Comparison

Skimmer Pro vs Aquasition

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

Head to head
About

Skimmer Pro

This app provides comprehensive tools for pool service professionals to manage their business. It offers features for route optimization, customer management, work order creation, service history tracking, and invoicing. The app allows for online and offline use, ensuring data is always accessible and synced.

Highlights
  • Manage and optimize routes
  • Track readings and dosages
  • Create work orders
  • Access customer service histories
  • Generate invoices
  • Work online or offline
  • Provide proof of service photos
Features
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Pool service software for the modern pool pro. Everything you need to run your pool service business, all in one app.™ Learn more: https://getskimmer.com Watch demo video: https://getskimmer.com/Demo Sign up: https://getskimmer.com/Account/Register • Manage & Optimize Routes • Manage Multiple Properties & Multiple Bodies of Water • Create Work Orders (Both Repairs & Recurring Jobs) • Work Online or Offline via Mobile App • Easily Track & Enter Readings & Dosages • Access Customer Service Histories • Manage Customer Equipment • Create General & Customized Checklists • Manage Parts & Purchasing via Shopping List • Provide Proof of Service Photos • Deliver Beautiful Completed Service Emails • Easily Generate Invoices and Bill Your Customers • Produce Reports for Usage, Profit, Labor, Installed Items, and Dosages • Send Bulk Emails to All or Some of the Customer Base WORK ONLINE OR OFFLINE Skimmer works the same whether you have an internet connection or not. You shouldn't have to think about it, and now you don't. Plus, it automatically syncs to the Cloud, so your data is always safe. CUSTOMER INFO With Skimmer, you always have the most up-to-date customer information with you. Track all your customers, each with the ability to have multiple locations and bodies of water. Always have up-to-date contact information, wherever you go. ROUTE MANAGEMENT & OPTIMIZATION Everything you need to customize and optimize routes, along with tracking all your service stop data. See your route on a map, along with distance and time to complete. Easily move stops to a different day or from one tech to another. KNOW WHERE YOUR TECHS ARE With just a glance you know where each and every tech is, when they started, and when they should finish for the day. With a simple tap, you can see their entire day’s route and service stop details, so you can manage and grow your business with more information than ever before. SERVICE HISTORY Easily see a pool’s entire service history. Color coding shows when a pool’s chemistry was out of range. Quickly find when parts were installed or the last time a checklist item was performed. TRACK READINGS AND DOSAGES Skimmer is the fastest way to enter all your readings and dosages. Review chemical history to identify issues before they happen. Track your chemical usage and costs by customer, location, or tech to ensure you’re charging enough. SHOPPING LIST Ever forget to buy a part, or install it, or even bill for it? Skimmer tracks a part from the moment it's needed until the time it's billed for. So nothing ever gets forgotten. SERVICE EMAILS Email your customers beautiful service reports automatically when you finish each route stop. Include proof of service photos along with chemical readings and dosages. WORK ORDERS Easily manage repairs, service calls, and even recurring items like filter cleans. Add customized checklists and tasks to different work order types. Then when you’re done, send an email report to your customers with photos and captions showing them what you did. INVOICING Say goodbye to spending hours processing invoices. No more wasting hours just to get paid. With Skimmer's invoice generation, you can do an entire month's billing in just five minutes! REPORTING Skimmer generates reports on all aspects of your service such as invoicing, profitability, labor, chemical dosages, and installed parts and products. Skimmer reports make it easy to forecast chemical needs and make rate adjustments for unprofitable customers. BROADCAST EMAILS Communicate to some or all of your customers with ease! Target customers by tag, service date, or route assignment to send messages, alerts, and promotions. Advise customers of incoming storms, service date changes, or service reminders for equipment in just a few clicks. Get the Skimmer pool service app today!

About

Aquasition

Features
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Aquasition is the app your technicians carry from stop to stop. The office runs the company on the web; this is the phone in the truck. It opens on today's route: every pool in order, the gate code on the row before anyone gets out of the truck, and a bar showing how many stops are left. Tap a stop and the whole job is on one screen. Work the checklist, enter what you measured, enter what you poured in, photograph the pump that is leaking, leave a note for the office, and close it out. All of it saves on the phone the moment you tap it, not when the signal comes back. Aquasition writes to the device first and uploads afterward, so an equipment pad behind the house or a gated community with no reception does not change whether the morning was recorded. TODAY'S ROUTE - Every stop for the day in route order, with the street address and the gate code on the row - A week strip for looking back at yesterday or ahead to Friday - A progress bar for what is done and what is left - On-demand stops kept separate from the scheduled ones - A banner that always says whether your work has reached the office AT THE STOP - Directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps, and one tap to call the customer - Access instructions above the work, so you know about the locked gate before you park - A checklist you tap through - Readings and chemical dosages on a number pad, using your company's own types and units - Photos from the camera, each marked to show whether it has uploaded or is still on the phone - A note for the office, and the option to email the owner along with it - Finish the stop, or skip it with a reason: gate locked, dog out, customer request, weather WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL - The route, the stops, the customer list, work orders, and the map all read from the phone, not the network - Every entry is queued the instant you make it and leaves the queue only once the server confirms it - Uploads keep going while the app is in your pocket - Anything the office refused or changed is listed by name, with a retry and a choice of which version to keep - The app will not let you sign out while work is still sitting on the phone CUSTOMERS - The customer book on the device, searchable by name, phone, email, or street - Pools, water bodies, equipment with model and serial numbers, gate codes, and notes - Service history with past readings, dosages, checklists, and photos - Invoices, balances, and files for the people whose role allows it WORK ORDERS AND JOBS - Repairs, service calls, and green-pool cleans that are not on the route - Create one in the field, schedule it, describe the work, mark it finished - Jobs from approved quotes, with their totals and status MAP - Today's stops as numbered pins, colored by status - Tap a pin for directions or a phone call FOR OWNERS AND OFFICE STAFF - Team members, roles, and permissions - Company settings, service types, checklists, and work-order types - Products, tax, notification, and invoice settings ACCOUNTS Aquasition is a companion app to the Aquasition web software that pool-service companies run their business on. A company needs an Aquasition account before its technicians can sign in here. If your company already runs on Aquasition, ask the office for your sign-in. If it does not, any pool-service company can create a free account at getaquasition.com. This app does not offer subscriptions, purchases, or billing, and it does not work as a standalone product. Support: support@getaquasition.com Privacy policy: getaquasition.com/privacy Terms of service: getaquasition.com/terms

Screenshots

Skimmer Pro4 screens
Aquasition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Skimmer Pro at every 8 days against Aquasition's every 3 weeks. 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

Skimmer Pro ships an update every 8 days, Aquasition every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Skimmer Pro versus Aquasition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkimmer ProAquasition
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size251 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSkimmer LLCEric Otten

Bugs and requests

Skimmer Pro

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Disappearing functionality
  • Buggy photo uploads
  • Freezing and crashing
  • Rerouting issues
  • Syncing problems
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  • Unreliable data entry

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add photo upload from device
  • Enable invoicing from app
  • Add Waze integration
  • Allow editing of time in/out
  • Add pool chemical calculator
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  • Enable advance billing

Aquasition

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Skimmer Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Aquasition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Skimmer Pro free?
Skimmer Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aquasition free?
Aquasition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Skimmer Pro or Aquasition have ads?
Neither Skimmer Pro nor Aquasition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Skimmer Pro or Aquasition?
Skimmer Pro ships an update every 8 days, and Aquasition every 3 weeks. Most recently, Skimmer Pro was updated on October 29, 2026 and Aquasition on October 24, 2026.

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