos. Evita que lo vendan o se lo coman en esta emocionante búsqueda. Prepárate para horas de diversión y desafíos explosivos. ¿Estás listo para la aventura?

Screenshots

POOLS™4 screens
Angry Snake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Angry Snake at 5.0 against POOLS™'s 4.5. POOLS™'s advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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 Angry Snake sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Angry Snake holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POOLS™ ships an update every 4 weeks, Angry Snake fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
POOLS™ versus Angry Snake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOOLS™Angry Snake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.9 GB32 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTensoriOctavio Kuri Medrano

Customer experience

POOLS™

All ratings1,795 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews672 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative13.7%

Angry Snake

All ratings1 ratings
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)

Angry Snake

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

POOLS™

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

Angry Snake

One-time10
  • Oferta de evento 1$0.99
  • Oferta de evento 2$0.99
  • Oferta de evento 6$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Oferta de evento 7$0.99
  • Oferta de evento 10$0.99
  • Oferta de evento 8$1.99
  • Oferta de evento 11$1.99
  • Oferta de evento 9$1.99
  • Oferta de evento 12$2.99
  • Oferta diaria 6$5.99

Questions

Is POOLS™ free?
POOLS™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Angry Snake free?
Angry Snake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, POOLS™ or Angry Snake?
Angry Snake is rated higher. POOLS™ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Angry Snake averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do POOLS™ or Angry Snake have ads?
Neither POOLS™ nor Angry Snake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, POOLS™ or Angry Snake?
POOLS™ ships an update every 4 weeks, and Angry Snake fortnightly. Most recently, POOLS™ was updated on November 7, 2026 and Angry Snake on October 31, 2026.

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