Balboa Worldwide - Spa Control
Balboa Worldwide - Spa Control
Everyone
Balboa Water Group
The Balboa Worldwide App (bwa™)


Average Rating

1.8


Number of Ratings

626


Number of Downloads

50K+


Contains Ads

False


In-App Purchases

True


Install Fee

Free


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About Balboa Worldwide - Spa Control

The Balboa Worldwide App (bwa™), is an app for your Android® device that allows you to access your hot tub via a direct connection anywhere in the local proximity of your tub, anywhere in your house that you can connect to your local WiFi network, or anywhere in the World you have an internet ... read more

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Summary

Total Permissions

13

Total Categories

5

Highest Risk

8

Average Risk

4

Counts

2

7

4

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User Reviews

Steve Yates Steve Yates
2
Thursday, April 23, 2026

The app is now completely useless. It will not connect to my hot tub locally and now they want me to pay to connect by logging in. there is no support for the app. I've submitted support requests multiple times and they are ignored , no response whatsoever. I suppose I'll have to remove the app along with other clutter since it does nothing but consume storage.

Scott Dunbar Scott Dunbar
6
Thursday, April 2, 2026

updated 4/2/26. extremely disappointed with the app, and now their payment demands. a major region for purchasing the Wi-Fi unit was to have the access when I was not at my home. Try improving the functionality of the app, and it might be worth something. Exploring options to get VPN going. Very limited functionality. Was hoping to see notifications (high low-point notification, diagnostic alerts. Would have thought this would be extension of the touch screen. Love to see some updates. Edited

zhastie1 zhastie1
14
Monday, December 7, 2020

It works, kind of. It connects locally(when your device is connected to the same network as the spa) about 25% of the time. And connects remotely(when you're away from home) about 10% of the time. When it does connect, it's only for a few seconds, 10 seconds at most. For me, its enough time to turn the temp up or down. But I have to do it 3 or 4 times because the temp setting dial is terrible. If there is another app I can use to connect to my spa, please let me know!!!

Richard Bartosik Richard Bartosik
13
Sunday, October 25, 2020

Really not a good app. Constant disconnects, half the time icons don't show accurate status, and why in the world would it not show the temp you set it to, only current temp? Please hire someone better to fix up this app. 10/25: updating rating. App is more stable, and while it does often disconnect it does work. One thing I'd love to see built in is scheduling to be able to have temp go up for example at 6pm and back to a lower temp at 10pm. Edited

Jamie Garroch Jamie Garroch
15
Friday, February 5, 2021

Wow. I spent $300 for a WiFi module and telemetry app that don't work. Connection issues + UX latency + poorly designed UI all lead to me wanting to return this kit. Connection to a very close router is sporadic at best and once connected it takes several seconds for app interactions to be updated. I can turn pumps on (10 seconds after pressing the button) but can't turn them off. Changing units also takes ages to update. The telemetry data should be a couple of bytes and very fast but alas, no.

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