Comparison

IKEA Home smart 1 vs Spectrum Light

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

Head to head
About

IKEA Home smart 1

Control your home's lighting, blinds, audio, and air quality with customizable scenes and voice commands. Set schedules for different times of day to automate your environment.

Highlights
  • Control lights (dim, color, temperature)
  • Adjust blinds (raise, lower, position)
  • Manage audio (play, pause, volume)
  • Control air purifier
  • Create custom lighting and audio scenes
  • Set timers for morning and evening
Features
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The IKEA Home smart 1 app supports the TRÅDFRI gateway and older range of smart products by IKEA. We are no longer actively improving this app, however existing features and products already connected to a TRÅDFRI gateway will continue to function as usual. Smart products by IKEA continue to evolve and the new range uses Matter technology. The TRÅDFRI gateway and IKEA Home smart 1 app are not compatible with Matter, so we recommend the DIRIGERA hub and IKEA Home smart app instead.  It’s easy with the IKEA Home smart 1 app and TRÅDFRI gateway. Use one setting for early morning lighting and music, another for late evenings and a third for cooking or working at home. You can dim, turn off, turn on, change colours and switch from warm to cold light. Raise or lower blinds. Turn on your music – then turn it up, turn it down or pause it. And you can even control your air purifier to improve the air quality at home. With the IKEA Home smart 1 app, you can also connect to Apple Home, Amazon Alexa or Google Home and control it all with your voice. What you’ll get with the IKEA Home smart 1 app and TRÅDFRI gateway: • The ability to control your lights and blinds from the app • The ability to turn audio on and off, pause it and control volume • Customisable settings, including changing the position of blinds, light colours and choosing warm or cold light • Timers with morning and evening options • The ability to turn your air purifier on and off, and set it to a fan speed that suits the needs of your home

About

Spectrum Light

Control RGB LED lights via Bluetooth to customize colors and modes. Set schedules for automatic on/off and sync with your music library.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth LED light connection
  • Customizable color wheel
  • Multiple lighting modes
  • Adjustable speed for multicolor effects
  • Music synchronization from iTunes
  • Automatic ON/OFF timers
Features
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This App is only works on device that are running iOS 7.0 or higher, it will work if you are using an iphone 4S,5,5C,5S,6 or newer, or an iPad3, iPads air or newer device. Connect your smart device with this RGB LED light by bluetooth, you may assign renamed this light, this App has "the uncilor steady ", "color choose wheel", "change mode" can show from the unicolor choose with per color and offer 6 functions and multicolor with 7 functions. "Speed "slide is applicable if you choose multicolor , "Music" can add from iOS device by iTunes. "Timer" are two timers available, set the light ON and OFF automaticaly at the prefernce time.

Screenshots

IKEA Home smart 14 screens
Spectrum Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: IKEA Home smart 1 at 29% against Spectrum Light's 8%. IKEA Home smart 1 also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Spectrum Light's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IKEA Home smart 1 ships an update every 2 months, Spectrum Light every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
IKEA Home smart 1 versus Spectrum Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIKEA Home smart 1Spectrum Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (3.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews29.4% of reviews — better8.2% of reviews
Number of ratings3.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInter IKEA Systems B.V.Taizhou Zhengda Decoration Lights Co,.LTD

Customer experience

IKEA Home smart 1

All ratings3,548 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews907 reviews
Positive29.4%
Neutral15.5%
Negative55.0%

Spectrum Light

Written reviews49 reviews
Positive8.2%
Neutral4.1%
Negative87.8%

User reviews

IKEA Home smart 1

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Cheap and affordable
  • 🔒 Secure local network communication
  • 👍 Easy to set up and use
  • 🚀 Works well once connected

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes
  • 🐛 Connectivity issues, devices randomly disconnecting
  • 🐛 Unreliable timers and scheduling
  • 🐛 Poor integration with other smart home platforms
  • 🐛 Unintuitive user interface and navigation

Spectrum Light

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 💡 Lights are great
  • 👍 Easy to set up (initially)
  • 👍 Lots of color options (when working)
  • 👍 Many speed options (when working)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App frequently doesn't connect
  • 🐛 Timers don't work or save
  • 🐛 Music sync doesn't work
  • 🐛 App unusable in dark mode
  • 🐛 Settings not remembered after power off

Bugs and requests

IKEA Home smart 1

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App constantly asking to add new devices even when none are added
  • Devices disappearing from the app and needing to be re-added
  • Timers not working as expected, turning lights on/off at incorrect times
  • Inability to move devices between rooms in the app
  • Pairing issues with remotes and other accessories

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more color temperatures and full color spectrum
  • Improve timer functionality with more granular controls
  • Implement remote access and out-of-home control
  • Add support for user profiles and device sharing
  • Improve integration with popular smart home platforms like HomeKit and Google Home

Spectrum Light

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Lights do not connect to the app after updates
  • App searches for lights but fails to connect
  • App times out before connecting to lights
  • Update stopped lights connecting
  • Timers default to current time or 0:00
Show 11 more
  • App never remembers timers
  • Turning off lights at the switch deletes settings
  • App doesn't sync to Apple Music library
  • App doesn't work in dark mode
  • Timer screen shows no times or defaults to midnight
  • Music function doesn't work
  • Bluetooth is temperamental
  • Color selector doesn't show on screen
  • App doesn't see any music
  • App doesn't allow control of multiple sets independently
  • Spelling errors on the app

Requested features

8 requests
  • Fix music sync for Spotify
  • Improve timer functionality
  • Allow saving custom colors
  • Add more color combinations
  • Improve app compatibility with dark mode
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  • Allow control of multiple light sets independently
  • Provide better support resources
  • Allow music mode to pick colors

In-app purchases

None

IKEA Home smart 1

No in-app purchases

None

Spectrum Light

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IKEA Home smart 1 free?
IKEA Home smart 1 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spectrum Light free?
Spectrum Light is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IKEA Home smart 1 or Spectrum Light have ads?
Neither IKEA Home smart 1 nor Spectrum Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IKEA Home smart 1 or Spectrum Light?
IKEA Home smart 1 ships an update every 2 months, and Spectrum Light every 4 months. Most recently, IKEA Home smart 1 was updated on November 11, 2026 and Spectrum Light on November 3, 2026.

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