Spark Water vs Setup Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spark Water
This app automatically reads water test strips using your smartphone camera, providing immediate and accurate results for pool and spa water chemistry. It helps you monitor trends and interpret results easily, ensuring optimal water balance without complex visual charts.
- Automatic test strip reading via camera
- Immediate and accurate results
- Trend monitoring with historical data
- Simple color-coded result interpretation
- Supports pool and spa water parameters
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Spark Water Test Strip Reader app is designed to work seamlessly to read Spark Diagnostics’s Water test products. This easy-to-use smartphone app for Spark Diagnostics Water test strip such as W-5P for Pool and Spa, automatically reads the test strip and delivers hassle-free, immediate, and accurate results in 30 seconds in your phone screen without having to interpret complex visual color chart. Note: App requires use of Spark Diagnostics’s W-5P and similar test strips products. The app features automatic reading of the Spark Diagnostics test strips by using your camera from the app or previously taken photos of test strip to give automatic reading. Spark Diagnostics Water test products measures Pool or Spa Water test parameter such as Free Chlorine, Hardness, Alkalinity, pH and more for maintaining healthy Pool & Spa water chemistry for optimum experience. APP FEATURES: FAST, FREE, AND CONVENIENT SMARTPHONE APP READING – easy-to-use smartphone test system app automatically reads the test strip and delivers hassle-free, immediate, and accurate results in your phone screen. TREND MONITORING: save test results in App to build historical trends. Save your spa and pool water test results to build historical trends that helps to improve consistency in maintaining your spa or pool chemical balance. SIMPLE RESULT INTERPRETATION: use the simple color indicators that guides you if the test results are low (light gray), in-required-range (green), borderline high (yellow) or high (red). Note: Instructions on the product package take precedence over the recommendations made by the app. In the event of unexpected or questionable results by App follow instructions from product package inserts.
Setup Tracker
Manage race car setups, tire sets, and crew members efficiently. Plan for upcoming races, review past events, and track progress with a clear timeline. Access live weather and session data for numerous race tracks.
- Track and store car adjustments
- Manage tire sets
- Schedule race days
- Add and manage crew members
- View progress timeline
- Access live weather data
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Setup Tracker is an easy-to-use setup and crew manager for your race team SETUP Track and store all adjustments on your race car and manage tire sets SCHEDULE Prepare for multiple upcoming race days and quickly review past races CREW Add crew members by QR and assign their unique roles and access privileges TIMELINE View your progress and session information in an easy-to-read timeline WEATHER Pull live track weather information along with session data for hundreds of preloaded race tracks CARS Track setups for multiple race cars and assign them to each race day
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Setup Tracker at 100% against Spark Water's 50%. Setup Tracker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Spark Water's advantage is iOS requirement (10.1 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Setup Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Spark Water's written reviews are positive against 100% of Setup Tracker's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spark Water | Setup Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SPARK DIAGNOSTICS, LLC | Brent Scheidemantle |
Customer experience
Spark Water
Setup Tracker
In-app purchases
Spark Water
No in-app purchases
Setup Tracker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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