Pocket Marine

First of all, I just want to say this is the best app I have found for tracking parameters as well as keeping information on all of my tanks. One of the biggest issues I found with other apps is that they only let you have one or maybe two aquariums able to be stored or if you have more they make you pay. As we aquarists know we typically have at least two, probably more tanks, so this app caters to us. The first issue I have with this app is probably something they could fix and it’s the default parameters that appear when you go to log them. Only nine parameters are showing at any one time and if you want to see other ones, you need to change which ones appear. It’s unfortunate that ammonia and nitrite are set to default to appear since most people don’t commonly check them. Every time I want to check/see my phosphate levels I need to go under the visibility filter and swap out either the ammonia or nitrite and then select phosphate in its place. Kind of annoying because it’s something I have to do multiple times a week. If they let us change the default parameters, this issue would be solved. The only other minor complaint I have is under the databank of fish and corals sometimes they don’t have what I’m looking for. They just need to have an update where they include more fish, coral, and invertebrates. Overall, the app is pretty fantastic and worth the minor charge for it. I never pay for apps, but this is one that I am glad I purchased.

After trying out all the available reef keeping apps I’m sure this is the one with the best UI and design, others look plain and outdated, but the thing is, I don’t get why the parameters shown on the main page can’t be changed all at once, there could be a default setting to choose certain parameters on the 9 squares, or just show the first 9 you record in. For me, I don’t usually test my NO2 and NH3, and it’s a bummer I have to change them to PO4 and something else all the time. Another thing is the graphs aren’t that easy to read, you need to drag and drag to find the right parameter and then drag once more to check out the whole timeline

The app in general is helpful. It’s worth the $3 or whatever it is. However, it has many small annoying bugs throughout. When you enter a maintenance note, the dates always enter in a random order (sometimes mo/day/year, sometimes day/month/year) sometimes year/day/month), so your notes are never sorted correctly. Tank parameters are sometimes a mess: missing temperatures to select from, and it colors parameters such as a pH of 8.2 red (as in bad) and not green (ok) as it should be.