Comparison

Coffee Pool vs Beacon

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

Beacon

Guide ships to safety and repel pirates using a lighthouse beam in this arcade game. Manage your light to save vessels without panicking them, while fending off attackers. Features one-thumb controls, permanent upgrades, and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • One-thumb triage gameplay
  • Dual-purpose lighthouse beam
  • Guide friendly ships
  • Repel pirate raiders
  • Permanent upgrades
  • Daily challenges and missions
  • Colorblind-first design
Features
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The storm is rising and the harbor lights have failed. You are the keeper of the last lighthouse on a drowned coast — and your beam is the only thing standing between the lost ships and the rocks. Drag to sweep your warm amber beam across the sea. Light a ship and it finds the courage to sail home to the glowing harbor. But the same light is a weapon: it blinds the pirate raiders charging your harbor and drives them back into the dark. Hold the beam too long on one ship and it dazzles into panic — so sweep, don't stare. Ships arrive from every direction as the storm escalates. One beam. One thumb. Endless triage. BEACON: STORM HARBOR is a moody, modern nautical arcade game built around a single, fresh idea — a lighthouse beam that both saves and repels — and a pure "one more run" high-score chase. — FEATURES — • One-thumb triage you learn in seconds and never master • A dual-purpose beam: guide friendly ships home, blind the raiders • Over-light a ship and it dazzles into panic — sweep, don't stare • Escalating storms with telegraphed surges and power-up crates • A Harbor Office of permanent upgrades, plus unlockable lighthouses and beam colors • Voyages: a daily challenge run, missions to chase, and a login streak • Game Center leaderboard — climb the keepers' ranks • Original art, sound, and a calming storm soundtrack • Free to play. One simple "Remove Ads" purchase. Rewarded videos are always optional. — DESIGNED COLORBLIND-FIRST — Beacon was built by a colorblind developer, so nothing important is ever shown by color alone. Friendly ships and raiders are told apart by shape, motion, and icon; danger by silhouette and light; your harbor and shields by form and position. A Colorblind Mode and full Reduce Motion support are built in from the first launch. Light the way. Save the fleet. Outlast the storm. A nautical arcade by Bleach Games.

Screenshots

Coffee Pool4 screens
Beacon3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Coffee Pool at 2.3K against Beacon's 1. Coffee Pool also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Beacon's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Beacon sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beacon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coffee Pool has 2.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Coffee Pool versus Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee PoolBeacon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size419 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShallot Games, LLC.Benjamin Leach

Customer experience

Coffee Pool

All ratings2,203 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral14.8%
Negative43.8%

Beacon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Beacon

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
1 purchases

Beacon

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Coffee Pool free?
Coffee Pool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Coffee Pool or Beacon?
Beacon is rated higher. Coffee Pool averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while Beacon averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Coffee Pool or Beacon have ads?
Both Coffee Pool and Beacon show ads.

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