# IKEA Place — user reviews

> 50 indexed App Store user reviews of IKEA Place by Inter IKEA Systems B.V., rated 4.59/5 from 5,561 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ikea-place/id1279244498/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ikea-place/id1279244498.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,390 · 4★ 620 · 3★ 233 · 2★ 91 · 1★ 227

## What do users think of IKEA Place?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Awesome AR experience
- 👍 Helpful for planning furniture
- 🤩 Great concept and features

**Cons**

- 🐛 Glitchy and unstable
- 🔍 Limited furniture selection
- 🤯 Lack of search functionality
- 🤔 Confusing user interface

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Furniture placement issues
- Crashes on recent iOS devices
- Compatibility problems with iPad Pro
- Thumbnails and images not loading

**Most requested features**

- Add search feature to find specific items
- Expand furniture catalog to include more options
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Allow users to save their room layouts and designs

## Newest reviews (18 of 50)

### 4/5 — Pretty good but the mirror?

*2023-02-15, version 6.1.0*

Had fun placing furniture like side tables etc. but went to put a mirror on the wall and it was in the wrong orientation, like it was flat, not hanging. And I couldn’t change it 😔

### 2/5 — Only works intermittently and has very small selection of furniture

*2022-10-16, version 5.9.1*

This is a very cool app, when it works. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why it only works for certain items on my LIDAR equipped iPad Pro. This inconsistency makes it a frustrating experience and the lack of feedback for errors makes for a poor user experience. Based on the developer responses to other reviews, this is a known issue for at least a year. Are you simply not going to fix this critical bug? To boot, the selection of furniture is very small. We were not able to find any of the furniture items we’re interested in. Also, the browse UI is a real drag. Having to scroll through multiple sections hoping you’ll find what you want just worsens the UX. Hey product managers making these terrible interface decisions, search is a thing and it’s not that hard to implement. 

Between the small selection and the flakiness, this app is ultimately useless for us.

**Developer response:** Hej JC SV
Thank you for reaching out. We're sorry that you experienced this problem, but we're more than happy to help fix this issue. Try to delete and then reinstall IKEA Place, that should hopefully solve the problem. We hope you'll continue to use IKEA Place in the future.

### 3/5 — Profile issues

*2022-08-22, version 5.8.0*

It does not appear the app has a way to save my profile or the work I put into placing that furniture around the room. I used once a year ago hoping that someone can give me a hint about what is going on.

### 2/5 — No search makes it feel kind of pointless

*2022-04-12, version 5.7.0*

Unless you’re looking for an item from their featured collection you’re pretty much out of luck. I’m not trying to get inspiration (plenty of other options for that), I’m trying to place specific ikea products in my home to get an idea of whether or not I like it. 

Not sure I understand the high ratings on this one

**Developer response:** Hej Chrissylas. Thanks for you feedback! Indeed, the product range is way too limited at the moment. We are busy making the related updates to extend the product range so you have more freedom browsing though our catalog and later on a more basic search feature. Meanwhile, If you want a specific item then we’d suggest using the IKEA app or website which will always have the latest catalog. Stay tuned.

### 2/5 — Useless without search

*2022-02-23, version 5.7.0*

Seems kind of useless if you can’t search for items to place in the AR view. This app has been out for a couple of years and it seems like IKEA really hasn’t taken it seriously. Too bad.

### 2/5 — Not worth it

*2022-02-06, version 5.7.0*

I expected to find an almost complete catalog of ikea furniture to play with, especially the staples such as Pax, but sadly no. There are very few “collections” to choose from, so if you are trying to determine if you like specific pieces in your space and they aren’t in this abbreviated catalog, the app is useless. I’m deleting it within five minutes of installing it.

### 2/5 — Cool idea. Too little inventory.

*2021-07-10, version 4.2.2*

It’s a pretty cool and impressive trick they have going on here as long as you need one of the very few items that they have to place in your room. Every time I thought about using this app I go in just to find out they don’t have anything that I’m actually looking for so I end up having to go to the real store or just buying something on Wayfare.

### 2/5 — Shouldn’t be released for iPad mini

*2021-04-23, version 4.2.2*

Maybe it works well on other Apple devices but on my iPad mini the objects are too big or too small and you can’t rotate them so it’s not really useful to me. Would be cool if they allowed you to measure your room and select the floorplan and then you could put items on it from multiple angles and see what they would look like once you return to AR mode.

And, yes, I’ve rescanned my bare, well lit room a few times.

**Developer response:** Hej Chrisrarendt. Merci d'avoir contacté. Ce que vous décrivez ressemble à un problème avec l'analyse. Pour résoudre ce problème, redémarrez l'application et effectuez une nouvelle analyse tout en vous assurant que le sol est bien éclairé, rangé et exempt de reflets. Nous nous excusons pour la gêne occasionnée et espérons que vous nous donnerez une autre chance.

### 2/5 — App Does Not Contain All Inventory

*2021-04-17, version 4.2.2*

I’m trying to preview shelves for my plants but the app only allows you to preview certain collections. You can’t text search for the item you want. You can only scroll through a select set of collections or categories. App does not contain these collections from what I can tell: Tordh, Kolbjörn, Läckö, or Hyllis.  Because of this, the app is pretty much useless to me unless I wanted something they were already showing.

**Developer response:** Hej JordanEngstrom
Thanks for your input. The new update of IKEA place now has a much bigger focus on finding the right furniture to suit every need. The feed of curated collections and furniture groups will hopefully inspire you to try something new, but of course you’re welcome to browse the categories section if you're looking for a certain type of item. If you want a specific item then we'd suggest using the IKEA app or website which will always have the latest catalog. As we keep adding more and more content in the coming weeks we hope that you’ll get used to the new version and that it removes some of the previous confusion.

### 3/5 — Limited inventory

*2021-03-24, version 4.2.2*

This is a great tool, if the item you want is in here. This app has been around for years now but still only has a small section of IKEA's catalog. It's useless most of the time you need it.

### 3/5 — Incredible concept, very limited

*2021-03-16, version 4.2.2*

The app is beautifully designed, intuitive UI, functions flawlessly. All props to the devs! Three stars only because of the incredibly sparse selection of items - probably fewer than 50-75(?) items total, yet IKEA carries literally thousands of options. If the database gets updated with a search function and a much larger catalog, this will be the best app in the store for AR decor. It’s really a great app, just not very useful bc of the limited catalog. Will keep installed to check for updates.

**Developer response:** Hej LV2TX. Thanks for your input. The new update of IKEA place now has a much bigger focus on finding the right furniture to suit every need. The feed of curated collections and furniture groups will hopefully inspire you to try something new, but of course you’re welcome to browse the categories section if you’re looking for a certain type of item. If you want a specific item then we’d suggest using the IKEA app or website which will always have the latest catalog. As we keep adding more and more content in the coming time we hope that you’ll be able to find what you're looking for.

### 3/5 — Great concept, needs work

*2020-11-22, version 4.2.1*

This is a great concept, and when it works it is a dead useful way to plan out how you will use space in a room. However, it seems to work only intermittently even on a brand new iPhone 12 Pro with Lidar capabilities. About half the items you pick for the AR experience will show the placement indicator on the floor but as soon as you select where you want to put the furniture, nothing happens. At least half the items I selected to see in the AR view wouldn’t appear. When an item does appear, the app works fine and you can manipulate the piece of furniture to see how it will fill the space. Just needs some work/stability improvements to get a higher rating.

**Developer response:** Hej Kyle Thank you for reaching out and apologies for the inconvenience. We’re aware of the issue and we’re looking into solving it. Look out for updates as we’re always trying to fix issues for all our users.

### 3/5 — Needs updating

*2020-11-15, version 4.2.1*

I really like the app but it needs updating. A lot of things are missing and styles they have retired are still options. I clicked on a collection but no items appeared. 
I think this is a great concept especially for those of us who don’t have a store close and need to really picture items in the room before driving hours to pick up items

**Developer response:** Hej Nicole_B. We do not currently have all of our products in IKEA Place. We're adding hundreds of new products to IKEA Place every month. Hopefully you'll be able to find what you are looking for soon. Stay tuned.

### 2/5 — No Search Option?

*2020-10-11, version 4.2.1*

I wanted to see how an Alex drawer would look in my room, but I can’t search for it. This is such an obvious feature that’s just absent in the app. It’s actually pretty surprising this app got released without search. It’s not really useful or convenient to me without that ability.

The UI is quite nice, but the app is honestly barebones with its feature set. I can’t even sign in with my web account to transfer my shopping cart or wishlist items.

Also don’t have the camera constantly running in the background while browsing the app. That’s just bad for performance and battery, and it shows in the app’s stuttering scrolling performance, even on an iPhone 11.

**Developer response:** "Hej Dafurman. 
Thanks for your input. The new update of IKEA place now has a much bigger focus on finding the right furniture to suit every need. The feed of curated collections and furniture groups will hopefully inspire you to try something new, but of course you’re welcome to browse the categories section if you’re looking for a certain type of item. If you want a specific item then we’d suggest using the IKEA app or website which will always have the latest catalog. As we keep adding more and more content in the coming weeks we hope that you’ll get used to the new version and that it removes some of the previous confusion."

### 2/5 — Can’t choose just any product to view in AR

*2020-06-25, version 4.2.0*

I can’t choose any item from the store.  I can only choose from a collection or a few different categories they’ve listed.  They don’t have lamps/lighting available to use in AR. I went to Ikea yesterday looking for a lamp.  They didn’t have it in stock. I figured I’d go home and order it online but just to be sure I like how it looks in my room I Downloaded This app to see how it would look and I can’t find lamps anywhere on the app.  Why create AR to only use on a few products. Target does a better job.

**Developer response:** Hej kluvsh2o. We do not currently have all of our products in IKEA Place. We're adding hundreds of new products to IKEA Place every month. Hopefully you'll be able to find what you are looking for soon. Stay tuned.

### 3/5 — Technical difficulties

*2020-01-31, version 4.1.8*

This app is great however I’m experiencing a technical difficulty. I’ve used the app before and it worked fine, and showed me the furniture options. Now its not doing that and instead I’m pressing buttons to have no response.

### 1/5 — Unbelievably useless app

*2019-11-25, version 4.1.4*

Wow I don’t understand all the 5 star reviews. One there’s not even a basic thing as a search bar or a search function in the app. All I wanted was to be able to look up an ikea item and then using the AR feature, be able to see how it would look in my room. Secondly if you try to do that, the app keeps crashing. 

Garbage app. Deleted it.

### 2/5 — Very few sets to choose from

*2019-09-21, version 4.0.4*

Seems like a nice tool but they are missing most of the furniture they offer in store.  So it makes this apps kinda useless. It would also be useful to be able to search for a product line by name instead of having to look through pictures of everything.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Incredibly slow on a new iPhone 14 Pro

*2023-01-25, version 6.0.0*

Developers. Ive used this app years ago in 2017 or 2016. It was much better with my older phone. It took forever to load on my new iPhone 14 Pro. Which has a much more powerful CPU , GPU and more RAM. Not to mention a LiDAR too. Like watching paint dry getting to 99% when you start the app. Took several tries. 

Program Manager for iOS dev in Ikea should take note that this needs more QA.

### 1/5 — Poor App

*2022-11-13, version 5.9.1*

Installed today, only showed one item in it and not even work on my iPhone 12 Pro Max with iOS 16.0.1, IKEA really need to replace their hole software team, they even not tested on recent iPhone models, AR technology is so popular today, but they still can not finger it out, totally waste of time and large salaries payment, fire them!

### 1/5 — Very limited selection

*2022-09-18, version 5.8.0*

UI is glitchy and freezes frequently. Very limited selection from the IKEA catalog, and no organization of variants — ie you can’t compare finishes of the same item, there’s no relationship between items defined. Unforgivable: no search function, and no collections. You just have to browse every category hoping to find the item you’re interested in. This app could be SO helpful and useful and instead it’s very disappointing.

**Developer response:** Hi kobachi. Thank you for taking your time to review IKEA Place. We are working on an issue where the camera video view is glitchy and we expect to have an update available soon. We are also working on improving the app features including some of you suggestion so please stay tuned for improvements.

### 1/5 — Ikea please!

*2021-08-25, version 4.2.3*

Im having trouble finding ar models in your regular ikea app! This is useless for measuring and trying ikea furniture in your space because of the lack of search. Ive seen your responses to the other reviews saying this app is meant to discover new furniture but…. That is really dumb! I know what I want but want to see it in my space. Right now im hunting through the “for you” page to find a lamp and its very frustrating. Wasn’t there a search feature in the past?

**Developer response:** Hej bigfootdood. The feed of curated collections and furniture groups is intended to inspire you to try something new, but of course you’re welcome to browse the categories section if you’re looking for a certain type of item. If you want a specific item then we’d suggest using the IKEA app or website which will always have the latest catalog. As we keep adding more and more content in the coming time we hope that you’ll be able to find what you're looking for. Stay tuned.

### 1/5 — Unusable & useless. Notice most of the 5 star reviews are complaints

*2021-08-02, version 4.2.3*

1. There is no search
2. For items like kallax there is no rotation option so you can’t actually visualize furniture in the desired configuration/orientation 
3. They feature collection highlights but there is no way (I clicked every single option) to view all products in a collection
4. Again, impossibly: NO SEARCH!!!

Update: thanks for the useless, canned response that’s copy/pasted on everyone’s review. We know there are collections, but the point is: that’s not a useful ui to normal human people.

### 1/5 — No Item Name Search

*2021-04-14, version 4.2.2*

I get that the idea of this app is for people to discover and browse. However I find the browsing slow compared to the web so what I *want* to do is, after finding an interesting item, search for it by name and look at it in AR.

The fact that you can’t do this is laughable.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t seem to work

*2021-01-10, version 4.2.1*

I downloaded this app today. It has an extremely simple interface. When trying to place objects in my room, I was presented with a bounding box for the floor, and several hollow circles when I tried to place objects. Beyond that, nothing! Are their hidden buttons/clicks/gestures I have to use to get the furniture to appear? If so, the app fails to explain how to get the furniture to show up in place of all the hollow circles. Or, the app is broken/buggy. Either way, it’s a total fail for me.

**Developer response:** Hej ramminrodsf. Thank you for reaching out and apologies for the inconvenience. This is a temporary issue and we’re aware of the issue and we’re looking into solving it. Look out for updates as we’re always trying to fix issues for all our users.

### 1/5 — Black screen

*2020-09-17, version 4.2.0*

I’m not sure if it’s because the app isn’t optimized for iOS 14 yet or if this version is just buggy but every time I open the app and go the screen where my camera is supposed to appear there is a black screen. I can’t use the app because nothing shows up on the screen. Disappointing because I really love IKEA and was looking forward to using this app

### 1/5 — Can’t allow access to camera on iPad Pro

*2020-06-23, version 4.2.0*

When you launch the app it tells you that you need to allow the camera for the app. When you hit the button to go to settings, it takes you to General Settings. There is no separate listing for the IKEA Place app, and it is not listed for camera permissions under Security on the iPad Pro.

### 1/5 — Crashes ALOT

*2019-12-28, version 4.1.8*

Just downloaded the app last night and tried to rest more objects but app crashes. Please fix ASAP! This is the only app that can do AR for setting up a room, great concept and features but definitely needs fixing. Would like to able to get some ideas since I love the store!

Edit: looking forward to a better update from the developers on what the app will be able to offer because this is a great tool to see the product before purchasing.

**Developer response:** Hej Shuggababi. Thank you for taking the time to give us feedback. We're currently trying to replicate the problem on our end. As soon as we locate the problem we'll release an update to address it. For now we apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and hope that you'll give us another chance.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — This is Exactly what I Wanted!!

*2022-07-16, version 5.8.0*

Wow! Look and ye shall receive! I am so excited to be able to visualize IKEA products in my own space. 

Now I just need the accessories. I was hoping to visualize mirrors on the walls and possibly lighting on the ceiling. The mirrors are flat and could be represented as grey so they shouldn’t be too difficult to add to the library?

Please keep adding things! This is wonderful!!!

**Developer response:** Hej B.Linz. Thanks for your positive comments about IKEA Place. The features you are suggestion sounds super cool indeed and we are working on adding more products to the experience! We are continuously improving IKEA Place so please continue enjoying the app. Stay tuned! 😎😀.

### 5/5 — UI Broken, cannot agree to terms and conditions and so cannot start the app

*2019-08-03, version 4.0.0*

On my iphone 8 the terms and conditions agreement screen has a bunch of visual things overlaid on top of each other. The end result is when I try to hit the radio button to agree to the privacy policy it does not register! My phone screen is perfectly fine, it is 100% the software. It's awful because I used a previous version of the app a year ago and it was great! I just want to use it again. I will gladly update this review if/when the issue is fixed.

**Developer response:** Hej Brandy. Thank you for bringing the issue to our attention. We're currently addressing the issues and have already rolled out the first update to ensure a smooth experience. More updates will follow in the coming weeks. We apologise for the inconvenience and hope that you'll give us another chance.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2019-07-21, version 3.4.1*

This app is amazingly good putting down furniture without having to pay for anything is great and it gives details about the furniture.

### 5/5 — Awesome app, missing a lot of furniture

*2019-02-26, version 3.1.0*

This app is fantastic, my boyfriend and I are moving into an apartment and we’ve used this app to figure out our new apartment. We were able to get everything and then some. However, many furniture items are missing. Though I’m certain as new furniture comes out, the app will be updated accordingly.

**Developer response:** Hej MontyPatrick. We're thrilled to hear that you had a good experience with IKEA place and that you found it useful. We're adding hundreds of new products every month, so stay tuned.

### 5/5 — AR is awesome and this app makes it more Awesome

*2018-08-25, version 2.2.96*

THIS IS JUST PHENOMENAL GOOD JOB This is so fun even though its not a game and does not have to be 
Its really useful for those really want to design home 
And The furnitures are perfectly scale to scale and well designed good job man just stunning.

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2018-08-21, version 2.2.96*

This app is wonderful! It is helpful to plan out what you want, wherever you want! If your looking to know how to decorate it without having to spend money first, this is the app for you!

### 5/5 — Ruby

*2018-07-25, version 2.2.93*

To penny I have been thinking about that one time ago when you were here for dinner last night

### 5/5 — The IKEA Experience

*2018-06-27, version 2.2.93*

What an awesome app!!! Well done on time consuming for individuals that are always busy. Just a little bit of practice and I will be able to furnish an apartment.

### 5/5 — Thank you!

*2018-06-06, version 2.2.92*

Hello. I have looked at this app again after the update came out and noticed the problem has been fixed. Thank you so much to the developers and I look forward to using this app when I need it. Thanks!

### 5/5 — Better than I could ever imagine

*2018-06-04, version 2.2.92*

The issue I had before has been fixed. I am obsessed with this app. Highly recommend it!

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