Smart Water Tech vs IP Scanner
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.
IP Scanner
This app scans your local network to identify all active devices. It offers fast results, customizable device information, and tools like PING and Wake on LAN. Save and manage past scans for easy reference.
- Fast network scanning
- Customizable device names and icons
- Save and review past scans
- PING, Wake on LAN, Port Scan tools
- Save and import custom device lists
- Import/export scan results
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IP Scanner for iOS scans your local area network to determine the identity of all active machines and internet devices on the LAN. Powerful results, yet easy, quick and intuitive to use. Key features: * Extremely fast scan results * Customizable results - assign your own names and icons to discovered devices * Save and consult past scans * PING, Wake on LAN and Port Scan tools built right in * Save and import custom device lists, or sync via iCloud * Import/export scan results via email or bonjour * Clean, professional design that is customizable and easy to use The free version has no restrictions at all on functionality and can identify up to 15 devices at a time. * To unlock unlimited devices in a scan, we offer an in-app upgrade to Pro. * For even more features, including realtime push notifications on network changes, a network DVR-style history browser and a true universal app bundle with native, optimized versions for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Watch, check out IP Scanner Ultra in the app store https://apple.co/3gz0tu6
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: IP Scanner at 60% against Smart Water Tech's 13%. IP Scanner also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (889 vs 3). Smart Water Tech's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26). On price, update cadence, 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. Smart Water Tech sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $15.49 per year and IP Scanner sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
IP Scanner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IP Scanner has 889 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Smart Water Tech's written reviews are positive against 60% of IP Scanner's.
Smart Water Tech ships an update every 2 weeks, IP Scanner fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Water Tech | IP Scanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (889 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 60.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 889 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivent Solutions Limited | Matia labs, inc. |
Customer experience
Smart Water Tech
IP Scanner
Bugs and requests
Smart Water Tech
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
IP Scanner
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on startup
- Unstable on macOS
- Inconsistent scan results across devices
- Loses custom device names after scans
- Detects devices that are no longer on the network
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to print selected fields
- Include notes in printouts
- Resizable settings window
- Option to block or remove devices
- Improved device identification
In-app purchases
Smart Water Tech
- Smart Water Premium$15.491 Year
IP Scanner
- IP Scanner Pro Upgrade (iOS)$19.99
- IP Scanner Pro Upgrade (MacOS)$19.99
Questions
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