Pool, the screenshot app vs SPECS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool, the screenshot app
This app helps you organize and manage your captured screenshots, turning them into structured content. It allows for categorization, link retrieval, sharing, and easy searching of your saved visuals. Join the waitlist for gradual access.
- Organize screenshots into pools
- Automatic content categorization
- Find original links
- Share pools with friends
- Searchable content
- Easy to revisit
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Do you take wayyy too many screenshots like us? And then have absolutely no idea what to do with them or where to find them? Pool is for you. Pool is a happy little home for all those moments that mattered on your iPhone screen. 1. Incredible search We built a ridiculously good search engine so you can find any screenshot—even when you barely remember it. 2. Beautiful Pools We reinvented albums and called them Pools. Because everything is better in a Pool. 3. Smart actions Pool finds the original links behind your screenshots, like magic. Screenshot everything. Throw it in Pool. Find it whenever you want. Privacy Policy: https://pool.day/privacy Terms of Service: https://pool.day/terms
SPECS
Virtually try on the newest generation of eyewear from the comfort of your home. Discover your ideal style and be among the first to pre-order your chosen frames.
- Virtual eyewear try-on
- Explore latest generation frames
- Find your perfect fit
- Pre-order new styles
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Meet SPECS, a computer built into see-through augmented reality glasses. Our vision is to make computing more human by helping you learn, work, play, create, and get things done together in the world around you. Explore SPECS and find your fit: Use the SPECS app to explore the latest SPECS AR glasses. See how they look on you with virtual try-on and find your fit, right from your iPhone. Discover what SPECS can do: With SPECS AR glasses, you can learn to draw with guidance on the paper in front of you, practice basketball with a real ball and hoop, or play dominoes with friends at the same table. The computer helps, but you're the one building the skill, making something, and connecting with other people. See-through lenses bring digital experiences into your surroundings, and you interact naturally with your hands and voice. We call this instinctual computing, built around how you see, think, and act. Technology should add to your life, not cut you out of it. Try a limited preview of SPECS Intelligence: Explore patterns in your time, attention, and relationships, and discover your Digital Love Language and Superpowers. You don't need SPECS AR glasses to try it. Join the waitlist for early access: Join the waitlist for early access to the fuller SPECS Intelligence experience, designed to work across Mac, iPhone, and SPECS AR glasses. We're building it to understand your goals, priorities, and routines and anticipate when help would be useful. Learn more about SPECS at specs.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SPECS at 100% against Pool, the screenshot app's 51%. SPECS also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Pool, the screenshot app's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SPECS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Pool, the screenshot app's written reviews are positive against 100% of SPECS's.
Pool, the screenshot app ships an update every 5 days, SPECS monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pool, the screenshot app | SPECS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 215 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Random Access Memories | Specs Inc |
Customer experience
Pool, the screenshot app
SPECS
In-app purchases
Pool, the screenshot app
No in-app purchases
SPECS
No in-app purchases






