Rain Bird vs Sanger Connected
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Sanger Connected
Easily report non-emergency community issues with this free app. It uses your location to identify problems like street maintenance or damaged trees, allowing you to upload media and track the resolution process.
- Report non-emergency community problems
- Automatic location recognition via GPS
- Menu of common issue categories
- Upload photos and videos
- Track issue resolution status
- Supports street maintenance, streetlight requests, and more
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The Sanger Connected app makes reporting a non-emergency problem easier than ever. This free app provides the residents of Sanger an easy way to report issues in the community as soon as they are discovered. This simple-to-use app uses GPS to recognize your location and gives you a menu of common conditions to select from, to report a problem. It allows you to upload pictures or videos to accompany your request and gives you the ability to track the issue from the time reported through resolution. The app can be used for a variety of requests such as street maintenance, streetlight requests, damaged trees, abandoned cars, code enforcement issues, and more. The City of Sanger appreciates your support, and the use of this software will allow us to improve and beautify our community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rain Bird at 79K against Sanger Connected's 5. Rain Bird also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Sanger Connected's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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.
Sanger Connected holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rain Bird has 79K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rain Bird ships an update every 2 months, Sanger Connected every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rain Bird | Sanger Connected |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (79K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 79K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rain Bird Corporation | City of Sanger |
Customer experience
Rain Bird
Sanger Connected
Bugs and 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
Sanger Connected
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rain Bird
No in-app purchases
Sanger Connected
No in-app purchases
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