Coffee Pool vs Mini Match
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.
Mini Match
Engage in fun multiplayer games directly within iMessage conversations. Challenge friends to a variety of classic and unique games, with more added regularly. Unlock additional content and game modes through an optional subscription.
- Play games within iMessage
- Variety of classic games
- Multiplayer challenges
- New games added regularly
- Unlock premium content with subscription
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Mini Match is a collection of games for iMessage. Pick a game, send it to a friend, and play right in Messages. Games: • Cup Pong • Cornhole • Ladder Toss • Air Hockey • Word Guess • Sketch Streak • Backgammon • Hangman • Chess With a subscription: • Bowling • Geo Guesser • Ping Pong • Flip Cup • Tic Tac Toe • Ultimate Tic Tac Toe • Extra game modes and settings for Cornhole, Ladder Toss, Word Guess, and Sketch Streak More games are on the way. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Coffee Pool and Mini Match both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Mini Match's written reviews are positive against 41% of Coffee Pool's. Mini Match also leads on chart position (#164 vs unranked). Coffee Pool's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 51) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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 Mini Match sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 Mini Match. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coffee Pool has 2.3K ratings behind it against 51, 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 94% of Mini Match's.
Coffee Pool ships an update every 10 days, Mini Match weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coffee Pool | Mini Match |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better | 4.6 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.8% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #164 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 419 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shallot Games, LLC. | Apps And Things, Inc. |
Customer experience
Coffee Pool
Mini Match
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
Mini Match
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
Mini Match
- Pro Weekly: Games for iMessage$2.997 Days
- Pro Weekly: Games for iMessage$4.997 Days
- Pro Monthly: Games for iMessage$6.991 Month
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- Pro Monthly: Games for iMessage3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- 100 Gems$0.99
- 550 Gems$4.99
- 1,200 Gems$9.99
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- 3,250 Gems$24.99
- 7,000 Gems$49.99
- 15,000 Gems$99.99
