Globe Suite vs IKEA Home smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Globe Suite
This app provides a comprehensive smart home control system, allowing you to connect and manage various smart devices like bulbs, plugs, and cameras. It offers remote control, automation based on environmental factors, and voice assistant integration for effortless home management.
- Connects smart bulbs, plugs, cameras, and sensors
- No hub required
- Remote control from anywhere
- Voice control with Alexa/Google Home
- Automation based on temperature, weather, time
- Share device control with family
- Real-time alerts
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Globe Electric – The Creative Energy Company® since 1932. Having a Smart home has never been so easy! Simply download the Globe Suite™ APP to get started. The Globe Suite™ APP is a complete smart home control system that connects your Globe Suite™ smart LED bulbs, smart plugs, smart cameras, smart sensors, and much more all under one roof. (No Hub Required) Configure, monitor and control an infinite number of Globe smart devices in one user-friendly application, right from your phone, anywhere in the world. Paired with your Amazon Alexa or Google Home, our smart devices can be quickly programmed to respond to voice control. Through the Globe Suite™ application, instruct your Globe smart products to activate according to a variety of variables including temperature, weather and time of day. Share device control with your family members and receive real-time alerts to ensure the highest level of efficiency, interactivity, control and safety for your home.
IKEA Home smart
Automate your home with smart lighting, speakers, blinds, and air purifiers. Create personalized scenes for everyday moments like waking up or entertaining. Control devices individually or in groups for a smoother, smarter living experience.
- Create personalized smart home scenes
- Control lighting, speakers, and blinds
- Monitor air quality
- Group devices for room-wide control
- Schedule scene activation
- Integrate with voice assistants
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: IKEA Home smart at fortnightly against Globe Suite's every 2 months. Globe Suite's advantage is ratings volume (5.1K vs 1.4K) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Globe Suite against 4.4 for IKEA Home smart. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.1K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Globe Suite's written reviews are positive against 33% of IKEA Home smart's.
Globe Suite ships an update every 2 months, IKEA Home smart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Globe Suite | IKEA Home smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5.1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews — better | 33.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 269 MB | 209 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Globe Electric Company Inc. | Inter IKEA Systems B.V. |
Customer experience
Globe Suite
IKEA Home smart
User reviews
Globe Suite
From 5.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient remote control
- 🌈 Customizable lighting
- ⏰ Scheduling and automation
- 🔌 Works with smart home integrations
- 💻 Intuitive app interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- ⏳ Slow app performance
- 🔍 Difficult setup process
- 🤖 Unreliable customer support
- 🔧 Compatibility problems with updates
IKEA Home smart
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy setup
- 👍 Intuitive app
- 🔒 Privacy-focused
- 🚀 Reliable connectivity
- 👍 Good HomeKit integration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app
- 🔌 Unreliable connectivity
- 🔌 Frequent disconnections
- 🐛 Unstable firmware updates
- 🔌 Alexa integration issues
Bugs and requests
Globe Suite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Lights randomly disconnecting
- App crashes on launch
- Scenes/routines not working as expected
- Inability to control multiple bulbs together
Requested features
5 requests- Bring back widget support
- Add more color/mood presets
- Improve Alexa/HomeKit integration
- Allow custom RGB color selection
- Implement sunrise/sunset automation
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
Globe Suite
No in-app purchases
IKEA Home smart
No in-app purchases
Questions
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