ESP RainMaker Classic vs ASTRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ESP RainMaker Classic
This platform allows developers to quickly realize ideas using ESP32/ESP32-S2 hardware. It facilitates account sign-up, device provisioning, and control, with an automatically rendered UI based on firmware descriptions.
- ESP32/ESP32-S2 integration
- Account sign-up
- Device provisioning
- Device control and management
- Auto-rendered UI
- Firmware description integration
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Realise your ideas faster with ESP32/ESP32-S2 using ESP RainMaker. ESP RainMaker app offers the following: - Signing up for the ESP RainMaker account - Provisioning devices based on the ESP RainMaker firmware - Controlling and Managing the devices - Auto rendering of the UI based on the device descriptions in the firmware For more information, please visit https://rainmaker.espressif.com/
ASTRO
Control your ADM33 immobilizer with ease. This app offers basic features for managing immobilizer states and setting controlled device addresses.
- ADM33 immobilizer control
- Immobilizer state management
- Controlled device address setting
- Simple user interface
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The application was created to give any user of ADM33 immobilizer a simple and comfort instrument for the device control. It consists of very basic features like the functionality of the immobilizer states management and controlled device addresses setting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ASTRO at 5.0 against ESP RainMaker Classic's 4.4. ESP RainMaker Classic's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ASTRO holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ESP RainMaker Classic has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ESP RainMaker Classic | ASTRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| 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 | 55 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ESPRESSIF SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. | Aleksandr Dolgov |
Customer experience
ESP RainMaker Classic
ASTRO
In-app purchases
ESP RainMaker Classic
No in-app purchases
ASTRO
No in-app purchases
