TECOnnect vs Reef Tiles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TECOnnect
Remotely manage your TECO chiller, adjust settings, and get thermostat notifications. This app provides a remote monitoring interface for smartphones and tablets.
- Remote chiller control
- Parameter modification
- Thermostat alerts
- Remote monitoring
- Smartphone and tablet interface
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WIFI DEVICE TECOnnect You will be able to remotely control your TECO chiller, modify parameters and receive thermostat alerts. We offer a remote monitoring app interfacing with smartphones and tablets. Download the APP!
Reef Tiles
This app provides an alternative dashboard for Apex Fusion, designed as an always-on display for your reef tank. It features a simple interface to view key parameters, built-in graphs, and an audible alarm for Neptune Apex users.
- Always-on display
- Simple interface
- Key parameter monitoring
- Built-in graphs
- Audible alarm
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Reef Tiles is an alternate dashboard for Apex Fusion. Designed to be an always on display, it has a large, simple interface which shows you your tank's most import parameters at a glance. Topped off with built in graphs & an audible alarm it makes for an excellent companion to your Neptune Apex equipped reef tank.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Reef Tiles at 3.6 against TECOnnect's 2.5. Reef Tiles also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 29%). TECOnnect's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 20 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reef Tiles holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of TECOnnect's written reviews are positive against 63% of Reef Tiles's.
TECOnnect ships an update every 8 months, Reef Tiles every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TECOnnect | Reef Tiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZEPPING SRL SEMPLIFICATA | Arin Sarkissian |
Customer experience
TECOnnect
Reef Tiles
In-app purchases
TECOnnect
No in-app purchases
Reef Tiles
No in-app purchases
