SmartTub® vs Usual App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartTub®
This app acts as a personal hot tub assistant, providing tailored tips, how-to videos, and information based on your usage. It allows remote control of settings, energy usage estimates, and notifications for maintenance or power outages, ensuring you're always informed about your hot tub's status.
- Personalized hot tub tips and how-to videos
- Remote adjustment of temperature and energy efficiency
- Energy usage estimates
- Power outage notifications
- Dealer alerts for maintenance
- Remote connection to dealer service
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The SmartTub® app is your personal hot tub assistant, making you a hot tub expert. Acting as a quick reference guide, your app tailors tips, how-to videos and information based on how you use your hot tub. Whether you're across town or in the comfort of your own home, you can relax knowing you will always be informed with the SmartTub™ System. o Enjoy easy setup -- just pair your app o Discover enhanced product knowledge and support o Master hot tub care with personalized tips and how-to videos o View energy usage estimates** o Adjust key settings, such as energy efficiency and temperature while away o Receive power outage notifications to reduce complications o Alerts you and your dealer when your hot tub needs attention o Stay connected with your dealer and 'Click for Service' Requirements * SmartTub™ hardware installed on hot tub, compatible with 2018+ Hot Tubs * SmartTub™ system uses cellular-based communication and requires cell service from our provider partner in your area. * Requires subscription beginning in second year of ownership, first year included in the price of purchase. **Estimates are based on sensor readings and are not meant to match your utility measurements, see your local utility company for specifics to your local system.
Usual App
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Usual remembers what you always ask for, so you never have to explain it twice. WRITE IT DOWN ONCE Type it, photograph it, say it out loud, or add the receipt or invoice. Usual reads it and asks you before saving anything. Nothing is saved until you say so. A Usual is a service you come back to: the preferences, the person who does it, the photos of how it turned out, the history, and roughly how often you tend to return. "Every 27 to 31 days." "Due now." "Usually around September." COME BACK TO IT See what is booked and what is coming due. Repeat a Usual with the place you already go to, book, or reschedule. Your history is there when you need to remember what worked. SHARE IT, IF YOU WANT TO Share a Usual with a shop and they see the details you chose to share, and nothing else. Once you have booked, you can send it ahead so they have it before you arrive. WHEN YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO Away from home, or starting fresh, you do not start over. Show any barber, groomer or garage your Usual. Or describe what you want and let Usual find someone who answers, then book with them. KEEP A PLACE IN THE QUEUE If nothing suits, join a shop's waitlist with the days and times that would work for you. When something opens up, the shop can offer it to you. WHAT USUAL DOES NOT DO Usual does not take payments from you. You pay your shop the way you always have. Usual does not read your calendar; when it writes a booking into it, it only writes. In English and French.
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Verdict
SmartTub® and Usual App are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | SmartTub® | Usual App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (318 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 23.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 318 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jacuzzi Brands Corp. | PNE Solutions inc |
Bugs and requests
SmartTub®
Reported bugs
4 issues- App frequently logs out users
- Inability to register warranty
- Inconsistent temperature readings
- Unreliable connection to spa
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to remotely turn off spa
- Customizable heating and filtering schedules
- Chemical tracking and maintenance reminders
- Improved Apple Watch integration
- Better temperature and setting controls
Usual App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SmartTub®
No in-app purchases
Usual App
No in-app purchases









