Comparison

Pool Brain vs Expansion Support Services

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Job data analysis
  • Chemical dosing instructions
  • Route optimization
  • Equipment tracking
  • Enforced checklists
  • Cost tracking
  • Guided workflow
Features
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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

About

Expansion Support Services

Features
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Help Clients to get more referrals. To give our clients smoother relationship with us. Offer a way for our clients to improve their business.

Screenshots

Pool Brain4 screens
Expansion Support Services4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pool Brain at none against Expansion Support Services's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pool Brain versus Expansion Support Services: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool BrainExpansion Support Services
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (260 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings260 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPool Brain LLCLOCAL SEARCH FORCE, INC

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

Expansion Support Services

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pool Brain

No in-app purchases

None

Expansion Support Services

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pool Brain free?
Pool Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Expansion Support Services free?
Expansion Support Services is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pool Brain or Expansion Support Services have ads?
Expansion Support Services shows ads; Pool Brain does not.

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