StruXure vs PXL Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StruXure
Effortlessly manage your motorized pergolas and louvered structures with voice commands or automated schedules. Control multiple devices, create custom scenes, and access your outdoor living space from anywhere. A demo mode is available to explore features before purchase.
- Voice control with Amazon Alexa
- Control up to 16 RTS channels
- Integrate with 3rd party systems
- Create custom scenes
- Automated scheduling
- Remote access
- User access sharing
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The Struxure™ Outdoor app provides simplified control of Somfy’s Radio Technology Somfy® (RTS) motorized pergolas and luxury louvered structures from the convenience of your iOS devices for convenient sunlight management anytime, anywhere. With the Struxure™ Outdoor app, you can: - Link with Amazon Alexa for convenient voice control - Control up to 16 channels of RTS motorized products per interface - Integrate RTS products with IFTTT, Crestron, Control4, Savant and other 3rd party control systems - Create Scenes for easy control of multiple motorized products - Create Schedules to automatically activate your motorized products at a certain time of day, day of the week, or by sunrise and sunset - Add more Struxure™ Outdoor Wi-Fi to RTS Interfaces for multiple zone control - Control your motorized products both at home and away - Easily share access with other users - Demo mode: includes an integrated demo mode for users to experience the app before purchasing the Wi-Fi to RTS
PXL Controller
Customize your LED lights with a variety of effects, schedules, and presets. Control your lighting from any location through an intuitive interface.
- Customize LED lighting
- Create custom effects
- Set lighting schedules
- Save lighting presets
- Remote control functionality
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Make your home stand out with tons of ways to customize your PXL lights. Set schedules, save presets and create amazing effects all from our simple to use app. Control your lights from anywhere!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PXL Controller at 5.0 against StruXure's 4.2. StruXure's advantage is ratings volume (103 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). 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.
PXL Controller holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StruXure has 103 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
StruXure ships an update every 3 months, PXL Controller every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StruXure | PXL Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (103 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Somfy Systems Incorporated | Bracken Degn |
Customer experience
StruXure
PXL Controller
In-app purchases
StruXure
No in-app purchases
PXL Controller
No in-app purchases
