Comparison

Polycast Drain Designer vs LiveScapes

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

Head to head
About

Polycast Drain Designer

Easily design 600 and 700 series drain systems with this intuitive program. It guides you through the entire process, enabling the creation of drawings, bills of material, and project specifications.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step design process
  • Create drawings
  • Generate bill of materials
  • Produce project specifications
  • Supports 600 and 700 series drains
Features
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The Drain Designer is an easy-to-use program allows anyone to design their own 600 and 700 series drain system. The Drain Designer takes you step-by-step through the system design process allowing you the option of creating drawings, a bill of material, or project specifications.

About

LiveScapes

Design your ideal backyard with a drag-and-drop interface. Add luxury hardscapes to your yard image and save or share your custom oasis. Perfect for homeowners and designers alike.

Highlights
  • Drag and drop hardscapes
  • Design custom backyards
  • Save and share designs
  • Suitable for homeowners
  • Ideal for designers
Features
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Whether you are a designer or homeowner, LiveScapes is the app to design your back yard dream. Drag and drop a variety of luxury hardscapes to your back yard image to design your custom oasis. Save and share your new design to clients, friends and family, or for your own reference. Terms of Use : https://sites.google.com/view/terms-of-use-livescapes/home Privacy Policy : https://www.termsfeed.com/live/ea96f8f4-3f3f-464d-813d-bdad2c0dba80

Screenshots

Polycast Drain Designer4 screens
LiveScapes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Polycast Drain Designer at Free against LiveScapes's $4.99. Polycast Drain Designer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). LiveScapes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Polycast Drain Designer is free to download; LiveScapes costs $4.99 up front. LiveScapes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. Polycast Drain Designer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Polycast Drain Designer against 5.0 for LiveScapes. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polycast Drain Designer ships an update every 16 months, LiveScapes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Polycast Drain Designer versus LiveScapes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolycast Drain DesignerLiveScapes
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHubbell IncStone Castle Creations, LLC

Customer experience

Polycast Drain Designer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LiveScapes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Polycast Drain Designer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

LiveScapes

Subscriptions1
  • Livescape Pro$19.991 Month

Questions

Is Polycast Drain Designer free?
Polycast Drain Designer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LiveScapes free?
LiveScapes costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Polycast Drain Designer or LiveScapes?
Polycast Drain Designer and LiveScapes are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Polycast Drain Designer or LiveScapes have ads?
Neither Polycast Drain Designer nor LiveScapes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polycast Drain Designer or LiveScapes?
Polycast Drain Designer ships an update every 16 months, and LiveScapes every 2 weeks. Most recently, Polycast Drain Designer was updated on November 3, 2026 and LiveScapes on October 30, 2026.

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