# TankSide — Fish tank tracker

> Fish tank tracker (iPhone/iPad app by Caden Bartlett.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tankside/id6766981651 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Caden Bartlett](https://appshunter.io/developer/1889384537)
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-05
- Data updated: 2026-08-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tankside/id6766981651/reviews.md

## What is TankSide?

TankSide is the friendly aquarium companion that keeps your fishtank thriving — whether you keep a community freshwater, a planted scape, a saltwater FOWLR, or a full-blown reef.

LOG WHAT MATTERS
• pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, GH/KH, salinity, calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, phosphate, temperature
• Auto-charts every parameter against your tank-type targets
• Smart reminders when a reading is overdue or a maintenance task is due

ON-DEVICE PHOTO DIAGNOSIS
• Take a photo of your tank and get an instant on-device read
• Apple Vision analyzes algae coverage, water clarity, and color shifts — all privately on your iPhone
• No accounts, no servers, no internet required

FISH, PLANTS, CORALS & INVERTEBRATES
• Catalogs of 280+ species with care details
• Compatibility checker flags conflicts before you buy
• Stocking + bioload feedback in real time

SMART CARE TOOLS
• Tank Score (0–100 health metric)
• Daily care tips that rotate based on your tank type
• Feeding tracker, quarantine + treatment log, growth photo timeline
• Setup wizard with a guided cycling plan
• Acclimation timer with drip-rate calculator
• Test strip color reader
• Emergency Quick-Reference + Symptom Decision Tree
• Vacation Mode + printable sitter care card
• Supply expiration tracker (test kits, bulbs, filter media)
• Daily photo streak + auto time-lapse video

PRIVATE COMMUNITY
• Random anonymous handle — no real name, no profile
• Report + block + community guidelines + on-device profanity filter
• Topical categories: Freshwater, Planted, Saltwater, Reef

EVERY FEATURE IS FREE
TankSide is a 100% free app. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no premium tiers. Every feature is available to every user with no purchase of any kind.

PRIVACY
TankSide does not collect personal data. Photos, parameters, and tank info stay on your device. The optional anonymous community uses a randomly generated handle — no name, email, or account is ever required.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.0.6 — 2026-08-09

New tools and sharper compatibility checks:

• Compatibility checker now flags tankmates that need different temperatures or pH ranges — not just aggression — so you catch mismatches before you buy.
• Predation warning: it tells you when a fish is big enough to eat a smaller tankmate overnight.
• New Product Dosing calculator with real label rates for Seachem Prime, Stability, Flourish, Excel, and API conditioner — enter your volume, get the exact ml and capfuls.
• New Unit Converter: dKH ↔ ppm, GH ↔ ppm, and salinity SG ↔ ppt with conductivity.

TankSide remains 100% free — every feature, no subscriptions, no ads.

### 1.0.5 — 2026-07-10

Smarter analysis across the board:

• Photo diagnosis now knows your tank type — healthy plants and corals are no longer mistaken for algae, and advice ties into your recent test readings (e.g. citing your actual nitrate level).
• Test strip scanning finds the strip in your photo automatically and reads values on a continuous scale instead of snapping to chart steps.
• Water-change predictor now tracks slowing nitrate trends as your tank matures.
• Cycling analysis reads the direction your parameters are moving, not just where they sit.
• Species catalog expanded to 280+ fish, corals, plants, and invertebrates.
• New disease entries with detailed treatments, and cleaned-up duplicates.

TankSide remains 100% free — every feature, no subscriptions, no ads.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-06-05

No release notes.

## More apps by Caden Bartlett

- [Noti-Loco](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/noti-loco/id6761399901)
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- [Brackdown](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/brackdown/id6766152673)
- [CoatTail](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/coattail/id6767000653)
- [Called-It](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/called-it/id6767666109)

All apps by Caden Bartlett: https://appshunter.io/developer/1889384537

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-12.*