Rachio app for iPhone and iPad

4.4 ( 9184 ratings )

Weather Lifestyle
Developer: RACHIO, INC.

Free

Current version: 4.18.3, last update: 3 months ago
First release : 07 May 2014
App size: 163.3 Mb

The Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller changes the way you water. It makes running your sprinklers easy and convenient while saving you water and money. Rachio automatically creates a watering schedule that lowers your water bill and ensures the beautiful yard you want, while the mobile app gives you access to your sprinkler system from anywhere. Plus, Rachio is compatible with nearly any sized yard and smart home platform.

This is the companion app to the industry-leading Rachio Smart Sprinkler Controller.

Pros and cons of Rachio app for iPhone and iPad

Rachio app good for

This app has everything you need, extremely easy to setup and use. Im very happy with it. Looking forward to a summer with beautiful grass :)

Recently replaced my Rainbird ESP-me controller with the Rachio. Amazing device and intuitive setup. Truly a set it and forget it sprinkler system.

Awesome!! Device setup was seamless and quick. App is ultra responsive with zones starting within a second of activation. Scheduling is as simple as letting the app do it for you but it allows for complex schedule designs if you would like to. App and device are excellent. Thank you!

Ive had this Rachio Iro for over a year now and love it. I do wish there was a drip irrigation option because my front flowers had to be manually tweaked but I think I finally got it. I love the pretty emails notifying me of changes to my personal systems schedule and I look forward to future enhancements. There is absolutely no way anyone can rate less than 4 stars, send it back for replacement if so!

Very simple to set up, flexible features without being complicated, exactly what I was looking for while being less expensive than a traditional controller.

This product and app just keep getting better and better. The ability to set different watering times for whatever day is great. That, coupled with automated watering delays when Mother Nature is already providing the moisture - Fantastic! (Ive always found it somewhat wasteful to see sprinklers running during a downpour). Finally - and very important since I do the work and adjustment on my system - the ability to pull out my iPhone and turn a zone on or off whenever I want saves me a ton of time and walking/running. I really love this system.

Some bad moments

Works as expected as long as no manual override is introduced. But when "rain skip" is added manually, due to occasional rain, it always skips (with message "based on soil conditions") and never waters again. Does not consider heavy rain more than 24 hours ago or expected heavy rain later than 24 hours in future. Basically no better than hunter pro-c with weather station sensor.. except allows to control using app.

I have been using The Rachio hardware for 2 years now. The device, scheduling, and operation are fantastic but the app is terrible. I wish it was more similar to the app they started with. It is way too cluttered. I need to water my lawn, thats pretty much all I need to see on the app front and center.

I have not been able to water my yard since this update. There has been no digging or others matters that would impact my sprinklers. Would have rated this app 5 stars before this issue. Very frustrating.

The system used to be good, but now it only works about 50% of the time. I have had it for over a year and switched to the Gen 2 system. Its terrible.

Ever since the recent update the app continues to crash when checking the watering schedule..

We havent had any rain here in three days yet today and yesterday I had a skip notification because of rain and it said there was over an inch of rain in the past 24 hours and there was absolutely zero. I have the nearest weather station 2.4 miles from my house correctly set. On a brutally hot day today if I didnt spot the notifications and manually run my zones my grass wouldve burnt up over the past two days. I totally turned off all of the weather intelligence and rain skips I have no confidence in it. This is totally not acceptable and is not supposed to destroy my lawn.

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