Comparison

RainWave vs NeatKiosk

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RainWave

Features
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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

About

NeatKiosk

Transform any device into a secure, full-screen kiosk. This app locks the screen to a single website, automatically resets after inactivity, and offers customizable settings for a focused user experience. It's ideal for public displays, menus, or sign-in pages.

Highlights
  • Lock to one website, full-screen
  • URL allow/deny lists
  • Idle auto-reset
  • PIN-protected settings
  • Force full brightness and keep screen awake
  • Night blackout schedule
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Turn any iPad or iPhone into a locked-down kiosk in under a minute. NeatKiosk shows one website full-screen, keeps visitors on it, and resets to a clean state after inactivity, so a shared device stays on task all day. And it is genuinely free: every feature is included, with no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no watermark and no upsells. WHY NEATKIOSK • 100% free: all features, no paywalls • Private by design: no accounts, no servers, no analytics, no tracking. App Store privacy: Data Not Collected. • Works offline: what worked yesterday works today, connection or not • A clean, modern interface built natively for iPad and iPhone FEATURES • Lock to one website, full-screen: no address bar, no toolbars, gestures off • URL allow and deny lists: keep visitors on your pages and block everything else • Idle auto-reset: return to the home page and clear cookies, cache, history and local storage between visitors • Attract screen: when nobody has touched the kiosk for a while, show a page of your choice (a slideshow, a video, an announcement) and return the moment someone taps • Scheduled page refresh: keep a menu board or dashboard current without touching the device, with logins and cookies kept • PIN-protected settings and a hidden admin exit: visitors cannot leave; you always can • Force full brightness and keep the screen awake • Night blackout schedule: dim the display during off-hours (for example 22:00 to 08:00) and restore it automatically • A dropped connection keeps your page on screen with a small "Offline, retrying" badge instead of an error • Light and dark interface, in English, German, Spanish, Italian and French FOR FLEETS • Works with Guided Access, MDM Single App Mode and Managed App Configuration • 19 configuration keys, and a re-pushed configuration applies live to a running kiosk: no reinstall, no reset PERFECT FOR • Restaurant and café menus or ordering pages • Museum and exhibit displays • Trade shows and event booths • Front-desk sign-in, registration and waiver pages • Retail catalogues and product finders • Wall-mounted home dashboards HOW IT WORKS 1. Enter the website you want to display 2. Set your idle reset, URL rules and an admin PIN 3. Turn on Guided Access (or MDM Single App Mode) and walk away To get back in while the kiosk is running, press and hold the top-left corner for about 3 seconds and enter your PIN. No account. No cost. No tracking. Just a neat kiosk.

Screenshots

RainWave4 screens
NeatKiosk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NeatKiosk at every 6 days against RainWave's every 5 months. RainWave's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RainWave ships an update every 5 months, NeatKiosk every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RainWave versus NeatKiosk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainWaveNeatKiosk
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperyuanmeiWakeSys sarl

In-app purchases

None

RainWave

No in-app purchases

None

NeatKiosk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RainWave free?
RainWave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NeatKiosk free?
NeatKiosk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RainWave or NeatKiosk have ads?
Neither RainWave nor NeatKiosk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RainWave or NeatKiosk?
RainWave ships an update every 5 months, and NeatKiosk every 6 days. Most recently, RainWave was updated on October 26, 2026 and NeatKiosk on October 28, 2026.

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