Comparison

Aqua Box vs Aquaman App

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

Head to head
About

Aqua Box

Manage freshwater, brackish water aquariums, and ponds with detailed tracking of water parameters, livestock, and equipment. Schedule maintenance, receive reminders, and visualize progress with snapshots and graphs. Share your data with others and sync across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Water parameter tracking (pH, temp, salinity, etc.)
  • Livestock and plant logging
  • Maintenance reminders and scheduling
  • Data visualization with graphs and snapshots
  • Equipment cost tracking
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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". . .Great app, covers many bases and will help keeping aquariums healthy! Five stars and great customer service! . . . " - by galaimojcuedu – Feb 20, 2018, US App store Aqua Box is the most complete Freshwater, Brackish water Aquarium and Pond manager on the App Store. Ditch your notepad and paper and manage your aquarium or pond on your iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. This app features: - Reminders for Common aquarium tasks with notifications on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Also the ability to add to your calendar as well. - Unlimited aquarium/pond tracking. - Track your temp, pH, salinity(brackish water), GH, KH, iron, potassium, and more. - See graphs of all of your parameters within each parameter section. - Record all your equipment costs, place of purchase, date in service, notes, etc. - Record all your livestock and plants. - Visually track your aquarium, livestock growth, effects of supplements, etc with Snapshots! - Timeline to see all of your activities and maintenance of your fresh water, brackish water aquarium or Pond. - Share you data with your family, friends, colleagues! - Supports aquarium search on your home screen. - Track your livestock food. - Schedule your aquarium maintenance in your calendar. - Receive notifications when maintenance is due. - Metric (cm, L), UK units and U.S. units (Inches, gallons) - Automatic iCloud sync with your devices on the same iTunes account. - Automatic sync with your Apple Watch. - Add parameters with your Apple Watch. - Many more features! This is the best and most complete Freshwater and Brackish water aquarium and pond management app for both the beginner and the advanced aquarist. Get Aqua Box Today! This app is updated regularly. Check us out at: www.jcrsoftware.com. Please email us at support@jcrsoftware.com for any feature requests, issues or concerns that you may have.

About

Aquaman App

Easily record and monitor your aquarium's water parameters. Track the history of your test results with data saved locally on your device, ensuring accessibility even without an internet connection. Designed by hobbyists for hobbyists.

Highlights
  • Record water parameters
  • Monitor test result history
  • Local data saving
  • Offline accessibility
  • No login required
Features
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Aquaman - Aquarium Management application is here to make monitoring your aquarium water parameters easier than ever before! Aquaman provides an easy method to record water parameters and monitor the history of your test results. The water parameter data is saved locally on your device so you can easily maintain your data even without connection to the internet. No login account is required to use; just download and start adding your data! Aquaman is created by hobbyist for hobbyist. We love our aquariums as much as you do and hope this app is as useful for you as it is for us.

Screenshots

Aqua Box4 screens
Aquaman App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Aquaman App at Free against Aqua Box's $1.99. Aquaman App also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Aqua Box's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Aquaman App is free to download; Aqua Box costs $1.99 up front. 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 — 4.1 for Aqua Box against 4.0 for Aquaman App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aqua Box has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Aqua Box's written reviews are positive against 100% of Aquaman App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aqua Box ships an update fortnightly, Aquaman App every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on August 16, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Aqua Box versus Aquaman App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAqua BoxAquaman App
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (47 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaynald ImAndrew Addis

Customer experience

Aqua Box

All ratings47 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral16.7%
Negative22.2%

Aquaman App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Aqua Box

No in-app purchases

None

Aquaman App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aqua Box free?
Aqua Box costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aquaman App free?
Aquaman App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aqua Box or Aquaman App?
Aqua Box is rated higher. Aqua Box averages 4.1 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Aquaman App averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Aqua Box or Aquaman App have ads?
Neither Aqua Box nor Aquaman App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aqua Box or Aquaman App?
Aqua Box ships an update fortnightly, and Aquaman App every 3 days. Most recently, Aqua Box was updated on August 16, 2026 and Aquaman App on June 4, 2026.

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