Backyard Dreambook vs Poolside Attendant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backyard Dreambook
Explore inspiring ideas and content for your ultimate backyard. Save favorite images to personal collections and share them. Request project estimates, start financing, or schedule meetings with designers directly from the app.
- Inspirational backyard images
- Feature stories and articles
- Save and share favorite photos
- Request project estimates
- Finance process initiation
- Schedule designer meetings
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Discover all the inspiration and content you need to bring your Ultimate Backyard to life! Download the app, then swipe, click, and scroll through a wealth of Feature Stories, What’s Hot articles and tons of high-res pool, spa, landscape and backyard feature images to ignite the imagination. Save your most-loved photos into Dreambooks to share with friends and family. When it’s go time, request a project estimate, begin the finance process, or set up a meeting with one of our world-class designers. Do it all from the palm of your hand and with a simple click.
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 ads: Backyard Dreambook at none against Poolside Attendant's shown. Backyard Dreambook also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Poolside Attendant's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Backyard Dreambook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 17 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.
Backyard Dreambook ships an update every 7 months, Poolside Attendant every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Dreambook | Poolside Attendant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 4.5 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joan Smith Enterprises Inc | Poolside Tech LLC |
Customer experience
Backyard Dreambook
Poolside Attendant
In-app purchases
Backyard Dreambook
No in-app purchases
Poolside Attendant
No in-app purchases
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