Smart Water Tech vs Varicon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Water Tech
Monitor and manage multiple water tanks wirelessly with advanced features like leak detection and pump control. This app offers real-time data, time-to-empty calculations, and weather forecasts for efficient water management.
- Wireless tank level monitoring
- Leak detection
- Pump control
- Time to empty calculation
- Weather forecasting
- Manage up to 12 tanks
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Smart Water designs and manufactures the ultimate tank management system. An all new release of hardware and software provides a significant technology and performance upgrade. Incorporating state of the art long range wireless connectivity, increased water measurement accuracy and reliability coupled to a suite of features including tank level, time to empty, leak detection, pump control and even weather forecasting. Now offered with the convenience of a fully featured mobile app allowing you to manage up to twelve tanks and twelve pump controllers from any iOS device. Choose a system with a convenient WiFi LCD Keypad or alternatively our app only system utilising our new WiFi Gateway device.
Varicon
This platform provides construction contractors with real-time project cost visibility by connecting field and office teams. It's designed to address major cost management issues for site and office staff, based on industry best practices to minimize process changes.
- Cloud-based cost management
- Real-time project cost visibility
- Connects field and office
- Industry best practices
- Minimizes process changes
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Varicon is a cloud-based construction cost management platform connecting the field with the office to provide construction contractor real-time visibility into their project cost. Varicon was co-developed with the construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for site and office based staff. The Varicon platform is based on industry best practices, so change from your existing processes is minimised.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Varicon at 100% against Smart Water Tech's 11%. Varicon also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Smart Water Tech's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Smart Water Tech sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $15.49 per year. Varicon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Varicon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Water Tech has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Smart Water Tech's written reviews are positive against 100% of Varicon's.
Smart Water Tech ships an update every 2 weeks, Varicon weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Water Tech | Varicon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivent Solutions Limited | Varicon Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Smart Water Tech
Varicon
In-app purchases
Smart Water Tech
- Smart Water Premium$15.491 Year
Varicon
No in-app purchases
