Reviews for EcoNet

Horrible horrible horrible app. You would think that after 6 years it would finally be working it’s still not. Every feature that they integrate completely doesn’t work. The “schedule feature”…don’t even bother with it, itwon’t enable your schedule. It’ll get locked into whatever mode It was last on and stay there. Consistently never works with […]

5/2025: app update killed my thermostats WiFi settings again. reconfiguring is not working this time. the bugs are rampant. dropping from 3 down to 2 stars. bummer. 1/2025: app is better than it used to be. Was pretty great for a while, but recently an update killed my WiFi settings. 9/2022: still a lousy app. […]

I have tried over and over to connect a device with zero luck. It won’t find any wifi networks. I’ve tried to connect to the main 2.4 GHz network, I’ve made special ones, and I’ve even tried an open one; nothing seems to work and the help documentation doesn’t solve anything. Based on my experience […]

I’ve been using this app for about 6 years now. It’s always been buggy trying to connect the app to the thermostat, and the latest update made it even worse. I’m being generous giving this a second star since the app makes it easier to change the fan speed of my heat pump. When will […]

I wish I read these ratings and comments before purchasing this piece of junk. I thought the issues were mostly with water heaters. Nope, does not work with my new heat pump system. Only worked for a couple of weeks and then stopped. Avoid it! The “update” is even worse! If only there was some […]

This app is extraordinarily limited. It basically just lets you adjust the hot water temp, and won’t let you set it below 110 degrees. The scheduling function just lets you change the temperature between 110-150. It doesn’t let you turn off the water heating function when it’s not needed. And it doesn’t look like you […]

Garbage wifi setup process when adding new devices. It basically just won’t connect. Update: was able to connect via my iPad and the iOS version of the app. On the iOS version, it asked for a few more permissions, like location access while in the app, and it didn’t have as much trouble switching between […]

Wow, what a lump of garbage. Needs to be re-setup every few months and routinely can’t reconnect to the very app that controls it. At every power blip it goes to factory reset and can’t communicate with anything. I really hate that this is the best way to control the $12k air conditioner I just […]

I had to try 4-5 times on my Android device to connect my new ikonic unit with no success and ended up borrowing a friend’s iPhone just to get it set up. Once connected, I was disappointed to find there’s no way to control the recirculation pump schedule anymore. I don’t want my pump running […]

After getting a new phone, I was able to connect the app to the water heater. The app has worked pretty well so far. I changed internet providers and had trouble connecting the water heater to the new network. Fixed it by resetting the wifi module on the water heater. The app has some quirks. […]

The schedule feature stopped working unless I open the app then go to the heat pump water heater, then open the schedule tab. It will then update to the current setting that it’s stopped to be on, however it will not update at the next set time unless I go into the app again. I’ve […]

Doesn’t follow the schedule unless I open the app and navigate to the schedule tab. Then the hot water heater immediately changes to what the schedule is set for. Used to work. App works well for my Rheem heat pump hot water heater. I do have a minor annoyance though. It loves to tell me […]

Several individuals, myself included, encountered difficulties during the initial Wi-Fi setup process. After collaborating with Econet’s customer support, we discovered that, currently, the procedure necessitates using an iOS device initially, and then Android will work. I’m not aware of any updates addressing this issue. Fortunately, since t setup completion, I haven’t experienced any connectivity problems. […]

Incredibly, I was able to complete the initial setup via an Android device about 4 months ago. I found the app useful to see the amount of hot water remaining in the tank or remotely change the mode. Unfortunately, I recently upgraded my home wifi network. I used a new network login. That is ONLY […]

For the past two months I have had to manually tell the server to follow the schedule by either going into Schedule and backing out or changing the temperature and telling it to Resume Schedule. I don’t get why these water heaters don’t have a small amount of onboard storage for the schedule. Update: 9/14/2025 […]

doesn’t work properly, you can only put it in vacation mode when at the front panel, then only stays that way for about a week and the turns itself back to regular mode, mind you only at 110 degrees, but stilo not in the mode you set, and the vacation schedule you put in the […]

The app works, but the scheduling function doesn’t always take effect correctly. Example: You’d set it to change to 110 degrees and heat pump only at 4pm. Yet, the unit will show 130 degrees and energy saver at 4.05pm. But as soon as you open the app on your phone and go to schedule it […]

Alerts & Notifications do not work unless you are IN the app! What a joke! I have no way of knowing there is a problem, nor does it keep a running log of dates/times for said alerts/issues. Horrible app for an Energy Saver product! I have apps from cheap smart switches that are more useful! […]

3/19/25 update: 1 year later. An embarrassing product. I would say I’m actually able to change the temperature 1% of the time. Garbage. 3/13/24 update: The app worked well for about 1 month and has become unresponsive again. Worthless. February: The idea is great but it doesn’t even work half the time. It’ll either continuously […]

8/11/25 App crashing, won’t open, lost connection. This is getting ridiculous. Old review: Update broke my connection. I can NOT get it to reconnect even after trying for over 35 minutes straight. It was connected just fine UNTIL I UPDATED. Update: finally got it connected after trying for over 45 minutes!! ALL HISTORICAL DATA is […]