Comparison

IKEA Home smart vs Cool Flame

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

Cool Flame

Features
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Set the mood in seconds — adjust the flame, pick a colour, and bring the room to life with realistic 3D flames made of cool water mist. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Flame height — raise or lower the water-vapour flame to match the moment. • Light & colour — choose any LED colour and set the brightness. • Colour presets — jump straight to your Favourite or the Default look. • Sound — control the crackling fire sound volume. • Aroma — turn the fragrance dispenser on and set its intensity and interval. • Water level — see at a glance when the tank is running low. • Device info — check serial number, Wi-Fi signal and connection status.

Screenshots

IKEA Home smart4 screens
Cool Flame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cool Flame at 15.0 against IKEA Home smart's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
IKEA Home smart versus Cool Flame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIKEA Home smartCool Flame
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB22 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperInter IKEA Systems B.V.Planika Sp. z o.o

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

Cool Flame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

IKEA Home smart

No in-app purchases

None

Cool Flame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IKEA Home smart free?
IKEA Home smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cool Flame free?
Cool Flame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IKEA Home smart or Cool Flame have ads?
Neither IKEA Home smart nor Cool Flame shows ads.

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