Aquarium Keeper

Great tracker for parameters and stock. Thank you so much for being completely free! It offers a basic way to track essentials. The only criticisms I have are that I cannot find a note once I typed it in (maybe I didn’t save it?) and the aquarium database has never loaded for me. But those are not essentials so overall it’s a great app!!

First off, I would actually rate this at 3.5 if I could get a half star, so I rounded down. This app covers a lot of ground. Highlights include: 1. Easy to use parameter log 2. Parameter guidance 3. Nice Livestock tracking feature 4. Equipment & Maintenance tracking (haven’t touched this one yet) I dropped my rating for a few reasons: 1. You have to enter items into the parameter log linearly. If you miss a day and want to enter it after the fact, it doesn’t show up correctly in the timeline (shows up as the current entry). 2. You can’t edit the parameter logs other than deleting an entry. 3. The parameter guidance has some bad entries; calcium and magnesium are linked to incorrect parameters (alkalinity or PH, I believe). 4. The livestock tracker has four categories (fish, coral, inverts, & plants) and defaults to plants. While you can edit the entries in the livestock tracker, you cannot edit the category so, if you don’t change the default, you have to delete and redo the entry. 5. Also in the livestock tracker there are places for cost and number of fish. Unfortunately, if you add more than one fish to a single entry the app doesn’t calculate the cost or give you an accurate count. Each fish, etc. must be entered individually. 5. There is a database section that looks like it could be very powerful/helpful. Unfortunately the wheels just spin and no data appears. I really like this app, but the above five items knocked my rating down. I hope the developer does decide to update the app because I think this app could move from being a good tool to being a great one.