Hot Spring® Spas Legacy vs Screen Wars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hot Spring® Spas Legacy
Remotely control and monitor your spa's temperature, jets, and lighting. Manage your spa from any location, even at a second home or rental property. Grant access to service professionals and receive alerts for prompt attention.
- Set water temperature remotely
- Control jets and lighting from anywhere
- Monitor FreshWater® Salt System
- Manage spas at multiple locations
- Grant access to service professionals
- Receive attention alerts
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Control and Monitor Your Spa From Home or on the Go App name changed from "Hot Springs Spas" to "Hot Springs Spas Legacy" No impact to app functionality Note: Not compatible with 2025 Hot Spot Collection spas Experience smart, simple, stress-free spa ownership with the Hot Spring® Spas Legacy app, powered by the Connected Spa Kit. * With just a touch: • Set water temperature, jets, and lighting from anywhere. • Monitor and adjust the FreshWater® Salt System remotely. • Manage a spa at a second home or rental property. • Give service professionals access. • React quickly when attention is needed *May not be compatible with certain Hot Spot(R) models. Ask your dealer for details.
Screen Wars
This app helps you reduce screen time by competing with friends. Set daily limits for specific apps and get help from friends to unlock them. Track your usage and see where your hours go.
- Daily battles with friends
- Fantasy-style leagues
- Set app-specific daily limits
- Friend-assisted app unlocks
- Detailed screen time tracking
- Victory Passes for unlocks
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You already know which apps are stealing your day. Screen Wars makes them stop — and makes sure you can't quietly undo it. BATTLE YOUR FRIENDS DAILY — FREE Every day you're matched against a friend. Less screen time wins. Results arrive the next morning, win streaks stack, and there's a weekly champion. Trash talk, dares and badges included. No subscription needed. RUN A LEAGUE Fantasy-football style: a six-week season with weekly matchups, standings, playoffs and a champion. Lowest average screen time wins the week. Joining a league is free. SET A LIMIT, PER APP Choose the apps that get you and give each one a daily allowance. Use it up and that app shields itself. Not a reminder. Not a nudge you can swipe away. ONLY A FRIEND CAN LET YOU BACK IN You can't unblock yourself — no passcode you'll memorise, no five-more-minutes button. Ask a friend for more time on a specific app, they get a notification, and they decide. Their code is the only way past a block. Win a battle and you earn a Victory Pass: one free 15-minute unlock, no asking required. SEE WHERE THE HOURS GO Your week at a glance, per app and per day. Tap days to compare them, so "I was only on there a few minutes" meets the actual number. Screen Wars uses Apple's Screen Time features to track and block apps on your device. Your usage data stays yours — friends only ever see what you choose to share with them. SCREEN WARS PRO Daily battles, joining leagues, friends and screen time tracking are free. Pro unlocks app blocking, Victory Passes, starting your own leagues and your full battle history. • Screen Wars Pro Monthly — $3.99 per month • Screen Wars Pro Annual — $24.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://legal.dlcdigital.org/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://legal.dlcdigital.org/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Screen Wars at 100% against Hot Spring® Spas Legacy's 11%. Screen Wars also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.4) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Hot Spring® Spas Legacy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (60 vs 6). 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
Both are free to download. Screen Wars sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Hot Spring® Spas Legacy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Screen Wars holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hot Spring® Spas Legacy has 60 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Hot Spring® Spas Legacy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Screen Wars's.
Hot Spring® Spas Legacy ships an update every 2 months, Screen Wars every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hot Spring® Spas Legacy | Screen Wars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (60 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Watkins Manufacturing Corporation | DLC DIGITAL, LLC |
Customer experience
Hot Spring® Spas Legacy
Screen Wars
Bugs and requests
Hot Spring® Spas Legacy
Reported bugs
78 issues- Constantly needs resetting
- May not always work after resetting
- App doesn't show proper information
- Salt output doesn't match panel display
- Doesn't have confidence it reads temp right
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- Impossible to tell if connected or providing 'dummy' data
- Round gauge doesn't match panel gauge
- Simply stopped working
- Can't control spa anymore
- Never sent confirmation email
- Doesn't work
- Always disconnects
- Temp isn't what is set
- Salt level is wrong
- Worked for about the first week
- Completely worthless
- Does little to nothing for Bluetooth connectivity
- Can't turn up chlorine system
- Can't turn on lights
- Pretty much nothing works
- Super glitchy
- No audio control other than input type
- No reporting of water quality monitor
- Salt system reporting only
- Can't control lights
- Can't adjust light color
- App doesn't work
- Only worked for about a day after resetting
- Going on for two years
- Can't control it remotely
- Worked OK for a little while
- Extremely buggy and slow
- Terrible design
- Just doesn't work at all
- Bare bones controls don't work consistently
- Routinely sends false notifications
- Cannot always remotely control simple features
- App has never worked since installation
- Never ever worked
- Second attempt at Wifi is another failure
- Data could not be read because it isn't in the correct format
- No answer from Watkins/Hot Springs
- Previous app worked perfectly most of the time
- New app works some of the time
- App completely logged me out
- Can't get back in
- Zero info about occasional alerts
- Does not stay connected
- App acknowledges change but it hasn't actually happened
- Had to unplug and shut power off multiple times to reconnect
- Constant logging outs
- Network adapter keeps getting disconnected
- Set temp and tub becomes inaccessible
- App crashes frequently
- Does not notify when communication is lost
- Changing settings doesn't change chlorine output
- App doesn't allow login
- Effective only about 50% of the time
- App no longer works
- Error message: 'data couldn't be read because it isn't in the correct format'
- Won't let me sign on
- Reading about incorrect format to login
- Multiple problems connecting
- Can't log in
- Tells me format can't be read as received
- Can't Log In Nor Create Account
- App stopped working
- No longer able to login
- Upgraded iOS, still same error
- App not working
- No ability to adjust anything or view notifications
- Software 'reduced flow' error
- Laggy
- Bluetooth feature requires re-pairing phone
- Signs me out constantly
- Temperature setting is fiddly and slow
- Doesn't say it can't connect to the spa
- Bluetooth connectivity for music is poor
Requested features
25 requests- 💡 Choose light colors
- 💡 Control light colors
- 💡 Scheduling for water heat up
- 💡 HomeKit compatibility
- 💡 Smart home system connectivity
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- 💡 Time any kind of event
- 💡 Start a clean cycle
- 💡 Program lighting moods
- 💡 Dashboard for water quality/filter life
- 💡 Calculator for chemical dosing
- 💡 View water IQ info (PH, Chlorine, Salt)
- 💡 Clean cycle via app
- 💡 Apple Watch version
- 💡 Toggle light colors
- 💡 Run a clean cycle
- 💡 Shortcuts for Apple Shortcuts app
- 💡 Control in Apple ecosystem
- 💡 Run cleaning cycles automatically
- 💡 Bring tub in/out of summer savings mode
- 💡 Dial temp down/up on schedule
- 💡 Notifications for low temperature
- 💡 Text notifications
- 💡 Dashboard for potential issues
- 💡 View life of salt system/IQ system remaining
- 💡 Control light intensity
Screen Wars
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hot Spring® Spas Legacy
No in-app purchases
Screen Wars
- Screen Wars Pro$1.997 Days
- Screen Wars Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Pro Annual$24.991 Year
Questions
Is Hot Spring® Spas Legacy free?
Is Screen Wars free?
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