Comparison

Pool OS vs anyPWA

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

Head to head
About

Pool OS

This app offers modern, intuitive control for pool systems, focusing on speed, reliability, and ease of use for pool owners. It provides real-time weather alerts and advanced features like heat pump protection.

Highlights
  • Fast, responsive pool equipment control
  • Intuitive interface for pool owners
  • Real-time severe weather notifications
  • Automatic heat pump protection
  • Full control of Pentair systems
  • Local network connection
Features
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PoolOS — Modern Pool Control PoolOS is built around four principles: 1. Blistering fast When you tap a circuit, light, pump, or spa control, the app should respond instantly. No staring at a spinner wondering if anything happened. 2. Built for pool owners, not IT people You shouldn’t need to understand networks, relays, protocols, or controller quirks just to turn on your spa. PoolOS tries to handle as much as possible automatically and explain what’s happening when it can’t. 3. Enterprise feel, not glitchy The app should feel calm and trustworthy. No random equipment flicker, no confusing reconnect storms, no dashboard lying about what the hardware is doing, no more "do something and have it undo about 30 seconds later" 4. Trusted information PoolOS treats the controller as the source of truth. It gives you instant feedback, then verifies against the hardware and corrects itself if needed. Take control of your Pentair (and soon others) pool system the way it should have always worked. PoolOS is a fast, clean, and actively maintained replacement for the Pentair ScreenLogic app — built by a pool owner, for pool owners. Why PoolOS? The official ScreenLogic app hasn't seen meaningful updates in years, and it looks like it was developed for the installers, not the user. PoolOS connects to your existing Pentair ScreenLogic controller and delivers a modern, intuitive experience on top of the same protocol — no new hardware required. Weather Watch = Three layers of protection, One app. Weather Watch is built into PoolOS — no separate app, no extra setup. 1) Storm Watch is free for every user. 2) Weather Guard and Lightning Proximity are PoolOS Pro features. Storm Watch: PoolOS monitors the NOAA National Weather Service alert feed for your pool’s county in real time. When a severe weather warning is issued, you get a push notification within seconds — not minutes. Weather Guard: No pool app protects your heat pump. Until now.... Heat pumps lose efficiency — and risk compressor damage — when outdoor temperatures fall below their operating range. The Pentair app will run yours at 38°F without question. PoolOS won’t. Weather Guard is an automatic heat pump protection system that monitors outdoor temperature and prevents your heat pump from running in conditions that waste energy and/or could damage the compressor. Set your threshold once. Weather Guard handles the rest — silently, automatically, and with hysteresis logic that prevents short-cycling. Lightning Proximity (coming soon): is real-time lightning strike tracking with distance-based alerts. Know exactly how close strikes are — not just that a storm is somewhere nearby. Full control of your Pentair EasyTouch, IntelliFlo, IntelliChlor, and UltraTemp systems Fast local network connection Real email support from the developer who uses this app daily Free vs Premium​ I want to be clear about the model. The free app still covers the core pool experience and everything you'd find in your pool management app: monitoring, manual control, schedules, setup, and normal local/remote access through the connection path you already use. The free app also includes Storm Watch, which is a storm alert system. Premium is for cloud-backed intelligence features that require servers and external data sources, like Weather Guard, Lightning Proximity and upcoming - Pump Optimization. Pricing is $8.99/month or $89.99/year, with a 14-day free trial and Family Sharing, and auto-renewal. Privacy Policy https://mypoolos.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (Apple): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Requirements: Pentair ScreenLogic Interface adapter. Jandy and Hayward support coming soon.

About

anyPWA

Transform websites into dedicated apps with features like ad blocking, background audio playback, and Picture-in-Picture video. Organize your favorite sites for easy access and manage multiple accounts per website.

Highlights
  • Ad blocking for websites and media
  • Background audio playback
  • Picture-in-Picture video
  • Websites as fullscreen apps
  • Separate accounts per website
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Adjustable page zoom and text size
Features
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Block ads on your favorite websites, keep music playing with the screen locked, and watch videos in Picture in Picture. Your first saved website is free. Open websites as fullscreen apps on iPhone and iPad, with separate accounts for each saved website. anyPWA also runs on Macs with Apple silicon. Your websites, ready to open Choose an example such as YouTube, Spotify or Wikipedia, or paste any website address. Open it from your library in a dedicated view, without browser bars. When you return to the library, the website stays open so you can pick up where you left off. Make websites easier to read Adjust page zoom and text size separately for each saved website. Open from your Home Screen Add an anyPWA widget and choose which saved websites it shows. Tap a website to open it directly. You can also use Apple Shortcuts to create a separate Home Screen icon with each saved website’s own name and image. The icon helper requires iOS 18 or later. For setup instructions, tap "Add to Home Screen" at the bottom of your library. Two accounts, one website Each saved web app has its own cookies and storage. Add the same website twice to stay signed in to different accounts. On iPhone Duo Browser controls and page layouts adapt to the available space, including the system side rail. Room to work on iPad Open your web apps in separate windows and use them side by side. On your Mac Open websites in separate windows on a Mac with Apple silicon. You can listen to Spotify on Mac too. Keep listening and watching Audio keeps playing when you switch apps or lock the screen. Use the Lock Screen and Control Center to play or pause, and Picture in Picture to watch compatible videos while you do something else. YouTube and YouTube Music support background playback, Lock Screen controls and Picture in Picture. Spotify supports individual tracks, full albums and next/previous controls. Playback preferences The optional Media Controls purchase saves video quality and audio-only preferences for YouTube and YouTube Music, with separate Wi-Fi and cellular profiles and an audio-only background rule. It also lets you hide YouTube Shorts. A sleep timer pauses audio and video across your open web apps after a preset or custom duration up to 12 hours. For YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify and SoundCloud, choose whether Lock Screen and CarPlay player buttons skip within the current item or go to the previous and next track or video. Save the choice separately for each web app. Built-in ad blocking Filter ads and hide empty ad spaces using automatically updated community filter lists. Blocking also works with video and audio ads on YouTube, YouTube Music and Spotify. You can turn it off for any website. Skip YouTube sponsors SponsorBlock is a separate one-time purchase for all your saved YouTube websites. It skips sponsor segments using community timestamps, with an option to undo a skip or turn it off per website. Coverage varies by video. Free for your first website Use one web app for free, including ad blocking, background playback and Lock Screen controls. Unlimited Websites is a one-time purchase for all saved web apps and library rearranging. Media Controls is a separate one-time purchase for playback preferences, player button choices, YouTube Shorts hiding and the sleep timer. All three purchases support Family Sharing. There is no anyPWA subscription. Your library stays on your device No anyPWA account is needed. Your saved websites and sign-ins stay on your device, and anyPWA has no analytics or tracking of its own. Websites you visit have their own privacy practices. YouTube, YouTube Music and Spotify open as websites inside anyPWA. Features depend on the websites and may change. anyPWA is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by these services.

Screenshots

Pool OS4 screens
anyPWA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: anyPWA at every 3 days against Pool OS's every 2 weeks. anyPWA also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1). Pool OS's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pool OS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and anyPWA sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pool OS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: anyPWA has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pool OS ships an update every 2 weeks, anyPWA every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pool OS versus anyPWA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPool OSanyPWA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChad BaughAdam Wallner

Customer experience

Pool OS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

anyPWA

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pool OS

Subscriptions2
  • PoolOS Premium (Monthly)14 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • PoolOS Premium (Annual)14 Days trial$89.991 Year
3 purchases

anyPWA

One-time3
  • Media Controls$2.99
  • SponsorBlock$2.99
  • Unlimited Websites$4.99

Questions

Is Pool OS free?
Pool OS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is anyPWA free?
anyPWA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pool OS or anyPWA?
Pool OS is rated higher. Pool OS averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while anyPWA averages 4.8 from 9 ratings.
Do Pool OS or anyPWA have ads?
Neither Pool OS nor anyPWA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pool OS or anyPWA?
Pool OS ships an update every 2 weeks, and anyPWA every 3 days. Most recently, Pool OS was updated on October 31, 2026 and anyPWA on November 6, 2026.

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