Comparison

AR Visual 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

AR Visual

Visualize products from various brands in your own space using augmented reality. Try different colors and materials to see how items fit and match your decor before purchasing.

Highlights
  • Visualize products in AR
  • Try different colors and materials
  • Accurate real-world sizing
  • View multiple products simultaneously
  • Search by brand or category
Features
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Experience products directly in your home or anywhere else with AR Visual app. -Try products from hundreds brands before you buying them - Visualise multiple products from different brands in one scene - Possibility of trying different materials and colours to perfectly match your interior/exterior - Accurate sizing ensures you see furniture and other products in real dimensions, to fit into your space How to use: - Search in brands or categories and select product - Scan a floor by moving your device - See product in Augmented Reality (AR) - Rotate, move or try different materials or colours - Select and add multiple products to your room

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

AR Visual4 screens
IKEA Home smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IKEA Home smart at 4.4 against AR Visual's 2.0. IKEA Home smart also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 3). AR Visual's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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

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 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IKEA Home smart has 1.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR Visual ships an update every 3 weeks, IKEA Home smart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AR Visual versus IKEA Home smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAR VisualIKEA Home smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (3 ratings)4.4 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—33.9% of reviews
Number of ratings31.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAR Visual s.r.o.Inter IKEA Systems B.V.

Customer experience

AR Visual

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

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

AR Visual

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

AR Visual

No in-app purchases

None

IKEA Home smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AR Visual free?
AR Visual 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, AR Visual or IKEA Home smart?
IKEA Home smart is rated higher. AR Visual averages 2.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while IKEA Home smart averages 4.4 from 1.3K ratings.
Do AR Visual or IKEA Home smart have ads?
Neither AR Visual nor IKEA Home smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AR Visual or IKEA Home smart?
AR Visual ships an update every 3 weeks, and IKEA Home smart fortnightly. Most recently, AR Visual was updated on October 4, 2026 and IKEA Home smart on October 20, 2026.

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