RainWave vs Cattle Records
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RainWave
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• By using our free app on your iOS smartphone (minimum required iOS 9), this water timer can be programmed wirelessly, allow you to use your smart phone or tablet to control all the programming and interface functions on your water timers or irrigation controllers. • The app has easy-to-follow cues that are displayed on your smartphone to guide you through the process. • The timer can be set to water on any or all days of the week, from 10 times or more per day, with a duration ranging from one minute to 12 hours. • The water-delay setting lets you postpone your irrigation cycle without losing your preset program. • You can also manually control the settings right at the faucet, without using the app. You can even manage multiple timers from the same app. • These tap timers will automatically water sequentially once they are programmed via your smartphone or tablet. No need to open the user’s guide to figure which buttons to push. • The App is highly intuitive and programming is simple. Features: • Smart Bluetooth® garden timer where you change the method of watering your garden from a range up to 30 m (100 ft) without interference. Enables you to control your garden’s watering schedule from your smart phone, tablet remotely. • Easy to install application and simple to operate. • Daily, Weekly and cyclical programming. A four zone timer allowing you to water four different areas from the same faucet. Each zone can be programmed with different start time.(Single and two zone timers follow this same guide) • Manage one or many controllers from a single app with the ability to name each controller, capture an image or uploaded from your gallery. You can replace the valve’s photo and name to easily distinguish between them where you want to water • The timer is constructed using weather and UV- resistant ABS material housing and requires 4 x AA (1.5v) *Alkaline batteries, not included. • Works with water pressure from 10 to 120 psi • Manual settings from the App is simple task (Manual watering in 1 minute increments up to 360 minutes) • No need to open the user’s guide to figure which buttons to push. The App is highly intuitive and programming is simple to use. • Follow-up on scheduling by viewing the "Next Watering" feature
Cattle Records
Manage your cattle herd, track treatments, and record important data. Vet clinics can manage clients and their animals. An optional subscription removes ads and unlocks data export for clinics.
- Record cattle treatments and calves
- Create and manage custom vaccines
- Mass apply treatments and sort cattle
- Grant/remove access for hired hands
- Vet clinic client management
- Export client data to Excel (subscription)
- Calendar events for ranch activities
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All functionality is available for free users. Manage all cattle and vaccines on your own, or join a Vet Clinic. For Vet Clinics, sign up for Free quickly and view all client data! Free accounts are limited to 50 animals. This app allows you to record all cattle records. Quickly create multiple cattle and apply treatments, calves, pregnant checks, and meat withdrawal limits. Create your own vaccines and manage cattle herds. Quickly mass apply treatments or sort them. -Ability to grant and remove access to hired hands and records when they make edits. -If you are a Vet Clinic, instantly sign up in the app and approve/deny requests for clients joining your vet clinic. Being a Vet clinic allows you to view and manage all clients data, including applying treatments and adding cattle to the clients account. -Vet clinics have the ability to export all data for a client's account to excel if needed. -Vet clinics manage their own vaccines that their clients can use. -Add calendar events that can be seen across your ranch All data is stored in Apple's Cloudkit. This app is not liable and does not provide instructions for applying vaccines, refer to your Vet Clinic on vaccine dosages and instructions. All features are available with ads except exporting data. An optional monthly subscription is available to remove ads and export data as a Vet Clinic and increased number of animals for $.99 monthly. Cancel anytime. Please view the End User License Agreement here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RainWave at none against Cattle Records's 1. RainWave also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Cattle Records sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. RainWave asks for nothing beyond the download.
RainWave ships an update every 5 months, Cattle Records every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RainWave | Cattle Records |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | yuanmei | Harden Consulting LLC |
In-app purchases
RainWave
No in-app purchases
Cattle Records
- Remove Ads$0.991 Month









