Moon Valley Nurseries vs NPT Backyard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Moon Valley Nurseries
Design your ideal outdoor space by uploading a photo of your yard and adding virtual plants and products. Visualize your dream landscape before visiting a nursery.
- Upload personal yard photos
- Add virtual nursery products
- Design custom landscapes
- Save designs for nursery visits
- Visualize outdoor space
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Backyard Builder is an application built for use on tablets for IOS. This app allows users to design their own yard or landscape using their own photographs of their outdoor space. By uploading a photo of your landscape, you will then be able to incorporate images of nearly all the product we carry at Moon Valley Nurseries. All designs that are saved in Backyard Builder will be available to you at any of our Moon Valley Nurseries locations.Moon Valley Nurseries is a family-owned and operated business that has been growing the best trees and creating dream landscapes for clients since 1995. We are now one of the best and biggest nurseries in the country. Let us bring your dreams and ideas to reality.
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: NPT Backyard at 3.7 against Moon Valley Nurseries's 1.2. NPT Backyard also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 3%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Moon Valley Nurseries's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
NPT Backyard holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 101 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of Moon Valley Nurseries's written reviews are positive against 43% of NPT Backyard's.
Moon Valley Nurseries ships an update every 6 months, NPT Backyard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Moon Valley Nurseries | NPT Backyard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.2 (52 ratings) | 3.7 (101 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.8% of reviews | 42.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moon Valley Nursery, LLC | Pool Corporation |
Customer experience
Moon Valley Nurseries
NPT Backyard
Bugs and requests
Moon Valley Nurseries
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
Moon Valley Nurseries
No in-app purchases
NPT Backyard
No in-app purchases
Questions
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