ScreenLogic Config vs WaterGuru
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScreenLogic Config
Configure your Pentair pool control system from your iPhone, whether you're at home or away. This app eliminates the need for a PC, offering a convenient way to manage your IntelliTouch, EasyTouch, or EasyTouch Lite system.
- Configure Pentair IntelliTouch, EasyTouch, EasyTouch Lite
- Local and remote configuration
- No PC required
- User-friendly connection screen
- Ideal for pool builders and service personnel
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ScreenLogic Config allows you to configure your Pentair IntelliTouch, EasyTouch or EasyTouch Lite system from the convenience of your iPhone - locally or remotely! A PC is no longer required. The connection screen for ScreenLogic Config works just like its sister app ScreenLogic Connect. ScreenLogic Config is great tool that allows pool builders and service personnel to better serve their customers.
WaterGuru
This app provides comprehensive control over your pool's water chemistry. It helps maintain a safe environment by keeping out harmful contaminants and offers lab-grade analysis and treatment advice for simplified pool management.
- Pool water chemistry control
- Harmful virus and bacteria prevention
- Lab-grade analysis
- Water treatment advice
- Simplified pool management
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Get ultimate control over your pool water chemistry with WaterGuru. Keep harmful viruses and bacteria out and simplify how you manage your pool forever. Rebuilt from the ground up, the next generation app includes all features you love and more, including lab grade analysis and water treatment advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WaterGuru at 74% against ScreenLogic Config's 13%. WaterGuru also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). ScreenLogic Config's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
WaterGuru holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 112 and 239 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of ScreenLogic Config's written reviews are positive against 74% of WaterGuru's.
ScreenLogic Config ships an update every 2 months, WaterGuru every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScreenLogic Config | WaterGuru |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (112 ratings) | 4.1 (239 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.2% of reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 112 | 239 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 155 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc | WaterGuru, Inc |
Customer experience
ScreenLogic Config
WaterGuru
User reviews
ScreenLogic Config
From 112 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works well for some users
- 🚀 Useful for professional setup
- 👍 Enables remote control
- 👍 Can be a game changer when functional
Room to improve
- 🗑️ App is garbage
- 👎 Terrible app experience
- outdated Interface
- 👎 Not intuitive or user-friendly
- 👎 Connection issues (WiFi, remote)
WaterGuru
From 239 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Money saver
- 🔍 Accurate readings
- 🕰️ Convenient daily monitoring
- 👨💻 Excellent customer service
- 🔧 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔋 Battery drain
- 🤖 Inaccurate readings for some parameters
- 💸 Expensive cartridges
- 🤷♂️ Unreliable device
Bugs and requests
ScreenLogic Config
Reported bugs
34 issues- Schedule broke and no longer works
- App doesn't work unless connected to the same WiFi
- Bug in pump configuration page (Pump 2 settings not displayed)
- Cannot save email address/alert selection
- Time is off
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- App randomly adds or takes away scheduled functions
- Connection is spotty
- Doesn't work on iOS 15
- Cannot set system time
- Temp calibration doesn't save settings
- Navigation flickers and looks terrible
- Remote connection is broken on current gen iOS devices
- Messed up config of entire system on writing new changes
- Doesn't stay connected
- SL Config stopped working (locally or remotely)
- Cannot log into client system remotely
- Config doesn't recall previous connections
- Always claims username doesn't exist
- Crashes after about 5-10 seconds
- App freezes or kicks out when calibrating temperature, setting deep freeze alert, or adding email
- Changes made in app disappear after logout/login
- Resets calibration to default
- Resets location
- Spotty connections
- Weird resets
- Missing data
- HomePage icon gone after update
- Pool sweep schedule gone
- Changed names of schedules and features
- New random features appeared that do nothing
- Cannot get remote connect
- Crashes on General Settings
- Crashes when General Settings is selected
- Won't connect to remote system
Requested features
14 requests- More user-friendly and intuitive interface
- App updates to keep up with technology
- Merge functionality into a single app
- Fix bugs in pump configuration page
- Add scheduling features
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- Automatic login
- Background app functionality
- Firmware updates for hardware to match app updates
- Improve UI graphics and keyboard
- Set lighting and pool system on/off schedules
- Ability to set deep freeze alert
- Ability to change email settings
- Fix issues with iOS 11 and later
- Add spa side remote functionality
WaterGuru
Reported bugs
3 issues- App notifications not working properly
- Inability to upload pool photos
- Inconsistent app performance after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to set custom testing schedule
- Measure salt levels
- Provide more advice on adjusting water chemistry
- Add hourly temperature readings
In-app purchases
ScreenLogic Config
No in-app purchases
WaterGuru
No in-app purchases
