Pool, But Wrong vs Night Auction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool, But Wrong
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I made Pool, but Wrong to see how many bad ideas I could add to a perfectly normal game of pool. It's a small indie game with 100 levels, zero ads, and the whole game is completely free to play. It starts simply. Pull back. Take your shot. Sink the colored balls. Black goes last. Easy. Then every five levels, I change the rules. The holes move. The table tilts. The cue stick stops behaving like a cue stick. Gravity bends your shots. The table freezes over. Balls merge. Magnets appear. Balls get chained together. And eventually, yes, there is a sword. There are 100 little pool puzzles to make your way through, with a different twist every five levels. Learn the new rule. Get comfortable. Watch me change it again. FEATURES • 100 puzzle levels • A different mechanic every 5 levels • Crisp pixel-art visuals • Physics-based shots and strange interactions • Ice, gravity, moving holes, magnets and chains • Quick levels made for experimenting • One deeply questionable sword This is a small indie game I made for people who enjoy figuring things out, weird mechanics, pixel art and pool games that have gone slightly off the rails. If you're looking for a serious pool simulator, something has gone terribly wrong. Pool, but Wrong Pool was fine. I fixed it.
Night Auction
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Win treasures cheap and cash them in for a fortune. A night auction game against eight rival bidders. One curious lot after another comes up to the rostrum of a lamplit auction hall. You never know what a lot is really worth until the hammer falls and the certificate opens. Your clues are your rivals' faces and the morning paper. HOW IT PLAYS - Five lots a day. When the clock runs out, the highest bid wins - At the end of the day, every lot you won is cashed in at its appraised value; the difference from what you paid is your profit - Your cash carries over from day to day. Your score is your total profit over five days - At the end of each day, you can buy one of three cards that work only tomorrow - Lose money on a day, and you can watch an ad to replay that day with new lots, once per run - Your scores are kept in Rankings on your device READING THE ROOM - Eight rival bidders, each with favourite and least favourite kinds of lot - Rivals start to sweat as the price nears their limit. +$100, +$1,000 and +$10,000 each get a different reaction - If the rival bidder who knows this kind of lot best stays away, it may be a fake - Each morning's newspaper stories move that day's sale. How they move it is printed under each story - The last seven days of sales stay in your Notes. Working out the rival bidders is up to you DAILY SALE - Once a day, one night with the same five lots on every device. Hidden among them is the day's masterpiece COLLECT - Every lot you ever win joins your Collection: 120 in all, in 30 sets of four. Complete a set to unlock its story - The more of one kind you collect, the higher your appraisal level: first a price guide, then your rivals' specialities, then, once a day, whether a lot is real A day's sale takes a few minutes. Free to play. Ads appear at breaks, such as the end of a day. In-game money cannot be exchanged for real money. Available in English and Japanese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Night Auction at none against Pool, But Wrong's 5. Pool, But Wrong's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Pool, But Wrong sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Night Auction asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Pool, But Wrong | Night Auction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefanos Katsaros | O2Cafe |
In-app purchases
Pool, But Wrong
- Small Tip$0.99
- Supporter Tip$4.99
- Generous Tip$9.99
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- Big Supporter Tip$19.99
- Superfan Tip$29.99
Night Auction
No in-app purchases
Questions
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