iAquaLink vs Pendar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iAquaLink
Control and monitor your swimming pool equipment remotely from your mobile device. Adjust settings like pump speed, temperature, and lighting, and automate cleaning schedules. Offers comprehensive management for various pool systems and accessories.
- Remote pool equipment monitoring and control
- Schedule and operate pumps
- Control pool and spa heating
- Automate pool lighting
- Manage saltwater chlorinators
- On-demand robotic pool cleaner control
- Temperature monitoring and adjustment
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Pool Control in the Palm of your Hand With iAquaLink, you can monitor and control a full range of industry-leading swimming pool equipment anytime, anywhere. iAquaLink offers the ultimate in intelligent pool control from a mobile device - empowering pool owners and professionals to create the perfect pool experience on-site or on-the-go. SUPPORTED EQUIPMENT AquaLink TCX | Pool or Spa Automation Quick, Easy Smart Pool Upgrade:: • Schedule and operate Jandy or Pentair VS Pumps • Heat your Pool or Spa with Gas Heat, Heat Pump, and Solar Heat • Easily automate lights with wireless switch support • Smart communication with Saltwater Chlorinators • Feature Circuits for simple water feature setup • Use Bluetooth for full setup and operation when Internet is unavailable AquaLink RS, PDA, Z4 | Pool & Spa Automation Anytime, Anywhere Control: • Heat up your Spa, adjust sanitizer generation, even manage multiple pools • Control up to 32 pool/spa features including lights, waterfalls, and jets • Set the mood automatically with OneTouch Scene selection iQPUMP01 | Variable-Speed Pump Control Optimize Pump Operation: • Set custom pump speeds • Set custom schedules • Monitor power usage ALPHA, VRX, EPIC, Evo and 9 series | Robotic Pool Cleaner On demand Cleaning: • Wi-Fi connectivity – control from anywhere, at any time • Cleaning modes selection • Remote control mode* • Easy Lift removal system* *Features vary by model Z400iQ, Z550iQ | Connected Heat Pump Optimized Temperature Control: • Air and water temperature monitoring • Set custom temperatures for heating and cooling • Mode Selection eXO iQ / Hydroxinator iQ / Duo iQ | Salt Water Chlorinator All-in-one water quality control: • Automatic maintenance of water balance (with optional pH Link or Dual Link modules) • Control of the filtration pump (single speed or Zodiac variable speed) • Control of heating system • Control of pool lights (white or Zodiac color Led) • Hydroxinator iQ model delivers magnesium-based water treatment for an unparalleled bathing experience
Pendar
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Three thousand years ago, Zarathustra folded a whole ethic into three words: good thoughts, good words, good deeds. Pendar-e Nik asks you for all three, once a day. Write one good thought you kept, one good word you spoke, one good deed your hands did — and keep a sacred fire alight. THE FIRE A hand-drawn Persian fire temple, alive at sixty frames a second. The flame burns exactly as brightly as today is tended: a banked, smoking ember when nothing has been offered, a full blaze when the triad is complete. Offer a spark and the fire leaps to greet it. THE LONG TENDING Your streak furnishes the temple. Seven days hangs two oil lamps in the arch. Thirty days unrolls a carpet down the steps. A hundred raises twin banners. Today can stay pending until midnight — the fire dims but doesn't go out while you're still tending. Miss a whole day and the flame starts over; your ledger keeps every word you ever offered. THE TEACHINGS Sixteen short pages open as you practice — Zarathustra and the Gathas, Asha and the Lie, the Chinvat Bridge, the Faravahar, the fire temple at Yazd whose flame has burned since about 470 AD. Real verses in transliterated Avestan, an eighteen-term glossary, one gentle recall question a day, and the whole tradition down one gold thread. THE FIRES OF THE YEAR On Jashn-e Sadeh the walls warm and sparks shower. On Chaharshanbe Suri the little jumping-fires appear on the steps. At Nowruz, blossom drifts through the arch. The app keeps the festivals, and tells you their stories. NEW — THE TEMPLE, ON APPLE VISION PRO The fire steps out of the screen. Stand in the courtyard at Yazd at dusk, among cypresses and lamplight, with the still pool holding the temple upside down. Walk in, and the hall is lit by one flame in a sacred urn, behind glass, as it is in Yazd. It is the same fire. The same streak, the same ledger, the same three offerings — tended on your iPhone in the morning and standing before it in the evening. Build the temple you want: a sculpted Yazd facade or the drawn one, sculpted cypresses, lamp posts, a carved pool basin, and the Yazd Sacred Fire Urn to hold the flame. Set how dark the courtyard and the hall are kept — a room at midnight and a room at noon are not the same room. The fire alone never dims: it answers to your tending, and to nothing else. And Pirooz sits by the water. Reach out and he purrs — his own voice, recorded. ALWAYS IN VIEW Home-screen and lock-screen widgets drawn by the same painter — never the same flame twice, rolling over exactly at midnight. "Offer a good deed in Pendar-e Nik" works from Siri and the Action button. The optional evening reminder is sent only while the day's triad is unfinished — a tended fire stays quiet. YOUR WORDS STAY YOURS No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Your ledger lives on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud — iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro, one fire between them. We run no servers and can read nothing. Every feature is free, and will stay free. If the fire warms you, there's a sandalwood tip jar — it feeds the keeper, and unlocks nothing. That's the point. Good thoughts. Good words. Good deeds. Again tomorrow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pendar at weekly against iAquaLink's every 2 months. iAquaLink's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iAquaLink ships an update every 2 months, Pendar weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iAquaLink | Pendar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (100K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. | Hessam Zahedi |
Bugs and requests
iAquaLink
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and loses connection to pool equipment
- Inability to re-add previously connected devices
- Unreliable firmware updates causing issues
- Inconsistent display of pool status and settings
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable dashboard and one-touch controls
- Notifications for pool events (e.g., robot full, temperature reached)
- Improved scheduling and automation options
- Better integration with smart home platforms
Pendar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iAquaLink
No in-app purchases
Pendar
No in-app purchases









