OpenSprinkler User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience63.0% of reviews
Neutral13.0% of reviews
Negative experience23.9% of reviews

~ Based on 46 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

Terrible connectivity

Constantly crashes and fails to connect with my system. Terrible app

Great app and hardware

We love our OpenSprinkler. We’ve used it since 2018 and it’s been reliable and easy to use. I also love the open API - I use it to prevent false alarms on my water leak sensor.

App could’ve been so good

I use this everyday in multiple greenhouses & I love how I can customize it down to the second with patterns but everything else seems so old school. You having to be on Wi-Fi to interact with the device is a huge hinder. The app also refreshes & updates super slow, if I want to stop a zone from running if I accidentally run the wrong one then I have to wait a good 20-30 seconds before it updates & I can stop it.
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Incompatible with voiceover

I have been using this app for several years and voiceover compatibility has always been a bit of an issue. With the current version it is impossible to edit an existing program or create an new one. Disappointing.

Great app and controller

Reliable and super easy to use, makes setting up and running different sprinkler programs simple.

Update deleted my OS sites (update: Twice now)

This app has been fantastic for years. It managed two openSprinkler sites perfectly. then this last update deleted both sites and appeared to require a new login. I had to recreate the site settings. overall not a happy update experience.

Review Update
please let me know exactly many more of these fun updates i can expect that delete all my site info - 2nd in two weeks! yay!
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Response from developer

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you've been experiencing with the recent updates to our app. We understand how frustrating this must be, particularly when it involves having to re-enter your site settings and device connections. The recent changes were due to a necessary upgrade in our web interface technology and a host change for our hybrid application. These steps were taken to ensure we continue to deliver a secure, efficient, and up-to-date user experience. Unfortunately, these changes required users to log in again and reconfigure their sites. To avoid such issues in the future, we strongly recommend using our OpenSprinkler Cloud Sync feature. This feature allows you to securely store all your site data with your account. Should you need to log in again or reinstall the app, Cloud Sync will quickly restore all your site data, eliminating the need to reconfigure settings manually. We deeply appreciate your feedback and your patience as we continue to improve our app. Our team is committed to making your OpenSprinkler experience as seamless as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Loses Settings on Updates

I set this up for my 75 year old Dad and it worked great last season. Recently, I keep having to re-add his two controllers to the app because it’s losing its configuration on app updates (presumably). He can’t do this (I’ve made an instruction document with screen shots since I’m 300 miles away to try to help); he is so frustrated. So yeah, kind of wishing I’d gone with some plug-n-play commercial system now with a better phone app.

Also, the UI could be better.
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Response from developer

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you've been experiencing with the recent updates to our app. We understand how frustrating this must be, particularly when it involves having to re-enter your site settings and device connections. The recent changes were due to a necessary upgrade in our web interface technology and a host change for our hybrid application. These steps were taken to ensure we continue to deliver a secure, efficient, and up-to-date user experience. Unfortunately, these changes required users to log in again and reconfigure their sites. To avoid such issues in the future, we strongly recommend using our OpenSprinkler Cloud Sync feature. This feature allows you to securely store all your site data with your account. Should you need to log in again or reinstall the app, Cloud Sync will quickly restore all your site data, eliminating the need to reconfigure settings manually. We deeply appreciate your feedback and your patience as we continue to improve our app. Our team is committed to making your OpenSprinkler experience as seamless as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Won’t connect to controller

Now it won’t connect to the controller. I’m able to log in using safari but it keeps saying to check IP/port and try again.

Response from developer

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you've been experiencing with the recent updates to our app. We understand how frustrating this must be, particularly when it involves having to re-enter your site settings and device connections. The recent changes were due to a necessary upgrade in our web interface technology and a host change for our hybrid application. These steps were taken to ensure we continue to deliver a secure, efficient, and up-to-date user experience. Unfortunately, these changes required users to log in again and reconfigure their sites. To avoid such issues in the future, we strongly recommend using our OpenSprinkler Cloud Sync feature. This feature allows you to securely store all your site data with your account. Should you need to log in again or reinstall the app, Cloud Sync will quickly restore all your site data, eliminating the need to reconfigure settings manually. We deeply appreciate your feedback and your patience as we continue to improve our app. Our team is committed to making your OpenSprinkler experience as seamless as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

I love the app I love the sprinkler controller.

Even though I love this app and this device, twice now in one week we have had two updates (thank you I think), but twice now I need to reconnect to my devices connection info has been lost and I’m starting over again. Please if your going to update it again, can you figure out how to update it with out losing my connections and forcing me to start over. Thank you.
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Response from developer

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you've been experiencing with the recent updates to our app. We understand how frustrating this must be, particularly when it involves having to re-enter your site settings and device connections. The recent changes were due to a necessary upgrade in our web interface technology and a host change for our hybrid application. These steps were taken to ensure we continue to deliver a secure, efficient, and up-to-date user experience. Unfortunately, these changes required users to log in again and reconfigure their sites. To avoid such issues in the future, we strongly recommend using our OpenSprinkler Cloud Sync feature. This feature allows you to securely store all your site data with your account. Should you need to log in again or reinstall the app, Cloud Sync will quickly restore all your site data, eliminating the need to reconfigure settings manually. We deeply appreciate your feedback and your patience as we continue to improve our app. Our team is committed to making your OpenSprinkler experience as seamless as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Latest update

What did you do?!?! Used to log in flawlessly no matter where I am. Now I get password error UNLESS I first VPN into my home network....

Why did you change things?!?! Please undo this change you made. I travel a lot and do not want to VPN just to use your app

Response from developer

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and for bringing this issue to our attention. We're sorry to hear that you're experiencing difficulties with logging in after our recent update. To help us better understand and address this issue, we kindly ask you to submit a support ticket. We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding while we work on this. We hope to resolve your login issue promptly and restore your seamless app experience.

A pain to use

It’s a shame that the screen where you tell sprinklers to switch on and off doesn’t refresh after you make a change. You need to shut the app down (flick up) and then reload the app to see the changes that have been made, a real pain when you have multiple changes to make!

Nice freebie

Works great, thanks for development! I an using it on daily basis.

Poor support

I’ve had nothing but problems with this WiFi device. Power surges, messes it up.
Little to no customer support.
Maybe he knows what he is talking about but his directions are Chinese to me. Go figure!

Response from developer

Sorry to hear about your problems using OpenSprinkler. I am happy to try and help you if you continue to have issues. Please send an email to samer@opensprinkler.com.

Awesome!! Use this every year!!

Use this all the time in the summer!! Easy to setup and use!!

Good product but the app doesn’t work on my phone

The iPad app works flawlessly however on my phone and a few other peoples phones I’ve installed this app on there are missing functions and buttons. Please fix this on the iPhone.

Response from developer

Could you please share what features are missing, this shouldn't be occurring. Please submit a support ticket here so we can resolve this: https://support.openthings.io. Thank you!

Odd UI, great engine

I am very pleased with the overall solution of OpenSprinker: price, packaging, hardware, support, quality, and being open. Regarding this app specifically, the scheduling engine and workflow are solid. The UI is a bit awkward, mainly due to the slide out and pop up menus. Like Pinterest, I dislike the way a floating dialog is too easily dismissed (and input lost) by tapping anywhere outside of its border. I wish this app followed iPhone UI standards and felt as solid as the scheduling engine and controller hardware.
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Response from developer

Thank you for letting us know about the crashing issue. This has been resolved in our latest update (1.8.2). If you can please update and update us once you verify the issues are fixed it would be much appreciated.

Still NO Temp display

Hi Sammer, updated to latest firmware in this App. There is No display of Temperature in the home screen as stated. Maybe another issue?

Latest update broke connection

The latest update that I downloaded just a day or two ago has broken my connection with my system. It is one of the early build it yourself units running FW 1.8.3. I can connect to it from a browser on the same device, but not through the app any more. Passwords and addresses verified, but will not connect.

*** UPDATE ***
The latest update did fix the problem! Upgraded from 3 to 5 stars.
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Response from developer

This should be fixed now, we apologize for the inconvenience caused. Please update to version 1.8.2. Thanks!

Update crashed OpenSprinkler

The latest update has rendered OpenSprinkler completely unusable the router can’t find the units and the app only opens to the manage sites page

Firmware update doesn’t warn you to back up your config

Opened the app, it said firmware update available, never once said it would wipe out my config. Have to start over.