Comparison

Click Smart vs Reef Trak

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

Head to head
About

Click Smart

Control and automate your home's lighting, appliances, and blinds from your iPhone or iPad. Personalize your setup with custom names and icons for rooms and devices, and create scenes for single-press automation. Requires a Smart Box for connectivity.

Highlights
  • Remote control of lighting, appliances, blinds
  • Personalize rooms and devices with names/icons
  • Create custom scenes for automation
  • Schedule element activation
  • Backup and restore Smart Box data
  • Change app background theme
Features
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Enhance your Click Smart installation. Control and automate your lighting, appliances, blinds, curtains from your iPhone or iPad. Personalise your installation assigning names and icons for rooms/locations and elements/receivers. Easy setup guide: Enables easy pairing of the iPhone to the Smart Box. Add rooms and elements (receiver information) assigning name and icon to each. Create scenes, assigning the required elements and commands to undertake from a single press before completing the guide. In app settings: • Add and amend the original data. • Create time schedules for elements • Backup and restore the Smart Box data • Change the black background to white System requirements: To enable the iPhone to communicate with the network the Smart Box (CSB040) is required. The Smart Box connects to the Wi-Fi router using the Ethernet cable supplied. The iPhone must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network router as the Smart Box. To assist with the installation, the manual can be downloaded from www.click-smart.com/tech_specs/csb040. Installation requirements: The hexadecimal address for each receiver will be required. To assist in recording the information an installation sheet is provided with the Smart Box or alternatively it can be downloaded from www.click-smart.com/tech_specs/csb040.

About

Reef Trak

This app helps reef tank enthusiasts manage all aspects of their aquarium, from daily testing and livestock records to equipment tracking and maintenance schedules. It provides tools for data analysis, trend spotting, and preventing costly mistakes, offering both free and premium features.

Highlights
  • Parameter logging and trend charts
  • Livestock library with care profiles
  • Tank health snapshots and data export
  • Equipment and maintenance tracking
  • Dosing calculators and unit converters
  • Progress photo logging
Features
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Reef Trak is an all-in-one reef tank manager for reef keepers who want more than a basic parameter log. Track water parameters, plan dosing, schedule maintenance, manage livestock, save photos, build PAR maps, import controller data, track expenses, and create reports across iOS and the web. Build a complete reef care history, then export real tank data to AI tools with TrakAI. FREE TO START. ONE-TIME PREMIUM UPGRADE. Reef Trak includes a free version with parameter tracking and core reef tank tools. Reef Trak Premium is available as a one-time upgrade. No monthly subscription. No yearly subscription. Pay once and use Premium tools without another recurring app bill. PARAMETERS Track alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrate, phosphate, salinity, temperature, pH, ORP, iodine, potassium, trace elements, and other reef tank parameters. Follow trends, spot drift, review stability, and see clear in-range or out-of-range indicators. DOSING Plan and track two-part, All-For-Reef, kalkwasser, trace elements, supplements, and custom routines. Use manual and guided dosing tools, bottle tracking, dose logging, reminders, and parameter connections to keep dosing tied to your real tank history. MAINTENANCE Create recurring tasks for water changes, filter swaps, probe calibration, dosing reminders, equipment checks, deep cleans, and custom care routines. Use weekly, fortnightly, monthly, yearly, every N days, or specific weekday schedules. Home screen widgets help show what is due today. LIVESTOCK Catalog fish, coral, and inverts with photos, care notes, acquisition history, tank placement, and long-term records. PAR MAPS Capture PAR readings across your reef tank and map them visually to understand coral placement, lighting coverage, and tank zones. TRAKTONE PHOTO & VIDEO CORRECTION Reef lighting can make photos and videos look far more blue than they appear in person. TrakTone helps correct reef tank photos and videos so corals, fish, and aquascapes look closer to what your eyes see. EQUIPMENT, EXPENSES & RECEIPTS Track equipment, food, dosing products, livestock purchases, maintenance costs, and other reef expenses. Receipt Scan Assist helps turn receipts into structured expense records. CONTROLLER IMPORTS & ICP TESTING Bring reef tank data into Reef Trak from supported controllers and testing systems, including Apex, Trident, and more. Track ICP results and keep lab testing connected to your tank history. EMAIL UPDATES Get reef-themed tank summary emails to stay connected to what is happening across your tanks, especially when managing multiple aquariums. REPORTS & AI EXPORTS Export parameter summaries, dosing logs, maintenance history, livestock notes, and other tank records in formats ready for AI tools. PRIVACY & DATA CONTROL Your tanks are your data. Reef Trak does not run ads and does not sell reef hobbyist data. Your reef records are protected with encryption on your device and on our backend. Free CSV export lets you take your tank history wherever you need it. Reef Trak is actively developed with frequent updates shaped by the reefkeeping community.

Screenshots

Click Smart4 screens
Reef Trak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reef Trak at 100% against Click Smart's 0%. Reef Trak also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Click Smart's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Reef Trak sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Click Smart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Click Smart ships an update every 4 months, Reef Trak weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Click Smart versus Reef Trak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClick SmartReef Trak
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—33 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScolmore International LtdJoe Marino

Customer experience

Click Smart

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Reef Trak

All ratings33 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Click Smart

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Reef Trak

Subscriptions1
  • Reef Trak Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Reef Trak Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Click Smart free?
Click Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reef Trak free?
Reef Trak is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Click Smart or Reef Trak have ads?
Neither Click Smart nor Reef Trak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Click Smart or Reef Trak?
Click Smart ships an update every 4 months, and Reef Trak weekly. Most recently, Click Smart was updated on June 1, 2026 and Reef Trak on September 23, 2026.

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