Life DC vs Rain Bird Resources
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life DC
Easily manage and program your battery-powered garden irrigation controllers remotely. Check battery status, set schedules, and manually operate watering cycles via Bluetooth. Supports up to 200 controllers simultaneously.
- Manage up to 200 controllers
- Check battery status
- Set security passwords
- Program irrigation schedules
- Manual watering operation
- Pause irrigation cycles
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***Irritrol Life. Enjoy your Life*** With Life controllers, Irritrol is changing the residential irrigation! Life DC is the free App to manage your Life DC battery-powered controllers easily and quickly. Thanks to the powerful Bluetooth of Life DC, you will control your Life DC within 15 meters. Download the App now and follow the instructions. Connect your Life DC to the App and learn how to program it in 2 clicks. The Life DC App allows you to: • Manage up to 200 controllers simultaneously • Check the battery status for each controller • Add a security password for each controller • Set the location of the controller • Recover programming data from your controller Life DC can manage your controller with just a click: • Programming Access the Programs section, select one of the 4 programs available and select for each one: - Days of the week you want to irrigate - Irrigation start time (up to three times per program) - Irrigation duration for each station - Water budget (from 0% to 200%) • Manual operation Access the manual section, select the station or all stations, select the duration of the irrigation program and then start the irrigation. • Pause the controller Access the ON/OFF section, select OFF, choose how many days you want to stop the irrigation and press Send. Compatible with the following Irritrol controller models - LIFE DC with 1 station (LIFE-1-DC) - LIFE DC with 2 stations (LIFE-2-DC) - LIFE DC with 4 stations (LIFE-4-DC) - LIFE DC with 6 stations (LIFE-6-DC) Compatibility Compatible with iOS 9.0 operating systems and upper versions and with Bluetooth Smart 4.0 and upper versions For more information http://life.irritrol.it/eng/
Rain Bird Resources
Access a comprehensive catalog of landscape irrigation products and essential documentation. Find user manuals, technical specifications, and design guides on the go. Easily share information and save your favorites for quick access.
- Product catalog access
- User manual downloads
- Technical specifications
- Design guides
- Performance specifications
- Sharing functionality
- Favorites menu
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Reference information for the landscape irrigation professional. Explore Rain Bird’s complete landscape turf product catalog. Find documents like user manuals, technical specifications, design guides, and performance specifications. The app makes it easy to access and share the latest irrigation information anywhere and anytime. The app includes convenient features like sharing, search, and a custom favorites menu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rain Bird Resources at 4.1 against Life DC's 1.0. Rain Bird Resources also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). 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.
Rain Bird Resources holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rain Bird Resources has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Life DC ships an update every 7 months, Rain Bird Resources monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Life DC | Rain Bird Resources |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.1 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Toro Company | Rain Bird Corporation |
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Life DC
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In-app purchases
Life DC
No in-app purchases
Rain Bird Resources
No in-app purchases
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