iopool vs iGarden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
iGarden
Manage your swimming pool devices remotely with this app. It offers real-time data, seasonal and energy-saving modes, and control over various equipment like pumps, heaters, and lighting. Enrich your smart pool experience with seamless interconnectivity.
- Remote device control
- Real-time pool data
- Seasonal and energy-saving modes
- Equipment fault list
- Power consumption statistics
- Add and manage equipment
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The iGarden App is an intelligent management platform for your swimming pool devices. Through the iGarden App, you can achieve quick interaction with your mobile phone, enabling interconnectivity and multi scenario interaction between smart devices. Enrich the intelligent application scenarios of swimming pool equipment. Control equipment: water pumps, heat pumps, dehumidifiers, backflow devices, lighting, water features, pool covers, salt machines, sand tanks, etc. in the iGarden ecosystem App features: real-time display of swimming pool information data, seasonal mode, energy-saving mode, water pump control, heat pump control, power consumption statistics, fault list, adding equipment, etc
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: iGarden at none against iopool's shown. iGarden also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). iopool's advantage is ratings volume (95 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
iGarden holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iopool has 95 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iopool | iGarden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (95 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 241 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Iopool | FAIRLAND HOLDINGS CO.,LTD |
Customer experience
iopool
iGarden
In-app purchases
iopool
No in-app purchases
iGarden
No in-app purchases
