RainSoft® REMIND vs ShowingSmart
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.
ShowingSmart
Streamline property showing management with this intuitive tool. Designed by real estate agents, it offers efficient scheduling, feedback collection, and client presentation features. Integrates with MLS data and provides route optimization for tours.
- Property showing scheduling
- Feedback collection
- Client portal
- Route optimization
- MLS data integration
- Showing notifications
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ShowingSmart is an enhanced tool to improve scheduling and management of property showings. Designed by agents for agents to efficiently improve your business workflow for managing showings on your listings, scheduling appointments, gathering feedback, and presenting showing information to clients. •Turnkey Solution for managing showings on your listings •Sleek, user-friendly & intuitive interface no learning curve. •Build by agents for agents to improve business workflow •Dedicated call center works - 7 Days a Week •Build route optimization showing tours for buyers •Integrations with MLS data (Updated every 5 minutes) •Client Portal - Engagement for Buyers and Sellers •Showing notifications to owners and occupants
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShowingSmart at 4.8 against RainSoft® REMIND's 1.9. ShowingSmart also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (840 vs 29). RainSoft® REMIND's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). 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.
ShowingSmart holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShowingSmart has 840 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 11% and 12% positive.
RainSoft® REMIND ships an update every 2 months, ShowingSmart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RainSoft® REMIND | ShowingSmart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (29 ratings) | 4.8 (840 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 11.4% of reviews | 12.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 840 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| 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 | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pentair, Inc. | Houston Association of Realtors® |
Customer experience
RainSoft® REMIND
ShowingSmart
User reviews
RainSoft® REMIND
From 29 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
ShowingSmart
From 840 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good when it works
- 👍 Love iPhone access
- 👍 Good alerts work well
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches out often
- 🐛 Logs out frequently
- 🐛 Cannot log back in
- 🐛 App is very glitchy
- 🐛 More complicated than it should be
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
ShowingSmart
Reported bugs
28 issues- App glitches out often
- Cannot login on app
- Incorrect email/password message
- Tour date rolls to next day
- Logs me out all the time
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- Doesn't recognize me as an agent
- Cannot log out and back in
- Says 'we are sorry' when trying to log out
- Cannot see listings through iOS
- Select 'Sign In' and nothing happens
- Different error codes or nothing happens when adding listing
- Feedback attempts not posted
- Everything is delayed
- Showings for current day show in archive/report
- App is very slow to refresh
- No manual refresh without relaunch
- Upcoming showings do not reliably appear
- Numbers on appointments are misleading
- Numbers of feedback do not match responses
- Missed appointments due to no notifications
- Does not accurately display number of showings
- Unable to schedule tour, goes to black screen
- Scheduled tour online doesn't show on app
- Quarter hour selection is irritating
- Listings are not updated
- App constantly says update available but no update exists
- App opens and spins
- App constantly crashes
Requested features
13 requests- Easier to log showings on own listings
- Fix tour date selection bug
- Implement auto sign-in feature
- Make tours auto-generate relative to showings
- Auto calendar integration with routes
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- Showings scheduled start at beginning of month
- Push notification settings
- FAQ section on app
- Filtering options and customization
- Implement way for requested showings to show on tours
- Sellers should see realtor and leave feedback
- Allow clients to confirm/propose new showing times
- Schedule inspections for more than an hour
In-app purchases
RainSoft® REMIND
No in-app purchases
ShowingSmart
No in-app purchases
