Comparison

Pool+ Manager vs House Spek

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

Head to head
About

Pool+ Manager

Effortlessly manage your pool and spa from your smartphone. Control pumps, filtration, heating, lighting, and more, all from one intuitive application, anywhere in the world.

Highlights
  • Remote pool and spa management
  • Control pumps and filtration
  • Manage heating and lighting
  • Integrates with existing systems
  • Control water features and valves
  • Modular design for various needs
Features
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Theralux Pool+ Manager removes the hassle from pool & spa maintenance and gives you the ultimate freedom. You can now manage and control your pool, spa, heating requirements and garden lighting from the palm of your hand, in one easy to use app, from anywhere in the world…or just from the couch. Seamlessly integrating into any existing pool & spa system, you can control single and many multi speed pumps, filtration times, sanitisers (e.g salt chlorinators), heaters, solar heating, lights, water features, pool/spa valve actuators and all spa equipment requirements. Pool+ Manager is completely modular and can accommodate most pool control requirements.

About

House Spek

Organize and share detailed property information, including descriptions, photos, and documents, in a secure digital wallet. Manage ownership and property bios for personal or business use, with options for private or public sharing.

Highlights
  • Create property profiles
  • Organize descriptions and photos
  • Manage key documents
  • Share listings privately or publicly
  • Secure digital wallet for documents
  • Track ownership and property bio
Features
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A living Logbook for your home. Your home already has a history. House Spek brings it together in one private Logbook and keeps it ready to use. Plans, warranties, certificates, receipts, photos and records stay organised with your home, so you can find them quickly and use them when they matter. Add it once. Use it again and again. ASK SPEKS Speks, your House Spek assistant, reads what is in your Logbook and answers questions about your home, showing the document each answer came from. Search your Logbook for free. Premium unlocks written Speks answers across all your properties. GETTING QUOTES? LET YOUR LOGBOOK DO THE TALKING. Describe the job in your own words. Speks helps turn it into a clear job brief and asks a few questions so trades can better understand what you need. Choose exactly which information from your Logbook to include, post the job once and follow it from the app. Relevant local trades can respond, while subscribed Trade Accounts receive matching local jobs first. BUILD YOUR LOGBOOK - Add documents by photo or upload. House Spek reads each item and suggests where it belongs for you to confirm. - Forward or CC emails to your property's own Logbook email address. - Go back through old emails, records and photos to build the history you already have. - Keep personal records separate from the home's history. USE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN Turn the information in your Logbook into something useful when you need it. Generate reports from your own records: - Insurance Report - Mortgage Report - Condition Report - Construction Checklist - Furniture Inventory - Expense Summary EARN AS YOU DOCUMENT Earn credits and badges as you add useful information and keep your Logbook up to date. Credits are earned, never sold, and can be used towards House Spek features, Premium or property registration. SELLING YOUR HOME Transfer the home's history to the next owner while keeping your personal records with you. Transfer the home's history. Take your personal records with you. PREMIUM - Manage multiple properties - Ask Speks across all your properties - Portfolio Reports - Live Logbook sharing - Monthly credits while subscribed BUILDERS A USB delivers the handover. House Spek keeps it alive. Provide a House Spek Logbook at handover so your name remains part of the home's history long after the keys are handed over. Branded for Life. TRADES See relevant local jobs with useful property information already attached. A subscribed Trade Account gets matching local jobs first and can send tailored offers to relevant properties. With your Trade Logbook, CC client correspondence to your House Spek works address so certificates, warranties, invoices and job records stay organised against the work you completed. A good job shouldn't disappear with the invoice. Your home keeps changing. So does its Logbook. Start your home's Logbook with House Spek. Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription, charged to your account and managed in your account settings. Privacy: https://housespek.com/privacy Terms: https://housespek.com/terms

Screenshots

Pool+ Manager3 screens
House Spek4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: House Spek at 100% against Pool+ Manager's 9%. Pool+ Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. House Spek sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Pool+ Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pool+ Manager ships an update every 4 months, House Spek every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pool+ Manager versus House Spek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool+ ManagerHouse Spek
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDONTEK ELECTRONICS PTY LTDHouse Spek Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Pool+ Manager

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral27.3%
Negative63.6%

House Spek

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pool+ Manager

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

House Spek

Subscriptions2
  • Premium monthly$5.991 Month
  • Premium annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Property credits pack$29.99

Questions

Is Pool+ Manager free?
Pool+ Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is House Spek free?
House Spek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pool+ Manager or House Spek have ads?
Neither Pool+ Manager nor House Spek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pool+ Manager or House Spek?
Pool+ Manager ships an update every 4 months, and House Spek every 5 months. Most recently, Pool+ Manager was updated on October 24, 2026 and House Spek on October 24, 2026.

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