Comparison

BAANOOL IOT vs iPixel Color

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

Head to head
About

BAANOOL IOT

Track and manage vehicles, monitor children's locations and communication, and keep tabs on pets with real-time positioning and interactive features. This app offers remote control, safety alerts, and communication tools for various connected devices.

Highlights
  • Real-time vehicle positioning
  • Child location tracking
  • Pet activity monitoring
  • Two-way communication
  • Geofencing alerts
  • Track playback
  • Remote device control
Features
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BAANOOL Car: real-time positioning of movable objects, regional location management, timely detection of abnormal vehicle status and reporting of alarm information. The module is used in conjunction with the BAANOOL car tracker series products, and has the following main functions: 1. Authorized phone: After the product is bound, the authorized number added in "Control" can communicate with the device, and a stranger with an unauthorized number will directly hang up; 2. Positioning: Real-time view of the device's location, movement information, and abnormal status, so that users can feel more at ease; 3. Equipment tracking: Track the equipment, draw the motion curve, and load the motion status information of each position; 4. Track playback: Retrieve the time and date, replay the route that has been taken, and dynamically play each segment of the device's motion track; 5. Device control: The application can directly issue control commands to the vehicle, breaking the cumbersome rules of control via SMS. 6. Electronic fence: multi-style area setting for the equipment, the exit/entry area will generate a response alarm to the platform display. 7. Report management: Visually display data in the form of charts and visually display changes in product data information; BAANOOL Watch: Keep your kids safe, have unlimited communication with kids on the phone and talk, and make calls! No matter where you are, a phone can find you right away! This app is used in conjunction with BAANOOL phone watches, mainly as follows Big function: 1. Telephone: Those who have been bound to the watch and those added to the address book can communicate with each other, and turn on to reject calls from strangers to ensure the safety of children; 2. Positioning: check the child's position in real time, so that parents can feel more at ease; 3. Language chat: real-time voice chat, more convenient communication with children, making family relationships more intimate and harmonious; 4. Disabled in class: Disabled in class, only check the time, so that children can concentrate on learning at ease; 5. Guardian of school: guard children's safety in real time when they go to school. 6. Make friends with the watch: You can add friends between the watches by shaking them, and you can chat with friends in words; BAANOOL Pet: Real-time control of the pet's location, give orders online, set the pet's safe activity range, listen to the sounds around the pet, and share pet experience with more pet friends. This app is used in conjunction with the BAANOOL pet ring, and has the following major functions 1. Propaganda: Send the owner's voice to the device through app recording, so that the pet can hear the owner's voice; 2. Listen: listen to the pet's voice to make communication easier; 3. Go home: record the voice of going home and send it with one button, so that the pet can quickly fly to the owner after hearing it; 4. Punishment: If the pet is disobedient, the owner can give the pet an electric shock punishment (safe electric shock); 5. Positioning: real-time view pet's location information to help quickly retrieve lost pets. 6. Wechat: In the nearby pets, you can add pet friends, start the pet communication mode together, and find the pet in your heart.

About

iPixel Color

Design custom images and animations for dot matrix screens. Create GIFs, DIY pictures, and import videos. Real-time screen mirroring is also supported.

Highlights
  • Create GIF animations
  • DIY pictures
  • DIY dot matrix pictures
  • Import videos
  • Real-time screen projection
Features
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iPixel color is a creative software for designing various pictures and animations for dot matrix screens. In addition to the built-in exquisite pictures and gif animations, users can also use this software to create gif animations, DIY pictures, DIY dot matrix pictures, and You can import the video you want to display on the dot matrix screen, and you can also project the screen captured by your phone to your dot matrix screen in real time. iPixel color 是一款为点阵屏设计各种图片,动画的创造性软件,app除了内置精美的图片和gif动画外,用户还可以使用该软件随心所欲创造gif动画,DIY图片,DIY点阵图片,还可以导入您想在点阵屏显示的视频,此外还可以实时将手机捕捉到的画面投屏到您的点阵屏上。

Screenshots

BAANOOL IOT4 screens
iPixel Color3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iPixel Color at 3.2 against BAANOOL IOT's 2.4. iPixel Color also leads on review sentiment (29% vs 8%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iPixel Color holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iPixel Color has 385 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of BAANOOL IOT's written reviews are positive against 29% of iPixel Color's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BAANOOL IOT ships an update every 5 weeks, iPixel Color every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BAANOOL IOT versus iPixel Color: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBAANOOL IOTiPixel Color
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (35 ratings)3.2 (385 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.0% of reviews29.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35385 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB322 MB
Age rating4++17
DeveloperShenzhen Coban Electronics Co., LtdShenzhen Heaton Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

BAANOOL IOT

All ratings35 ratings
Positive31.4%
Neutral5.7%
Negative62.9%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive8.0%
Neutral18.4%
Negative73.6%

iPixel Color

All ratings385 ratings
Positive48.6%
Neutral13.2%
Negative38.2%
Written reviews621 reviews
Positive29.3%
Neutral19.5%
Negative51.2%

Bugs and requests

BAANOOL IOT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

iPixel Color

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Gallery not loading
  • Text formatting issues after updates
  • Bluetooth connection problems
  • Firmware update causing device issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Türkçe dil desteği (Turkish language support)
  • Allow customization of remote control buttons
  • Improve text editing and font options
  • Add more emoji and GIF options
  • Implement sync between multiple LED panels

In-app purchases

None

BAANOOL IOT

No in-app purchases

None

iPixel Color

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BAANOOL IOT free?
BAANOOL IOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iPixel Color free?
iPixel Color is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BAANOOL IOT or iPixel Color?
iPixel Color is rated higher. BAANOOL IOT averages 2.4 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while iPixel Color averages 3.2 from 385 ratings.
Do BAANOOL IOT or iPixel Color have ads?
Neither BAANOOL IOT nor iPixel Color shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BAANOOL IOT or iPixel Color?
BAANOOL IOT ships an update every 5 weeks, and iPixel Color every 9 days. Most recently, BAANOOL IOT was updated on September 6, 2026 and iPixel Color on September 25, 2026.

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