Rachio

Rachio

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About this app

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.

Ratings and reviews

Been using this system for several years now, and over that time, I've eventually disabled all the smart features and switched to fixed schedules. The smart features never put down enough water and every year my plants and lawn would be cooked by the end of summer. Making adjustments to all the factors that are used to influence the smart controls is complicated and basically becomes a guessing game. I do appreciate some of the smart features like rain/freeze skip and cycle & soak though.

I have had this for about 4 years. While it still is better than old school controllers, it has not improved at all. The bugs are irritating but not showstoppers, and the UI looks good, but is tedious to navigate. Another reviewer correctly pointed out that the Smart schedule is more like "keep barely alive". That's fine in water restricted areas, but not as relevant for the rest of us.

The app used to be good but the last update is terrible. Please fix the watering duration when creating a schedule. The "seconds" option is a waste and when I save my schedule, it reverts back to some weird duration that I did not manually compute. Give us the option to type in the number instead of slowly scroll for the number.

What's new

Check out what's in the most recent app release:

• Configurable option for Hunter MP Rotator nozzles in zone settings