Reviews of Rain Bird

By: Rain Bird Corporation App

List of user reviews and ratings for Rain Bird

Total ratings

1.59 (Rating count: 4,812)

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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: 1.59

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72% (154)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-23	Yi*****	Almost useless. The 1 out of 10 times that it actually connects, I only get one function performed before it disconnects again. In 2026, this lack of connectivity is unacceptable.
Almost useless. The 1 out of 10 times that it actually connects, I only get one function performed before it disconnects again. In 2026, this lack of connectivity is unacceptable.
2026-08-23	Am*****	it is just way to slow. sitting next to the controller with full wifi and sometimes it takes minutes and multiple tries to connect
it is just way to slow. sitting next to the controller with full wifi and sometimes it takes minutes and multiple tries to connect
2026-08-20	Ad*****	Terrible. It is the the less I can think of right now. Why there is no updates of the software. There is serious issues on the connectivity aspect. When initiating one zone manually it won't stay connected if need to change to a different zone. An annoying waste of time. Fix it please.
Terrible. It is the the less I can think of right now. Why there is no updates of the software. There is serious issues on the connectivity aspect. When initiating one zone manually it won't stay connected if need to change to a different zone. An annoying waste of time. Fix it please.
2026-08-20	D.*****	I've had this app with my ESP-ME controller now for about 5 years and it has only gotten progressively worse since I first started using it. Now my main issue is, I can't make more than two changes to my programs before it stops updating my changes after hitting save. I would move over to the Rainbird 2.0 app but it is not compatible with my controller! 😡 I just bought an ESP-ME3 controller so I can move over to the new app. If the experience isn't better I'm going to move to Hunter.
I've had this app with my ESP-ME controller now for about 5 years and it has only gotten progressively worse since I first started using it. Now my main issue is, I can't make more than two changes to my programs before it stops updating my changes after hitting save. I would move over to the Rainbird 2.0 app but it is not compatible with my controller! 😡 I just bought an ESP-ME3 controller so I can move over to the new app. If the experience isn't better I'm going to move to Hunter.
2026-08-16	Je*****	app is just okay but the weather forecast is so far off. entered my zip code and it showed hot and sunny while it was cool and raining. app is slow to load and make changes
app is just okay but the weather forecast is so far off. entered my zip code and it showed hot and sunny while it was cool and raining. app is slow to load and make changes
2026-08-14	Ca*****	works fine for me. very convenient compared to editing water schedules on the controller directly
works fine for me. very convenient compared to editing water schedules on the controller directly
2026-08-13	Ka*****	Not easy to get i nstalled
Not easy to get i nstalled
2026-08-11	Er*****	Incredibly slow. Takes forever to connect to the controller, if it ever does.
Incredibly slow. Takes forever to connect to the controller, if it ever does.
2026-08-10	Ty*****	app will not let you connect to the controller
app will not let you connect to the controller
2026-08-10	St*****	This used to work well, but lately it takes FOREVER to log into the controller.
This used to work well, but lately it takes FOREVER to log into the controller.