ScreenLogic Config vs Poolside Attendant
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.
Poolside Attendant
This app automates pool ownership by monitoring equipment, water quality, and temperature. It optimizes energy efficiency to keep your pool ready while saving you money and reducing environmental impact.
- Automated pool equipment monitoring
- Water quality and temperature tracking
- Energy-efficient operation optimization
- Cost savings and environmental impact reduction
- Cloud-based automation system
- User communication and alerts
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The Attendant Powered by Poolside Tech Automation that thinks for itself. And pays for itself. The Attendant is designed to improve all aspects of the pool ownership experience. Our cloud based automation system is continually monitoring your equipment, water quality and temperature to determine the most energy efficient way to have your poolside oasis ready when you are. Giving you back time, removing the worry of day-to-day pool preservation and communicating with you along the way are the fundamental differences that make our patented technology stand out from the competition. All the while saving you money and lowering your overall environmental impact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poolside Attendant at 67% against ScreenLogic Config's 13%. Poolside Attendant also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2). ScreenLogic Config's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Poolside Attendant holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ScreenLogic Config has 104 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of ScreenLogic Config's written reviews are positive against 67% of Poolside Attendant's.
ScreenLogic Config ships an update every 2 months, Poolside Attendant every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScreenLogic Config | Poolside Attendant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (104 ratings) | 4.5 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 104 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc | Poolside Tech LLC |
Customer experience
ScreenLogic Config
Poolside Attendant
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
Poolside Attendant
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ScreenLogic Config
No in-app purchases
Poolside Attendant
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ScreenLogic Config free?
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