RainPoint vs PL GPS
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"
PL GPS
Control your drone's direction and throttle in real-time. View live camera feeds from the UAV and capture photos or record videos directly from your phone.
- Real-time UAV connection via WiFi
- Live drone camera feed display
- Direction and throttle control
- Photo capture
- Video recording
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Through the real-time connection with the uav through WIFI, the pictures taken by the uav will be displayed, and the phone will control the direction of the aircraft throttle, shoot the pictures of the uav and record the video
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RainPoint at 4.6 against PL GPS's 1.5. RainPoint also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 0%) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 2). PL GPS's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). 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 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RainPoint has 1.1K ratings behind it against 2, 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 0% of PL GPS's.
RainPoint ships an update every 3 months, PL GPS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RainPoint | PL GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 1.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fujian Baldr Technology Co.,Ltd. | 介甲 张 |
Customer experience
RainPoint
PL GPS
In-app purchases
RainPoint
No in-app purchases
PL GPS
No in-app purchases
