Aquascape Smart Control App 4+

Convenient, but…

I like the convenience the app provides. It was easy to set-up and has worked flawlessly - turning pump on and off and adjusting the flow rate. Very nice.

Unfortunately the incessant in-app notice to allow notifications is a bit much. Every time? C’mon…. And no ability to provide feedback within the app.

Cost you a couple of stars.

Too much hype…not enough function

So I’ve had this app for a couple years now to control the pump. It will control the pump speed well, and you can put in automations and such, so it’s not bad. Recently I bought the ‘smart’ dosing system for my pond, and this where I get annoyed. The app will not ‘change’ any of the settings on the dosing system at all. When you set up the app for the dosing system, it asks you how big (in gallons) is the pond? Then it asks what treatment(s) are in the dosing system and their size. If you’re not dosing the pond correctly for its size, the app will tell you, but it won’t tell you what the RIGHT dose is (had to go back to the face of old system to figure that out). You also have to make the dosing adjustment at the device itself, can’t do it with the app. The app claims it will alert you when chems are 90% depleted, but if you’ve been running dosing systems for awhile, you already know how long a chem bag lasts for your pond. In short, Aquascape needs to improve how ‘smart’ some of these products are. If it can’t be ADJUSTED by the app, then it’s not really ‘smart’ at all.

Newest update needs a fix for level 1 pump setting

I looked for a place to report it to support but found nothing. The most recent update change the pump on/off button to a slider. But the slider overlaps the level 1 setting, so you can’t set to level 1. When you avoid the slider and set to level 1, it then bugs out, bouncing from level 1 to level 10. Please fix the on/off slider, possibly by simply positioning it lower on the page, below the bars. I’ll update rating if that’s fixed. Until then, I can’t use level 1, which is poor experience.

Update: thank you! Super impressed with the response time to this post. App was fixed next day! So happy with everything Aquascape. The app works great! My pond rocks and is 100% Aquascape powered :)

Developer Response ,

We just noticed that as well. We apologize for the issue and will work quickly to correct it. *Edit - Should be fixed now.