RainPoint vs Joinin Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RainPoint
Control home appliances and garden irrigation remotely from anywhere. Schedule watering for your lawn and manage multiple devices simultaneously. Share device access with family members for seamless smart living.
- Remote appliance control
- Irrigation scheduling
- Multi-device management
- Timer functions
- Device sharing
- Easy device connection
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"RainPoint, smart life, smart living 1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Irrigation control: easy to set irrigation sheduled，nurture beatiful lawns of your garden. 3. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 4. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 5. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 6. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices"
Joinin Home
Easily control your smart home appliances remotely. Turn devices on or off, adjust settings like brightness and color, and set timers directly from your smartphone. Setup is simple, connecting your smart devices to the app in a few quick steps.
- Remote appliance control
- Turn devices on/off
- Adjust brightness and color
- Set device timers
- Simple device configuration
- Rename smart devices
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Joinin Home products help you control home appliance.You can simply turn on or turn off your smart device. There’s no need to go to the switch to adjust your smart device - just use our app. After connecting Joinin Home to your smart device products in a few simple steps: (1). Download our "Joinin Home" app in App Store; (2). Register an account in our "Joinin Home" app; (3). You need to have some Joinin Home smart devices in hand; (4). Configure these devices in our "Joinin Home" app and change appropriate name for your devices which will be used in "Joinin Home Smart" skills; (5). Control the work of smart devices through the Joinin Home app, such as: brightness, color, timing (6). Now all setup is finished.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RainPoint at 4.6 against Joinin Home's 3.3. RainPoint also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 13%) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 67). Joinin Home's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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.
RainPoint holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RainPoint has 1.1K ratings behind it against 67, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of RainPoint's written reviews are positive against 13% of Joinin Home's.
RainPoint ships an update every 3 months, Joinin Home every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RainPoint | Joinin Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 3.3 (67 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 67 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fujian Baldr Technology Co.,Ltd. | Hangzhou Juxing Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
RainPoint
Joinin Home
In-app purchases
RainPoint
No in-app purchases
Joinin Home
No in-app purchases
