PoolStar Command vs Takt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PoolStar Command
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Your home’s cloud-based pool professional on command! Built originally as the first pool concierge support for transitioning homeowners during their first year of pool ownership, either through a real estate transaction or new pool installation. It now has become the best app for ongoing pool ownership support through the entire time of homeownership! • PoolStar® transfers with you to your new home’s pool and will serve all pools that you own. • PoolStar® integrates all PoolSmart™ IOT systems to create a universal smart pool control station. o PoolSmart™ Skimmer- Real time water chemistry and water level o PoolSmart™ Autofill- Smartphone controlled autofill device o PoolSmart™ PM- Professional ecosystem monitoring, a predictive maintenance program o PoolSafe™- Child safety barrier monitoring system So, download PoolStar® Command now to become a more confident and intelligent pool owner today!
Takt
Effortlessly track your daily activities with a single tap. Monitor your time usage, review detailed timelines, and export your data in various formats. Unlock advanced features with a one-time purchase or subscription.
- One-tap activity tracking
- Live Activities integration
- Detailed timeline review
- CSV, JSON, PDF export
- Activity and tag limits (free version)
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Takt is a fresh take on finding your biggest time wasters during your day. Starting, stopping, or switching tracking to another activity is always just one tap. Through simple but effective integration with Live Activities, what you're tracking always remains visible at a glance on your Lock Screen or in the Dynamic Island. Using Takt tracking you can manually or semi-automatically keep an underlying Live Activity running that puts tracking access just a tap away, all day. Review your days in as little or as many details as you want with Takt's Timeline, or export your days, weeks, and months to CSV, JSON, or a clean PDF. Takt is free with up to 3 active Activities and 5 Tags. Want more? A lifetime Full version is available, or subscribe monthly and after 12 payments, even non-consecutively, the Full version unlocks permanently. And we're just getting started. Better Mac integration and Tablet optimization, Siri & Shortcuts, Focus Mode integration, and an Apple Watch companion app are all on the way. Takt Terms available at https://taktapp.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PoolStar Command at none against Takt's 2. PoolStar Command also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.5). Takt's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Takt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. PoolStar Command asks for nothing beyond the download.
PoolStar Command ships an update every 2 weeks, Takt every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on May 19, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PoolStar Command | Takt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Keto A.I | Philip Kartin |
In-app purchases
PoolStar Command
No in-app purchases
Takt
- Takt Full monthly$1.001 Month
- Takt Full Lifetime$9.00
