Comparison

Pool Robot vs Simple Lockscreen Counter

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Smartphone control
  • Customizable settings
  • Manual remote control
  • Pool temperature monitoring
  • Battery level display
  • Charging status readouts
Features
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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.

About

Simple Lockscreen Counter

Features
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Simple Lockscreen Counter pairs a Lock Screen counter widget with an in-app confirmation flow so your most important numbers only change when you mean it. • Confirm every Lock Screen tap — launches the app, shows a clear alert, and only increments after you press Confirm. • Organize counters by name, optional goal value, and long-press notes to track context or progress details. • Adjust or recover quickly with one-tap increment, decrement, and reset actions, plus haptics for positive feedback. • Customize the widget font between the system default or the included Rajdhani Bold typeface to match your style. • Widgets and app share the same App Group storage, keeping data consistent across edits, resets, and new devices. Simple Lockscreen Counter supports English, Korean, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese, is built for iOS 17.6+, and includes an unobtrusive AdMob banner on every screen.

Screenshots

Pool Robot4 screens
Simple Lockscreen Counter3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Lockscreen Counter at monthly against Pool Robot's every 3 months. Pool Robot's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pool Robot ships an update every 3 months, Simple Lockscreen Counter monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pool Robot versus Simple Lockscreen Counter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool RobotSimple Lockscreen Counter
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApps Dev Team s.r.o.woonchan kee

In-app purchases

None

Pool Robot

No in-app purchases

None

Simple Lockscreen Counter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pool Robot free?
Pool Robot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Lockscreen Counter free?
Simple Lockscreen Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pool Robot or Simple Lockscreen Counter have ads?
Neither Pool Robot nor Simple Lockscreen Counter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pool Robot or Simple Lockscreen Counter?
Pool Robot ships an update every 3 months, and Simple Lockscreen Counter monthly. Most recently, Pool Robot was updated on October 7, 2026 and Simple Lockscreen Counter on September 20, 2026.

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