Kitty Pops vs POOLS™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kitty Pops
Guide a mouse to the moon using wind mechanics. Avoid black cats and unlock new balloons. Enjoy a classic soundtrack and stunning art style with no ads.
- Unlock new balloons
- Random gifts
- Simple touch controls
- Game Centre leaderboards
- Amazing art style
- Classical sound track
- No ads
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Maybelline is a mouse. Do you see that big piece of cheese in the sky? Yeah, she wants to get there. Never mind we both know that’s just the moon. You’re the wind that’s going to get her there. Be warned, though. The black cats lurk around every corner. FEATURES: ◉ Unlock tons of new balloons ◉ Random gifts ◉ Simple touch controls ◉ Game Centre leaderboards ◉ Amazing art style ◉ Classical sound track ◉ No ads! Please note: This game is optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6+.
POOLS™
This app offers a slow, reflective, and immersive experience focused on exploration and atmosphere. It evokes feelings of unease and curiosity through its unique environments, inspired by liminal spaces and internet phenomena. Discover changing worlds and subtle narratives without traditional gameplay mechanics.
- Slow, reflective exploration
- Atmospheric and immersive environments
- Inspired by liminal spaces
- Unfolding narrative through exploration
- Six distinct chapters
- Unique sound design
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Explore, admire and listen. That’s it. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. POOLS isn’t a traditional game. it’s slow, reflective, and intentionally uneventful, perhaps a bit like virtual museum. So take your time. Breathe. POOLS unfolds slowly, rewarding patience and quiet attention. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen. Yet it can feel oppressive at times by invoking quiet fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and the strange beauty of liminal space architecture. There's no typical story. But as you explore and advance further, you start to notice that the game's world changes around you, deeper you go… Rooms look and feel… different. Base game features six chapters, each lasting 10-30 minutes. Inspired by the internet phenomena Liminal spaces, Found footage and The Backrooms, especially the Poolrooms concept. One of the original artists behind the Poolrooms concept is Jared Pike.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: POOLS™ at 1.6K against Kitty Pops's 30. Kitty Pops's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 79%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, 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. Kitty Pops sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and POOLS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Kitty Pops against 4.5 for POOLS™. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOLS™ has 1.6K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Kitty Pops's written reviews are positive against 79% of POOLS™'s.
| Parameter | Kitty Pops | POOLS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (30 ratings) — better | 4.5 (1.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.9% of reviews — better | 79.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1.9 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Frosty Pop | Tensori |
Customer experience
Kitty Pops
POOLS™
Bugs and requests
Kitty Pops
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
POOLS™
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to move on iPad Pro
- Glitches reported
Requested features
3 requests- Expand to different Backrooms-inspired themes
- Add a multiplayer mode
- Introduce more interactive elements (e.g., monsters, items to discover)
In-app purchases
Kitty Pops
- The Fozzy Bear$0.99
- The Mars Attacks$0.99
- The Social Network$0.99
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- The Stone Roses$0.99
- The Superstar$0.99
- The Third Planet$0.99
- The Valentine$0.99
- The Coin Doubler$0.99
- The Rocket Man$0.99
- The All You Can Eat$9.99
POOLS™
- POOLS: Full Game$9.99









