SAL PIXIE vs iZone Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Control smart home devices
- Configure lighting, fans, appliances
- Create custom scenes
- Set up schedules
- Manage individual devices and groups
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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.
iZone Home
Control your entire smart home system from your iPhone or iPad. Manage air conditioning, lighting, irrigation, garage doors, blinds, and appliances remotely. Monitor air quality and power usage with this comprehensive home automation solution.
- Air conditioning control (up to 14 zones)
- Smart lighting management
- Garden irrigation control (up to 24 stations)
- Garage door operation and status
- Appliance and 240V device control
- Air quality monitoring
- Power monitoring and solar diversion
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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: SAL PIXIE at 59% against iZone Home's 9%. SAL PIXIE also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
SAL PIXIE holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of SAL PIXIE's written reviews are positive against 9% of iZone Home's.
SAL PIXIE ships an update every 5 weeks, iZone Home every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAL PIXIE | iZone Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better | 9.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SAL Nationwide Pty Ltd | iZone Pty. Ltd. |
Customer experience
SAL PIXIE
iZone Home
Bugs and requests
SAL PIXIE
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
SAL PIXIE
No in-app purchases
iZone Home
No in-app purchases








