Raindrip vs WaterTALQ Ark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Raindrip
Control your watering with a smart timer. Create custom schedules and automate adjustments based on weather to save time, money, and water. Compatible with specific models.
- Remote watering control
- Customizable schedules
- Weather-based adjustments
- Water saving automation
- Model compatibility
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Connect your Raindrip Water Timer to your mobile device to control watering. Set up customized watering schedules and automate weather-based adjustments, saving time money and water. Compatible with the following models: R875CT R875CTG For more information, visit raindrip.com
WaterTALQ Ark
Access live Colorado water rights data for the Arkansas River Basin. Track administrative calls, decreed rights, stream flows, and reservoir levels. Ideal for water professionals and enthusiasts to understand water priority in real-time.
- Live administrative calls
- Decreed water rights lookup
- Gaging station flow tracking
- Reservoir storage monitoring
- Personalized watchlist
- Threshold alerts
- Map exploration
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WaterTALQ Ark•UP puts Colorado's Arkansas River Basin (Water Division 2) at your fingertips — live administrative calls, decreed water rights, gaging-station flows, and reservoir storage, built directly on Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) data. Whether you're a water-rights professional, a ditch rider, a headgate operator, or just learning how Colorado's prior-appropriation system works, Ark•UP helps you answer one question fast: where do I stand in line, right now? TALQ = Time · Amount · Location · Quality. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Know your priority — see the current administrative call on your stream and whether a structure is in or out of priority, including split-call reaches on the main stem. • Build your DASH — a personal watchlist of water rights, stations, and reservoirs across Divisions 1, 2, and 5, with live status, 7-day trends, and one-tap links to DWR's live data pages. • Track real-time conditions — flow, 24-hour average flow, daily volume, water and air temperature, conductivity, and precipitation from DWR, USGS, and USBR stations. • Watch reservoirs — live storage, percent full, and 24-hour / 1-week change. Add any DWR reservoir and Ark•UP looks up its capacity automatically from the state's dam inventory. • Set threshold alerts — get notified the moment any station or reservoir you follow crosses a value you choose. • Stay current — the built-in Water Rights Data Engine refreshes every Division 2 decreed right straight from DWR monthly, or on demand. • Explore the map — find decreed structures near you, see the calling reach, and open structures on CDSS. • Search every structure — look up any decreed right by name, WDID, or water district, with appropriation dates, administration numbers, decree history, and diversion records. BUILT ON OFFICIAL DATA Ark•UP reads directly from Colorado's Decision Support Systems (CDSS) / DWR REST API, USGS, and USBR. It changes no official record — it's a fast, mobile window into public data, with clear notes where a structure is administered by exception. If data can't load, Ark•UP says "Status Unavailable" — it never guesses. WHO IT'S FOR Water-rights owners and consultants, conservancy and conservation districts, ditch and reservoir companies, water commissioners, engineers, and anyone learning Colorado's prior-appropriation ("first in time, first in right") system. New to water rights? Demo Mode lets you explore the full app with sample data. From headwaters to headgate — know your priority, in real time. Ark•UP is the Arkansas Basin edition of WaterTALQ, maintained by SourceWater Consulting. It is an independent tool and is not endorsed by the Colorado Division of Water Resources. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; the 1 Week Pass is a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.sourcewater.us/privacy-policy — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WaterTALQ Ark at 100% against Raindrip's 0%. WaterTALQ Ark also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 22 months). Raindrip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. WaterTALQ Ark sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months. Raindrip asks for nothing beyond the download.
WaterTALQ Ark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raindrip has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Raindrip's written reviews are positive against 100% of WaterTALQ Ark's.
Raindrip ships an update every 22 months, WaterTALQ Ark every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Raindrip | WaterTALQ Ark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 207 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Diversified Sales, Inc. | Sourcewater Consulting, LLC |
Customer experience
Raindrip
WaterTALQ Ark
In-app purchases
Raindrip
No in-app purchases
WaterTALQ Ark
- 3 Months7 Days trial$14.993 Months
- 1 Year7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- 1 Week Pass$4.99









