AR Home Painter vs PaintPlanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AR Home Painter
Visualize paint colors and textures on your home's walls before you commit. This app uses augmented reality to show you how different shades will look, helping you make confident decorating choices without the mess.
- Visualize paint colors
- Preview textures
- Augmented reality preview
- Home wall painting simulation
- Decorating decision aid
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Are you ready to repaint some of the walls in your home? Wouldn’t it be great if you could see what the paint would look like before it is already applied? Now you can! AR Home Painter allows you to see what different textures and colors will look like on the walls of your home before you make the final decision. Install AR Home Painter now to get started today!
PaintPlanner
Estimate paint needed for your rooms using AI and LiDAR scanning. Automatically accounts for doors and windows to provide accurate calculations. Save your estimates for future planning and adjust for multiple coats and paint coverage.
- LiDAR room scanning for paint estimation
- Automatic subtraction of doors and windows
- Save and plan paint estimates
- Adjust number of coats
- Adjust paint coverage
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PLEASE NOTE: The scanning feature of the app relies on LiDAR technology found in iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro or iPad Pro from 2020 or later. The scanning feature will not work on other devices. - Scan rooms with LiDAR to automatically get an estimate of paint usage. - Automatically subtracts doors, windows and openings to provide the most accurate estimate possible. - Save estimates to plan ahead. - Adjust number of coats and paint coverage. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PaintPlanner at 3.5 against AR Home Painter's 1.8. AR Home Painter's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (14% vs 0%). On price and ads 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. PaintPlanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. AR Home Painter asks for nothing beyond the download.
PaintPlanner holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of AR Home Painter's written reviews are positive against 0% of PaintPlanner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | AR Home Painter | PaintPlanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (9 ratings) | 3.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EnsenaSoft, S.A. de C.V. | Emil Baehr |
Customer experience
AR Home Painter
PaintPlanner
In-app purchases
AR Home Painter
No in-app purchases
PaintPlanner
- PaintPlanner Pro$2.991 Month
- PaintPlanner Pro$7.99
Questions
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