Comparison

Véritable vs IKEA Home smart

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

Head to head
About

Véritable

This app provides personalized guidance for your plants, from setup to harvest. It offers alerts for watering and Lingot replacement, tracks plant growth, and delivers tailored advice for each stage of your plant's life cycle. Designed for the CONNECT EDITION of a smart garden.

Highlights
  • Personalized plant advice
  • Lighting setup
  • Water and Lingot alerts
  • Plant growth tracking
  • Installation video guide
  • Harvesting and cooking tips
Features
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*App compatible with Véritable® garden CONNECT EDITION only* The app guides you throughout the life cycle of your plants thanks to personalized advice and settings. Enjoy a fun experience and easy use of your garden. With the Véritable® app: - Get a video installation guide - Set up the lighting for optimized comfort and performance - Be alerted when you have to add water and replace your Lingots(r) - Keep track of your plants growth - Enjoy information and advice at every stage (germination, harvesting, cooking,..) For more information, please visit: veritable-garden.com Not compatible with Véritable® gardens CLASSIC and SMART EDITIONS.

About

IKEA Home smart

Automate your home with smart lighting, speakers, blinds, and air purifiers. Create custom scenes for everyday moments like waking up or leaving home, and control devices individually or in groups. Integrates with popular voice assistants for seamless control.

Highlights
  • Create custom scenes
  • Control devices individually or in groups
  • Schedule scenes
  • Voice assistant integration
  • Personalize rooms and products
  • Remote control options
Features
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With IKEA Home smart app and DIRIGERA hub, it's easy to create smarter everyday moments with lighting, speakers, blinds and air quality products. Picture yourself waking up as your smart lights gently rise. Your favourite songs play on the speakers and you still haven't gotten out of bed. How lovely, right? Smart products like lighting, speakers, blinds and air purifiers can make a lovely addition to your everyday life. When you improve the IQ of your home, life itself runs a bit smoother. The magic happens when you combine two or more smart products from IKEA, tell them what to do in the app and save it as a 'Scene'. A great scene is one you will use often. Think about waking up and going to bed, cooking and eating, date night and family time, or leaving and coming home. All everyday moments when we can support you with the best lighting, sound that suits your mood, and cleaner air. When it comes to control, we think of everyone, from young to old and even visitors. So while the app gives you total control to customise your smart home, our range of remotes make it easy for everyone to live with and use a smart home. In control • You can control products individually or in groups. You can turn whole rooms on and off or the whole home, all at once. • Dim and change light colours, adjust blinds, speaker volume, and much more. • Set the scenes you need and trigger them with schedules, a shortcut button or use the app. Easy to use • The home screen gives a fast overview of your whole home. Quickly control products, access rooms, or start/stop scenes. This is also where you add new products, rooms, and scenes. Organised and personal • Organising your smart products in rooms gives fast access to the products you want to control. • Personalise the app with your choice of icons, names and colours for rooms and products • Create personal scenes, for example your own combination of cosy lighting and your favourite music. Integrations • Connect to Apple Home, Amazon Alexa or Google Home to use a voice assistant.

Screenshots

Véritable4 screens
IKEA Home smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IKEA Home smart at 4.4 against Véritable's 3.8. IKEA Home smart also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (34% vs 18%). Véritable's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IKEA Home smart holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IKEA Home smart has 1.4K ratings behind it against 94, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Véritable's written reviews are positive against 34% of IKEA Home smart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Véritable ships an update every 3 months, IKEA Home smart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Véritable versus IKEA Home smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVéritableIKEA Home smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (94 ratings)4.4 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.6% of reviews33.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings941.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVeritableInter IKEA Systems B.V.

Customer experience

Véritable

All ratings91 ratings
Positive67.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative29.7%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive17.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative76.5%

IKEA Home smart

All ratings1,349 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews307 reviews
Positive33.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative53.1%

Bugs and requests

Véritable

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

IKEA Home smart

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to remove devices
  • Scenes not working as expected
  • Inconsistent device discovery
  • Shortcut buttons not functioning
  • HomeKit integration problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Gradual lighting transitions
  • Sunrise/sunset automation
  • Remote access functionality
  • More customization options
  • Improved energy monitoring

In-app purchases

None

Véritable

No in-app purchases

None

IKEA Home smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Véritable free?
Véritable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IKEA Home smart free?
IKEA Home smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Véritable or IKEA Home smart?
IKEA Home smart is rated higher. Véritable averages 3.8 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while IKEA Home smart averages 4.4 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Véritable or IKEA Home smart have ads?
Neither Véritable nor IKEA Home smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Véritable or IKEA Home smart?
Véritable ships an update every 3 months, and IKEA Home smart fortnightly. Most recently, Véritable was updated on October 24, 2026 and IKEA Home smart on October 25, 2026.

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