Backyard Dreambook vs NPT Backyard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backyard Dreambook
Explore inspiring ideas and content for your ultimate backyard. Save favorite images to personal collections and share them. Request project estimates, start financing, or schedule meetings with designers directly from the app.
- Inspirational backyard images
- Feature stories and articles
- Save and share favorite photos
- Request project estimates
- Finance process initiation
- Schedule designer meetings
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Discover all the inspiration and content you need to bring your Ultimate Backyard to life! Download the app, then swipe, click, and scroll through a wealth of Feature Stories, What’s Hot articles and tons of high-res pool, spa, landscape and backyard feature images to ignite the imagination. Save your most-loved photos into Dreambooks to share with friends and family. When it’s go time, request a project estimate, begin the finance process, or set up a meeting with one of our world-class designers. Do it all from the palm of your hand and with a simple click.
NPT Backyard
Visualize your dream pool in your own backyard using augmented reality. This app offers stunning 4k graphics, advanced lighting, and realistic water simulations to help you design and preview your perfect pool.
- Augmented Reality pool visualization
- 4k graphics
- Realistic lighting effects
- Advanced water systems
- Design your dream pool
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This application will no longer be available. Existing users will be required to upgrade to the new version and when opened, Users will be directed to our Website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backyard Dreambook at 4.8 against NPT Backyard's 3.7. Backyard Dreambook also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 43%). NPT Backyard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (101 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Backyard Dreambook holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NPT Backyard has 101 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Backyard Dreambook's written reviews are positive against 43% of NPT Backyard's.
Backyard Dreambook ships an update every 7 months, NPT Backyard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Dreambook | NPT Backyard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 3.7 (101 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 42.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joan Smith Enterprises Inc | Pool Corporation |
Customer experience
Backyard Dreambook
NPT Backyard
Bugs and requests
Backyard Dreambook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NPT Backyard
Reported bugs
6 issues- AR doesn't work
- App crashes when viewing tiles
- App crashes frequently
- App is slow and hangs
- Water color doesn't change with plaster choices
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- Tutorial is useless
Requested features
6 requests- Option to design a remodel for existing pools
- Ability to change pool dimensions within the app
- More standard pool shapes available (e.g., round spa)
- Include all pool tiles from the catalog
- Ability to drag and position the pool design in the yard
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- More realistic water color rendering based on plaster choices
In-app purchases
Backyard Dreambook
No in-app purchases
NPT Backyard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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