LinkTap

I have this hooked up to a garden watering system. This is the second year I’ve used it. It always works and I love the options for scheduling in the app. They seem to get beat up on their app, but it works great for me.

I can see how some people say the UI is a little tricky to figure out. But it’s doable, and has tons of features, and works flawlessly!

It is astonishing that this app could be so bad while the hardware is so good. It’s comically awful, or it would be if the hardware weren’t so expensive. It is almost like the software people were trying to spite the hardware people. And the problem is you have to use the software to control the hardware. Alas. Probably returning the sprinkler timers to Amazon because of how painful this app is.

I’m able to control watering from anywhere using my phone. It isn’t hard to use—takes maybe 5 minutes to learn. Easy to install. One of a very few technologies that I can honestly say made my life easier.

no sprinkler would need my data return

Very impressed with the design and completeness of this app, heads above anything else in this category!

Why social media buttons in the bottom of the app? Lots of Icons with no text/description what they do. Otherwise useful app.

A lot of people are impressed that this thing connects and does does what it’s programmed to - that’s because it isn’t wifi and they’re used to wifi trash smart home devices. The real problem with this app is it *looks* like one or two newer programmers (~5 years experience) wrote it how they thought it should work with little or no feedback from users taken into account and no experience with UI design. It was definitely not planned well before being built and it’s obvious where the developers’ early decisions trapped themselves into bad design. This is one of the most thoughtless UI designs I’ve seen in a long time.

Everytime you have to perform an edit on your watering plans, it takes DOZENS of steps. This is beyond annoying. Let's say the weather changes and you want to edit your 10 min into 5 min. Should be straightforward right? Well, count on the LinkTap team to make it a nightmare. Additionally, it doesn't adjust to Daily Time Saving, and several features are not clear, like "Eco" 1:1 --> will it water for 10 min, or will it water for 5? Overall, the watering system is good, but the app very disappointing and annoying on a daily basis.

The spigot that feeds the hose for my balcony is three full flights of stairs away. It also feeds a sprinkler that I have in my yard so leaving it on at all times isn’t feasible, neither is climbing up and down 6 flights just to water my palms. LinkTap has been an absolute knee saver, it works consistently, by far the most reliable smart home device I have and always has the strongest signal.