NPT Backyard vs UnicornsOut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
UnicornsOut
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This smartphone UnicornsOut application allows our customers to try our temporary tattoos before the purchase is made. Using the frontal smartphone camera, the customer can superimpose the tattoo image on herself/himself/themselves before making any purchase. This UnicornsOut smartphone application is a standalone feature, that works solely on the customers’s smartphone. It is owned by UnicornsOut, but it does not exchange any user data, or any other data with our website. The UnicornsOut smartphone application uses the TrueDepth API to superimpose the tattoo image upon the customer’s face image in real time and lighting. If the customer decides to actually purchase some of the tattoos in the application, only then we do receive the following customer personal data: shipping address, email address and the order contents. We need this data to ship the order to the customer. The images of the customer’s face and/or body parts, with or without the superimposed temporary tattoo images, are not transferred anywhere from the device. They only exist inside the device’s internal memory for the short period of time that the application needs to display the customer’s image with the superimposed tattoos on the device screen. When the «Try Freckles» feature screen of the application is closed, all the customer’s personal facial/body part data are immediately erased from the device memory.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NPT Backyard at every 2 months against UnicornsOut's every 17 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 ships an update every 2 months, UnicornsOut every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NPT Backyard | UnicornsOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (101 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 101 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pool Corporation | Anton Lebedev |
Bugs and 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
UnicornsOut
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NPT Backyard
No in-app purchases
UnicornsOut
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is NPT Backyard free?
Is UnicornsOut free?
Do NPT Backyard or UnicornsOut have ads?
Which is updated more often, NPT Backyard or UnicornsOut?
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