iGardener vs iZone Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
iZone Home
Control your entire smart home system from your iPhone or iPad. Manage air conditioning, lighting, irrigation, garage doors, and more with this wireless home automation system. Monitor air quality and power usage.
- Air conditioning control with zone management
- Smart lighting control (RGB and dimmable)
- Control of 240V appliances and outlets
- Automated roller blind and curtain control
- Garden irrigation system management
- Garage door status and control
- Air quality monitoring (AQI, VOC, CO2)
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The iZone Home App is the perfect way to control your Smart Home on your iPhone and iPad. You can manage your whole system from this app including your Aircon, lighting, irrigation, garage door, blinds, 240 Volt appliances, air quality and power monitoring. iZone is an inexpensive plug & play, wireless, home automation system that gives you total control of the following iZone services: • iZone Air Conditioning – Total air conditioning integration including the major brands of A/C units and includes individual room temperature control in up to 14 zones. • iZone Lights – Total control of your iZone RGB Downlights and bulbs or dimming and control of non iZone LEDs via the iZone dimmer module or wired switch module. • iZone Power - Control of 240V appliances via iZone smart plugs or iZone relay modules. • iZone Roller Blinds - Control 240V roller blinds and curtains using the iZone roller blind module • iZone Garden Irrigation - Garden irrigation for up to 24 stations. Easy to use and packed with features. • iZone Garage door control – Simple control and position status of your garage doors from your phone or tablet. • Smart Plug – Control any iZone device from an iZone Wireless switch, occupancy sensor, light intensity, temperature sensor or your phone or tablet. • Air Quality – Monitor your indoor and outdoor air quality including AQI, VOC, CO2, Humidity and temperature • Power Monitoring and Control – Monitor your up to 15 circuits. Includes solar power diversion to run appliances when excess solar power is available • 240VAC Relay module – Control any 240V hardwired appliance under 15amps via iZone Wireless switch, occupancy sensor, light intensity, temperature sensor or your phone or tablet. • Dimmer Module – Control any brand of LED lights via iZone Wireless switch, occupancy sensor, light intensity, temperature sensor or your phone or tablet. • Voltage Free Contact module – Control any device requiring a voltage free contact via iZone Wireless switch, occupancy sensor, light intensity, temperature sensor or your phone or tablet. • Switch module – Control any brand of LED lights using your current light switch via iZone Wireless switch, occupancy sensor, light intensity, temperature sensor or your phone or tablet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iGardener at 19% against iZone Home's 10%. iGardener also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iGardener | iZone Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.6% of reviews — better | 9.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bookleaf PTY Ltd | iZone Pty. Ltd. |
Customer experience
iGardener
iZone Home
Bugs and requests
iGardener
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
iZone Home
Reported bugs
27 issues- App requires account login
- App is extremely slow
- App crashes frequently
- App loses connection
- App hangs and resets temperature to 15C
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- App crashes when adjusting temperature
- HomeKit integration stopped working
- App freezes on splash screen
- App doesn't work on Wi-Fi
- App shows incorrect device status
- App crashes on boot
- App doesn't save settings
- App doesn't match wall controller interface
- App doesn't allow adding scenes/favorites
- App doesn't allow sleep timer
- App buttons are too small
- App is overly complicated
- App randomly changes settings
- App doesn't sync properly
- App refreshes and jumps out of programming screens
- App doesn't work on Wi-Fi connection
- App doesn't connect to network after update
- App has privacy concerns with terms and conditions
- App doesn't allow remote access
- App stops working after updates
- App is incompatible with newer iOS versions
- App has a culture of denial regarding issues
Requested features
8 requests- Bring back the old app
- Support auto dark icon switching
- Make the app faster
- Allow users to reorder devices
- Display sensor temperature on the front page
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- Include favorite and schedule functionality
- Add Matter support
- Simple page showing all zones with key details
In-app purchases
iGardener
No in-app purchases
iZone Home
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is iGardener free?
Is iZone Home free?
Do iGardener or iZone Home have ads?
Which is updated more often, iGardener or iZone Home?
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