Comparison

AquaticLog vs X1 Pump

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AquaticLog

Manage your aquarium with this comprehensive platform. Track water parameters, schedule maintenance, log livestock, and document your tank's progress with photos and videos. Connect controllers for automatic data import and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Water parameter tracking
  • Smart reminders for maintenance
  • Livestock management
  • Equipment and dosing logs
  • Controller integration
  • Photo and video diary
  • Community features
Features
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AquaticLog keeps water parameters, livestock, equipment and care routines together for every freshwater tank and reef. ONE ACCOUNT, EVERY DEVICE Your log lives in your AquaticLog account, not on your phone. Sign in on a new iPhone, an iPad or the web at aquaticlog.com and everything is already there. Aquarists have trusted AquaticLog with their records for over 13 years. Keep your tanks on the iPhone Home Screen with widgets. WATER PARAMETERS Log pH, temperature, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, salinity, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium and more. Clear trend charts let you catch a swing before it reaches your fish or corals. Connect a Neptune Apex, Hydros, AquaWiz or Seneye for hourly readings, including Seneye NH3 and NH4. Delete bad readings in batches and schedule retests for out-of-range results. LIVESTOCK AND PLANTS Build a detailed record of every fish, coral, invertebrate, plant and amphibian you own. Add a photo as you add a new fish or coral. Track sex, temperament, diet, difficulty and reef-safety, and move inhabitants between tanks as your collection grows. Tank birthdays and gotcha days share a card you can dismiss. MAINTENANCE MADE SIMPLE Schedule water changes, dosing, feeding, testing and equipment cleaning. Smart reminders make sure nothing slips. Check off a task and it lands with a haptic; once nothing is due, your tank shows what's next. A daily streak beside Reminders rewards showing up. End a repeating schedule on a date or after a set count, and see your maintenance time per week. Service accounts can start client visits and finish them with notes and next-visit plans. DOSING AND FEEDING Track dosing and feeding with a precise history. Log feeding every 48 hours or at another fixed interval. Re-dose additives, repeat feedings and repeat water changes in one tap, prefilled with your last amounts. Repeated doses and feedings fold into one row per day. FISH ROOM AND WATER CHANGES Set up RO/DI with SpectraPure, BRS and Waterbox presets. Track filter changes and TDS for each membrane and DI stage. Manage supplies and spending in Fish Room, with INR support. PHOTO TIMELINE Track growth and coloration. Then vs Now slides between your first photo and your latest, with dates and tank age. Pinch to zoom. Start a build thread for your tank on the community forum and post what changed as it grows. ADVANCED TESTING Log ICP analyses and PAR readings. ICP warnings stay grouped; dismiss individual results and restore them anytime. Share test-kit reagents across tanks in Fish Room: logged tests count supplies down, with fill levels and days left. EQUIPMENT Track pumps, lights and filters, with ratings and reviews. Browse products by category or brand, see which tanks use them, and add them to your tank or shopping list. A spending report totals what you've paid per store, filterable by tank and date range (Pro). EXPLORE AND CONNECT Search public tanks by what lives in them — look for a torch coral in the 15-30 gallon range and see how other nano reefs are scaped. Filter by style (mixed reef, SPS, LPS, soft coral, planted, macro algae, fish only), size, water type and activity, then open any tank to see its photos, parameters, gear and livestock. Find Today, Aquariums, Species, Products and News together in Explore. Read reviews, like photos and earn achievements. Make your tank public to share its link, or copy a snapshot of its parameters, livestock and gear to ask for advice. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Brazilian Portuguese. Start for free — new accounts log water parameters without limits for 30 days — then upgrade to Pro for advanced tracking and tools. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Get daily AI suggestions based on tank data and see when each was generated. Privacy Policy: https://www.aquaticlog.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

X1 Pump

Control a Bluetooth-enabled titration pump for manual or scheduled dosing. Set up regular titration plans based on days or weeks for automated liquid dispensing.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth pump control
  • Manual titration
  • Scheduled titration plans
  • Cycle titration by days
  • Weekly titration setup
Features
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A mobile phone app can control the titration manually via a Bluetooth-controlled single-head titration pump. It can also set up a titration plan for regular titration. You can set up a cycle titration according to the number of days, or you can set up a weekly titration.

Screenshots

AquaticLog4 screens
X1 Pump4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AquaticLog at 4.2 against X1 Pump's 2.4. AquaticLog also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 28%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). X1 Pump's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AquaticLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. X1 Pump asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AquaticLog holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AquaticLog has 406 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of AquaticLog's written reviews are positive against 28% of X1 Pump's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AquaticLog ships an update every 10 days, X1 Pump every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
AquaticLog versus X1 Pump: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquaticLogX1 Pump
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (406 ratings) — better2.4 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews — better27.6% of reviews
Number of ratings406 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.19.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLonnex IncKamoer Fluild Tech (shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

AquaticLog

All ratings406 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews221 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative24.9%

X1 Pump

All ratings20 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative65.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive27.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative65.5%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

AquaticLog

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly Membership7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime Membership$149.99
None

X1 Pump

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AquaticLog free?
AquaticLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is X1 Pump free?
X1 Pump is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AquaticLog or X1 Pump?
AquaticLog is rated higher. AquaticLog averages 4.2 out of 5 from 406 ratings, while X1 Pump averages 2.4 from 20 ratings.
Do AquaticLog or X1 Pump have ads?
Neither AquaticLog nor X1 Pump shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AquaticLog or X1 Pump?
AquaticLog ships an update every 10 days, and X1 Pump every 6 weeks. Most recently, AquaticLog was updated on October 26, 2026 and X1 Pump on October 22, 2026.

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