Comparison

Aqua Mate vs App

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

Head to head
About

Aqua Mate

Features
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Bluetooth intelligent water purifier control app

About

App

Simulate your aquarium on your phone, complete with live fish and plants. Get instant alerts for water quality issues and receive AI-powered advice for identifying problems and planning solutions. Plan new additions to your tank with compatibility and bioload simulations.

Highlights
  • Virtual aquarium simulation
  • AI-powered fish and plant identification
  • Water test analysis
  • Emergency SOS help
  • Tank stocking planner
  • Automated care reminders
  • CSV export of tank data
Features
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Your real tank, alive on your phone. When the water turns, you'll see it and know what to do. Add your tank, or snap a photo of it, and App-aquatic draws your own fish, plants and wood, swimming and swaying. Test your water and the tank reacts: it clouds over when something is wrong and clears when you fix it. YOUR TANK, ALIVE • Your own fish, shrimp, snails and plants, drawn and moving • Snap a photo of your tank and the app sets it up, down to the sand, rocks and wood • A bad test shows: cloudy water, and algae on the glass when you log it • Beet, your fish companion, warns you early, e.g. when nitrate is heading past 40 ppm • Tap the water to feed your fish, and share your tank as a picture SOS EMERGENCY HELP Fish gasping, sudden deaths, cloudy water, a broken heater? Tap SOS for "do this now" steps based on your latest test. AI FOR A SECOND OPINION • Identify fish and plants from a photo, with signs of illness • Tank health check and AI water test from one photo • Identify algae and follow a step-by-step plan with before and after photos • Fix My Tank: a 7-day recovery plan KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY • What If: see how a new fish changes bioload, water match and compatibility before you buy • Bioload from your real filter, not old inch-per-gallon rules • 800+ fish, shrimp and snails and 175 plants, with tank mates and group sizes • 150 tank models with sizes built in TEST WITH THE KIT YOU ALREADY OWN • Photograph your tubes beside the color card and tap each one: matched in seconds • API Freshwater Master Test Kit built in, plus popular strips from API, Tetra, JBL, sera and more • Another liquid kit? Teach the app its color card once • Log every test, several a day if you need to • Honest: a skipped test shows "not tested", never a fake "safe" zero • A green / amber / red verdict for every reading, judged against your own fish • "Do this first": the one fix that matters most, and how urgent it is CYCLE A NEW TANK • Cycle companion for fishless and fish-in cycles • The exact ammonia dose for your bottle's strength • Spots a stalled cycle (low pH or KH) and how to fix it • A 24-hour test that tells you when your tank is ready for fish CARE THAT ORGANIZES ITSELF • Reminders for water changes and filter, heater and pump care • Ledger: an automatic timeline of every test and event, with CSV export • History and charts for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, GH, KH, temperature, phosphate, TDS and chlorine • Calculators: water change %, tank volume, heater size, CO2, salt dose, hardness • Tap water baseline: chlorine, chloramine and nitrate explained • Several tanks, including quarantine; gallons or liters, °F or °C YOUR 14-DAY PREMIUM TRIAL Open the app and your 14-day Premium trial starts. No sign-up, no card, and nothing is charged unless you pick a plan. Everything above is in your trial: your living tank, AI scans and health checks, Fix My Tank, the daily check-in, the photo journal and care reminders. Aquascape needs a paid plan, and AI features have a monthly allowance. To keep it all after 14 days, choose Premium: • Premium Monthly (1 month, auto-renews) • Premium Yearly (1 year, auto-renews) • Premium Lifetime (one-time purchase) Without Premium you keep: Photo reader · manual entry · history and trends · Cycle companion · SOS · Species Guide · What If preview · Algae guide · calculators · backup Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. AI results and water advice are guidance, not a substitute for a vet or aquatic specialist. Privacy: https://app-aquatic.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Aqua Mate4 screens
App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aqua Mate at none against App's 5. App's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Aqua Mate asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aqua Mate ships an update every 10 months, App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aqua Mate versus App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAqua MateApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—93.8% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB63 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperCanature Health Technology Group Co.,LtdAARON DAVID MINTON

In-app purchases

None

Aqua Mate

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

App

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$7.991 Year
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  • Premium Annual Price$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Aqua Mate free?
Aqua Mate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is App free?
App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aqua Mate or App have ads?
Neither Aqua Mate nor App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aqua Mate or App?
Aqua Mate ships an update every 10 months, and App every 2 weeks. Most recently, Aqua Mate was updated on November 8, 2026 and App on November 9, 2026.

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