Coffee Pool vs hocus GO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
hocus GO
Design and build your own unique mazes with this app. Once created, watch as the app generates a solution for your custom puzzle.
- Build custom mazes
- Drag and create mazes
- Watch maze solutions
- New gameplay available
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hocus. is celebrating 10th year and hocus GO is ready. A new gameplay is live now. Just drag/create your own maze and watch the solution
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: hocus GO at every 3 days against Coffee Pool's every 10 days. hocus GO also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Coffee Pool's advantage is chart position (#198 vs unranked) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 416). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Coffee Pool sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and hocus GO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Coffee Pool against 4.6 for hocus GO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coffee Pool has 2.2K ratings behind it against 416, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Coffee Pool's written reviews are positive against 44% of hocus GO's.
Coffee Pool ships an update every 10 days, hocus GO every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coffee Pool | hocus GO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better | 4.6 (416 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | 43.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 416 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 419 MB | 163 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shallot Games, LLC. | GAMEBRAIN YAZILIM TEKNOLOJILERI ANONIM SIRKETI |
Customer experience
Coffee Pool
hocus GO
User reviews
Coffee Pool
From 2.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐️ Very relaxing
- 👍 Easy to get into
- 🎨 Beautiful game
- 🕹️ Enjoyable pool puzzle game
Room to improve
- 🎥 Camera angle issues
- 💰 Frustrating due to modifiers and difficulty
- 💰 Ads are difficult to bypass
- 💰 Paid version feels like a rip-off
hocus GO
From 416 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Calming game
- 💡 Challenging
Room to improve
- 🔋 Ads too frequent
- 🐛 Pieces overlap on the bottom
- 🐛 Game doesn't register solution until entire maze is reassembled
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
hocus GO
Reported bugs
2 issues- Pieces overlap on the bottom
- Game doesn't register solution until entire maze is reassembled
Requested features
2 requests- Level replaying
- Cosmetics/skins to use stars on
In-app purchases
Coffee Pool
- 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
hocus GO
- No Ads$4.99
