Top 7 Pool Apps for Your Smartphone
They say there is an app for every user, which couldn’t be truer for pool owners! There is an array of new apps available for your iDevice and Droid devices that cover every conceivable pool-related topic. Whether you live, work or play near a pool, we have an app suggestion for you!
What is an App?
App is short for application; these small productivity programs run on mobile phones and devices and may also be known as a widget. While app development is cutting-edge technology, most apps are designed simplicity and easy use, so anyone can use them!
Pool apps are ideal for:
- Anyone who owns or uses a pool
- Lifeguards and supporting pool networks
- Swim competitors and coaches who track events and stats
- Pool operators or managers
- Convenience, accuracy and reliability. Plus, they’re usually pretty fun!
Top 7 Pool Apps for Your Smartphone
- Deck Pass: Not just an app, but a free social network! Includes news, friends, logs, scoreboards and patches to collect! Official app of USA Swimming.
- Pool Manager: A pool management app that keeps track of user logs, invoices and shopping lists so you can ensure that your pool is always ready to use! This app is also free!
- Pool Doctor: A supporting app that calculates pool volume and water balance so you don’t have to! This app is ideal for making tricky chemical changes and is very user-friendly. $1.99 with email tech support.
- HowsMyWater: Take a photograph and improve the accuracy of water strips by eliminating color matching. The app auto-saves your data and provides customized treatment solutions and historical pool trends. $5.99
- Swim University: Lots of useful blog information in one convenient reading location! Find answers to FAQ’s, buying guides and new pool topics, all for free!
- Pool Pal: Track swim times, training session, events and galas, pools and race results and more. Ideal for use with friends and family too! Add multiple swimmers for only $1.99
- Race Analyzer: Perfect for swim coaches and competitors alike, this paps evaluates swimming performances and calculates complex formulas including; swim times, splits, cycles and tempos. Free 30 day trial.
There are plenty more pool apps for your smartphone, but we hope these will get you off the starting line and into your pool with confidence! Visit the Apple or Droid store to find other apps that are compatible with your iDevice and Driods.