SAL PIXIE vs MyPlaceIQ
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.
MyPlaceIQ
Optimize your home's comfort and energy efficiency with intelligent climate control. Manage individual room temperatures, integrate smart home devices like lights and blinds, and control everything remotely through a single application.
- Individual room temperature control
- Up to 40% energy efficiency
- Remote home control via app
- Smart home device integration (lights, blinds, garage)
- Optimized for Australian climate
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Providing up to 40% better energy efficiency than other systems, MyPlaceIQ lets you choose how best to optimise full home comfort, with your preferred temperature by each individual room; the convenience of full control through one app; and the ability to add affordable and incredibly useful home smarts like lights, garage door, blinds and much more. MyPlaceIQ makes our homes much more energy efficient & gives families full control of your home, from anywhere, all in the MyPlaceIQ app. Developed and made in Australia, with thanks to our pioneering research and development team, MyPlaceIQ is the next generation in super smart home control. MyPlaceIQ gives you and your family the most optimal home comfort, smart control and unmatched energy efficiency - designed specifically for the Australian climate and lifestyle in mind. MyPlaceIQ – super smart air conditioning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyPlaceIQ at 70% against SAL PIXIE's 59%. SAL PIXIE's advantage is iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). 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.
SAL PIXIE ships an update every 5 weeks, MyPlaceIQ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SAL PIXIE | MyPlaceIQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SAL Nationwide Pty Ltd | Advantage Air Aust Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
SAL PIXIE
MyPlaceIQ
In-app purchases
SAL PIXIE
No in-app purchases
MyPlaceIQ
No in-app purchases







