Comparison

ICO vs iopool

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Measures critical water parameters
  • Promotes healthier, cleaner water
  • Personalized chemical dosing guidance
  • Protects pool equipment
  • Provides best swimming experience
  • Accessible from anywhere, anytime
Features
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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.

About

iopool

This app helps pool owners manage their water treatment with continuous analysis from a smart probe. It provides step-by-step guidance for product additions and intelligent recommendations for maintenance, eliminating the need for manual inventory checks.

Highlights
  • Continuous water analysis
  • Automated product addition notifications
  • Step-by-step treatment guidance
  • Intelligent maintenance recommendations
  • Product inventory and quantity management
  • Pool health monitoring
Features
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The iopool application allows pool owners to manage their water treatment themselves. The EcO probe analyzes the water continuously and the application displays the results of the analyses. When an addition of products is necessary, the user is notified. The application explains step by step the steps to follow for optimal efficiency and safety. Thanks to iopool's intelligent recommendation engine and its application, users no longer need to worry about managing inventory and quantity of maintenance products. These products have been selected by iopool for their efficiency, in partnership with a university research center. The iopool application is the best companion for users of a private pool. The application makes it possible to know at any time the state of health of the pool, forgetting the chore of weekly strips.

Screenshots

ICO4 screens
iopool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ICO at none against iopool's shown. ICO also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). iopool's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 46%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for ICO against 4.3 for iopool. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 140 and 95 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of ICO's written reviews are positive against 60% of iopool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ICO ships an update every 5 weeks, iopool every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ICO versus iopool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterICOiopool
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (140 ratings) — better4.3 (95 ratings)
Positive reviews45.9% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings140 — better95
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperONDILOIopool

Customer experience

ICO

All ratings38 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews109 reviews
Positive45.9%
Neutral7.3%
Negative46.8%

iopool

All ratings90 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative32.0%

In-app purchases

None

ICO

No in-app purchases

None

iopool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ICO free?
ICO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iopool free?
iopool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ICO or iopool?
ICO is rated higher. ICO averages 4.4 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while iopool averages 4.3 from 95 ratings.
Do ICO or iopool have ads?
iopool shows ads; ICO does not.
Which is updated more often, ICO or iopool?
ICO ships an update every 5 weeks, and iopool every 2 weeks. Most recently, ICO was updated on October 26, 2026 and iopool on October 24, 2026.

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