Pool Robot vs SKIMMER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool Robot
Manage your smart pool cleaner directly from your phone. Adjust settings, use manual remote control, and monitor pool temperature, battery, and charging status.
- Smartphone control
- Customizable settings
- Manual remote control
- Pool temperature monitoring
- Battery level display
- Charging status readouts
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Control your Pool Robot with the convenience of your smartphone. Customizable settings, manual remote control as well as pool temperature, battery level and charging status readouts.
SKIMMER
Control your pool skimmer's start, stop, and movement direction. Monitor device charging status and battery power directly from your mobile device.
- Control skimmer start/stop
- Control skimmer movement direction
- Display charging status
- Display battery power
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This is a simple app applied to the pool skimmer, the main function is to control the skimmer start 、stop and movement direction, as well as display device charging status 、 battery power and other information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pool Robot at 3.0 against SKIMMER's 1.0. Pool Robot also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). 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.
Pool Robot holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.
Pool Robot ships an update every 3 months, SKIMMER every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pool Robot | SKIMMER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (8 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Apps Dev Team s.r.o. | Taizhou Dibiao Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Pool Robot
No in-app purchases
SKIMMER
No in-app purchases
