WaterGuru vs iopool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WaterGuru
This app provides comprehensive control over your pool's water chemistry. It helps maintain a safe environment by keeping out harmful contaminants and offers lab-grade analysis and treatment advice for simplified pool management.
- Pool water chemistry control
- Harmful virus and bacteria prevention
- Lab-grade analysis
- Water treatment advice
- Simplified pool management
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Get ultimate control over your pool water chemistry with WaterGuru. Keep harmful viruses and bacteria out and simplify how you manage your pool forever. Rebuilt from the ground up, the next generation app includes all features you love and more, including lab grade analysis and water treatment advice.
iopool
This app helps pool owners manage their water treatment with continuous analysis from a smart probe. It provides step-by-step guidance for product additions and intelligent recommendations for maintenance, eliminating the need for manual inventory checks.
- Continuous water analysis
- Automated product addition notifications
- Step-by-step treatment guidance
- Intelligent maintenance recommendations
- Product inventory and quantity management
- Pool health monitoring
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The iopool application allows pool owners to manage their water treatment themselves. The EcO probe analyzes the water continuously and the application displays the results of the analyses. When an addition of products is necessary, the user is notified. The application explains step by step the steps to follow for optimal efficiency and safety. Thanks to iopool's intelligent recommendation engine and its application, users no longer need to worry about managing inventory and quantity of maintenance products. These products have been selected by iopool for their efficiency, in partnership with a university research center. The iopool application is the best companion for users of a private pool. The application makes it possible to know at any time the state of health of the pool, forgetting the chore of weekly strips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WaterGuru at none against iopool's shown. WaterGuru also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 60%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). iopool's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
iopool holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 239 and 95 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of WaterGuru's written reviews are positive against 60% of iopool's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WaterGuru ships an update every 4 weeks, iopool every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WaterGuru | iopool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (239 ratings) | 4.3 (95 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.8% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 239 — better | 95 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WaterGuru, Inc | Iopool |
Customer experience
WaterGuru
iopool
Bugs and requests
WaterGuru
Reported bugs
3 issues- App notifications not working properly
- Inability to upload pool photos
- Inconsistent app performance after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to set custom testing schedule
- Measure salt levels
- Provide more advice on adjusting water chemistry
- Add hourly temperature readings
iopool
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WaterGuru
No in-app purchases
iopool
No in-app purchases
