Comparison

Vistapool 3.0 vs BWT Pool Manager

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

Head to head
About

Vistapool 3.0

Remotely monitor and control your pool's Sugar Valley device. Adjust pH, chlorine levels, lights, filtration, and electrolysis from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Remote device monitoring
  • Control pH and chlorine levels
  • Manage pool lights
  • Configure filtration settings
  • Adjust electrolysis/hydrolysis
Features
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With this application you will be able to monitor and control the Sugar Valley device installed in your pool remotely. The application allows you among other things to: - View levels of ph, chlorine, etc. - Turn on, turn off and program the pool's lights - Configure filtration - Adjust the electrolysis or hydrolysis - And some other functionalities depending on your model You will not need to go to the control panel to perform most of the usual tasks.

About

BWT Pool Manager

Features
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Expressly designed for the final users, BWT Pool Manager is an intuitive APP that grants users quick and easy access to their own BWT devices installed in the swimming pool application, to visualize at a glance the health condition of their installation and to have access to relevant parameters at a swipe, also giving some limited control functions. Intuitive icons show immediately the current situation of the plant, with an upward thumb if everything is going well, a downward thumbs if some parameter is out of the admitted range and a wrench if it’s the case to call technical service. Depending on the applications, different parameters are used to evaluate the health status of the installation and to give the right advices to the users. The APP also offer some limited control actions, such as starting or pausing the dosing system or, in some case, switching to a different dosing program, but is thought to let the final user to operate in total safety, without giving him the possibility to change, by mistake, critical parameters of the devices, whose management is left to technicians. Features • 24/7 monitoring of you plant • Health status monitoring guarantees its safe operation • Receive notifications when one chemical is running out • Identify issues immediately with fault alarms notifications • Able to monitor more installations • No technical knowledge required • Safe operations: critical parameters can’t be changed • One single app, to monitor different kind of devices

Screenshots

Vistapool 3.04 screens
BWT Pool Manager3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vistapool 3.0 at fortnightly against BWT Pool Manager's every 30 months. Vistapool 3.0 also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vistapool 3.0 ships an update fortnightly, BWT Pool Manager every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vistapool 3.0 versus BWT Pool Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVistapool 3.0BWT Pool Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 30 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSugar Valley SLBWT Aktiengesellschaft

In-app purchases

None

Vistapool 3.0

No in-app purchases

None

BWT Pool Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vistapool 3.0 free?
Vistapool 3.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BWT Pool Manager free?
BWT Pool Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vistapool 3.0 or BWT Pool Manager have ads?
Neither Vistapool 3.0 nor BWT Pool Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vistapool 3.0 or BWT Pool Manager?
Vistapool 3.0 ships an update fortnightly, and BWT Pool Manager every 30 months. Most recently, Vistapool 3.0 was updated on October 4, 2026 and BWT Pool Manager on October 2, 2026.

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