Comparison

Pool Shark H2O Pro vs Chameleon Lighting

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pool Shark H2O Pro

This app simplifies pool and spa record-keeping and maintenance with compliant logs. It offers instant water analysis and chemical dosage instructions to reduce liability and maintain clean water.

Highlights
  • Health Department Compliant Logs
  • Instant Water Analysis
  • Chemical Dosage Instructions
  • Bluetooth Integration with LaMotte WaterLink Spin Touch
  • Automated Testing Reminders
  • Location-Based Pool Search
  • Tamper-Proof Electronic Logs
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Simplify Pool and Spa record keeping and maintenance with 100% Health Department Compliant logs! Instant water analysis and chemical dosage instructions help reduce liability and keep water clean. Ideal for property managers, health clubs, hotels, water parks and resort pools and spas. Certified by the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code as compliant with the CDC's MAHC guidelines. This app provides additional functionality to the Pool Shark H2o service.  Account or Free Trial required for login. 30 different recording options configurable by pool, including Chlorine, Bromine, pH, Alkalinity and more.. Instant dosage calculation and instructions makes it easy to keep the water clean and safe. ** Chemical Dosage Calculations - make it fast and easy to keep water clean. ** Integrates with LaMotte WaterLink Spin Touch systems through bluetooth making water chemical testing as easy as pushing a button. ** Reminders when pools need to be tested ** Smart Search - detects your location and provides details for the pool/spa closest to you, eliminating the need to search for pools. ** Notifications & Alerts keeps management and maintenance staff aware when pools need attention. ** Reduce Liability - Tamper proof electronic logs stamped with the users name, date and time, keep an accurate record for compliance and liability. ** Lower Costs - Chemical Dosage calculations done automatically for each pool saves time and money spent on excess chemicals. The patented Pool Shark H2O service supports ALL your pool logs and staff, making it fast and easy to stay in compliance with health code regulations.

About

Chameleon Lighting

Control professional-grade addressable LED lights with pre-designed playlists and simple scheduling. Instantly apply holiday themes or dynamic animations without complex setup. Manage all your lights from a single dashboard.

Highlights
  • Professional playlists for instant light shows
  • Holiday-themed lighting presets
  • Dynamic animations and moods
  • Simple, automated scheduling
  • At-a-glance device status
  • Quick select favorites
  • Total power on/off control
Features
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Bring your home to life with Chameleon Lighting, the control center for your professional-grade addressable LED lights. No coding, no confusing setup, no light-by-light programming — just beautiful light, customized for you. ONE-TAP SHOWS, ALREADY DESIGNED A library of professionally designed playlists, ready to run. Holidays: Christmas, Halloween, Fourth of July, Easter and more, as complete multi-effect shows. Moods and animations: rainbows, ocean waves, firelight, aurora, and simple, elegant accent lighting. Dozens of effects — Fireworks, Twinkle Fade, Bouncing Balls, Meteor, Chase — each matched to a curated color palette. Browse the entire library before you ever create an account. SCHEDULING THAT RUNS ITSELF Add an event and it schedules itself. There is nothing else to set up. Holidays arrive on the right days every year, including the ones that move. Your team's colors run on game nights, following the real schedule. Sunrise and sunset are worked out for you, wherever you live. Choose your on and off times once and every event follows them — or give any single event its own. FAVORITES AND LIVE CONTROL Favorites on the Home screen: one tap puts a look on your lights right now, and turns them on if they were off. Now Playing shows what is running and what is coming up next, with brightness and speed you can move while it plays. Zones: split one controller across the roofline, the porch and the walkway, and send different content to each. Turn everything on or off from the main screen. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Studio: build your own playlists, patterns and color palettes — or start from anything in the library and change it. Quick Color: pick a color and it is on your lights immediately. See exactly how a pattern will lay out across your strip before it gets there. WORKS ON YOUR WI-FI, WITH OR WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Your controller runs on your own network. Find it, drive it, set its schedules and save its settings straight from the app — no account, no internet connection. When your internet is out, your lights carry on. Everything local stays free, always. BUILT FOR THE WHOLE HOUSE A free Chameleon account keeps your devices, schedules and creations in sync across every phone in the home. Set something up on one, and it is there on all of them. Your lights keep to their schedule whether the app is open or not. A Chameleon Cloud plan adds the cloud half: calendars that keep themselves current, live sports schedules, control from outside the house, the Ask Chameleon assistant and over-the-air firmware updates, for up to 5 controllers on your account. New accounts get a free 10-day trial when they add their first controller. Designed to work exclusively with Chameleon Lighting hardware. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Chameleon Cloud — Yearly: $24.99 per year, auto-renewing. Chameleon Cloud — Lifetime: $149.99, a one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The Yearly plan renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by country. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Chameleon Terms: https://chameleon.lighting/terms Privacy Policy: https://chameleon.lighting/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Pool Shark H2O Pro4 screens
Chameleon Lighting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chameleon Lighting at every 4 days against Pool Shark H2O Pro's every 5 months. Chameleon Lighting also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Pool Shark H2O Pro's advantage is ratings volume (288 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chameleon Lighting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pool Shark H2O Pro has 288 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pool Shark H2O Pro ships an update every 5 months, Chameleon Lighting every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pool Shark H2O Pro versus Chameleon Lighting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool Shark H2O ProChameleon Lighting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (288 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings288 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPool Shark H2O, Inc.Jarrod Brown

Customer experience

Pool Shark H2O Pro

All ratings219 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chameleon Lighting

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pool Shark H2O Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Chameleon Lighting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pool Shark H2O Pro free?
Pool Shark H2O Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chameleon Lighting free?
Chameleon Lighting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pool Shark H2O Pro or Chameleon Lighting?
Chameleon Lighting is rated higher. Pool Shark H2O Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 288 ratings, while Chameleon Lighting averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pool Shark H2O Pro or Chameleon Lighting have ads?
Neither Pool Shark H2O Pro nor Chameleon Lighting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pool Shark H2O Pro or Chameleon Lighting?
Pool Shark H2O Pro ships an update every 5 months, and Chameleon Lighting every 4 days. Most recently, Pool Shark H2O Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and Chameleon Lighting on November 5, 2026.

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