Comparison

WiZ Connected 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

WiZ Connected

Effortlessly manage your smart lighting by organizing lights into rooms and groups. Control your ambiance remotely and explore various light modes to enhance your environment for work, relaxation, or fun. Securely store and share your settings with others.

Highlights
  • Organize lights by rooms and groups
  • Remote control via cloud
  • Variety of light modes
  • Secure cloud storage
  • Share settings with family and guests
Features
Currently charting
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Smart lighting made simple. Organize and control your lights by groups within rooms over Wi-Fi or remotely through the cloud. Improve the way you work, feel and simply enjoy the environment you're in with our wide variety of different light modes that cover the range from fun to functional. All your settings are securely stored on the cloud and can be shared with your family, friends and even your guests if you like.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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

WiZ Connected4 screens
IKEA Home smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IKEA Home smart at none against WiZ Connected's 1. IKEA Home smart also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). WiZ Connected's advantage is ratings volume (42K vs 1.4K) and chart position (#120 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WiZ Connected sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. IKEA Home smart asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for WiZ Connected against 4.4 for IKEA Home smart. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WiZ Connected has 42K ratings behind it against 1.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 28% of WiZ Connected's written reviews are positive against 33% of IKEA Home smart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WiZ Connected ships an update every 6 weeks, IKEA Home smart fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
WiZ Connected versus IKEA Home smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiZ ConnectedIKEA Home smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (42K ratings) — better4.4 (1.4K ratings)
Positive reviews28.0% of reviews33.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings42K — better1.4K
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#120 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size270 MB209 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSignify Netherlands B.V.Inter IKEA Systems B.V.

Customer experience

WiZ Connected

All ratings40,597 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews1,562 reviews
Positive28.0%
Neutral10.4%
Negative61.5%

IKEA Home smart

All ratings1,383 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews314 reviews
Positive33.4%
Neutral13.4%
Negative53.2%

User reviews

WiZ Connected

From 42K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Affordable and easy to set up
  • 🔒 Works well with Alexa and Google Home
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly app
  • 🔋 Reliable and long-lasting bulbs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues and bulb disconnections
  • 🔍 Confusing and unintuitive app UI
  • 🤔 Reduced functionality compared to previous version
  • 🕰️ Automation and scheduling issues

IKEA Home smart

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What 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

WiZ Connected

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes frequently
  • Inability to add or delete lights/rooms
  • Automation schedules not working as expected
  • Inconsistent app behavior across devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to control individual lights in a group
  • Improve Siri/Google Assistant integration
  • Implement dark mode option
  • Allow custom color palettes and dynamic lighting effects

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

1 purchases

WiZ Connected

Subscriptions1
  • Heads-Up Monthly Single Home1 Month trial$3.991 Month
None

IKEA Home smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WiZ Connected free?
WiZ Connected is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IKEA Home smart free?
IKEA Home smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WiZ Connected or IKEA Home smart?
WiZ Connected is rated higher. WiZ Connected averages 4.5 out of 5 from 42K ratings, while IKEA Home smart averages 4.4 from 1.4K ratings.
Do WiZ Connected or IKEA Home smart have ads?
Neither WiZ Connected nor IKEA Home smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WiZ Connected or IKEA Home smart?
WiZ Connected ships an update every 6 weeks, and IKEA Home smart fortnightly. Most recently, WiZ Connected was updated on November 6, 2026 and IKEA Home smart on November 5, 2026.

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