Comparison

Pool Mate‎ vs Splash

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

Head to head
About

Pool Mate‎

Features
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Take the guesswork out of pool maintenance with Pool Mate, your all-in-one solution for a sparkling, healthy pool. Designed to simplify every aspect of pool care, Pool Mate helps you track, manage, and maintain your pool with ease. Key Features: Your Pool's Health at a Glance: Get an instant overview of your pool's most critical parameters. The dashboard displays current readings for pH, Chlorine, Alkalinity, and temperature, so you always know your pool's status. Track Water Testing: Log your water test results quickly and precisely. The app helps you track trends over time, allowing you to proactively manage your water chemistry and prevent issues. Track Maintenance & Repairs: Keep a comprehensive log of all pool activities. From routine cleaning and equipment inspections to repairs and chemical additions, you'll have a complete history at your fingertips. Review History & Costs: Stay organized with a detailed timeline of all your pool-related activities. Easily track your expenses to manage your budget and review past maintenance tasks. Quick & Easy Logging: Adding new information is effortless. With a user-friendly interface, you can log water tests, maintenance tasks, notes, and expenses in just a few seconds. Download Pool Mate today and enjoy a cleaner, healthier pool with less effort!

About

Splash

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Pay once for Pro. No subscription, no ads, no account. Works offline. Splash is the iOS chemistry assistant for chlorinated freshwater pool owners. Enter your test readings — free chlorine, pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, cyanuric acid, water temperature — and get exact doses scaled to your pool volume. Source-aware: pick your chlorine source (trichlor tablets, cal hypo, dichlor, liquid bleach) and Splash factors how each one moves CYA and CH alongside the chlorine. Why source-aware matters: every pound of trichlor tabs adds about 6 ppm of cyanuric acid to a 10,000-gallon pool. Most pool apps recommend "shock with trichlor" without forecasting where your CYA will be in eight weeks. Splash projects CYA forward based on your dose history and warns you before the pool chlorine-locks. Features • Test & Adjust: 6-parameter readings → recommendations with brand-cited dose math • Source-aware dosing for trichlor, cal hypo, dichlor, and liquid bleach • CYA trajectory: forecasts where your stabilizer will be in 4 / 8 / 12 weeks • FC/CYA active-chlorine visualizer — what percent of your FC is actually sanitizing • CSI (Calcium Saturation Index) — scale vs etch risk indicator • SLAM mode — TFP-validated algae recovery walkthrough with FC target by CYA • Brand-cited dose math for HTH, Clorox Pool & Spa, BioGuard, Pool Essentials, Leslie's, In The Swim, and generics • Pool volume estimator for rectangular, round, oval, and kidney shapes • Named-source citations: Trouble Free Pool methodology, manufacturer documentation • Universal app for iPhone and iPad For pool owners who don't want to memorize forum threads. Chlorinated freshwater pools 1,000–100,000 gallons. Free download with the basic liquid-bleach calculator unlocked. $6.99 one-time unlocks Splash Pro permanently — source-aware dosing for trichlor / cal hypo / dichlor, CYA trajectory, FC/CYA visualizer, CSI, and SLAM mode. No subscription, no ads, no account, no cloud. Privacy: Splash collects nothing. No analytics, no accounts, no network requests. Your settings live on your device. Have a saltwater pool? Look up Saline by the same developer for cell-aware saltwater chemistry.

Screenshots

Pool Mate‎4 screens
Splash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pool Mate‎ at none against Splash's 1. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Splash sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pool Mate‎ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pool Mate‎ ships an update every 3 weeks, Splash monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Pool Mate‎ versus Splash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool Mate‎Splash
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB2 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperEtay CohenRoman Kopaliani

In-app purchases

None

Pool Mate‎

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Splash

One-time1
  • Splash Pro (lifetime)$6.99

Questions

Is Pool Mate‎ free?
Pool Mate‎ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splash free?
Splash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pool Mate‎ or Splash have ads?
Neither Pool Mate‎ nor Splash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pool Mate‎ or Splash?
Pool Mate‎ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Splash monthly. Most recently, Pool Mate‎ was updated on October 25, 2026 and Splash on October 5, 2026.

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