Spa Control vs ECHO Water
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spa Control
Control your portable hot tub's lighting, water temperature, and massage pumps remotely via WiFi. Adjust your spa settings from your iPhone or iPad before you even get in.
- Remote spa control
- Adjust lighting
- Control water temperature
- Manage massage pumps
- WiFi connectivity
- iPhone/iPad compatible
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Set the mood of your spa by ensuring your have the right lighting, water temperature, and your massage pumps running just like you like, all from the convenience of your iPhone® or iPad®. Remotely control the operations of your portable hot tub via a local WiFi connection prior to you entering your spa. Spa Hardware Requirements Balboa BP Series Spa Control Pack bwa™ Wi-Fi module (Part Number: 50350) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.balboawater.com/privacy-policy/
ECHO Water
This app provides a streamlined and dependable interface for operating your Echo Flask. It offers a simplified user experience for managing hydrogen water generation.
- Simplified operation
- Reliable performance
- Echo Flask management
- Hydrogen water generation
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We rebuilt the ECHO Water app from the ground up to deliver a simpler, more reliable way to use your Echo Flask.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ECHO Water at none against Spa Control's 10. ECHO Water also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (20% vs 11%). Spa Control's advantage is ratings volume (601 vs 52). On price, rating, 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. Spa Control sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. ECHO Water asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.7 for Spa Control against 2.7 for ECHO Water. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spa Control has 601 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 11% of Spa Control's written reviews are positive against 20% of ECHO Water's.
Spa Control ships an update every 2 months, ECHO Water every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spa Control | ECHO Water |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (601 ratings) | 2.7 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 10.8% of reviews | 20.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 601 — better | 52 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Balboa Water Group | Echo Water |
Customer experience
Spa Control
ECHO Water
Bugs and requests
Spa Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ECHO Water
Reported bugs
3 issues- App unable to sync with water bottle
- Inconsistent flask counting
- Bluetooth pairing problems
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to manually log water intake
- Scheduling options for hydrogen water
- Improved app performance and stability
In-app purchases
Spa Control
- Cloud Mode – Monthly$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Monthly1 Year trial$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Monthly1 Month trial$2.491 Month
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- Cloud Mode – Monthly6 Months trial$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Monthly3 Months trial$2.491 Month
- Cloud Mode – Yearly$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly1 Year trial$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly3 Months trial$24.991 Year
- Cloud Mode – Yearly6 Months trial$24.991 Year
ECHO Water
No in-app purchases
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