Tanksmith vs ReefDrift

Tanksmith is the offline reef tank logbook built for serious reefers — the people who test their water at 7 AM, dose 2-part by hand, and obsess over coral growth photos. Everything happens on your device. No account. No cloud sync. No subscription. No ads. No analytics. Your tank's history is yours alone. WHAT YOU GET (FREE) Parameter logging Track Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, Nitrate, Phosphate, Salinity, Temperature, pH, ORP, Ammonia, and Nitrite. Each reading plots against the recommended target band for your tank type — Mixed Reef, SPS-Dominant, LPS-Dominant, Softie, FOWLR, or Quarantine. Test kit & salt batch tracking Record your Salifert, Hanna, Red Sea, Triton, Tropic Marin, and other kits with lot numbers and expiry dates. Track which salt bucket you're using — when a batch is reported bad on the forums, you'll know if you used it. Equipment service tracker Skimmer cleaning, RODI cartridge changes, return pump service, powerhead maintenance — set intervals, see what's overdue at a glance. Livestock list Record your corals, fish, and inverts with a photo, source, and placement notes. Free tier includes one tank, forty parameter readings, and three livestock entries per tank — plenty to evaluate whether Tanksmith fits the way you keep reef. UNLOCK TANKSMITH PRO — $9.99 ONE-TIME Multi-tank support Display, frag, and quarantine tanks all in one place. Unlimited parameter readings and livestock No caps. Log every test, track every coral. Dosing intelligence Tanksmith analyzes your alkalinity and calcium consumption rate from your reading history and tells you exactly how many milliliters per day to dose — Randy Recipe #1, BRS 2-Part, ESV B-Ionic, Aquaforest Component 1+/2+, Tropic Marin All-For-Reef, or Red Sea Foundation A/B/C. When the trend changes, you'll see it. Coral photo timeline + lineage Add dated photos of every coral. Tap two thumbnails to see them side-by-side and watch growth over months. Track frag lineage: this colony was cut from that mother, and that frag went to Mike at the local club. Tank Report PDF Generate a clean two-page PDF of your tank's recent parameter trends, livestock roster, and equipment service status. Share it with one tap when you're asking the forum for help. WHY OFFLINE MATTERS The cloud goes down. Subscriptions get more expensive. Companies pivot. Your tank doesn't care about any of that. Tanksmith puts your tank's complete history on the same device that's already in your pocket — and keeps it there. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pro is $9.99. Forever. No subscription nag screens, no premium tier above Pro, no consumable IAPs. PRIVACY Tanksmith does not collect, transmit, or share any data. There are no third-party SDKs. The only system permission requested is Photos access, and only when you choose to attach a coral photo, which is then stored on your device. Built by reefers, for reefers.

Log every reef parameter in seconds. ReefDrift calculates a Tank Stability Score — Stable, Watch, or Danger — the instant you save a reading. Catch a 0.3 dKH swing before it costs $500 in coral. No account. No cloud. Just your tank data, on your device. LOG THE BIG THREE AND EVERYTHING ELSE Alkalinity (dKH), Calcium, Magnesium — the parameters reef keepers obsess over. Plus Nitrate, Phosphate, pH, Salinity, Temperature, Ammonia, and Nitrite. Last values pre-fill automatically so a full test set takes under ten seconds, not one screen per parameter. TANK STABILITY SCORE ReefDrift calculates a Stable, Watch, or Danger score the instant you save a reading. The score weights every parameter against your target band and flags drift between sessions. A single alk swing from 8.4 to 7.1 dKH registers as Danger before you wonder why a frag is pale. Out-of-range chips light up on the dashboard immediately — no digging, no scrolling. DOSING CALCULATOR — WIRED TO YOUR TANK BRS 2-part, ESV B-Ionic, Red Sea Foundation, Aquaforest KH Coralline, and custom products. Enter tank volume and current reading; ReefDrift gives you the exact dose to hit your target. Works for alk, cal, mag, NO3, and PO4. The math uses your real tank volume, not a generic estimate. TREND CHARTS WITH TARGET-RANGE BANDS Every reading plotted on a line chart with your target band overlaid. See whether alkalinity is riding the top of the band, drifting toward the floor, or cycling after a large dose. Adjust the time window from 7 days to 12 months. MAINTENANCE LOG Record water changes, GFO swaps, ATO top-offs, carbon additions, and frag-tank moves. Cross-reference maintenance events against parameter charts to see what actually moved the needle. TEST REMINDERS Set a reminder per parameter or per task. ReefDrift sends a local notification on schedule — no server required. Never miss a Friday alk test again. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Your last three parameters and next task on your iPhone home screen or lock screen. See your tank status without opening the app. BUILT BY REEF HOBBYISTS We run SPS-dominant systems. We have watched a two-week alk drift destroy a $2,000 Acropora collection. We built ReefDrift because every existing option was either abandoned, clunky, cloud-first, or a bloated social network with a parameter logger bolted on. ReefDrift is ruthlessly focused: fast log, honest score, useful calculator. Nothing else. PRIVACY — YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE No account. No cloud. No login. All readings are stored locally on your iPhone and never leave your device unless you export them as CSV. Nothing to hack, nothing to lose in a server outage. ReefDrift Pro: Monthly $3.99 · Yearly $19.99 (save 58%) · Lifetime $59.99 — unlimited tanks, no ads, home screen widget, advanced charts, dosing correlation, and PDF reports. Supports: dKH, meq/L, ppm · SG, ppt · °C, °F Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lid-web-privacy.web.app/reefdrift-privacy-policy-ios.html