Comparison

Aquarimate vs Marine 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

Marine Box

Manage your reef aquarium with this comprehensive app. Track all parameters, livestock, and maintenance schedules. Includes calculators for dosing and recipes for beginners.

Highlights
  • Unlimited aquarium tracking
  • Parameter tracking and graphing
  • Maintenance scheduling and reminders
  • Livestock and food tracking
  • Dosing calculators
  • Aquarium recipes for beginners
  • Data sharing
Features
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First of all, this app rocks congrats on a very informative app and visually pleasing app! - by Rizorido Canada AppStore Review, 5 stars 1/26/16 "If the underwater sea and creatures, fishes makes you excited or you want to start your aquarium then this app will help you. . ." - 4.1/5.0 Stars on reviewtheapps.com "This is just right for you if you are curious about sea life and want to maintain a fish tank or an aquarium." - 4.3/5.0 Stars on iOSAppSpy.com review. Marine Box is the most complete Reef Aquarium manager on the App Store for beginners and advanced aquarists alike! Ditch your notepad and paper and manage your aquarium on your iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. This app features: - New to reef aquariums? Basics of reef aquarium keeping covered. Aquarium recipes to help you start your new aquarium right. Great for the whole family to learn and manage your reef aquarium! - Unlimited aquarium tracking. - Automatic calculation of the volume of your aquarium based on your aquarium dimensions. - Track all your reef aquarium parameters including temp, alkalinity, pH, trace elements and more. - Dashboard section to see all your parameters in graphs. - Schedule reminders for your reef aquarium maintenance and water parameter testing both in the app as well as your calendar. Get notification reminders when things are due on your iPhone and Apple Watch! - See graphs of all of your parameters within each parameter section. - Share your data with anyone! - Record all your livestock. - Visually track your aquarium, livestock growth, effects of resins, etc with Snapshots - Timeline to see all of your activities and maintenance of your reef aquarium that was done. - Calculators to calculate dosing of common supplements, medications/treatment regimens and more. - Calculate your dosing supplements. Included manufacturers are: Aquarium Systems Reef Evolution, B-Ionic, C-balance, Kent, Randy's recipe, Seachem, Warner Marine, Columbo Reef Care, Continuum Reef, Tropic Marine. Even baking soda, aragonite, anhydrous CaCl, Epsom Salt are covered. Don't see your favorite supplement? Email use at support@jcrsoftware.com. We will add it with the next update to the app in 1-2 weeks. - Track your livestock food. - Metric (cm, L), UK units and U.S. units (Inches, gallons) - Keep your data synced with all your devices on the same iTunes account seamlessly. -Share you data with others in your family or friends. - AppleWatch app shows your aquarium parameters and you can add parameter values in your AppleWatch which will sync with your App on other devices. This is the best and most complete reef aquarium management app for both the beginner and the advanced aquarist. Get Marine Box Today! This app is updated regularly. Check us out at: www.jcrsoftware.com. If you want your favorite supplement on the calculator section please email us at: support@jcrsoftware.com If you are having issues, concerns or suggestions please email us at: support@jcrsoftware.com

Screenshots

Aquarimate4 screens
Marine Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Marine Box at $1.99 against Aquarimate's $9.99. Marine Box also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Aquarimate's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 48%) and chart position (#152 vs unranked). On rating, 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 Marine Box $1.99 up front. Aquarimate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Marine Box asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Aquarimate against 4.4 for Marine Box. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aquarimate has 626 ratings behind it against 77, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Aquarimate's written reviews are positive against 48% of Marine Box's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Aquarimate versus Marine Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquarimateMarine Box
Price$9.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.4 (626 ratings) — better4.4 (77 ratings)
Positive reviews64.4% of reviews — better47.8% of reviews
Number of ratings626 — better77
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#152 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWiseLogic IncRaynald Im

Customer experience

Aquarimate

All ratings625 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews390 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral8.2%
Negative27.4%

Marine Box

All ratings77 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative47.8%

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

Marine 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

Marine Box

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aquarimate free?
Aquarimate costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Marine Box free?
Marine Box costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aquarimate or Marine Box?
Aquarimate is rated higher. Aquarimate averages 4.4 out of 5 from 626 ratings, while Marine Box averages 4.4 from 77 ratings.
Do Aquarimate or Marine Box have ads?
Neither Aquarimate nor Marine Box shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aquarimate or Marine Box?
Aquarimate ships an update every 3 weeks, and Marine Box every 3 weeks. Most recently, Aquarimate was updated on November 6, 2026 and Marine Box on November 6, 2026.

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