ICO vs Sutro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ICO
This application helps you maintain optimal water quality in your pool or spa. It provides personalized guidance for chemical dosing and best practices to ensure a healthier swimming experience and protect your equipment. Monitor your water quality conveniently from anywhere, anytime.
- Measures critical water parameters
- Promotes healthier, cleaner water
- Personalized chemical dosing guidance
- Protects pool equipment
- Provides best swimming experience
- Accessible from anywhere, anytime
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At Ondilo we know that mastering the water in a pool or spa is an art. That's why we created ICO. Constantly measuring critical water parameters, ICO promotes healthier, cleaner water, to protect pool equipment and provide best swimming experience. Proposing personalized guidance for chemical dosing and best practices to save money, protect swimmers and the environment. Accessible from anywhere, anytime, ICO provides a convenient, easy way to keep an eye on your pool water quality at all times. So that you spend more time enjoying your pool ! ICO, and it all becomes crystal-clear Find out more about ICO's functionalities on www.ondilo.com A ICO connected device is necessary to take full advantage of this application.
Sutro
Effortlessly manage your pool or spa water quality. This app works with a smart monitor to automatically track pH, free chlorine, alkalinity, and temperature, providing insights that make sense for optimal water conditions.
- Automatic water quality monitoring
- pH tracking
- Free chlorine measurement
- Alkalinity tracking
- Temperature monitoring
- Seamless app integration
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Sutro is the simple, safe, and seamless way to manage your Pool (or Spa) water with measurements that make sense and monitoring that is automatic. The Sutro app works with the Sutro Smart Monitor to measure your pool or spa’s pH, free chlorine (ppm), alkalinity, and temperature without you having to do anything.
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Verdict
ICO and Sutro both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of Sutro's written reviews are positive against 46% of ICO's. Sutro also leads on ratings volume (175 vs 38) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 14.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for ICO against 3.9 for Sutro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 175 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of ICO's written reviews are positive against 73% of Sutro's.
ICO ships an update every 5 weeks, Sutro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ICO | Sutro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (38 ratings) — better | 3.9 (175 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.9% of reviews | 72.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 175 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ONDILO | Sutro Connect Inc |
Customer experience
ICO
Sutro
Bugs and requests
ICO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sutro
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Disconnection issues with hub
- Calibration failures
- Inaccurate water chemistry readings
Requested features
4 requests- Measure total hardness and CYA
- Customizable notification settings
- Ability to cancel subscription easily
- Improved app stability and user experience
In-app purchases
ICO
No in-app purchases
Sutro
No in-app purchases
