Pinch A Penny Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience4.0% of reviews
Neutral4.0% of reviews
Negative experience92.0% of reviews

~ Based on 25 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Pinch A Penny Safe?

Pinch A Penny - Pool Care does not appear safe based on available data. AppsHunter Safety Score for Pinch A Penny is 46/100.

This assessment is based on 36 user ratings, with an App Store average of 1.6/5.

Safety Analysis

11.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
85.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 35 App Store ratings for Pinch A Penny.

Is Pinch A Penny Legit?

Pinch A Penny - Pool Care appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pinch A Penny is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Totally useless

The app never remembers my password. There is NO option to reset or recover a password. Now it’s lost all records of prior service to my pool.

Unstable

Will never stayed logged in and gives errors every attempt to log back in. Not okay when needing previous test results for pool warranty.

Locks up. Glitchy

The app opens and lets you put your pool test data in and whenever you go to save it says there’s some error. Has done this consistently for the last couple months, despite deleting the app and reinstalling it several times. Using a new iPhone, updated OS and reinstall the app.

Design is okay

App functionality is clunky. There is no way to restore test results. The pool profile created in store does not appear given matching elements such as phone number and/or address. Hopefully these issues will be resolved quickly and a new version released!

Can’t shop online

Why the creator test the app to see how bad the app is?

Pretty Bad

The app opens great. It will not allow you to shop because it “doesn’t have OneTrust data..”. A good thing is it has the water test data from a few of the times I’ve had it there, but under purchase history it shows 70 something dollars worth of chemicals I purchased but not the nearly $400 I spent on a pool vacuum from them. Very insufficient. I would just take it down until it can communicate well with the store. If Panera can do it so can pinch a penny. It would also prove profitable for you. But hey that’s not important as a business, is it?
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App sucks

This app is so bad, you cant see or manage your pool cleaning service. The one trust data is missing so most of the functions on the app will not work. It needs a revamp

Needs Major Updating

I like that I can sign into my account, view my transaction history and water test results, and create my pool profile. However, that’s literally all you can really do with this app. The shop links do nothing. You can’t see any products let alone what’s on sale. You can’t order anything on the app. There’s no pool education or water chemistry prescriptions. This app could be soooo much better.
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Pretty useless

The app never remembers my password. Now it’s lost all records of prior service to my pool.

Horrible app

This app work when it wants to, not when you need it. Test history show up…. sometimes, rarely. You have to make several login attempts before it lets you in. Don’t waste you time.

Test strip scan not worky

I like the app in that when the store tests my water and adds results to my account, I can look at results online. That works great but, the test strips part where you photograph the strip really doesn’t work for me and when I went to Pinch a Penny for help they never heard of it and had no idea what I was talking about. And I felt like I was wasting their time. When I photograph the Porpoise 5-1 test strip the app always says can’t read it try again.
As for the logon issue, I use the Apple facial recognition to logon and no problem but I know what folks are saying about difficulty when typing in logon and password.
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Can’t shop, nothing shows that they sell

Can’t shop, nothing shows that they sell

Create Account

Tried to create account 5 times checking the criteria. Gave up- too bad. App needs significant oversight and corrections.

Painfully Slow

The app is very slow and unresponsive. Don't waste your time downloading this app. Use the website instead.

Update that was much needed!

After seeing reviews about issues with account creation I was a little skeptical to try it out. But nevertheless I downloaded it anyway. I made an account and it seemed straightforward, so that makes me think they took the reviews into consideration and now made the account creation very simple!

Loving the water test strip scanning that tells me what is needed for my pool.
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App? What App?

App worked well for years and now nothing. No account found, etc.
Fix this or lose more customers to your competition.

Not ready for prime time! 🥴

You can’t even set up an existing account. So far, it’s a piece of trash!

Won’t allow a account

Tried to make an account twice won’t allow. Maybe some guidance from this review.

FAILS on step ONE

FAILS to create account! No option to proceed as guest. Guess I shop elsewhere.

Trash

Endless loop trying to create account. If your app has problems creating an account, it shouldn’t be in the App Store.