Comparison

Coffee Pool vs Ugly Pickle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Coffee Pool

Engage in a daily pool game with unique challenges and rules each day. Compete with friends or tackle endless levels in League mode with creative game types and modifiers. Enjoy a modern pool experience with streamlined controls and visuals.

Highlights
  • Brand-new table layout daily
  • Random game rules
  • Unique table modifiers
  • Compete with friends
  • League mode with endless levels
  • Real-world game types
  • Creative challenges
Features
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A daily pool game to go with your morning coffee. Each day brings a brand-new table layout, random game rules, and unique table modifiers. Compete with friends to clear the table in the fewest shots, or dive into League mode with endless levels, real-world game types, and creative challenges that keep the action exciting. Featuring a streamlined control scheme and clean, modern visuals, this is pool like you’ve never played it before.

About

Ugly Pickle

Features
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Ugly Pickle is the companion app for the Ugly Pickle board game.

Screenshots

Coffee Pool4 screens
Ugly Pickle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ugly Pickle at none against Coffee Pool's 8. Ugly Pickle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Coffee Pool's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Coffee Pool sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Ugly Pickle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Pool ships an update every 10 days, Ugly Pickle monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Coffee Pool versus Ugly Pickle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee PoolUgly Pickle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size419 MB42 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperShallot Games, LLC.William Bee

Bugs and requests

Coffee Pool

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Game becomes too difficult after paying to remove ads

Requested features

8 requests
  • Standalone freeplay mode
  • Ambient music
  • Landscape mode support
  • Ability to buy additional modifiers with coins
  • Invert contrast or colorblind mode
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  • Cue customization
  • Skins for table or ball sets
  • More incentive for in-game currency

Ugly Pickle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Coffee Pool

One-time8
  • Small Coins$1.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • VIP Pass$7.99
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  • Remove Forced Ads$7.99
  • Medium Coins$7.99
  • Large Coins$14.99
  • Huge Coins$29.99
  • Giant Coins$49.99
None

Ugly Pickle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Coffee Pool free?
Coffee Pool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ugly Pickle free?
Ugly Pickle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Coffee Pool or Ugly Pickle have ads?
Coffee Pool shows ads; Ugly Pickle does not.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Pool or Ugly Pickle?
Coffee Pool ships an update every 10 days, and Ugly Pickle monthly. Most recently, Coffee Pool was updated on November 4, 2026 and Ugly Pickle on October 30, 2026.

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