KRAIN vs Hunter WVL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KRAIN
Manage your irrigation system remotely with this app. It allows you to set up and control watering schedules, adjust runtimes, and monitor multiple controllers from your mobile device.
- Manage multiple controllers
- Create watering schedules
- Set Cycle & Soak
- Control lighting schedules
- Advanced Intelligence Mode
- Adjust runtimes remotely
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K-Rain makes it easy to set up and control your irrigation system from anywhere. Add and manage multiple controllers in one app, including Pro-LC and the new Pro-EX3. • Pro-LC: Wi-Fi ready controller for quick setup, simple scheduling, and easy daily control. • Pro-EX3: Hybrid-modular + 2-wire controller built for larger installations, flexible expansion, and advanced irrigation control. General app features (for supported devices): • Create and manage watering schedules • Set Cycle & Soak to reduce runoff and improve coverage • Control Lighting schedules (where supported) • AIM (Advanced Intelligence Mode): smarter watering to help optimize irrigation automatically Adjust runtimes, update settings, and manage your system right from your phone.
Hunter WVL
This app facilitates wireless valve monitoring for specific irrigation controllers. It allows for convenient setup, configuration, and diagnostics of field devices using Bluetooth technology and LoRa radio communication.
- Wireless valve monitoring
- Setup and configuration
- Diagnostics of field devices
- Bluetooth connectivity
- LoRa radio communication
- Supports HCC, ICC2, and MCC controllers
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Enable convenient wireless valve monitoring for HCC, ICC2, and MCC Controllers with the highly flexible and easy-to-install Wireless Valve Link. The Wireless Valve Output Module within the controller communicates with up to 54 wireless stations (HCC & ICC2) and up to 108 wireless stations with MCC via license-free LoRa® radio. Use this convenient Bluetooth™ app for setup, configuration and diagnostics of WVL field devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hunter WVL at 4.0 against KRAIN's 2.7. KRAIN's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Hunter WVL holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively.
KRAIN ships an update every 2 weeks, Hunter WVL every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KRAIN | Hunter WVL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | K-Rain Manufacturing Corporation | Hunter Industries |
Customer experience
KRAIN
Hunter WVL
In-app purchases
KRAIN
No in-app purchases
Hunter WVL
No in-app purchases
