DipDose: Pool & Hot Tub Test

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About this app

Dip a strip, take one photo, and DipDose tells you exactly what to add — using the chemicals already in your shed.

DipDose is a pool chemical calculator and test strip reader in one, for swimming pools and hot tubs.

WORKS WITH YOUR STRIPS
• Reads the common 4-way and 6-way pool test strips and hot tub bromine strips
• Another kind of strip? Set it up once: the app finds the rows of colors, you say what each one tests
• Each pad is compared with the color chart printed on your own bottle, in the same photo and the same light
• Prefer drops? Type your drop-kit results for the most precise answer

EXACT DOSES FROM WHAT YOU OWN
• Tell it once what you have: liquid chlorine, bleach, cal-hypo, dichlor, muriatic acid, pH Up, pH Down, baking soda, calcium, stabilizer, salt
• Get numbered steps in a safe order, like "Add 38 fl oz of your liquid chlorine 10%"
• Big doses are split ("add half, then test again in 4 hours"), with the wait between chemicals
• pH worked out properly, taking your alkalinity and stabilizer into account
• Small liquid doses also in teaspoons and tablespoons

POOLS AND HOT TUBS
• Chlorine and salt pools, chlorine and bromine hot tubs
• Targets for your water and your surface: plaster, vinyl, fiberglass or acrylic

HISTORY AND REMINDERS
• A chart for every reading, with the good range shaded
• A log of every chemical you added
• Reminders for test days, cleaning the filter and checking the salt cell (Pro)

FREE CALCULATORS
• Salt, chlorine, shock, pH, alkalinity, calcium, stabilizer, pool volume and hot tub chemicals

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account and no ads
• Strip photos are read on your phone and never uploaded
• Your pool's details stay on your phone

FREE AND PRO
Free: typed and drop-kit tests with exact doses, 3 strip scans, 7 days of history and every calculator.
Pro: unlimited strip scans, your whole history and reminders.

Pro costs $3.99 a month, or $19.99 a year with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Google Play charges your Google account when you confirm (for the yearly plan, when the free trial ends), and the subscription renews automatically until you cancel it. Cancel anytime in Google Play › Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions; you keep Pro until the end of the period you paid for.

Covers free chlorine, total chlorine, pH, total alkalinity, calcium hardness, cyanuric acid (stabilizer), salt and bromine, for swimming pools, salt water pools, spas and hot tubs.

Privacy Policy: https://dipdose.com/privacy

The product label always wins: pool chemicals are regulated products, so follow the label if it and the app ever disagree.
Pool test strip reader and chemical calculator: exact doses from what you own.
Updated on
Oct 14, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit

What’s new

The first version: strip scanning, exact doses from the chemicals you own, history, reminders and free calculators.