SAL PIXIE vs Light2017
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.
Light2017
Control your Bluetooth-enabled LED lights with a mobile app. Adjust colors, set up dynamic lighting effects, and schedule your lights to turn on or off automatically. It even syncs with music or voice commands for an immersive experience.
- Control RGB LED color, balance, kelvin, and saturation
- Configure automatic flashing effects (fade in/out)
- Activate flashing with music or voice
- Schedule lights to turn on/off
- Connect via Bluetooth
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This app provides you access to our Bluetooth lights. Here are the features: - Control color of RGB LED by Color, balance, kelvin and saturation - Configure automatic flashing such as fade in and fade out - Activate flashing by music of voice - Turn the light on and off at desired time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SAL PIXIE at 59% against Light2017's 0%. SAL PIXIE also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 17 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SAL PIXIE ships an update every 5 weeks, Light2017 every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAL PIXIE | Light2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SAL Nationwide Pty Ltd | Bookleaf PTY Ltd |
Customer experience
SAL PIXIE
Light2017
In-app purchases
SAL PIXIE
No in-app purchases
Light2017
No in-app purchases
