Comparison

HomeWizard vs Fixi

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

Head to head
About

HomeWizard

Control various smart home devices, including lights, thermostats, and security sensors, remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Automate actions with custom scenes and receive real-time notifications for events like doorbell presses or sensor activations.

Highlights
  • Remote control of lights and appliances
  • IP camera integration for live feeds
  • Thermostat control
  • Scene creation and automation
  • Awareness System notifications
  • Weather sensor data and graphing
  • Real-time energy consumption monitoring
Features
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Control your home using the iPhone or iPad! The HomeWizard app requires a HomeWizard* (device). The HomeWizard connects your iPhone/iPad to existing wireless systems from various manufacturers such as KlikAanKlikUit, Cresta, TFA, Somfy and Wattcher. The HomeWizard makes it possible to control lights and other devices using your iPad or iPhone. It’s also equipped to send push notifications when your doorbell is pressed and is even capable to receive data from wireless weather station equipment or real-time energy measuring devices. The HomeWizard app can also be used to control your curtains, blinds or garage doors. The app connects with your own WiFi network for internet access and automatic firmware updates. With our HomeWizard Online service you can easily connect to your HomeWizard wherever you are, whenever you need to (www.homewizard.nl/homewizardonline). In short HomeWizard allows you to: - Toggle lights and other home appliances using wireless switches. - Add IP-camera's to view a live feed from your house, anywhere you are, with the possibility to control your lights/house at the same time. - Control your thermostat and set the right temperature in your house while driving home. - Create scenes to toggle multiple lights with the tap of a button and add timers to automate your home appliances. - Enable our easy to use ‘Awareness System’ to send notifications when surface mount contacts, motion detectors, smoke dectectors and doorbells are activated. Link these with a camera to receive a snapshot when a sensor is activated! - With 'Actions', you can control your lights on the basis of various conditions such as time and sensor activity: make sure all your lights turn on when a motion detector is activated, but only between 24.00 and 07.00 and turn them off again after 5 minutes! - Support for KlikAanKlikUit and Elro switches, dimmers, and other receivers. - Receive temperature, wind, precipitation and UV data from compatible weather sensors and plot the data in graphs. - Measure your electricity consumption in real-time or monitor the energy generated by your solar panels. - Control Somfy RTS receivers which are widely used for automated sunblinds, curtains and garage doors. *The HomeWizard Device is available for purchase at www.homewizard.nl With HomeWizard's introduction it has finally become easy, affordable and most of all, fun, to automate your home. As opposed to the Toon from Eneco, the Nuon E-manager, Tahoma from Somfy or the e-inzicht and e-thermostaat from Essent, HomeWizard is an independent platform without hidden recurring fees. It is invented, designed and produced in the Netherlands by entrepreneurs who use their product on a daily basis. You wouldn't be the first one to appreciate this difference, try it out for yourself!

About

Fixi

Easily report local issues like potholes, broken streetlights, or illegal dumping directly to your city council. This app streamlines the reporting process, allowing for instant communication and resolution of community problems.

Highlights
  • Report city problems
  • Instant reporting
  • Communicate with local council
  • Track issue resolution
Features
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Busted streetlight? Pothole in the road? Illegal dumping and garbage litter? Report problems and suggestions instantly to your local city counsil with Fixi.

Screenshots

HomeWizard4 screens
Fixi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fixi at 100% against HomeWizard's 60%. Fixi also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). HomeWizard's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 15). 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

HomeWizard holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fixi has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of HomeWizard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fixi's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeWizard ships an update every 2 months, Fixi every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and July 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HomeWizard versus Fixi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeWizardFixi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.1 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHomeWizard B.V.Decos Information Solutions

Customer experience

HomeWizard

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

Fixi

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HomeWizard

No in-app purchases

None

Fixi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeWizard free?
HomeWizard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fixi free?
Fixi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HomeWizard or Fixi?
HomeWizard is rated higher. HomeWizard averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Fixi averages 4.6 from 13 ratings.
Do HomeWizard or Fixi have ads?
Neither HomeWizard nor Fixi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeWizard or Fixi?
HomeWizard ships an update every 2 months, and Fixi every 3 weeks. Most recently, HomeWizard was updated on June 5, 2026 and Fixi on July 27, 2026.

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