DesertRec vs POOL360
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DesertRec
Manage your fitness center membership, view operating hours, and book activities and equipment. Track your progress with fitness challenges and sync data with Apple's HealthKit for calorie and step monitoring.
- View operating hours
- Manage reservations
- Access membership barcodes
- Reserve activities and equipment
- Join fitness challenges
- Integrates with Apple HealthKit
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With this app, you can: on the Home tab, view a center’s operating hours, manage your reservations and open your membership barcodes. on the Schedule tab, view and reserve activities. on the Facilities tab, view and reserve equipment. on the Notifications tab, view notifications sent from the organization. on the profile page, view your favourite facilities, favourite activities and completed activities. This app offers fitness challenges which users can join and integrates with Apple’s HealthKit to collect user's calories burned, distance walked/ran and steps climbed.
POOL360
Access product information, pricing, and availability for pool supplies on demand. Order ahead, schedule pickups, compare items, and view schematics. Streamline your business by expediting sales center visits or opt for direct shipping.
- On-demand product access
- Real-time pricing and availability
- Order ahead and schedule pickup
- Compare products and pricing
- View schematics and parts
- Full product catalog
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Have the power of products, pricing, and availability on-demand! This app is made for the pool360 customer. Order ahead, schedule pick-up, compare products/pricing, view schematics/parts, and checkout at any time. Utlizing the app will enhance your business by expediting your trip in the sales center or choose to ship your products. The full product catalog is available in the app. Download today and login.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DesertRec at 5.0 against POOL360's 2.1. POOL360's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). 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.
DesertRec holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POOL360 has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DesertRec ships an update monthly, POOL360 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DesertRec | POOL360 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.1 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 17.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.8 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Desert Recreation District | Pool Corporation |
Customer experience
DesertRec
POOL360
In-app purchases
DesertRec
No in-app purchases
POOL360
No in-app purchases
