Comparison

Live Home 3D Pro vs Ctrlable Pro

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

Head to head
About

Live Home 3D Pro

Design detailed floor plans and 3D home visualizations. Plan gardens, work with terrain, and customize roofs. Includes a vast library of furniture and materials, with advanced lighting and AR viewing options.

Highlights
  • Detailed 2D floor plan creation
  • Real-time 3D home visualizations
  • Garden and terrain design tools
  • Extensive object and material library
  • Advanced lighting and AR viewing
  • Room Scanner with LiDAR integration
  • Bosch laser measure integration
Features
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An outstanding home design app that can turn anyone into a designer. Create detailed floor plan layouts, 3D home design visualizations, plan a garden and work with the surrounding landscape—everything is possible with Live Home 3D Pro. Floor Plans, Building and Terrain: • Сreate detailed 2D floor plan layouts. • View real-time dimensions for walls, ceilings and floors when drawing in the 2D Plan view. • Get unlimited floor levels: you will be able to create multi-story buildings and even skyscrapers. • Design from scratch or rely on ready-made house and interior design samples (e.g., kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, etc). • Work with terrain editing tools for landscape design: create elaborate terrain around your house, lay paths and driveways and plan out your garden or backyard. • Choose from the ready-made roof templates (12 roofs and 16 dormers) or customize the roof by editing its segments to create roofs of any form and complexity. • Work in 2D Elevation view that displays the side view on walls and roof, a perfect tool for working with openings, niches and wall panels. • Scan your room or house using the Room Scanner feature based on LiDAR technology to recreate its digital copy (only for devices with LiDAR sensors built-in). • Use a multi-purpose Building Block tool to create porches, custom columns, beams or even furniture. • Bosch laser measure integration: take accurate measurements with a laser measure, and easily transfer and apply them to objects. Objects and Materials: • Add and move furniture and other objects (5,000+ items), and apply physically based materials (3,000+ supplied materials). • Access thousands of free models that can be imported from the Trimble 3D Warehouse and Sketchfab. • Import 3D models from other applications in most popular formats (COLLADA, FBX, OBJ, USDZ, 3DS, glTF / glb, etc.) • Create sophisticated custom materials, and control their texture and light emissive properties using the Material Editor. Lighting Settings: • Work with natural lighting by setting up true geolocation, time of day and cloudiness. • Adjust light fixtures throughout the house to achieve a realistic lighting scene. • Create custom lamps or achieve the best lighting for your projects with Light Source Editor. Viewing and Sharing Your Project: • Walk through your 3D interior designs. • Project your 3D home into real-world surroundings, and even walk around or inside the house using View in the AR option. • Create flyover videos and 3D renderings of your projects from different angles. • Seamlessly share your projects among iOS, iPadOS, visionOS, macOS or Windows devices. Export: • Export 2D floor plans as PDF and 3D views of your projects as high-resolution images. • Export the entire house design or several objects to USDZ, glTF, SCN, SCNZ, FBX or OBJ format. • Get highly realistic views of your designs with the Cycles offline rendering engine (unlimited number of renders at no extra cost). • Export fast and high quality AI renders of your designs: choose from a multitude of presets and adjust simple settings. • Get Ultra HD export quality for movies and 360° Panoramas and Hi-res (16,000 x 16,000) for still shots. • Create Stereo 3D Video, 360° Video, Stereo 3D 360° Video and 360° Panorama JPEG images. Note: Starting with Live Home 3D version 5.0, you can create an app account and link all your in-app purchases to it, sharing them across all available platforms without re-buying.

About

Ctrlable Pro

Features
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Ctrlable Pro — Professional Control for Every Space Ctrlable Pro is the companion app for your Ctrlable-powered environment — putting intelligent control of your entire space at your fingertips. Designed for residences, multi-unit developments, offices, and hospitality properties, Ctrlable Pro delivers the responsiveness and reliability of professional-grade automation in a clean, intuitive interface. Everything. One App. Control lighting, climate, access control, shading, security, media, and more — all from a single, beautifully unified dashboard. No switching between apps. No complexity. Intelligent Automation Activate scenes that set the perfect mood with a single tap. Create routines that respond to time, presence, or sunrise and sunset — so your space works for you before you even ask. Remote Access & Real-Time Alerts Stay connected from anywhere. Monitor your space, adjust settings, and receive instant notifications for motion, access events, or system status changes — whether you're around the corner or across the world. Apple Watch & CarPlay Control your space from your wrist or hands-free from your car. Open gates, activate arrival scenes, and check system status without reaching for your phone. Multi-Zone Media Enjoy seamless audio and video control across every room. Adjust volume, switch sources, and group zones — all from one place. Works on Your Local Network Ctrlable Pro communicates directly with your local control server, delivering instant response and full functionality even without internet access. Important Ctrlable Pro requires a pre-configured Ctrlable system. Setup and configuration must be completed by an authorized Ctrlable integrator prior to use.

Screenshots

Live Home 3D Pro4 screens
Ctrlable Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ctrlable Pro at Free against Live Home 3D Pro's $129.99. Ctrlable Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Ctrlable Pro is free to download; Live Home 3D Pro costs $129.99 up front. Live Home 3D Pro sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Ctrlable Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Home 3D Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, Ctrlable Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Live Home 3D Pro versus Ctrlable Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Home 3D ProCtrlable Pro
Price$129.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (962 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings962 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size533 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBelight Software, ltdCtrlable

Bugs and requests

Live Home 3D Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when opening projects or using certain features
  • Saving and loading issues, especially with imported models
  • Inconsistent performance and responsiveness on different devices
  • Lighting and rendering problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more everyday household objects like food, drinks, and small items
  • Improve wall and room editing tools
  • Allow more customization of objects, textures, and colors
  • Implement better integration with Trimble 3D Warehouse
  • Add support for calculating square footage, materials, and other construction details

Ctrlable Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Live Home 3D Pro

One-time15
  • Additional Materials$5.99
  • Additional Plants$5.99
  • Scandinavian Style Furniture$5.99
Show 12 more
  • Outdoor Object Collection$5.99
  • 50 Houses Pack$5.99
  • Additional Appliances$5.99
  • Bathroom Items$5.99
  • Lamps and Lights$5.99
  • Kids World$5.99
  • Interior Materials$5.99
  • Soft Furniture$5.99
  • Outdoor Materials$5.99
  • Exotic Houses$5.99
  • Contemporary Houses$5.99
  • All Extras Packs$69.99
None

Ctrlable Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Live Home 3D Pro free?
Live Home 3D Pro costs $129.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ctrlable Pro free?
Ctrlable Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Live Home 3D Pro or Ctrlable Pro have ads?
Neither Live Home 3D Pro nor Ctrlable Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Home 3D Pro or Ctrlable Pro?
Live Home 3D Pro ships an update every 5 weeks, and Ctrlable Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Live Home 3D Pro was updated on October 29, 2026 and Ctrlable Pro on October 25, 2026.

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