Pool Brain vs Paythepoolman+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool Brain
This app streamlines pool service operations by analyzing job data, providing chemical dosing instructions, and optimizing routes. It helps track equipment, enforce checklists, and manage costs, ensuring efficient service visits and clear communication.
- Job data analysis
- Chemical dosing instructions
- Route optimization
- Equipment tracking
- Enforced checklists
- Cost tracking
- Guided workflow
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Automatically analyzes job data and alerts you to things you need to see. No Alerts? No problems. No time wasted on random follow-ups in 100+ degrees. -No Signal Needed To Function -Chemical Dosing Instructions -View Route on Map -Optimize route or drag and drop -Track Equipment -Checklists Can't Be Skipped or Cheated -Guided Workflow -Cost Tracking -Customizable
Paythepoolman+
Streamline pool service operations with features like offline mode, shopping lists with images, repair logging, and automated service proofs. Track employee time, chemical usage, and customer history to improve efficiency and customer communication.
- Offline mode
- Shopping list with images
- Repair logging and requests
- Automated proof of service
- Chemical usage tracking
- Employee time tracking
- Route tracking
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When it comes to having Employee's you want to be efficient as possible while providing excellent service. *Offline mode for bad cell service areas *Shopping list with images to never forget items needed *Built in LSI calculations makes your life easier *Log repairs and make repair requests *Add items to your billing to avoid losing money!! *Built in notifications (when Pool Junction App is used ) *See chemical costs while entering amounts used at service stop *Add employee images to be used *See previous service stops readings, chemical usage and images *Automatic Email Proof of service with Pictures & more *Easily track your routes from your Owner Dashboard *Track Chemical Readings *Track Chemical Usage *Track Employee time worked OR Pools serviced per week *Get Repair Request with pictures and quickly turn them into estimates and Customer communication *In English or Spanish *and so much more! See why we are the Pool companies top choice!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pool Brain at weekly against Paythepoolman+'s monthly. Pool Brain also leads on ratings volume (260 vs 30). Paythepoolman+'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Pool Brain against 3.9 for Paythepoolman+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pool Brain has 260 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Pool Brain's written reviews are positive against 60% of Paythepoolman+'s.
Pool Brain ships an update weekly, Paythepoolman+ monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Pool Brain | Paythepoolman+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (260 ratings) — better | 3.9 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 260 — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 180 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pool Brain LLC | PAYTHEPOOLMAN, LLC |
Customer experience
Pool Brain
Paythepoolman+
Bugs and requests
Pool Brain
Reported bugs
22 issues- App continuously crashes
- App drains phone battery
- App becomes unstable in Low Power Mode
- Functions stop working when multitasking
- Slow response or resolution from developers
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- Updates add more complications
- Inability to reorganize task order
- Need to back out many steps to check history
- Every tap lags a few seconds
- Routes are scrambled every week
- App is slow and glitchy
- Latest update made the app worse
- App is borderline unusable
- Keyboard doesn't allow writing points in numbers
- Photos take hours to sync
- Photos sometimes don't sync
- App asks to share location every time it opens
- Filter bug alerts (cartridge filters treated as sand/DE)
- Bug with filters and salt cells
- Over 50GB of memory in 1 week
- App uses large amount of space
- Support link leads to main webpage
Requested features
15 requests- Add option to take videos in alerts/Repair needed section
- Allow photos using front-facing camera
- Add videos to other issues options
- Flip to front-facing camera for hard-to-reach angles
- Allow login on 2 devices
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- Notify before job start button if backwash needed
- Larger input area for chemical dosages
- Fix job creation to allow date setting
- Allow documenting filter cleaning without full route
- Section to add billable items like new Polaris bag
- Ability to see past visit pictures
- Ability to see past installations
- Improve chemical calculator to include more than shock, pH, alkalinity
- Allow permanent route customization
- Dark mode option
Paythepoolman+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pool Brain
No in-app purchases
Paythepoolman+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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