K vs ALLIANCE bt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
K
Remotely manage your irrigation system from anywhere using your smartphone or tablet. Monitor, program, or suspend watering schedules based on weather forecasts and test your system with your device.
- Remote irrigation control
- Water schedule programming
- Weather-based adjustments
- System testing via smartphone
- Professional installer management
- Secure WiFi Hub connection
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Take control of your irrigation system, save water and ensure a healthy lawn and landscape from anywhere in the world. K-Rain's ProEX WiFi enabled irrigation controller allows you to monitor, program, or suspend your irrigation controller from a smartphone, tablet or internet browser. Utilizing our secure WiFi Hub, you can connect your controller to the internet without giving out sensitive network passwords to third parties. You can suspend or modify watering schedules based on current or forecast weather conditions. Use your smartphone or tablet as a remote control to easily test your system. Are you a profession installer? Manage up to 400 controllers easily using our share feature in the native application or web browser.
ALLIANCE bt
Control smart lighting with features like dimming, grouping, and tunable white options. Create custom scenes and default colors for personalized ambiance. Securely manage your lamps within easy-to-use networks.
- Dimming and grouping
- Tunable white (2700K-4000K)
- RGB color selection
- Custom scene creation
- Custom default colors
- Secured network management
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Features include: dimming and grouping, tunable white options between 2700K to 4000K and RGB color selection. User can create custom scenes and custom default colors. Lamps can be put into easy to manage secured networks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: K at 11.0 against ALLIANCE bt's 15.6. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ALLIANCE bt holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 81 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of K's written reviews are positive against 9% of ALLIANCE bt's.
K ships an update every 3 months, ALLIANCE bt every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | K | ALLIANCE bt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (31 ratings) | 2.1 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | 9.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 81 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | K-Rain Manufacturing Corporation | 凯 陈 |
Customer experience
K
ALLIANCE bt
In-app purchases
K
No in-app purchases
ALLIANCE bt
No in-app purchases
