SAL PIXIE vs Holman 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.
Holman Home
Control your garden watering and lighting systems remotely from anywhere in the world. Schedule watering, adjust settings, and monitor weather conditions with smart sensors for optimal garden care. Easy DIY installation for a connected outdoor space.
- Remote garden product control
- Schedule watering cycles
- Manual zone control
- Smart sensor integration
- Garden lighting scene customization
- Weather monitoring and data graphs
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With the Holman Home app you can use your smartphone to control all the programming and interface functions of a continually increasing range of Holman and K-Rain garden products via a permanent internet (and Wi-Fi) connection, you can then control the device remotely from anywhere in the world (using mobile data or Wi-Fi). These products are designed for easy DIY installation. You can control the following products with the Holman Home app: 1 | GARDEN WATERING • WX8 Irrigation Controller – 8 Zones • WX1 Tap Timer – 1 Zone • WX2 Tap Timer – 2 Zones • K-Rain KRX6 - 6 Zones • K-Rain KRX8 - 8 Zones • K-Rain K Connect Tap Timer (Bluetooth only - can only connect to tap timer when within Bluetooth range) • K-Rain K Connect Tap Timer connected to K-Rain K Connect Wi-Fi Hub Features • You have remote control access to your device to change any setting at any time via the app (excluding K Connect Tap Timer - Bluetooth only) • Schedule three Starts to run on the days of your choice (KRX8 has four Starts and K Connect Tap Timer has eight Starts) • Manually run any zone or Start from anywhere in the world (excluding K Connect Tap Timer - Bluetooth only) • Set your run time in hours and minutes • WX8s with the Holman Rain Sensor “Evie” or other third party rain sensors are able to automatically disable watering during wet weather • WX1s and WX2s with Moisture Sensors are able to automatically disable watering when the soil moisture is above the set threshold • KRX6s and KRX8s with a third party sensor is able disable watering using Scene Automations • It is easy to share your device with other family members or users 2 | Garden Lighting • RGB Garden Light • WW (Warm White) Garden Light Features • Easy 2-Pin (WW) or 4-Pin (RGB) Plug + Socket System. No Electrician required • Scene automations and custom scene options allow you to light up your garden, however you want 3 | WEATHER MONITORING • Helios Weather Station Features • Compatible with other Holman Home products • Accurate weather readings for your property • Includes 10” Indoor LCD Display Panel • Daily, Weekly and Monthly graphs of key weather data
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SAL PIXIE at 3.0 against Holman Home's 1.0. SAL PIXIE also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 27%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
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 27% of Holman Home's.
SAL PIXIE ships an update every 5 weeks, Holman Home every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAL PIXIE | Holman Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better | 27.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SAL Nationwide Pty Ltd | Bookleaf PTY Ltd |
Customer experience
SAL PIXIE
Holman Home
Bugs and requests
SAL PIXIE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Holman Home
Reported bugs
41 issues- Constantly deletes data
- Requires restart/re-linking
- Frequent data dropout
- Rain delay feature does not save
- Schedule watering does not start
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- Device/hub goes offline
- Software UI unresponsive and buggy
- Cannot view past weather trends accurately
- Daily totals reset at 9 am, no numerical readout
- Automation doesn't work, watering doesn't happen
- Constantly resetting password
- App deletes all devices
- Hub never connected
- Settings do not save
- Updated app refuses to initiate start times
- Cannot set location for weather
- Preset stations wiped after updates
- Logging out of app
- WX1 cannot connect to Wi-Fi hub
- AM setup only, PM times not available
- Status shows watering when moisture is above limit
- Changes to schedules not saved
- Cannot set time for manual watering
- Next watering time shows as in the past
- Wi-Fi socket deleted, cannot reconnect
- Need to reset all the time, especially after power outage
- Missing activity history
- Keeps showing network error
- WX is limited to only three schedules
- Time settings change randomly
- Cannot pair with controller after updates
- App won't open
- New app not compatible with older iPad
- Security cameras don't show sprinklers running
- Hub wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi
- Location Services not showing app
- Location shows incorrect distance
- No HomeKit compatibility
- Odd/even day interval selection missing
- False advertising regarding interval watering
- Previous app not compatible with new hardware
Requested features
22 requests- HomeKit support
- Desktop access/web interface
- Improved rainfall data visualization (bar chart, cumulative totals)
- Hourly rainfall totals
- Cumulative rainfall display
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- Clearer rainfall totals (since midnight/9 am)
- Dark mode
- Apple Watch app integration for weather station
- More scene options for lighting
- Automatic sunset/sunrise lighting
- Interval watering settings
- Misting function in scenes
- Notifications for timer start/stop
- Calendar watering history
- Activity/event log
- More than 3 schedules per tap timer
- Ability to stop scheduled watering after it has started
- Status showing why watering is skipped (e.g., moisture level)
- Option to program misting in manual watering mode
- Face ID/Biometric login
- Allow PM times for setup
- Alert for spikes in water usage
In-app purchases
SAL PIXIE
No in-app purchases
Holman Home
No in-app purchases









