smart vs Rain Bird
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
smart
Monitor and control your home's energy flow in real-time. View reports, optimize solar energy usage with smart actions, and track historical consumption. MID-certified meters allow for billing in prosumer communities.
- Real-time energy flow monitoring
- Historical energy use reports
- Solar energy optimization tools
- Smart If/Then action setup
- Prosumer community billing
- MID-certified metering
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The smart-me app lets you monitor and control the energy flows of your apartment, home or building in real-time! The smart-me app uses the data from your smart-me energy metering device, which connects to your local Wifi network to transfer energy data to the cloud. You then find real-time reports and historical energy use on the app or alternatively on the smart-me web portal. Moreover, smart-me provides you with the tools to optimize the usage of self produced solar energy. For example, set up smart If/Then actions to use every ray of sunshine to the max. And since our meters are MID certified, you can even use them to bill energy to the participants of prosumer communities. To purchase the smart-me electricity meters, visit https://web.smart-me.com Customer support Website: https://doc.smart-me.com/home Email: support@smart-me.com
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 review sentiment: smart at 50% against Rain Bird's 31%. smart also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 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.
smart ships an update every 3 weeks, Rain Bird every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | smart | Rain Bird |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (70K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 31.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 70K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | smart-me AG | Rain Bird Corporation |
Customer experience
smart
Rain Bird
Bugs and requests
smart
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
smart
No in-app purchases
Rain Bird
No in-app purchases
