Backyard Dreambook vs MyMTL
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.
MyMTL
This lifestyle app helps community members connect with each other and their teams. Members can discover and join clubs, register for events, and manage reservations for dining, golf, and spa services.
- Connect with members and teams
- Explore and promote member-led clubs
- Register for community events
- Receive news and updates
- Send real-time check-ins
- Create invitations for gatherings
- Book tee times, reservations, and spa appointments
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The #MTL App is the all-in-one lifestyle app for Trilogy Members to maximize life at their communities. Members can connect with one another and with their Trilogy teams; explore and connect with Member-led clubs, and promote their own clubs; explore and register for events; get the latest news and updates from their Resort Club teams; send real-time check-ins to let friends know they're available to hang out; create invites for friends to future gatherings; book tee times, restaurant reservations, and spa appointments… and much, much more. For new homeowners, it's the perfect app for making new friends quickly and jumping right in to all of the fun and excitement that life at a Trilogy community brings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Backyard Dreambook at 67% against MyMTL's 0%. Backyard Dreambook also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). MyMTL's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (66 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyMTL has 66 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 0% of MyMTL's.
Backyard Dreambook ships an update every 7 months, MyMTL every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Dreambook | MyMTL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10 ratings) — better | 4.5 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joan Smith Enterprises Inc | BlueStar Resort & Golf, LLC |
Customer experience
Backyard Dreambook
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In-app purchases
Backyard Dreambook
No in-app purchases
MyMTL
No in-app purchases
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