Comparison

magicplan vs Room Scan

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

Head to head
About

magicplan

Create accurate floor plans in real-time using your mobile device's camera. Capture measurements, photos, notes, and generate reports for professional use. Streamline workflows for remodelers, restoration, and claims professionals.

Highlights
  • Real-time floor plans
  • Photo and note capture
  • Object and equipment placement
  • 360° panoramas
  • Integrated reports
  • Price lists and estimates
Features
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GET IT RIGHT IN REAL TIME magicplan is the advanced floor plan app that enables remodelers, restoration, and claims professionals to capture what counts instantly. Top features: · Real-time Floor Plans · Photos · Notes · Objects & Equipment · Forms & Checklists · 360° Panoramas · Reports · Price Lists & Estimates No more waiting, no more wondering, no more wasted time and effort. Get more done and get paid faster. · Make floor plans quickly using just the camera of your mobile device (no extra hardware required) · Get all the details you need right away, like measurements and pictures · Customize it for your jobs · It’s accurate and helps you work faster · You don't have to wait or guess about anything We integrate with Xactimate® (direct integration, no ESX) and CoreLogic.

About

Room Scan

Instantly measure rooms and calculate material needs for paint, tile, flooring, trim, and wallpaper using your iPhone's LiDAR. Get accurate estimates for contractors, designers, and DIYers without manual measurements.

Highlights
  • LiDAR room scanning
  • Automated material calculation
  • Paint, tile, flooring, trim, wallpaper estimates
  • Customizable roll and tile sizes
  • 3D room preview
  • Shareable project reports
  • AI Pro Assistant for questions
Features
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Featured in The Telegraph's "30 Best Property Apps." Scan a room with your iPhone or iPad and know exactly what to order: wallpaper rolls, paint gallons, tile boxes, flooring and trim. No tape measure, no math. Point, scan, and get your numbers in seconds. Made by a working wallpaper installer with 35+ years in the trade, for contractors, designers and homeowners who need estimates they can trust. NEW IN 4.0 • iPad: your room in 3D on the big screen, with calculator cards you drag, flick and tuck away • See wallpaper, paint, tile and floors on the 3D model as you work • iCloud sync between your iPhone and iPad • Clients: every room organized by client, with address and notes, and one PDF report for the whole job • Share with Your AI: send a room or a whole job to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any AI app to price the job • Vaulted and sloped ceilings measured and counted WALLPAPER Rolls, not square feet. Pick your roll: 20.5" × 33' or 27" rolls, 36" grasscloth or 54" commercial goods by the yard, or a custom size. Enter the pattern repeat and match, and focalScan works out what to order, with waste that adjusts to the match and repeat, and doors and windows taken out. Pick a design for the width (florals, grasscloth, sisal, murals) and see it on the walls. PAINT Gallons or liters for 1 to 3 coats, with the coverage set coat by coat. Choose the walls, take out doors and windows, and add the ceiling if you're painting it. Coverage starts at 400 sq ft per gallon, like the can. Pick a color to see it on the walls. TILE Boxes, not square feet. Pick the tile size and how many come in a box, choose the layout (straight, brick offset, herringbone or diagonal), and the waste adjusts to match. Floors, walls, backsplashes and ceilings. FLOORING Floor area in sq ft or sq m for LVP, hardwood, laminate, carpet or tile, plus the perimeter. Pick the covering and see it on the floor. TRIM Baseboard, door and window casing, and crown, each counted separately, in linear feet and pieces. SEE IT IN 3D • Keep several finishes on the room at once and save them as one estimate • Scanned furniture drawn as real pieces (toilet, vanity, sofa, table and more). Tap one to say what it is • Tap a doorway to make it a door, bifold or opening • Walls facing you turn see-through, and the wall height shows on the corner EXACT WALLS • Add soffits and partition walls the scan misses: on the 3D model and in every count • Windows and doors: casing, or a drywall return the trim wraps into • Chair rail: count above it or below it, with wainscoting shown below • Tap a wall, door or window on the 3D model to leave it out REPORTS AND CLIENTS • PDF report for a room or a whole client, with the 3D view, floor plan, photos and saved estimates (notes optional) • Save estimates and reopen them anytime • Photos and the scan video stay with each room • Recently Deleted keeps rooms for 30 days, and you can back up everything to a file AI PRO ASSISTANT Ask trade questions in plain language: "Do I need to prime before wallpaper?" "What size brad nails for baseboard?" 31 LANGUAGES, in feet and inches or metric. DEVICES Scanning needs LiDAR: iPhone 12 Pro / Pro Max and newer Pro models, or an iPad Pro with LiDAR. No LiDAR? Enter the room by hand and get the same estimates. Privacy: https://www.focalscan.com/privacy/ Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

magicplan4 screens
Room Scan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Room Scan at 100% against magicplan's 67%. Room Scan also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). magicplan's advantage is ratings volume (41K vs 1) and chart position (#180 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. magicplan sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Room Scan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Room Scan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: magicplan has 41K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of magicplan's written reviews are positive against 100% of Room Scan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
magicplan versus Room Scan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermagicplanRoom Scan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (41K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#180 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size332 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechnologies magicplan Inc.Barry Bernau

Customer experience

magicplan

All ratings41,302 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews1,895 reviews
Positive66.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative27.6%

Room Scan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

magicplan

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rooms not detected properly due to obstructions
  • Crashes during posture calibration
  • Dimensions changing unexpectedly when editing
  • Inability to export or access previously created projects

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add support for curved walls and non-rectangular rooms
  • Improve 3D rendering capabilities
  • Provide desktop/web app version
  • Allow more flexibility in unit of measurement
  • Enhance exterior design options
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  • Improve stair and ceiling modeling

Room Scan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

magicplan

Subscriptions6
  • Sketch Plan (1 Month)$12.991 Month
  • Report Plan (1 Month)$39.991 Month
  • Estimate Plan (1 Month)$89.991 Month
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  • Sketch Plan (1 Year)$129.991 Year
  • Report Plan (1 Year)$399.991 Year
  • Estimate Plan (1 Year)$899.991 Year
2 purchases

Room Scan

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is magicplan free?
magicplan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Room Scan free?
Room Scan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, magicplan or Room Scan?
Room Scan is rated higher. magicplan averages 4.7 out of 5 from 41K ratings, while Room Scan averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do magicplan or Room Scan have ads?
Neither magicplan nor Room Scan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, magicplan or Room Scan?
magicplan ships an update weekly, and Room Scan weekly. Most recently, magicplan was updated on October 30, 2026 and Room Scan on October 28, 2026.

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