LinkTap vs Engbird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkTap
Control your wireless water timer remotely from anywhere. Schedule watering with multiple modes, skip watering during rain, and monitor your device's status. Receive notifications and view historical data for efficient water management.
- Remote access anywhere, anytime
- Six work modes for scheduling
- Rain Skip feature
- Monitor timer status
- Watering notifications
- View watering history
- Control up to 24 timers
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LinkTap App: Remotely access your LinkTap Wireless Water Timer through the App anywhere, anytime. FEATURES: . Provide 6 works modes (Instant mode, Calendar mode, Month mode, Odd-even mode, Interval mode and 7-day mode). . Rain Skip to save water. . Monitor water timer's status (battery capacity, wireless signal strength). . Receives notification when watering starts and ends. . View watering and rain skip history of each water timer. . View real-time watering progress. . View water timer's local weather forecast. . Control up to 24 water timers under one user account. . Multilingual support (English, Español, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and 中文) Supported language: English, Español, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, 中文, 日本語 REQUIREMENTS . The App requires iOS 7+. . Cellular or WiFi internet connection is required.
Engbird
Monitor environmental conditions like temperature and humidity with smart sensors. View real-time and historical data, export it, and manage multiple devices and users. Supports various sampling intervals and multiple languages.
- Real-time temperature and humidity display
- Configurable sampling intervals
- Historical data viewing (day, week, month, year)
- CSV data export
- Multi-sensor and multi-user support
- Multi-language support
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Engbird is the easiest way to monitor the environmental conditions affecting the things you care about. Quickly pair the app with our Temperature & Humidity Smart Sensors and enjoy the sleek interface for viewing current and past conditions.It supports the following features: - Displays Temperature & Humidity in real-time. - The sampling interval can be configured for 10s, 30s, 1min, 2min, 5min, 10min, 30min, record length up to 30000. - Can easily view historical data by day, week, month, year, and can export historical data in csv format. - Support a mobile phone to access multiple sensors, you can also access multiple mobile phones with the same sensor - Multi-language support: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LinkTap at 56% against Engbird's 13%. LinkTap also leads on rating (3.6 vs 1.8). Engbird's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
LinkTap holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 37 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of LinkTap's written reviews are positive against 13% of Engbird's.
LinkTap ships an update every 5 weeks, Engbird every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkTap | Engbird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (48 ratings) — better | 1.8 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews — better | 13.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LINKTAP PTY LTD | Shenzhen Inkbird Technology Co. Ltd |
Customer experience
LinkTap
Engbird
Bugs and requests
LinkTap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Engbird
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on startup after updates
- Bluetooth connection issues, sensors not detected
- Temperature and humidity values displayed incorrectly
- Graph time scales do not match actual data
- Sensor names not displayed in app
Requested features
5 requests- Add push notifications for temperature/humidity alerts
- Improve graph functionality (zoom, customize, etc.)
- Allow calibration of temperature and humidity sensors
- Provide more detailed historical data export options
- Add support for multiple sensors/devices in one view
In-app purchases
LinkTap
No in-app purchases
Engbird
No in-app purchases
