Comparison

minee 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

minee

This app offers a unique visual timer that uses colors to display elapsed and remaining time, helping users improve focus and achieve immersion. It allows for custom time additions and convenient social media logins for data synchronization across devices.

Highlights
  • Numberless visual timer
  • Color-coded time display
  • Customizable time intervals (1-1440 minutes)
  • SNS login (Kakao Talk, Naver, Facebook)
  • Cross-device data synchronization
  • Focus and immersion enhancement
Features
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-my time Check the pre-added time and the time you added, select the time you need and tag on the minee timer! -make time You can freely add the time you need within 1-1440 minutes. -SNS log in Conveniently log in with Kakao Talk, Naver, or Facebook account! Added time will be synched to the account so that the lists of time you use will remain the same even when you change your device ※ This application is only compatible with minee2 minee is a numberless visual timer showing past time and remaining time intuitively only with colors. minee helps you keep and improve concentration to experience immersion over concentration.

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

minee4 screens
IKEA Home smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IKEA Home smart at 4.4 against minee's 3.0. IKEA Home smart also leads on review sentiment (34% vs 0%) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 4). minee's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IKEA Home smart has 1.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of minee's written reviews are positive against 34% of IKEA Home smart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

minee ships an update monthly, IKEA Home smart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
minee versus IKEA Home smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermineeIKEA Home smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.4 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews34.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41.3K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developermelike .incInter IKEA Systems B.V.

Customer experience

minee

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

IKEA Home smart

All ratings1,325 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews300 reviews
Positive34.3%
Neutral13.7%
Negative52.0%

Bugs and requests

minee

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

minee

No in-app purchases

None

IKEA Home smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is minee free?
minee 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, minee or IKEA Home smart?
IKEA Home smart is rated higher. minee averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while IKEA Home smart averages 4.4 from 1.3K ratings.
Do minee or IKEA Home smart have ads?
Neither minee nor IKEA Home smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, minee or IKEA Home smart?
minee ships an update monthly, and IKEA Home smart fortnightly. Most recently, minee was updated on June 9, 2026 and IKEA Home smart on September 26, 2026.

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