Comparison

IKEA Home smart vs iMatter.

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

Head to head
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.

About

iMatter.

Discover and manage your Matter-enabled smart home devices directly from your phone. This app provides local control for seamless integration and operation of your connected home accessories.

Highlights
  • Discover Matter devices
  • Local device control
  • Smart home integration
  • Manage connected accessories
Features
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iMatter is a matter controller, it helps you discover and control Matter enabled smart home devices locally.

Screenshots

IKEA Home smart4 screens
iMatter.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IKEA Home smart at 4.4 against iMatter.'s 1.3. IKEA Home smart also leads on review sentiment (34% vs 0%) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 27). iMatter.'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 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 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IKEA Home smart has 1.4K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of IKEA Home smart's written reviews are positive against 0% of iMatter.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IKEA Home smart ships an update fortnightly, iMatter. weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
IKEA Home smart versus iMatter.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIKEA Home smartiMatter.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.4K ratings) — better1.3 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews33.9% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better27
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInter IKEA Systems B.V.Feng Li

Customer experience

IKEA Home smart

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

iMatter.

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and 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

iMatter.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IKEA Home smart

No in-app purchases

None

iMatter.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IKEA Home smart free?
IKEA Home smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iMatter. free?
iMatter. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IKEA Home smart or iMatter.?
IKEA Home smart is rated higher. IKEA Home smart averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while iMatter. averages 1.3 from 27 ratings.
Do IKEA Home smart or iMatter. have ads?
Neither IKEA Home smart nor iMatter. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IKEA Home smart or iMatter.?
IKEA Home smart ships an update fortnightly, and iMatter. weekly. Most recently, IKEA Home smart was updated on October 30, 2026 and iMatter. on October 24, 2026.

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