HYDROS App vs Trident Cockpit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HYDROS App
Easily monitor and control your aquarium's vital parameters like temperature, pH, and salinity. Manage all your connected devices, including ATOs, lights, and pumps, with a user-friendly interface. Quick setup with preset configurations means no coding is required to get your system running.
- Monitor temperature, ORP, pH, salinity
- Control ATO, lights, heaters, pumps
- User-friendly interface
- Quick setup with presets
- Manage multiple devices and aquariums
- Set schedules and create modes
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Use the CoralVue HYDROS App to control and monitor HYDROS aquarium devices from your smartphone or tablet. The user-friendly interface allows you to easily monitor your aquarium's temperature, ORP, pH, alkalinity levels, salinity, and more. With just one tap, you can control your ATO, lights, heaters, pumps, skimmer, calcium reactor, RO/DI units, etc. Setup is quick and easy! With 18+ different preset configurations and growing, it will take only minutes to get all of your equipment set up and running, with no coding required. SUPPORTED DEVICES: -HYDROS Control X2, X4, XS, XD, X3, X4, XP8, X10 -HYDROS Kraken -HYDROS Minnow -HYDROS Launch -HYDROS WaveEngine, WaveEngine LT -IceCap Gyre Dual Pump WiFi Controller DISCOVER MORE: -Intuitive interface features multiple view options such as tile, text, or graph -Adjust your view settings to light mode, dark mode, or auto, which will automatically adjust to your mobile device's settings -Ability to manage multiple HYDROS devices and aquariums from one single-screen -Monitor and control WiFi outlets -Set schedules and create modes -Archive controller settings STAY CONNECTED We welcome you to join our HYDROS community at forum.coralvuehydros.com where you can ask questions, learn more about your HYDROS devices, and connect with other aquatic hobbyists like yourself.
Trident Cockpit
Control your underwater drone with this app. Stream live video, manage camera settings, and record your dives. It also allows you to view and download past dive footage and monitor drone maintenance data.
- Live drone video streaming
- Gamepad control support
- Camera and light adjustments
- Record and geotag pilot video
- View past dive footage
- Monitor drone maintenance data
- Payload control (GoPro HERO 3/3+)
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Features • Controls the Trident Underwater Drone by Sofar Ocean • Watch live video stream from the drone • Gamepad control • Controls camera, light, stabilisation • Onboard camera controls: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue • Recording pilot video stream • GPS geotagging pilot video • Show realtime drone orientation • Show depth, temperature, camera and battery times • Past dives video from drone: watch, download and delete. • Past dives video from drone: recovery hidden broken videos • Show maintenance data: internal pressure, internal temperature, battery cycle count • Support payload connection and control. (now GoPro HERO 3/3+) Payload control GoPro HERO 3/3+: • Control camera power • Camera recording control • Live preview • Show battery level • Show recording time left Supported gamepads • Xbox Wireless Controller • DualShock 4 • Any MFi certified gamepad
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Trident Cockpit at 5.0 against HYDROS App's 3.6. Trident Cockpit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). HYDROS App's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Trident Cockpit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HYDROS App has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of HYDROS App's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trident Cockpit's.
HYDROS App ships an update every 3 months, Trident Cockpit every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HYDROS App | Trident Cockpit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Coralvue | Dmitriy Borovikov |
Customer experience
HYDROS App
Trident Cockpit
In-app purchases
HYDROS App
No in-app purchases
Trident Cockpit
No in-app purchases
