Comparison

Zimi vs PIXIE PLUS

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

Head to head
About

Zimi

Control your smart home devices like lighting, fans, and appliances with this app. Schedule actions, set timers, monitor energy usage, and integrate with voice assistants for a convenient, hands-free experience.

Highlights
  • Control lighting, fans, and appliances
  • Voice assistant integration
  • Daily scheduling
  • Auto-off timers
  • Energy monitoring
  • Device pairing
Features
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Zimi is the smart app to control all your Powermesh, Senoa and Zimi devices. Make all your lighting, fans, appliances, switches and power points smarter with Zimi. Enjoy the freedom to control it how you want, with the app, your voice and the switch. Add a daily schedule for convenience, an auto-off timer for safety, or view your power use in the energy monitor. It's never been this easy. Connect Zimi to your favourite voice assistant for a simple hands-free lifestyle. Download the Zimi App, pair your devices in a flash, and start living smarter now.

About

PIXIE PLUS

Control your smart home devices remotely with this app. It allows for voice control, remote monitoring, and advanced security setup. Organize devices by room, create schedules, and sync lights with music for a personalized smart home experience.

Highlights
  • Remote device control
  • Voice control compatibility
  • Room-based organization
  • Customizable schedules
  • Device discovery and setup
  • Sync lights to music
Features
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Make your home smart simply with PIXIE PLUS. The PIXIE PLUS App is used to control and is compatible with the PIXIE smart home range of devices from SAL National Pty Ltd. The PIXIE PLUS app works with the PIXIE Gateway and one PIXIE Gateway must be present in a project for the PIXIE PLUS app to operate. The PIXIE Plus app adds advanced system capabilities to a PIXIE smart home, introducing voice control compatibility through a number of service providers and remote monitoring options, with more sophisticated security setup capability for larger homes and families needing to manage who is in control of different parts of the smart home. The PIXIE PLUS app allows the user to divide the home into Rooms for fast, fine tuned control and configuration of PIXIE smart home devices and delivers the ability to control the home from anywhere an internet connection is available. PIXIE PLUS enables the ability to create schedules for scenes and groups, provides direct control of all devices, groups and scenes, and is also used for device discovery, setup and configuration processes of a PIXIE smart home system. PIXIE PLUS is easy to operate and allows the user to control a comprehensive selection of lighting commands; set a scene, set a schedule, dim, switch, group devices, sync your lights to music and more! PIXIE PLUS is compatible with all SAL PIXIE smart devices (including smart gateway, smart dimmer, smart switch, smart LED strip kit etc.) and popular voice control devices. Need more information on the navigation of PIXIE PLUS or PIXIE range products, check out the HELP page on the app or visit sal.net.au.

Screenshots

Zimi4 screens
PIXIE PLUS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PIXIE PLUS at 88% against Zimi's 26%. PIXIE PLUS also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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

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. The most recent releases landed on June 21, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Zimi versus PIXIE PLUS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZimiPIXIE PLUS
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.9% of reviews88.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIMI INNOVATIONS PTY LTDSAL Nationwide Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Zimi

Written reviews27 reviews
Positive25.9%
Neutral18.5%
Negative55.6%

PIXIE PLUS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%

In-app purchases

None

Zimi

No in-app purchases

None

PIXIE PLUS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zimi free?
Zimi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PIXIE PLUS free?
PIXIE PLUS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zimi or PIXIE PLUS have ads?
Neither Zimi nor PIXIE PLUS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zimi or PIXIE PLUS?
Zimi ships an update every 5 weeks, and PIXIE PLUS every 5 weeks. Most recently, Zimi was updated on June 21, 2026 and PIXIE PLUS on August 13, 2026.

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