Comparison

CE Gen 1 System vs Intermatic Optimizer

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

Head to head
About

CE Gen 1 System

This AI-powered system monitors residential pools 24/7, detecting people and pets for enhanced safety. It provides insights into pool usage and health, helping with maintenance and ensuring peace of mind for homeowners.

Highlights
  • 24/7 AI pool monitoring
  • People and pet detection
  • Distress alerts
  • Pool usage and health data
  • SmartEye-Q insights
  • ASTM F2208-08 compliant
Features
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CamerEye is changing the game of Outdoor Intelligence, making pools safer, smarter and more sustainable. Pool safety and enjoyment: Intelligence for your peace of mind. CamerEye is revolutionizing pool safety with its intelligent AI camera system. It monitors residential pools 24/7, identifying people and pets and distinguishing between people playing or relaxing in the pool and actual distress, and sends alerts and alarms within seconds of detection. It's the only camera-based pool alarm that meets ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) F2208-08 standards and approved to replace floating pool alarms, door alarms, and in-pool splash alarms. CamerEye allows homeowners to enjoy their pool safely and with peace of mind. Now with SmartEye-Q: Keeping your pool healthy has never been so easy. The CamerEye system helps you get the most out of your pool experience, providing you with added insights about your pool by creating data about your pool use and your pool health through the SmartEye-Q feature. Swims data gives you the frequency and duration of your pool usage by people people and pets, represented in easy-to-use charts as well as a video timeline of swim events, filterable by date and type. Pool Health data gives you a headline score of pool health, from dirty to clean as well as detail about “bather load” (how many people and pets were in your pool) and debris. Pool Health is also tied to your pool maintenance by a Pool Pro as logged by you, allowing you to better optimize when the pool needs attention. It’s the Smart Pool System that grows with you. The CamerEye team is continually adding new value with the goal of keeping you safer, making your pool smarter and more sustainable. Subscription Options CamerEye is even smarter with a subscription by giving you added access to video of events, deeper data, more robust safety notifications, and the SmartEye-Q feature set. We present two subscription options: Basic or Premium. Cancel anytime. No contracts. Basic includes AI-assisted streaming access, remote alerts/alarms, email and phone support, 15-day history of detected events (people, pets, distress, swims, Pool Pros, etc.), and SmartEye-Q. Premium includes AI-assisted streaming access, remote alerts/alarms, email and phone support, 30-day history of detected events, the call-a-friend feature, 3-days of full event history, first access to new features, extended return period, and SmartEye-Q. Payment Terms If you choose to purchase CamerEye Basic or Premium, you will be charged via iTunes and then recharged for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at anytime via the iTunes Store settings. CamerEye Basic subscription price starts at $12.99 USD/month, and one-month, 12-month and 24-month packages are available. CamerEye Premium subscription price starts at $19.99 USD/month, and one-month, 12-month and 24-month packages are available. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change without notice. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. If you don’t purchase CamerEye Basic or Premium, you can simply continue using CamerEye for free. Privacy Policy - https://camereye.ai/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service - https://camereye.ai/terms-of-service/

About

Intermatic Optimizer

Control your pool and spa automation system remotely from your mobile device. Monitor and track energy usage for your pool equipment on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Manage multiple pools and spas with an intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Remote pool and spa control
  • Energy usage monitoring
  • Multi-pool management
  • Advanced iOS interface
  • Anytime, anywhere access
Features
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Your Intermatic® Optimizer system is a powerful pool and spa automation control system that offers anytime, anywhere remote access to control your pool and spa. From your iPhone®, you can remotely monitor and control one or more systems, create up to 12 schedules, and save pictures of your equipment, receipts, and water chemistry reports in the apps convenient Wallet feature. As the Pool owner, you can share access with others (family, service personnel, etc.).

Screenshots

CE Gen 1 System4 screens
Intermatic Optimizer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Intermatic Optimizer at 5.0 against CE Gen 1 System's 3.5. Intermatic Optimizer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). CE Gen 1 System's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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. CE Gen 1 System sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Intermatic Optimizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Intermatic Optimizer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CE Gen 1 System has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CE Gen 1 System ships an update every 6 weeks, Intermatic Optimizer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CE Gen 1 System versus Intermatic Optimizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCE Gen 1 SystemIntermatic Optimizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (13 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAngarak IncIntermatic LLC

Customer experience

CE Gen 1 System

All ratings13 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Intermatic Optimizer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CE Gen 1 System

Subscriptions4
  • Basic Plan$12.991 Month
  • Premium Plan3 Months trial$19.991 Month
  • Basic Plan$124.991 Year
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  • Premium Plan$189.991 Year
None

Intermatic Optimizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CE Gen 1 System free?
CE Gen 1 System is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intermatic Optimizer free?
Intermatic Optimizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CE Gen 1 System or Intermatic Optimizer?
Intermatic Optimizer is rated higher. CE Gen 1 System averages 3.5 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Intermatic Optimizer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CE Gen 1 System or Intermatic Optimizer have ads?
Neither CE Gen 1 System nor Intermatic Optimizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CE Gen 1 System or Intermatic Optimizer?
CE Gen 1 System ships an update every 6 weeks, and Intermatic Optimizer every 9 days. Most recently, CE Gen 1 System was updated on September 30, 2026 and Intermatic Optimizer on September 28, 2026.

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