Danville Connect vs Rain Bird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Danville Connect
Easily report concerns, request information, and track the status of your submissions to the Town of Danville. This app allows you to pinpoint locations, add photos, and get direct access to town resources.
- Report concerns with photos
- Pinpoint issue locations via GPS
- Track request status
- Access town website
- View Danville Today newsletter
- Connect with Town Council
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Need a fast and convenient way of getting in touch with the Town of Danville? It’s here, with Danville Connect. Request information or report a concern, all at the touch of a button. Danville Connect allows users to report an area of concern, add photos to the report, and even use their smartphone’s internal GPS to pinpoint the exact location. Inquiries received through the app are automatically directed to a specific individual for resolution. Want to know what the status of your request is? Just click on the Track Issue button to get an update. Danville Connect also provides fast and easy access to not only the Town's official website, but also to the Danville Today online newsletter and the Town Council.
Rain Bird
Control your sprinklers remotely from your mobile device. Automate watering schedules and adjust for weather conditions to conserve water and reduce costs. Compatible with various Rain Bird controller models.
- Remote sprinkler control
- Customizable watering schedules
- Automated weather adjustments
- Water and money saving
- Controller model compatibility
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Smart Watering Made Simple. Connect your Rain Bird controller to your mobile device to turn on sprinklers, set up customized watering schedules, and automate weather adjustments, saving you water and money. Compatible with the following Rain Bird controller models: ST8-WIFI ESP-TM2 ESP-RZXe ESP-Me ESP-ME3 RC2 ARC8 For more information: http://wifi.rainbird.com 1-800-RAINBIRD
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rain Bird at 4.7 against Danville Connect's 3.0. Rain Bird also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (79K vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Rain Bird holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rain Bird has 79K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Danville Connect's written reviews are positive against 31% of Rain Bird's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Danville Connect ships an update every 11 months, Rain Bird every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Danville Connect | Rain Bird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (79K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 31.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 79K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Town Of Danville CA | Rain Bird Corporation |
Customer experience
Danville Connect
Rain Bird
Bugs and requests
Danville Connect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Rain Bird
Reported bugs
5 issues- Constant connection errors
- App crashes frequently
- Date/time not syncing correctly
- Seasonal adjustment not working as expected
- Manual controls not functioning properly
Requested features
6 requests- Add water usage history and analytics
- Allow pausing of individual zones
- Improve manual control options
- Add weather integration and smart scheduling
- Improve notification system
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- Add ability to turn off entire system remotely
In-app purchases
Danville Connect
No in-app purchases
Rain Bird
No in-app purchases
Questions
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