HotTub&Pool vs Drip Strips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HotTub&Pool
This utility app helps hot tub, spa, and pool owners accurately calculate chemical dosages for water balancing. It supports calculations for alkalinity, pH, sanitizer, and stabilizer, along with water balancing features like the Langelier Saturation Index (LSI).
- Chemical dosage calculation
- Water balancing (LSI)
- Pool volume calculator
- Flow rate calculator
- Turnover calculator
- Filter size calculator
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Calculator for hot tub, spa and pool owners to take the guesswork out of how much of each chemical you should be adding. The calculator will correctly work out doses for Calcium, raising and lowering alkalinity and pH, and adding the correct amounts of sanitizer and stabiliser. Also includes water balancing feature to allow you to calculate your pools or hot tubs Langelier Saturation Index (LSI) to help maintain an efficient and smooth running system. Common Pool Calculators • Pool Volume Calculator • Flow Rate Calculator • Turnover Calculator • Minimum Filter Size Calculator • Total Dynamic Head (measured) Calculator
Drip Strips
Easily scan and track your water test readings with this official companion app. Visualize your results with graphs, export data, and share findings over any time period. Designed exclusively for a specific brand of water testing strips.
- Scan water test strips
- Save and chart readings
- View test graphs
- Export readings
- Share results
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The official scanner app for Drip Strips water testing strips. Scan, save, and chart your water readings just as easily as taking a photo. View graphs of your tests, export the readings, and share the results from any desired time frame. The Drip Strips scanner is tailor made to support our line of water testing kits, and is not compatible with other brands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drip Strips at 5.0 against HotTub&Pool's 3.5. Drip Strips also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). HotTub&Pool's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). 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.
Drip Strips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively.
HotTub&Pool ships an update every 7 months, Drip Strips every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 3, 2026.
| Parameter | HotTub&Pool | Drip Strips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixelwand Ltd | Apt Goods LLC |
Customer experience
HotTub&Pool
Drip Strips
In-app purchases
HotTub&Pool
No in-app purchases
Drip Strips
No in-app purchases
