OutdoorElements vs PAL Color Touch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OutdoorElements
Control your louvered roof and other outdoor features remotely. Automate opening/closing based on time or weather, manage lighting, and share access with others. Download helpful information like warranty details.
- Remote louvered roof control
- Automated scheduling (time/weather)
- Lighting control
- Access sharing
- Downloadable information
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You can control your luxury louvered roof and other features from anywhere with our Outdoor Elements App! The Outdoor Elements App allows you to regulate sunshine, rain, and wind from the convenience of your iPhone, allowing you to control your luxury louvered roof and other Outdoor Elements features anytime and anywhere you want. You may perform the following with the Outdoor Elements App: - Open or close your louvered roof manually, or schedule it to open or close at a given hour, day of the week, or according to sunrise and sunset. - Turn on and off your lighting features or plan them to turn on at a given hour, day of the week, or by sunrise and sunset. - Both at home and remotely, you can operate your luxury louvered roof - Share access with family members or friends - Easily download warranty, cleaning instructions, and other helpful information.
PAL Color Touch
Control your PAL™ Light wirelessly with fingertip touches. This app uses RF and Wi-Fi to change colors and modes on your light, and can integrate with home automation systems.
- Wireless color transfer
- Fingertip touch control
- RF and Wi-Fi connectivity
- Home automation linking
- Smartphone control
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Countless amounts of colours wirelessly transfer to your PAL™ Light by the subtle touch of your fingertip. No more clicking buttons or flicking switches on/off to find a specific colour or mode.Our wireless touch technology lets you have the control of your PAL™ Light through RF and Wi-Fi by downloading the app to use your smartphone, it can also link up to home automation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PAL Color Touch at 3.8 against OutdoorElements's 1.6. PAL Color Touch also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). OutdoorElements's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and ratings volume (34 vs 10). 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.
PAL Color Touch holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of OutdoorElements's written reviews are positive against 0% of PAL Color Touch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
OutdoorElements ships an update every 3 weeks, PAL Color Touch every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OutdoorElements | PAL Color Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (34 ratings) | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Outdoor Elements | PAL Lighting |
Customer experience
OutdoorElements
PAL Color Touch
In-app purchases
OutdoorElements
No in-app purchases
PAL Color Touch
No in-app purchases
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