Comparison

iGardener vs SAL PIXIE

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iGardener

Control Holman garden watering and lighting products remotely via Bluetooth. Schedule irrigation, adjust light colors and intensity, and set timers for a customized outdoor environment. Designed for easy DIY installation.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth control for Holman products
  • Schedule irrigation up to 8 zones
  • Customizable watering schedules
  • Control garden lighting up to 60W
  • Adjust light color, intensity, and timing
  • Connect rain sensor for delay
Features
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With the Holman iGardener app you can use your smartphone to control all the programming and interface functions of a continually increasing range of Holman garden watering and light products via Bluetooth®. These products are designed for easy DIY installation. You can control the following Holman products with the iGardener app: 1 | IRRIGATION • BTX1 Smart Valve Tap Timer • BTX6 Irrigation Controller 6 Zones • BTX8 Irrigation Controller 8 Zones Features • Schedule up to 8 tap timers or controllers via the app • Scheduling options for 7-day watering, interval days, odd days, even days, cycle scheduling, manual watering • Set your run time in hours and minutes • Up to 3 start times per day • Watering duration from 1 minute to 59 minutes • Ability to connect a rain sensor (BTX6 and BTX8 only) and set a rain delay via the app 2 | GARDEN LIGHTING • LIGHTSOURCE Warm White Garden Light Controller (CLBW60) • LIGHTSOURCE RGB Colour Garden Light Controller (CLBRGB60) Features • Connect up to 60W of path lights, spotlights and/or deck lights to a single light controller • Change colour (RGB Colour lights only), vary intensity, set an on and off time and special effects

About

SAL PIXIE

Control your smart home devices with this app. It allows you to configure and manage lighting, fans, appliances, and more. Create custom scenes and schedules for automated home control.

Highlights
  • Control smart home devices
  • Configure lighting, fans, appliances
  • Create custom scenes
  • Set up schedules
  • Manage individual devices and groups
Features
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Make your home smart simply with PIXIE. The SAL PIXIE App is used to control the PIXIE smart home range of devices from SAL National Pty Ltd. The SAL PIXIE app delivers an intuitive in-home control experience, using the Bluetooth on your mobile device to connect to your mesh of PIXIE devices installed. The SAL PIXIE App puts the home owner in charge of their smart home with the ability to configure and control PIXIE enabled lighting, fans, appliances, garage doors, automatic gates, motorised blinds and more. The SAL PIXIE App enables control of individual PIXIE devices and groups of devices, provides the ability to create and recall scenes and run schedules at any time of the day or night according to the user’s needs. Users can start small with a few rooms and expand the smart home experience when budgets allow, or go all-in day one by installing PIXIE smart home devices to control compatible components in their home and use the SAL PIXIE app for setup and control of the PIXIE smart home system. Simple. Smart. Home. PIXIE.

Screenshots

iGardener4 screens
SAL PIXIE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SAL PIXIE at 59% against iGardener's 19%. iGardener's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iGardener ships an update every 2 months, SAL PIXIE every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iGardener versus SAL PIXIE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriGardenerSAL PIXIE
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews59.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBookleaf PTY LtdSAL Nationwide Pty Ltd

Customer experience

iGardener

Written reviews85 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral8.2%
Negative72.9%

SAL PIXIE

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.9%

In-app purchases

None

iGardener

No in-app purchases

None

SAL PIXIE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iGardener free?
iGardener is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SAL PIXIE free?
SAL PIXIE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iGardener or SAL PIXIE have ads?
Neither iGardener nor SAL PIXIE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iGardener or SAL PIXIE?
iGardener ships an update every 2 months, and SAL PIXIE every 5 weeks. Most recently, iGardener was updated on October 10, 2026 and SAL PIXIE on October 2, 2026.

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