K vs Hunter WVL
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.
Hunter WVL
This app facilitates wireless valve monitoring for specific irrigation controllers. It allows for convenient setup, configuration, and diagnostics of field devices using Bluetooth technology and LoRa radio communication.
- Wireless valve monitoring
- Setup and configuration
- Diagnostics of field devices
- Bluetooth connectivity
- LoRa radio communication
- Supports HCC, ICC2, and MCC controllers
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Enable convenient wireless valve monitoring for HCC, ICC2, and MCC Controllers with the highly flexible and easy-to-install Wireless Valve Link. The Wireless Valve Output Module within the controller communicates with up to 54 wireless stations (HCC & ICC2) and up to 108 wireless stations with MCC via license-free LoRa® radio. Use this convenient Bluetooth™ app for setup, configuration and diagnostics of WVL field devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hunter WVL at 4.0 against K's 1.9. Hunter WVL also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). K's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 4) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Hunter WVL holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: K has 31 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
K ships an update every 3 months, Hunter WVL every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | K | Hunter WVL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (31 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | K-Rain Manufacturing Corporation | Hunter Industries |
Customer experience
K
Hunter WVL
In-app purchases
K
No in-app purchases
Hunter WVL
No in-app purchases
