Coffee Pool vs Chronophoto
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.
Chronophoto
Guess the year a historical photograph was taken. Compete in daily challenges, memory rounds, or with friends. It's a quick and addictive game for the curious.
- Guess historical photo years
- Daily challenges
- Memory guessing mode
- Multiplayer challenges
- Survival mode
- Classic mode
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A real photo from history. You guess the year. Five rounds — and somehow it's the most addicting two minutes in your day. Chronophoto shows you real historical photographs, 1900 to today, and asks one simple question: what year is this? Score points for getting close, more for getting closer. No expertise required, just curiosity. If you finish today's word game in thirty seconds and still want something to do, or you like guessing games and wish one were just about time, this is that. Five ways to play: • DAILY - one photo, the same for everyone, every day. Build a streak. • FLASH - five seconds to look, then it's gone. Guess from memory. • PARTY - share a code, challenge your friends on the same photos. • SURVIVAL - how many rounds can you survive before your health runs out? • CLASSIC - five photos, one score, jump in anytime. Chronophoto started as a browser game and quietly grew to over a million players, almost entirely by word of mouth. If you played it back then, this is that game, rebuilt from scratch for iPhone. If you didn't, you're just in time. Free to play. No paywall. No account needed, just open it and guess. How close can you get?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chronophoto at 100% against Coffee Pool's 41%. Chronophoto also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Coffee Pool's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Coffee Pool sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Chronophoto asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chronophoto 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 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Coffee Pool's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chronophoto's.
Coffee Pool ships an update every 10 days, Chronophoto every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coffee Pool | Chronophoto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.3K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 419 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shallot Games, LLC. | Weston Tuescher |
Customer experience
Coffee Pool
Chronophoto
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
Chronophoto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Chronophoto
No in-app purchases









