RainSoft® REMIND vs Centric Fiber
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RainSoft® REMIND
Manage your water conditioner settings and system status directly from your smartphone. Set custom alarms to ensure optimal performance and receive timely notifications.
- View system status
- Adjust settings
- Set alarms
- EC5 WiFi series compatible
- Remote monitoring
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RainSoft customers can view settings, system status, and set alarms for RainSoft's EC5 WiFi series of water conditioners.
Centric Fiber
Take full control of your home internet with this app. Customize your WiFi, manage connected devices, and enhance your network security with features like parental controls.
- Customize WiFi name and password
- Assign user profiles
- View and control connected devices
- Assess WiFi signal strength
- Network protection features
- Parental controls
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Centric Fiber customers with a Centric Fiber Gateway get a powerful, more customizable internet connection. This easy-to-use mobile app lets you enjoy ultimate internet control by creating your own WiFi name and password, assign user profiles, view and control connected devices, and assess the strength of WiFi to ensure the best experience. Plus, access your enhanced features such as network protection and parental controls to help keep your family safe and secure while online. Getting started is simple. Just scan the QR code located on your Centric Fiber Gateway.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Centric Fiber at 3.6 against RainSoft® REMIND's 1.7. Centric Fiber also leads on review sentiment (20% vs 11%) and ratings volume (224 vs 56). RainSoft® REMIND's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Centric Fiber holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 224 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of RainSoft® REMIND's written reviews are positive against 20% of Centric Fiber's.
RainSoft® REMIND ships an update every 2 months, Centric Fiber every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RainSoft® REMIND | Centric Fiber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (56 ratings) | 3.6 (224 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.4% of reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 224 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pentair, Inc. | Centric Fiber LLC |
Customer experience
RainSoft® REMIND
Centric Fiber
User reviews
RainSoft® REMIND
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💧 Water softening system works well
- 📊 Provides useful system data when connected
- 🔔 Salt level and regeneration notifications
- 📱 Convenient remote monitoring capability
- ✅ Recent updates improved stability (2023+)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant disconnection issues
- 📡 WiFi connectivity problems
- ⏳ Frequent 'registering account' stuck state
- 🔄 Difficult reconnection process
- ❌ Unreliable after power outages
Centric Fiber
From 224 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 👍 Straightforward app
- 🔒 Stellar security
- 🚀 Fastest internet
- 👍 Great customer service
Room to improve
- 🐛 App never works
- 🐛 Constant errors
- 🐛 App rarely loads
- 🐛 Constantly crashes
- 🐛 App has delay
Bugs and requests
RainSoft® REMIND
Reported bugs
15 issues- App won't connect to EC5 system
- Constant disconnections from WiFi
- App freezes on initial load screen
- Stuck on 'registering account' indefinitely
- Password reset button non-functional
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- Login failures
- White screen display
- Incorrect salt level readings
- Vacation mode toggle not working
- Data not syncing between app and system
- App crashes after updates
- System shows disconnected during regeneration
- Back button buried under status bar (iPhone)
- Reconnection fails after power loss
- Metric system display shows too many decimal places
Requested features
13 requests- 5GHz WiFi network support
- Remote hardness adjustment capability
- Real-time water usage ticker
- Remote regeneration triggering
- Bluetooth connectivity option
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- Better UI/UX design
- Clearer setup instructions
- Integration with smart home platforms (HomeKit)
- Improved notification system
- Ability to detect and distinguish multiple systems
- Wired connection option
- Dark mode
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Centric Fiber
Reported bugs
46 issues- App never works
- Constant errors
- App rarely loads
- Constantly crashes
- App has delay
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- Limited functionality
- No useful account access
- Website throws errors
- Features are minimal
- Service operates by phone
- Network Devices People Services menus not working
- App is spotty
- Blank page
- Web login different
- Cannot see anything
- Cannot move anything
- App is trash
- No functions available
- Garbage app
- Login errors
- Cannot access
- Network always out
- Constant service outages
- Terrible app
- Options don't open
- Notifications not found
- App needs massive update
- Cannot log in
- Email/password mismatch
- Cannot make updates
- Web version only shows payment
- Needs new update
- Awful app
- Awful service
- Weekly maintenance
- Disappointing speeds
- App never connects
- Internet advertised as 1gig, getting 25-40mbps
- Service team never calls back
- Broken app
- App always saying update
- Connection dropped
- Internet out for days
- Worst service possible
- Horrible internet
- Bill past due not mentioned
Requested features
2 requests- See who is connected to network
- Control how long devices can be on network
In-app purchases
RainSoft® REMIND
No in-app purchases
Centric Fiber
No in-app purchases
