Reviews of Rain Bird

By: Rain Bird Corporation App

List of user reviews and ratings for Rain Bird

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1.65 (Rating count: 4,759)

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Review summary

Users appreciate the convenience of remotely controlling their Rain Bird sprinkler systems and responsive customer support. However, many report persistent connectivity problems, especially on Android devices, along with a clunky and unintuitive interface. Frequent app bugs cause programmed watering schedules to become corrupted, and calendar and manual watering controls are often unreliable or hard to use. Despite its potential and hardware quality, the app's inconsistent performance and usability issues frustrate users.

Pros

Provides remote control over sprinklers, including scheduling and manual watering.
Customer support is responsive and attempts to help with reported bugs and issues.
App works well when connection and compatibility issues are resolved.
Useful for troubleshooting irrigation zones and adjusting watering schedules.
Allows control from different locations, including remotely when away from home.

Cons

Frequent connectivity issues between app and controller, especially with Wi-Fi modules and Android devices.
App interface is clunky, unintuitive, and difficult to navigate for many users.
App bugs corrupt programmed watering schedules, especially cyclic programs and seasonal adjustments.
Slow and unreliable real-time updates and calendar display problems leading to incorrect watering events visualization.
Manual controls and time setting features are difficult to use and sometimes unresponsive.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.70

All time rating average: 1.65

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70% (131)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-19	Mi*****	Pathetic App for a Big Name Brand. Rainbird Corporation - you have a ONE POINT SIX average rating on the Google Play Store - why don't you fix this? Because people have already bought your product and thus you don't care because you aren't getting any new revenue? I DREAD making updates in this terrible app, but I need to so I waste about 20 minutes using this horrible app to accomplish something that should take about 2 minutes. Fix it. Terrible.
Pathetic App for a Big Name Brand. Rainbird Corporation - you have a ONE POINT SIX average rating on the Google Play Store - why don't you fix this? Because people have already bought your product and thus you don't care because you aren't getting any new revenue? I DREAD making updates in this terrible app, but I need to so I waste about 20 minutes using this horrible app to accomplish something that should take about 2 minutes. Fix it. Terrible.
2026-07-17	Mi*****	Very unstable, refuses to connect with the controller quite often. Also, please change the way the date is handled. Currently, it defaults to January 2011 every time we lose power and I have to scroll 15 years month by month to get to the current date.
Very unstable, refuses to connect with the controller quite often. Also, please change the way the date is handled. Currently, it defaults to January 2011 every time we lose power and I have to scroll 15 years month by month to get to the current date.
2026-07-17	Jo*****	Very hard to get the app to connect to the controller. Something has changed. Last year the app worked very well. Now it is almost completely useless.
Very hard to get the app to connect to the controller. Something has changed. Last year the app worked very well. Now it is almost completely useless.
2026-07-16	An*****	connects very slowly when it connects at all
connects very slowly when it connects at all
2026-07-15	Da*****	frustrating..downloaded easily but set up is a pain, took several tries to connect I uninstalled and reinstalled a few times. Finally figured out turn off my 5 G and it will connect yahay, right? So every time I want to use it I have to turn off my 5G. Even turning off 5G it is the slowest loading app I have ever used! In this day and age of technology nothing should load this poorly!! Definitely more bugs to work on hopefully I won't have to make adjustments too often!!!
frustrating..downloaded easily but set up is a pain, took several tries to connect I uninstalled and reinstalled a few times. Finally figured out turn off my 5 G and it will connect yahay, right? So every time I want to use it I have to turn off my 5G. Even turning off 5G it is the slowest loading app I have ever used! In this day and age of technology nothing should load this poorly!! Definitely more bugs to work on hopefully I won't have to make adjustments too often!!!
2026-07-14	Lo*****	it logs you out automatically, and then it is a endless struggle to get back in.
it logs you out automatically, and then it is a endless struggle to get back in.
2026-07-14	Bi*****	The negative reviews are correct. Very poor execution. The app spins and updates the majority of the time. App functionality and layout is very difficult to understand. I have yet to figure out how to stop an irrigation occurrence once it started. The entire functionality and layout is confusing. I'm going to stick with the app hopeful that updates will help. It will be a great tool if it starts to work correctly. Update, one year now and it's exactly the same. Downgraded from 2 stars to 1.
The negative reviews are correct. Very poor execution. The app spins and updates the majority of the time. App functionality and layout is very difficult to understand. I have yet to figure out how to stop an irrigation occurrence once it started. The entire functionality and layout is confusing. I'm going to stick with the app hopeful that updates will help. It will be a great tool if it starts to work correctly. Update, one year now and it's exactly the same. Downgraded from 2 stars to 1.
2026-07-12	Bi*****	This app has been a mess for years with connection issues. It does appear the latest update has fixed the connection issues. We'll see. I can't give 5 stars due to years of agrivation. Use 2.4 not 5.0
This app has been a mess for years with connection issues. It does appear the latest update has fixed the connection issues. We'll see. I can't give 5 stars due to years of agrivation. Use 2.4 not 5.0
2026-07-12	Ch*****	This Rainbird app has to be the slowest, buggiest, non-connecting app ever. I wish I had done more research before settling on the ESP-ME3 controller. Terrible app.
This Rainbird app has to be the slowest, buggiest, non-connecting app ever. I wish I had done more research before settling on the ESP-ME3 controller. Terrible app.
2026-07-11	Ry*****	Almost NEVER works! Incredibly slow!!! I've had to use a specific router just to get the 2.4 GHz band that this works on. There isn't any other app I have on my phone I hate more! Considering spending hundreds to change to a different brand controller just so I don't have to deal with this garbage!
Almost NEVER works! Incredibly slow!!! I've had to use a specific router just to get the 2.4 GHz band that this works on. There isn't any other app I have on my phone I hate more! Considering spending hundreds to change to a different brand controller just so I don't have to deal with this garbage!