Comparison

Pooli vs Actually Here

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

Head to head
About

Pooli

This app helps you maintain a clean and safe pool or spa with smart testing, tailored advice, and customized task lists. It offers advanced AI for instant feedback, problem resolution guidance, and comprehensive sanitization support. Track multiple pools, manage inventory, and even collaborate with others for effortless pool care.

Highlights
  • Smart water testing with manual entry or strip scanning
  • Interactive Calcite Saturation Index (CSI) tool
  • Tailored reports and expert maintenance advice
  • Advanced AI for instant pool questions
  • Customized task lists and reminders
  • Multi-pool and spa management
  • Chemical inventory tracking with restock reminders
Features
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Embark on your pool care journey with Pooli, the comprehensive, user-friendly app that transforms every user into a pool care expert. With a range of high-value features, Pooli ensures safe, clean, and enjoyable swimming all year round. Top Features: 1. Smart Testing: Use your favorite water test method and open the Pooli app. Manually enter the results or join the Pool Club to scan your test strip with your phone's camera. 2. Interactive CSI Tool: Utilize our interactive Calcite Saturation Index (CSI) tool for understanding and preventing potential issues. 3. Tailored Reports & Advice: Receive detailed pool water quality reports and expert maintenance advice catered to your pool size and type. 4. Advanced AI: Get instant feedback on your pool questions with our cutting-edge AI system. 5. Customized Task Lists: Enjoy tailored task lists, reminders, and user-defined water chemistry targets specific to your pool or spa needs. 6. Multi-Pool Management: Effortlessly track and manage multiple pools or spas. 7. Problem Resolution: Get guidance for identifying and resolving pool issues. 8. Comprehensive Sanitization Support: Support for all primary sanitization methods, complete with custom targets, dosages, and recommendations. 9. Analysis Tools: Use our tools to graph and analyze chemical levels and usage over time, calculate actual chemical demand, and optimize shock/sanitization schedules. 10. Chemical Atlas & Shop: Access our integrated atlas of chemicals and solutions, along with a shop for discounted testing and equipment. 11. Collaborative Tools: Team up with service providers or family members on pool maintenance. 12. Record Keeping: Maintain complete records of pool water tests and maintenance tasks and equipment readings. 13. Inventory Tracking and Sharing: Keep track of your chemical, equipment, and supply inventory with restock reminders. 14. Customizable Profiles: Share your pool and spa information through customizable user profiles. 15. Cost Calculators: Track your savings on chemicals and equipment, and monitor water consumption and potential leaks. 16. Gamified Experience: Have fun with pool care through our monthly high scores and achievement badges. 17. Offline Functionality: Access key features and information even without an internet connection. How Pooli Works: Using Pooli is as easy as a few taps on your screen. Simply open the app, use a test your pool water, and input the results manually or via Pooli's simple and accurate test strip scanning technology. Pooli then provides you with a detailed report and expert advice on maintaining your pool. You'll get customized task lists and reminders based on your pool's specific needs. Pooli even offers a collaborative feature to work with service providers or family members on pool maintenance. With Pooli, pool care becomes a breeze! Experience peace of mind knowing you're maintaining safe and clean water. Dive into a better pool care experience with Pooli today!

About

Actually Here

Features
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Roll call, done in ten seconds, and it cannot be faked. Actually Here is attendance for university lectures and tutorials. You open a check-in window, and the phones actually in the room check themselves in over Bluetooth. No names read aloud. No sheet passed around. No accounts for students to create or forget. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a class and put the join code on the whiteboard. 2. Students install the app, enter the code, and type their name and student number once. 3. When you are ready, tap to open a check-in window. 4. Your phone broadcasts a one-time secret over Bluetooth. Phones in the room hear it and sign it with a key held in the device's secure hardware. 5. The roll fills itself, and you watch it happen live. PROOF, NOT HONESTY A check-in counts only if it carries the right secret from the right moment, signed by a known device. That secret existed only inside your check-in window, so a screenshot, a forwarded code, or a friend sitting across campus gets nowhere. Checking in a mate means physically handing over an unlocked phone — expensive, awkward, and it leaves traces the app flags for you. Valid check-ins need no confirmation from you. Only the anomalies ask for a human look. BUILT FOR TEACHING TEAMS • Promote tutors and co-instructors with one tap • Run parallel tutorials at the same time — check-ins sort themselves by session • Live roll while the class is in the room • Full-semester roster grid • Flags screen for the few records worth reviewing PRIVACY BY DESIGN • Students never create an account. Name and student number, once, on their own phone. • Signing keys are generated inside the device's secure hardware and never leave it. • Class data is end-to-end encrypted. Our servers hold ciphertext they cannot read. • Nothing leaves your device unless you export it. PRICING Free — everything above, for classes up to 20 students. Actually Here Unlimited (in-app purchase) — unlimited students per class, CSV export of your roster, and your tutors and co-instructors are covered by your subscription rather than needing their own. REQUIREMENTS • A device with Bluetooth LE • Bluetooth on and the app open on screen during check-in, on both the instructor's and the student's phone • Everyone in the same room (physical presence is the whole point) • An internet connection to submit check-ins From Selby Labs Pty Ltd Terms of Use: https://actuallyhere.selbylabs.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://actuallyhere.selbylabs.com/privacy

Screenshots

Pooli4 screens
Actually Here3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pooli at none against Actually Here's 1. Pooli also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Actually Here's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Actually Here sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year. Pooli asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pooli ships an update every 3 weeks, Actually Here every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pooli versus Actually Here: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPooliActually Here
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (370 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings370 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPooli, Inc.Selby Labs Pty Ltd

Bugs and requests

Pooli

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inventory management issues
  • Reminders triggering at inconvenient times

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to add equipment details and service history
  • Integration with calendar apps for reminders
  • More customization options for ideal water levels
  • Improved test strip scanning accuracy

Actually Here

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pooli

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Actually Here

Subscriptions1
  • English$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Pooli free?
Pooli is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Actually Here free?
Actually Here is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pooli or Actually Here have ads?
Neither Pooli nor Actually Here shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pooli or Actually Here?
Pooli ships an update every 3 weeks, and Actually Here every 2 days. Most recently, Pooli was updated on October 13, 2026 and Actually Here on October 1, 2026.

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