Ultrapool vs Tower Tide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultrapool
Experience a unique pool game with roguelite elements and wacky ball effects. Craft strategic builds and pull off incredible trickshots to impress the bartenders. Survive 10 rounds of arcade-style pool with a variety of unique ball abilities.
- Roguelite pool gameplay
- Wacky ball abilities
- Strategic build crafting
- Arcade-style trickshots
- 10-round survival mode
- Ball combination mechanics
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The pool bar is always open! Ultrapool is a colorful roguelike about playing pool with a bunch of wacky balls with crazy effects. Carefully craft a perfect build and get the craziest trickshots! Get comfy, choose a cocktail, and get ready for a very special game of pool. Assemble a triangle of balls with strange effects and get the sickest trickshots. The bartenders won't be easy to impress! Ultrapool is an arcade-y colorful roguelike that plays like a pool version of Balatro and Super Auto Pets. Pocketing balls gives you score, and extra score gives you money you can spend at the bar to buy and improve your set of balls. Try to survive 10 rounds! We got both! Easy to pick up pool mechanics: just get the balls in the holes! But as you discover the wacky abilities the balls have, you'll get new ideas of how to get your score ever higher. A ghost ball that reappears on the table? A chicken ball that lays spherical eggs? A bomb that explodes if you bump it too much? The Earth? Anything is possible (as long as it's round and it rolls nicely, no cubes allowed!) Once you think you know the game, the cocktail bar opens. Ask the bartender to mix any two balls and he will serve you something special! Some of these will feel like they should break the game wide open, but you'll need every edge you can get if you want to pull off an all nighter.
Tower Tide
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Tower Tide is a fast 1v1 strategy and card battle game. Build a base in a hidden 60-second setup, send your troops down the routes you draw, and outsmart a rival captain in a five-minute battle on an island the Tide keeps reshaping. BUILD THE TOWER Bring a deck of eight cards: stubborn buildings, brave troops, and a few sneaky tactics. Grow six connected buildings from your Keep, orient your Walls, and draw the paths your Guards and Archers will march. COMMAND THE TIDE Every 30 seconds the Tide sinks or resurfaces part of the island. Lanes open, lanes close, and both plans have to adapt. Release trained garrisons at the perfect moment, open a secret Passage, drop a Pitfall, or rally your wave for the final rush. SMALL ISLAND. BIG TROUBLE. One minute to build. Four minutes to outsmart your rival. An accelerated overtime rush decides close games, and a rematch is always one tap away. PRACTICE, CAMPAIGN, AND ONLINE Learn the ropes against practice opponents, conquer the archipelago in Campaign, then take your deck into ranked online matches against other captains. FRIENDS, RIVALS, CAPTAINS Create or join a Fleet, chat with your crew, add friends, and challenge them whenever they come online. Chat filtering, reporting, and blocking help keep every Fleet fun and welcoming. Tower Tide is free to download. Gems can be bought in the in-game Market and spent on card offers, randomized chests, cosmetics, and Tide Pass. Chest drop odds are shown before purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tower Tide at daily against Ultrapool's every 5 days. Tower Tide also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Ultrapool's advantage is chart position (#113 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Ultrapool sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tower Tide sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ultrapool ships an update every 5 days, Tower Tide daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultrapool | Tower Tide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (197 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #113 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 408 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | offbrand games | Flarmio |
In-app purchases
Ultrapool
- Unlock Full Game$5.99
Tower Tide
- 500 Gems$4.99
- 1,200 Gems$9.99
- 2,500 Gems$19.99








