magicplan vs Rooms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
magicplan
Instantly create accurate floor plans and capture essential project details using your mobile device's camera. Streamline workflows for remodelers, restoration, and claims professionals with real-time data, photos, and integrated reporting. Get paid faster with efficient job management.
- Real-time floor plans
- Photo and notes capture
- Object and equipment catalog
- Customizable forms and checklists
- 360° panoramas
- Integrated reports and estimates
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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.
Rooms
Design and visualize your ideal living spaces with an intuitive room layout tool. Easily input room and furniture dimensions, then drag, rotate, and resize elements with precision. Perfect for planning moves, renovations, or simply dreaming up your perfect home.
- Create rooms of any shape
- Drag, rotate, and resize furniture
- Precise arrangement with Control Pad
- Organize layouts in folders
- Share and print room designs
- Syncs across iOS devices via iCloud
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Our goal was to make the room layout process intuitive and easy. We hope you will agree that we succeeded. Enter the dimensions of your rooms and your furniture, then drag, rotate, and resize as you need. Sophisticated controls let you arrange with precision. Enjoy creating room layouts with ease! This app is perfect for anyone moving into a new space, rearranging a current space, buying a new piece of furniture, dreaming of your perfect home, considering buying or renting a space, etc. We've made everything easy to use, with intuitive controls. And we've included plenty of tutorials and instructions to make sure you are getting the most out of the app. + Create rooms of any shape (including L-shape, T-shape, etc) + Use in both Portrait and Landscape on any device + Split View on iPad/Mac + Enter measurements in Feet or Meters + Readily view measurements of all furniture and walls + Unique and powerful Control Pad lets you arrange your furniture with extreme precision + Connect furniture items together so they move as one + Lock furniture in place + Zoom in/out + Organize your rooms in folders with any number of subfolders + Share your room layouts with others + Print your rooms + Make backup copies while you work for peace of mind + Personalize the app with many custom settings + Plenty of easy to find instructions + Short easy to follow demo walkthroughs + Syncs with all your iOS devices via iCloud + Great Customer Service Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Customer Service is a top priority for me. If you have any requests or issues, please email me directly at support@roomlayouts.app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: magicplan at 4.7 against Rooms's 3.9. magicplan also leads on ratings volume (41K vs 523) and chart position (#177 vs unranked). Rooms's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 51%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. magicplan sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Rooms sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
magicplan holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: magicplan has 41K ratings behind it against 523, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 51% of magicplan's written reviews are positive against 66% of Rooms's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
magicplan ships an update weekly, Rooms fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | magicplan | Rooms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (41K ratings) — better | 3.9 (523 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 66.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41K — better | 523 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #177 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 325 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Technologies magicplan Inc. | Elijah Rappaport |
Customer experience
magicplan
Rooms
User reviews
magicplan
From 41K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Accurate measurements
- 💡 Helpful for planning renovations
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 🚀 Efficient workflow
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent room scanning accuracy
- 🔒 Restrictive subscription model
- 🐛 Buggy updates and loss of functionality
- 💰 Expensive for casual users
- 🐛 Difficulty editing existing projects
Rooms
From 523 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 💡 Helpful for planning furniture layouts
- 🚀 Straightforward and effective
- 👍 Saves time and effort
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy controls and crashes
- 🔒 Limited save functionality without paying
- 💡 Lacking in furniture/object options
- 🔒 Ads can be intrusive
- 💡 Difficulty with irregular room shapes
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
Rooms
Reported bugs
4 issues- Rooms disappearing or getting corrupted after updates
- Difficulty moving or resizing objects accurately
- Walls not connecting properly or disappearing
- App crashing when trying to perform certain actions
Requested features
5 requests- More furniture and object options
- Ability to save multiple room designs
- Improved wall editing and placement tools
- Option to use custom measurements (e.g., meters)
- Ability to add notes or annotations to room designs
In-app purchases
magicplan
- Standard Subscription$9.991 Month
- Sketch Plan (1 Month)$12.991 Month
- Business Subscription$19.991 Month
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- Monthly Business Subscription$19.991 Month
- Report Plan (1 Month)$39.991 Month
- Estimate Plan (1 Month)$89.991 Month
- Standard Subscription$99.991 Year
- Sketch Plan (1 Year)$129.991 Year
- Business Subscription$199.991 Year
- Yearly Business Subscription$199.991 Year
- Report Plan (1 Year)$399.991 Year
- Estimate Plan (1 Year)$899.991 Year
Rooms
- Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime for Rooms Pro UsersFree
- One Room Limit$0.99
- Unlimited Rooms$5.99
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- Unlimited Rooms$6.99
- Lifetime$34.99
