Comparison

Picostone vs Fiks

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

Head to head
About

Picostone

Remotely manage your home's lights, fans, and air conditioners using your smartphone. Requires installation of compatible hardware for seamless control from any location.

Highlights
  • Remote appliance control
  • Control lights, fans, AC
  • Requires hardware installation
  • Control from anywhere
  • Mobile phone integration
Features
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Control your home appliances from anywhere. Just install the hardware and you can control your lights, fans and air conditioners from your mobile phone.

About

Fiks

This app unifies control of various smart home devices into a single, user-friendly interface. It currently supports popular brands like Honeywell, Ecobee, Philips Hue, and Lifx, aiming to simplify your connected living experience.

Highlights
  • Connect smart home devices
  • Unified control interface
  • Supports Honeywell
  • Supports Ecobee
  • Supports Philips Hue
  • Supports Lifx
Features
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Fiks makes your smart life simpler. To fulfill this mission Fiks has been created to connect all of your smart home devices into a single simple to use app. Currently Fiks supports Honeywell, Ecobee, Philips Hue and Lifx devices. We are in early release so please bear with us as we grow and work to make your smart life even simpler. Currently we do not fully support Ipad. If you have feedback or Device requests please submit through the feedback submission form under settings.

Screenshots

Picostone3 screens
Fiks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fiks at 100% against Picostone's 50%. Picostone's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Picostone ships an update every 3 days, Fiks every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Picostone versus Fiks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicostoneFiks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVirang Jhaveriduo2labs

Customer experience

Picostone

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Fiks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Picostone

No in-app purchases

None

Fiks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Picostone free?
Picostone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fiks free?
Fiks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Picostone or Fiks have ads?
Neither Picostone nor Fiks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Picostone or Fiks?
Picostone ships an update every 3 days, and Fiks every 4 months. Most recently, Picostone was updated on October 13, 2026 and Fiks on June 7, 2026.

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