Comparison

Backyard Dreambook vs BlueSpring

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Inspirational backyard images
  • Feature stories and articles
  • Save and share favorite photos
  • Request project estimates
  • Finance process initiation
  • Schedule designer meetings
Features
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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.

About

BlueSpring

Manage and control exterior devices like lights, pumps, and sprinklers remotely. Create custom schedules using sunrise/sunset times, static on/off times, or a combination for precise automation. The app offers location-based timing and automatic Daylight Savings Time adjustments.

Highlights
  • Remote device control
  • Customizable scheduling
  • Sunrise/sunset timing
  • Static on/off times
  • Geolocation features
  • Daylight Savings adjustments
Features
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Accensys products by BlueSpring Controls help facilitate the control of exterior security lights, pumps, fountains, sprinklers, grow lights, parking lot lights and signs by allowing uncomplicated management through our simple-to-use app. You can create, edit, and override schedules from anywhere in the world with the BlueSpring app. Schedules you create will operate the controlled loads with infallible precision using Sunrise-Sunset, Static On-Off times, or even a combination of both. Accensys products have built-in geolocation software that provides accurate location-based timed events and Daylight Savings Time adjustments. Our mobile app gives you an easy-to-use way to take control of your exterior energy usage.

Screenshots

Backyard Dreambook4 screens
BlueSpring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlueSpring at 100% against Backyard Dreambook's 67%. BlueSpring also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Backyard Dreambook's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BlueSpring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Backyard Dreambook has 10 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of BlueSpring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backyard Dreambook ships an update every 7 months, BlueSpring every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Backyard Dreambook versus BlueSpring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackyard DreambookBlueSpring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJoan Smith Enterprises IncBLUESPRING CONTROLS, LLC

Customer experience

Backyard Dreambook

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

BlueSpring

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Backyard Dreambook

No in-app purchases

None

BlueSpring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backyard Dreambook free?
Backyard Dreambook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlueSpring free?
BlueSpring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Backyard Dreambook or BlueSpring?
BlueSpring is rated higher. Backyard Dreambook averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while BlueSpring averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Backyard Dreambook or BlueSpring have ads?
Neither Backyard Dreambook nor BlueSpring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Backyard Dreambook or BlueSpring?
Backyard Dreambook ships an update every 7 months, and BlueSpring every 3 weeks. Most recently, Backyard Dreambook was updated on October 12, 2026 and BlueSpring on September 30, 2026.

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