Spa Control - BWA 4+
Balboa Water Group
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Set the mood of your spa by ensuring your have the right lighting, water temperature, and your massage pumps running just like you like, all from the convenience of your iPhone® or iPad®. Remotely control the operations of your portable hot tub via a local WiFi connection prior to you entering your spa.
Spa Hardware Requirements
Balboa BP Series Spa Control Pack
bwa™ Wi-Fi module (Part Number: 50350)
What’s New
Version 4.7.3
We regularly update our BWA Spa Control app to maximize your experience.
-Hide apple suggestions to avoid server errors in creating an account.
Ratings and Reviews
Everything worked well until iOS 15.1
I can connect to the cloud network and control the spa, but cannot connect locally. It says that “Precise Location Disabled”, but it is not when I go to location services and look at it. I have toggled everything on and it still doesn’t allow local mode. I am not real upset, since I can get into Cloud Mode.
Otherwise, the interface is okay. It would be best if you didn’t have a slider to adjust and just had a simple and intuitive up and down set point arrows for setting the spa temp. The slider sometimes gets confused when I am trying to scroll the screen for the jets and light portion below.
I wouldn’t give the app a 1, but it does need a little work and is almost there!
It’s works most of the time
I am able to connect most of the time. Sometimes it connects via cloud and sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t even attempt to direct connect anymore. It never works. The controls are a bit remedial and could easily be improved to allow for scheduling and exercise routines, since it is a “swim spa”. I am looking for a way to contact the developers directly to suggest improvements, if anyone has a contact.
UPDATE: this is what I sent tech support for Balboa.
The BWA app for iOS has not been updated in 2 years? Is there a new app I should be using? I can connect to my spa very rarely and when I do it is for one time before it advises me it cannot connect. It does not matter if I am standing next to the controls or miles away. The cloud connect fails on a regular basis and the local connect never works. How can I fix this? The app specifically states it updates regularly but that is not the case. This app needs some upgrades and I wish the company would understand that so they update it regularly, as the app states. Please help.
Works for me
I have been using this app for about 6 months and it works for me most of the time. There have been occasions in which I couldn’t connect to my spa, but they have been rare, and I have always been able to connect by repeated attempts. When I am connected the app works reliably. It basically duplicates the functions of the deck-mounted controller but in a more user-friendly and sleeker interface. Additionally you can set the spa controller’s clock time by syncing it’s time with your phone’s time, so it’s just a one-button task.
I have a very basic spa and I wonder if that’s why my experience with this app seems to be better than that of others.
Wish-list items would be to be able to receive an alert when spa reaches desired temperature, and to have Alexa compatibility.
App Privacy
The developer, Balboa Water Group, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Balboa Water Group
- Size
- 55 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2017 - Balboa Water Group
- Price
- Free