Comparison

Coralytic vs Acro Reef

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

Head to head
About

Coralytic

This app helps saltwater aquarium hobbyists track water parameters, monitor livestock, and receive AI-driven insights for reef health. It offers features like quick logging, maintenance scheduling, and a comprehensive livestock library, all within a user-friendly interface.

Highlights
  • Track 15 water parameters
  • Quick Log water parameters
  • Charts with target ranges
  • Reef Score™ health metric
  • Maintenance scheduler
  • Livestock library
  • ICP results entry
  • AI Insights recommendations
Features
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Stop watching your reef die from drift. Coralytic is the premium reef tank tracker for serious saltwater hobbyists — AI insights, ICP analysis, 20 languages. The only reef app fully built for SPS, LPS, and mixed reef keepers worldwide. WHAT MAKES CORALYTIC DIFFERENT Most aquarium apps are clunky spreadsheets. Coralytic is built like a 2026 iOS app should be — beautiful dark interface, native Swift, instant sync across iPhone and iPad. CORE FEATURES (free) • Track 15 water parameters — alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrate, phosphate, pH, salinity, temperature, ammonia, nitrite, ORP, potassium, iodine, strontium, boron • Quick Log: enter all 8 core parameters in under 5 seconds • Charts with target ranges based on your tank type — SPS, LPS, mixed reef, or FOWLR • Reef Score™ — composite health metric for your saltwater system • Maintenance scheduler with smart push notifications • Livestock library: every coral, fish, invertebrate with growth photos • ICP results entry with reference range comparison (Triton, ATI, Reef Lab) • Cost tracking for equipment and livestock • Available in 20 languages PRO FEATURES • Unlimited tanks (free tier limited to 1) • Years of parameter history (free tier limited to 6 months) • AI Insights — Google Gemini analyzes your tank context every 24 hours and surfaces 3-4 actionable recommendations in your language • All Pro features unlocked with one subscription DESIGNED FOR REEFKEEPERS, BY REEFERS Coralytic isn't a generic aquarium app retrofitted for saltwater. Every parameter range, every UI decision, every AI prompt is reef-specific. If you keep an SPS-dominated reef tank, an LPS garden, or a mixed reef, this is built for you. PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device. No account required. No third-party trackers. AI Insights sends only anonymized tank context to Google Gemini, fully disclosed in the privacy policy. CORALYTIC PRO SUBSCRIPTION • Weekly: $2.99/week • Monthly: $6.99/month • Yearly: $39.99/year — just $3.33/month, billed annually (Save 50% vs monthly · includes 7-day free trial) Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://fortuna50.github.io/coralytic-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://fortuna50.github.io/coralytic-legal/terms.html Support: hello@limenw.com

About

Acro Reef

Features
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Track every coral, catch water swings early, and never miss a treatment. Acro Reef is a private, offline reef tank tracker built for serious coral keepers. Follow growth with photo timelines, monitor alkalinity and other water parameters, schedule recurring care, and track treatment outcomes in one place. Every Acropora, Stylophora, and Montipora gets its own record — not a line in a spreadsheet. Track where you got it, what you paid, and how it's growing. Compare today's photo against last month's, mark affected tissue directly on photos, and follow treatments, outcomes, and recurrences in a unified case timeline. WATER TRENDS THAT MATTER Daily alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrate, phosphate, salinity, temperature, and pH readings stop being numbers and start being a line. Customize targets and swing thresholds, add parameters such as ORP or potassium, enter a batch of tests at once, and see tank events directly on the chart. REEF CARE, ON SCHEDULE Create recurring water tests, water changes, dosing, cleaning, and equipment tasks with local reminders. Estimate 14-day ALK, calcium, and magnesium consumption, calculate a dose, and keep a chronological tank-event log. TREATMENT SCHEDULING, DONE RIGHT Built-in protocols for the dips and tank treatments serious SPS keepers actually use — Bayer Dip (AEFW), Interceptor (Red Bugs), Levamisole (AEFW), Peroxide Dip (algae/cyano), Fluconazole (Bryopsis). Dose-progress pips track which doses you actually completed, not just what was scheduled. Today-screen reminders surface what's due. ON-DEVICE, NO ACCOUNTS Your reef data lives on your device. No cloud account to sign up for, no analytics, no telemetry, no tracking. Create a complete backup containing tanks, corals, photos, readings, care schedules, and preferences, then restore it when needed. Acro adapts to both iPhone and iPad. FREE TO TRY Free tier: track up to 2 corals, keep 30 days of water history, and store up to 3 photos per coral. Treatment logging is unlimited so new SPS keepers can get help with the protocols immediately. ACRO PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock unlimited corals, full water history, unlimited photos per coral, and CSV export. Buy once. Yours forever. No subscription, no recurring charge. IMPORTANT — TREATMENT DISCLAIMER Treatment protocols, dosages, and durations shown in Acro are hobbyist references compiled from public reefkeeping sources. They are not veterinary advice. Always verify dosing with the chemical's product label and your own research before use; some compounds (e.g. levamisole, fluconazole, imidacloprid-based dips) are hazardous to invertebrates, pets, and humans if misused. Acro runs on iPhone and iPad. Requires iOS / iPadOS 17 or later.

Screenshots

Coralytic4 screens
Acro Reef4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coralytic at none against Acro Reef's 1. Coralytic also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 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. Acro Reef sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Coralytic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coralytic ships an update daily, Acro Reef every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Coralytic versus Acro Reef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoralyticAcro Reef
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLime Network LLCChih Han Lin

In-app purchases

None

Coralytic

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Acro Reef

One-time1
  • Acro Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Coralytic free?
Coralytic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Acro Reef free?
Acro Reef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coralytic or Acro Reef have ads?
Neither Coralytic nor Acro Reef shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coralytic or Acro Reef?
Coralytic ships an update daily, and Acro Reef every 2 months. Most recently, Coralytic was updated on October 31, 2026 and Acro Reef on October 31, 2026.

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