NxEco vs ImoLaza
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NxEco
This app offers smart irrigation control via smartphone, featuring automated adjustments based on weather and plant needs. It helps reduce water bills through optimized scheduling and provides watering history for better management.
- Smartphone-based remote control
- Automated weather adjustments
- Customized plant watering patterns
- Hourly weather station data updates
- Watering history tracking
- Water Bucks program integration
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Irrigation Control by Smart Phones • Integrate the smart phone based remote control and on-site control for 30-scheduling. • Improved automatic adjustment based on weather and plant preference. • Weather station data is now updated hourly. Water-Bill reductions possible by improved schedule adjustments based on weather (hot/cold, sunny/cloudy/rainy). Weather data is now updated each hour from weather stations with no charge to NxEco users. Plant Selections are further improved with customized tailored watering patterns according to grass or plant preferences, leveraging NxEco database and NxEco community tips Improvements to NxEco watering history in the cloud allows users to better manage their Water Bucks programs. Water Bucks Programs are available in select cities.
ImoLaza
This smart sprinkler controller uses evapotranspiration technology and intelligent watering decisions to create flexible schedules. It prevents watering during rain using weather data, significantly improving water-saving efficiency.
- Evapotranspiration irrigation technology
- Intelligent Watering Decision Model
- Flexible watering schedules
- Rain detection to prevent watering
- Up to 60% water-saving efficiency
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ImoLaza ET Master Smart Evapotranspiration Sprinkler Controller ImoLaza is leading the new irrigation revolution with its cutting-edge EVAPOTRANSPIRATION irrigation technology, which transforms traditional irrigation methods with a unique Intelligent Watering Decision Model. This allows you to effortlessly and flexibly create watering schedules to fulfill any irrigation task while ensuring no watering occurs during rain through accurate weather data, ultimately increasing water-saving efficiency by up to 60%!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NxEco at 100% against ImoLaza's 56%. NxEco also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). ImoLaza's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 5). 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.
NxEco holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ImoLaza has 27 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of NxEco's written reviews are positive against 56% of ImoLaza's.
NxEco ships an update every 3 weeks, ImoLaza fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NxEco | ImoLaza |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 2.9 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NxEco, Inc. | Wuhan Feicheer Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
NxEco
ImoLaza
In-app purchases
NxEco
No in-app purchases
ImoLaza
No in-app purchases
