Lace vs Pools Events
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lace
Explore a comprehensive guide to approximately 70 hand-made lace styles, featuring expert descriptions and detailed photographs. Learn about historical context, regional origins, and the distinctions between various lace types.
- Guide to 70+ lace styles
- Expert descriptions by Jean Leader
- Photos of lace details and whole pieces
- Historical context and regional maps
- Explanation of lace grounds
- Distinction between lace types (bobbin, needlelace)
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Lace provides a quick reference to about 70 different styles of lace — from Alençon to Youghal — written by Jean Leader, a recognized authority on hand-made lace, and illustrated with photos of lace, primarily from her own collection and that of The Lace Guild. The distinguishing features of the styles are explained, and for each lace there is a photo of both a detail and of a whole piece. The laces are placed in their historical context, and maps are available showing the regions where they were produced. Complementing this is a section describing the different grounds used in these styles, and one in which the differences between the various types of lace (bobbin, needlelace etc.) are explained.
Pools Events
This app facilitates community building for art, music, and activist groups. It's designed by event organizers to help create sustainable and engaged communities.
- Community building
- Event organization
- Sustainable communities
- Art and music spaces
- Activist groups
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Simple & sustainable community building Made by DIY event organizers with love; for your favorite art, music, and activist spaces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pools Events at Free against Lace's $2.99. Pools Events also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Pools Events is free to download; Lace costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Lace against 5.0 for Pools Events. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Lace ships an update every 6 months, Pools Events every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lace | Pools Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Leader | Pools |
Customer experience
Lace
Pools Events
In-app purchases
Lace
No in-app purchases
Pools Events
No in-app purchases
