Hayward PoolComm® vs Pentair Temp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hayward PoolComm®
Manage multiple commercial pools and spas remotely from your iPhone. Monitor water quality, adjust pH and ORP, and generate compliance documentation. Receive real-time alerts for issues and identify patterns to optimize maintenance.
- Remote system control
- Monitor multiple facilities
- Real-time pH/ORP detection
- Color-coded alarm display
- Email/text notifications
- Labor cost savings
- Pattern identification
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Created for commercial swimming pool service professionals, Poolcomm® is a revolutionary way to manage the water quality of multiple commercial pools and spas from any location directly from an iPhone. This app allows detailed monitoring, pH and ORP adjustment, compliance documentation and more, all directly from your mobile phone. Features: -Direct control of systems from any web browser -Monitor and display multiple facilities simultaneously -Receive real-time detection of pH and ORP problems -Color-coded alarm display, with notification via email or text -Up to 25% savings in labor costs yearly -Identify detrimental patterns and issues -Make better use of maintenance personnel time -Logs read hourly and updated every 24 hours or upon request
Pentair Temp
Control your compatible Pentair heat pump remotely for pool comfort. Adjust water temperature, select modes, and receive alerts. The app also facilitates secure remote management for technical service, including supervision and maintenance.
- Remote heat pump management
- Water temperature control
- Operating and control mode selection
- Alert notifications
- Remote monitoring for technical service
- Simplified Wi-Fi connection
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MANAGE YOUR HEATING REMOTELY AND SIMPLY AND MAKE THE MOST OF THE COMFORT OF YOUR POOL AT ANY TIME Pentair Temp App is a free, intuitive and secure app to manage a compatible Pentair heat pump remotely. It makes it possible to control from anywhere, via a smartphone or tablet, the state of the machine, the temperature of the water, to increase or decrease the temperature of the set heating point, to choose the operating and control mode, to receive alerts if necessary, etc. REMOTE MONITORING In addition to this simple remote management, Pentair Temp App communicates directly with the dedicated Pentair technical service and enables secure remote management of heat pumps: supervision, preventive upkeep, easy maintenance and troubleshooting. SIMPLIFIED CONNECTION A Wi-Fi box is fitted as standard inside the Pentair Temp App compatible heat pump. Simply connect the heat pump to the pool owner’s Wi-Fi network by scanning the machine’s QR code, entering the network security code and pressing the pairing button of the Wi-Fi box, which is accessible via a hatch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pentair Temp at 4.0 against Hayward PoolComm®'s 3.2. Pentair Temp also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 17 months). Hayward PoolComm®'s advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Pentair Temp holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hayward PoolComm® has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hayward PoolComm® ships an update every 17 months, Pentair Temp every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hayward PoolComm® | Pentair Temp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 251 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hayward Industries, inc. | Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc |
Customer experience
Hayward PoolComm®
Pentair Temp
In-app purchases
Hayward PoolComm®
No in-app purchases
Pentair Temp
No in-app purchases
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