Comparison

SAL PIXIE vs CARISA

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Control smart home devices
  • Configure lighting, fans, appliances
  • Create custom scenes
  • Set up schedules
  • Manage individual devices and groups
Features
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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.

About

CARISA

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Carers can use CARISA anytime to help them offer planned or impromptu moments of social-emotional support for residents (just grab a tablet and start). For visiting family members, of any age, CARISA gives them ways to engage with their loved ones – beyond the usual empty transaction of “what did you have for breakfast?” For residents, this means more moments to be and feel connected, heard, valued and fulfilled. And possibly help to improve their quality of life and health span.

Screenshots

SAL PIXIE4 screens
CARISA4 screens

Verdict

The call

SAL PIXIE and CARISA are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on September 15, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SAL PIXIE versus CARISA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSAL PIXIECARISA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB259 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSAL Nationwide Pty LtdCCS CORPORATION PTY LTD

In-app purchases

None

SAL PIXIE

No in-app purchases

None

CARISA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SAL PIXIE free?
SAL PIXIE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CARISA free?
CARISA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SAL PIXIE or CARISA have ads?
Neither SAL PIXIE nor CARISA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SAL PIXIE or CARISA?
SAL PIXIE ships an update every 5 weeks, and CARISA every 5 weeks. Most recently, SAL PIXIE was updated on September 15, 2026 and CARISA on September 15, 2026.

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