IKEA 4+

Smooth experience

I’ve really been enjoying the responsibility and ease of use with the IKEA app. While the website is great, when you’re fumbling around in the store looking for an item, or you’re in a hurry and just want the SKU of something, being able to bring up the wish list really quickly is fantastic.

After getting the hang of the ‘Scan items in store’ before checkout, which I admit is best learned when you’re not standing at the checkouts 😅, I’ve found that to be a really great experience too. Especially because it shares your IKEA family number with the checkout so you don’t have to dig around for the card or search your number.

Developer Response ,

Hej! Thank you so much.

Major feature regression makes it harder to shop

I can’t begin to describe just how much I despise the current version of the IKEA app.

The current version has removed key features and functionality that were essential to an officiant shopping experience at the store. This includes the removal of the pick list feature, so as you go round the store - you could add items to your pick list, see where they were located to collect, mark them off as collected, and track your spend. The loss of this feature alone makes shopping at IKEA that much harder, and means you’re better off grabbing a pencil and reverting to using the paper lists offered in store.

Secondly, the performance of the barcode scanner has genuinely gone backwards. Scanning is far slower than before, and it has real issues with products whose patterns and colour schemes cause the Morri Effect, especially with fabrics.

Thirdly, the speed of actions has regressed significantly. On a 5G or store wifi network, it takes a solid 10 seconds to add something to the cart - if only to track your spend given the earlier feature regression has removed key useful functionality.

Frankly, IKEA’s app developer needs to be sat in the corner with the dunces’ cap. The app in its current form, with the removal of key features and introduction of major performance issues, should never have seen the light of day.

Great!!!

Really great and functional way to shop at ikea. There are good opportunities to make extensive shopping lists and this ultimately makes your shopping trip easier. There’s also great features where you can scan as you go, using the app to scan items as you shop. This again will speed up the process at ikea, meaning there’s less time waiting at the checkout. And there’s heaps of other features too like the ability to shop from the app, from your couch! They have delivery and there’s the typical ikea service of having home installation support.. It’s well worth checking out. I’m pretty sure it’ll become a staple app for home and online shopping!