Comparison

Aquarimate vs Aqua Box

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

Head to head
About

Aquarimate

Manage freshwater and saltwater aquariums with this comprehensive app. Track parameters, schedule tasks, log activities, and access a vast livestock library with compatibility advice. Organize notes, expenses, and photos, with cloud backup and cross-device syncing.

Highlights
  • Unlimited aquarium management
  • Parameter test result logging
  • Customizable tank parameters
  • Advanced unit converters and dosing calculators
  • Husbandry task scheduling and reminders
  • Comprehensive livestock library (Aquaribase)
  • Photo gallery and expense tracking
Features
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Designed to manage both Freshwater and Saltwater aquariums! Available in 13 languages: Català, Dansk, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Polski, Português, Română, Русский, 中文(简体), 中文(香港). Includes a very comprehensive livestock library of both Freshwater and Saltwater fish, coral, invertebrate and plant species with smart compatibility advice with your fish! Features: • Manage unlimited number of aquariums, • Record your parameter test results, • Customize parameters for each tank by adding or removing parameters to your need, • Easily convert measurements in different units and calculate the required dosing with the advanced unit converters and dosing calculators, • Use the count-down timer to perform timed tests easier, • Analyze your tank parameters along with your activities with beautiful, full-screen and touch responsive graphs, • Plot results of multiple parameters along with your husbandry activities all in one chart, • Create your husbandry tasks and set reminders for them with an advanced scheduling system, • Track your activities integrated with tasks and reminders, • Keep all your notes organized in the searchable Notes section, • Find information about your Freshwater & Saltwater livestock in Aquaribase, • Import and save your livestock information from Aquaribase for each tank, • Add your favorite livestock to the built-in wish list directly from Aquaribase, • Visually keep track of tank inhabitants with Timelines, • Analyze the progress of your livestock, along with your logged activities and test results, with Timelines, • Store your tank equipment, • Keep track of your expenses, • Create photo galleries and organize all your photos in different albums, • Backup & restore your app data wirelessly on Aquarimate Cloud, • Manage your aquariums across all devices with Aquarimate Live, • And enjoy! When it comes to maintaining our aquariums, we all want to stay organized and perform the routine husbandry tasks properly. After all, this is the key to success in maintaining any aquariums. We always keep track of tank parameters and changes in health, growth, color changes, diseases, etc., to make sure our ecosystem is healthy and thriving. In our busy life, sometimes we find it difficult to remember the progress of all the livestock in our tanks and may forget about things we have to do for our aquariums. Aquarimate is a comprehensive mobile app that is built to help all aquarists, whether hobbyist or professional, to maintain their tanks properly. Aquarimate can help you record your test results, analyze changes, visually track your livestock, setup tasks and reminders, log your activities, store your livestock and equipment, take notes, track expenses, build photo galleries and so much more.. Aquarimate includes the most comprehensive Saltwater & Freshwater livestock library called Aquaribase. You can browse or search Aquaribase to find information about your livestock, equipment, food and supplements. This database includes thousands species of fish, corals, inverts and plants as well as dry goods with pictures and information organized in categories for saltwater and freshwater aquariums. Last but not least, never worry about your app data anymore. You can backup your app data wirelessly and restore whenever you need. Aquarimate Cloud comes with 100MB Free storage in the cloud which can be upgraded to 1G of space via in-app purchase of an annual subscription for $9.99 per year. The subscription will automatically be renewed to maintain your backup in the cloud to keep your data safe and secure. This, however, is not necessary if your data size is below 100MB. Join Aquarimate Live! and manage your aquariums across all of your devices. Subscription is needed for $9.99 per year which will be automatically renewed every year. Please visit our website at http://www.aquarimate.com to get more details about the app features and read our Terms & Conditions at http://www.aquarimate.com/terms

About

Aqua Box

Manage freshwater, brackish water aquariums, and ponds with detailed tracking of water parameters, livestock, and equipment. Schedule maintenance, receive reminders, and visualize progress with snapshots and graphs. Share your data with others and sync across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Water parameter tracking (pH, temp, salinity, etc.)
  • Livestock and plant logging
  • Maintenance reminders and scheduling
  • Data visualization with graphs and snapshots
  • Equipment cost tracking
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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". . .Great app, covers many bases and will help keeping aquariums healthy! Five stars and great customer service! . . . " - by galaimojcuedu – Feb 20, 2018, US App store Aqua Box is the most complete Freshwater, Brackish water Aquarium and Pond manager on the App Store. Ditch your notepad and paper and manage your aquarium or pond on your iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. This app features: - Reminders for Common aquarium tasks with notifications on your iPhone and Apple Watch. Also the ability to add to your calendar as well. - Unlimited aquarium/pond tracking. - Track your temp, pH, salinity(brackish water), GH, KH, iron, potassium, and more. - See graphs of all of your parameters within each parameter section. - Record all your equipment costs, place of purchase, date in service, notes, etc. - Record all your livestock and plants. - Visually track your aquarium, livestock growth, effects of supplements, etc with Snapshots! - Timeline to see all of your activities and maintenance of your fresh water, brackish water aquarium or Pond. - Share you data with your family, friends, colleagues! - Supports aquarium search on your home screen. - Track your livestock food. - Schedule your aquarium maintenance in your calendar. - Receive notifications when maintenance is due. - Metric (cm, L), UK units and U.S. units (Inches, gallons) - Automatic iCloud sync with your devices on the same iTunes account. - Automatic sync with your Apple Watch. - Add parameters with your Apple Watch. - Many more features! This is the best and most complete Freshwater and Brackish water aquarium and pond management app for both the beginner and the advanced aquarist. Get Aqua Box Today! This app is updated regularly. Check us out at: www.jcrsoftware.com. Please email us at support@jcrsoftware.com for any feature requests, issues or concerns that you may have.

Screenshots

Aquarimate4 screens
Aqua Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Aqua Box at $1.99 against Aquarimate's $9.99. Aqua Box also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Aquarimate's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (626 vs 47). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

Aquarimate costs $9.99 and Aqua Box $1.99 up front. Aquarimate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Aqua Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Aquarimate holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aquarimate has 626 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Aquarimate's written reviews are positive against 61% of Aqua Box's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aquarimate ships an update every 3 weeks, Aqua Box fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Aquarimate versus Aqua Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquarimateAqua Box
Price$9.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.4 (626 ratings) — better4.1 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews64.5% of reviews — better61.1% of reviews
Number of ratings626 — better47
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWiseLogic IncRaynald Im

Customer experience

Aquarimate

All ratings625 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews389 reviews
Positive64.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative27.2%

Aqua Box

All ratings47 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral16.7%
Negative22.2%

Bugs and requests

Aquarimate

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes when accessing settings
  • Water parameter data not saving correctly
  • Livestock information not syncing across devices
  • Calculators providing inaccurate results
  • Calendar integration not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to copy settings and data across tanks
  • More advanced analytics and reporting
  • Improved syncing and cross-device access
  • Expanded database of aquatic species
  • Customizable dashboards and views

Aqua Box

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Aquarimate

Subscriptions2
  • Additional 1 GB For Aquarimate Cloud Storage Service$9.991 Year
  • Aquarimate Live Subscription$9.991 Year
None

Aqua Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aquarimate free?
Aquarimate costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Aqua Box free?
Aqua Box costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aquarimate or Aqua Box?
Aquarimate is rated higher. Aquarimate averages 4.4 out of 5 from 626 ratings, while Aqua Box averages 4.1 from 47 ratings.
Do Aquarimate or Aqua Box have ads?
Neither Aquarimate nor Aqua Box shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aquarimate or Aqua Box?
Aquarimate ships an update every 3 weeks, and Aqua Box fortnightly. Most recently, Aquarimate was updated on November 1, 2026 and Aqua Box on November 4, 2026.

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