# ARki: Building + Room Planner — user reviews > 69 indexed App Store user reviews of ARki by Darf Design LTD, rated 4.40/5 from 251 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arki-building-plus-room-planner/id700695106/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arki-building-plus-room-planner/id700695106.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 190 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 24 ## What do users think of ARki? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Great for interior design - 🚀 Fast visualizations - ✨ Good updates and new features - ✨ Excellent AR capabilities - 👍 User-friendly interface - ✨ Impressive 3D and AR features - ✨ Great models and furniture selection - ✨ Helpful for renovations - ✨ Good customer support - ✨ Innovative and game-changing - ✨ Good for client presentations - ✨ Makes design easier - ✨ Good for architecture students - ✨ Objects don't shake - ✨ Great for learning architecture **Cons** - 🐛 Clunky UI - 🐛 Difficult to use - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🐛 Poor performance - 🐛 Slow loading times - 🐛 Expensive - 🐛 Limited free version - 🐛 Files too large - 🐛 Unintuitive controls - 🐛 Can be laggy - 🐛 UI needs back buttons - 🐛 Not intuitive for beginners - 🐛 Frustrating to use - 🐛 Paid features required early - 🐛 Issues with rotation and saving **Commonly reported bugs** - Measurements change unexpectedly - Things wouldn't rotate - Stairs didn't stay in place - Rotations reset on reopening - UI buttons close current document - Saving is buggy - App force closes - App becomes unresponsive - Controls too sensitive - Black screen on iPad Air 2 - Cannot resize miniature furniture to full size **Most requested features** - More models for the library - Tutorials that are not fast-talkers - Visible tools for undo and duplicate - More preset shapes - More window options - Support for animation - Draw feature - Ability to apply more than one material - Options to turn off shadows and define user-defined altitude and azimuth for lighting - GPS integration ## Newest reviews (14 of 69) ### 2/5 — M *2025-06-01, version 12.17* I tried for an hour to make the app work it was just not quite there - things wouldn’t rotate, the stairs didn’t stay in place and I paid up front, so feel a bit cheated. May I have my money back please ### 5/5 — Great models *2025-04-26, version 12.15* Good experience so far! Would like more preset shapes ### 5/5 — Easy to draw! *2025-03-29, version 12.12* Liked how easy this was to get going with drawing my living room! Would love to see more window options. ### 5/5 — Cool furniture *2025-03-29, version 12.12* This really helped me design my new nursery! Would recommend ### 5/5 — Great app with great customer support *2025-03-18, version 12.12* Have been using the app for a while now, it offers a lot when compared to other similar apps on the market. The support from the developers has also been great. ### 5/5 — Good updates *2025-02-06, version 12.11* I found the new features really amazing , ### 5/5 — A great app *2025-01-24, version 12.10* Bit laggy but that’s my iPads fault. ### 5/5 — Love this! *2024-12-21* Pretty fun to create new designs using the floor planner. Love the furniture models ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2024-11-25, version 12.5* I used this during my home renovations, it was an invaluable tool and easy to use ### 5/5 — Director at Stefan Shaw studio *2024-11-25, version 12.5* We used Arki for an immersive client presentation and it was received fantastically. Great product ### 5/5 — Beautiful models *2024-11-18, version 2* Great use case for interior design ### 5/5 — Love it! *2024-11-16, version 12.5* This was great! Really fun to use and helped me with my renovation. ### 5/5 — Best Version Of ARki *2024-10-15* This is the best version of ARki. The needs of the users have been well reviewed and implemented. Access to features is easy. It has a very good user interface. When I use it, I am completely satisfied. **Developer response:** Thankyou! We appreciate the feedback. ### 5/5 — New features and Home Design *2024-10-14* A lot of positive and big changes have been made, now with house design you can build a model from scratch inside the app **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Do not get *2026-06-08, version 14.4* Really fiddly and not user friendly. Definitely not worth the £12 monthly subscription ### 1/5 — No tutorial *2026-05-25, version 14* No tutorial ### 1/5 — Maybe for Pros *2025-11-25* I wanted something intuitive, with detailed tutorials that aren’t fast-talkers, and visible tools for functions like un-do and duplicate. I couldn’t figure out how to get it do anything I wanted it to do. Every time I got a wall measurement drawn, the measurement would change! I got Keyplan 3D, and in 15 minutes was navigating it well. Maybe professionals would find this great but I found it frustrating. **Developer response:** Sorry to hear that you didnt get a good experience. We will be sure to take your feedback and implement the comments. ### 1/5 — Awful *2025-04-07, version 12.12* Absolutely awful, incredibly difficult to use and just doesn’t work. Make you pay 6 months up front which is bad, waste of £26 ### 1/5 — Free version is entirely useless. *2025-01-18, version 12.10* Literally no access to anything without paying. ### 1/5 — Pay to use instantly! Deleted *2024-11-07, version 12.5* Downloaded, first thing to do is adjust the rectangle shape. Go to adjust size “this is a paid feature” Deleted without a second thought. Shame. ### 1/5 — Terrible UI and scale doesn’t work *2024-05-06, version 1.2* For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get the furniture to scale, regardless of what I did and I follow instructions. As a UX designer, I find this to be very unusable, very limited functionality. ### 1/5 — What an aweful way to 'import' scenes ... *2022-04-27* I couldn't think of any way more stupid to import scenes. App deleted. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback. Im sorry that importing was not behaving as you would like. Feel free to send us your suggestions on info@arki-app.com and we can look into building them! ### 1/5 — File too large *2021-04-10, version 7.13* From Sketchup you have to create an FBX file. From my 4mb Sketchup file the FBX file was 324mb. This application couldn’t upload due to the file being too large. Not sure if there is a solution but won’t be subscribing. Looks good but not able to try with one of my models. This is an update - Following the above the developer got in contact (via Apple) with an email address to contact them which I will be doing to resolve the issue. ### 1/5 — Poor Service *2020-04-28* The only buildings visible in the app are the ones in the ads, and if you want to build anything, be prepared to start paying for their pro version, otherwise there’s only 3 options to look at on your kitchen counter. To say the least, I’m slightly disappointed. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback, you can import models and view projects in AR for free on the basic version. The pro toolkit also has a 30 day free trial incase you want to try out any of the additional tools. We charge a fee because it has taken us 3 years full time, to build this application, and we want to keep producing new tools for you guys continuously. I believe the price that is on the subscription is value for money as it allows you to produce and share fast augmented reality presentations with no coding required. Having said this we are going to release a lower price version soon, so that we can help as many architects and 3d designers as possible. I hope this helps. If you would like to discuss anything further please write to us directly at info@arki-app.com ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Its so useful *2026-07-21, version 14.9* As an interior designer, this app has become part of my daily workflow. Changing materials, furniture, and layouts on the spot while standing inside the room is incredibly useful. ### 5/5 — Decent models *2026-07-02, version 14.7* Works well! I’d love to see more paint options ### 5/5 — Pretty good *2026-07-02, version 14.7* Pretty easy to use! Got a room designed fast! ### 5/5 — Clean App *2026-06-14* Ez to use, just they need to add more models for the library! **Developer response:** Thankyou for the feedback! We will be adding models weekly to increase the library. ### 5/5 — Cool furniture *2026-05-21, version 14* This really helped me design my new bedroom! Would recommend cos now I can add my own models ### 5/5 — The best design app *2026-05-13, version 14* We have been using ARki for last couple of years and to be honest the app is amazing. The tools on the offer are one of the best to design your property, no matter pro or newbie, you can use wide range of material, pre-designed items to play around with your design and instantly see it in 3D as well as in location in AR mode. The developer is doing a great work updating the app with new features and tools. Well done ### 5/5 — Great app to redesign your home *2026-05-11, version 14* Have been using the app for a while now — it’s a real lifesaver when it comes to redesigning homes. It offers loads of useful tools, including 3D models, augmented reality, room scanning, and much more. Certainly recommend it. ### 5/5 — Great interior design *2025-08-17, version 12.19* Helped me design my bedroom and now I can make several options! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-06-11, version 12.18* Great updates especially the new import for multiple models! We use this to show clients options and it works great. ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2025-06-05* I've tried several room planning apps, but Arki AI stands out. The 3D and AR features make designing spaces incredibly intuitive and enjoyable. It's user-friendly, accurate, and packed with great tools for anyone looking to bring their interior design ideas to life. Highly recommend! **Developer response:** Thankyou for your feedback, we are glad you are enjoying the app. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-26.*