Shafter Mobile vs Rain Bird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shafter Mobile
Report civic issues like public safety or environmental concerns using your smartphone. This platform allows for quick and intuitive reporting with photo evidence to facilitate prompt resolution.
- Real-time civic engagement
- Identify and report public safety issues
- Report quality of life concerns
- Report environmental issues
- Smartphone reporting
- Photo evidence integration
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Shafter Mobile is a real time mobile civic engagement platform. Shafter Mobile provides a free, simple, and intuitive platform empowering people to identify civic issues (public safety, quality of life, & environmental issues) with your smartphone and report for quick resolution. A picture tells a thousand words and Shafter Mobile makes it a snap. Download it today!!
Rain Bird
Control your sprinklers remotely from your mobile device. Automate watering schedules and adjust for weather conditions to conserve water and reduce costs. Compatible with various Rain Bird controller models.
- Remote sprinkler control
- Customizable watering schedules
- Automated weather adjustments
- Water and money saving
- Controller model compatibility
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Smart Watering Made Simple. Connect your Rain Bird controller to your mobile device to turn on sprinklers, set up customized watering schedules, and automate weather adjustments, saving you water and money. Compatible with the following Rain Bird controller models: ST8-WIFI ESP-TM2 ESP-RZXe ESP-Me ESP-ME3 RC2 ARC8 For more information: http://wifi.rainbird.com 1-800-RAINBIRD
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rain Bird at 4.7 against Shafter Mobile's 3.7. Rain Bird also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (31% vs 0%). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Rain Bird holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rain Bird has 79K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Shafter Mobile's written reviews are positive against 31% of Rain Bird's.
Shafter Mobile ships an update every 8 months, Rain Bird every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shafter Mobile | Rain Bird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (79K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 31.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 79K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | City of Shafter | Rain Bird Corporation |
Customer experience
Shafter Mobile
Rain Bird
Bugs and requests
Shafter Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rain Bird
Reported bugs
5 issues- Constant connection errors
- App crashes frequently
- Date/time not syncing correctly
- Seasonal adjustment not working as expected
- Manual controls not functioning properly
Requested features
6 requests- Add water usage history and analytics
- Allow pausing of individual zones
- Improve manual control options
- Add weather integration and smart scheduling
- Improve notification system
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- Add ability to turn off entire system remotely
In-app purchases
Shafter Mobile
No in-app purchases
Rain Bird
No in-app purchases
Questions
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