Comparison

Yard Planner vs Flourish Garden

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

Head to head
About

Yard Planner

Design your dream outdoor space with a drag-and-drop interface. Choose from over 800 hand-drawn elements like trees, pools, and structures to create detailed landscape layouts. Share your creations with friends or clients.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop functionality
  • 800+ hand-drawn landscape elements
  • Sketch Tool for free-form shapes
  • Google Maps integration for property mapping
  • Layer management for complex designs
  • Shareable editable designs
Features
Currently charting
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YARD PLANNER is a simple drag-and-drop 2D landscape design app with all the tools you need to mock up your property, create new designs, and share them with friends and family. YARD PLANNER is ideal for homeowners who want to try out fresh ideas for their yard. Useful for landscape professionals to share designs with clients and contractors. Also perfect for children and adults alike to exercise their imagination and creativity! Use YARD PLANNER to select and place over 800 beautiful hand-drawn elements including trees, gardens, pools, patios, hammocks, driveways, houses and sheds, solar panels, and just about anything you might want for your property–even parties and weddings! Features include: • Sample designs to inspire or get you started • Simple drag-and-drop functionality • 34 palettes (800+ hand-drawn elements) to create your landscape design layout • Resize, Rotate, Undo/Redo, Duplicate, Flip, Group • Rotate elements with “Snap to 90” or turn off to rotate more precisely • Snap to grid (elements stick to a re-sizeable grid of guidelines, turn on/off in Settings) • Rulers (visible at edges of design; zoom in to the single unit; user selects feet/meters; can be turned on/off) • Choose from 15 different background colors • Sketch Tool (allows users to draw garden beds and other free-form shapes with an eraser and brushes of different colors, widths and opacity) • Map Tool (This highly accurate mapping tool based on Google Maps allows you to drop pins at the corners of your property and import the map image with measurements into the app as a background.) • North arrow (appears with Map Tool) • Site Analysis palettes to mark the locations of your site’s utilities and light and moisture conditions • Notes (allows users to tag elements in their designs with typed comments or descriptions) • Light/Dark mode (changes Note tags and North arrow from white to black for visibility against light backgrounds.) • Animated Figures (a palette of animated elements—a person, dog, cat, bird, and car—that move through your design on a looped or repeating path, adjustable speed, play and stop animation) • Import a Photo as a background (useful for importing a digital image of your property plan) • Create different Layers of elements in your design. Add, delete, rename layers, make each layer visible/invisible, lock/unlock for editing, and reorder layer position. • In-app step-by-step guide to creating your Property Plan. • Designs automatically save to the app’s Saved Designs gallery • Share designs on social media • Email an editable design so friends can edit one another’s designs and email them back and forth ***As featured in The New York Times, Fox News, USA Today, Gardenista, and more. “Home Outside allows you to create intricate and varied landscapes…And when you’re finished designing your yard or indulging in a little dreamscaping, you can email results to friend.” –Kate Murphy, The New York Times “The app gives you drag and drop tools to create a garden design idiosyncratic to your garden [and] allows you to choose hardscape materials, design paths and patios, and arrange furniture in your outdoor space.” –Dalilah Arja, Gardenista “I can’t imagine a designer who wouldn’t want to have this on their phone or tablet. I’ve tried this app … it’s a great tool for a ‘quickie’ design that you can show clients … and then refine as you like.” –Jane Berger, Garden Design Online

About

Flourish Garden

Design and visualize your dream garden with intuitive tools and a comprehensive plant library. Create sustainable, beautiful outdoor spaces tailored to your environment and preferences. Explore pre-designed plans or start from scratch.

Highlights
  • Handcrafted garden plans
  • Customizable blank template
  • Comprehensive plant library
  • Personalized garden customization
  • Guided design experience
  • Sustainable landscaping focus
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Flourish Garden: Revolutionizing Garden Design & Sustainability Flourish Garden is a groundbreaking app designed to transform the way you create and sustain beautiful garden spaces. Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned gardener, our intuitive design tools make it easy for you to design, visualize, and craft your very own garden oasis. Our mission is simple yet impactful: to support our planet by creating sustainable, green spaces, one garden at a time. We invite you to join us on this journey toward a greener future. Start with a Free Trial Enjoy a 3-day free trial to explore everything Flourish Garden has to offer. For continued access and the complete experience, a paid subscription is required. Features:* • Handcrafted Garden Plans: Get inspired by our two pre-designed garden layouts: - Drought-Tolerant Garden: This plan is designed to thrive with minimal water, offering a vibrant and attractive garden even during dry conditions. - Medium-Water Garden: Inspired by lush, temperate-climate gardens, this plan balances beauty with moderate water usage. • Customizable Blank Template: Prefer to start from scratch? Use our blank template to design your garden exactly the way you envision. • Comprehensive Plant Library: Access a rich library of plant options, complete with photos, descriptions, watering schedules, and detailed plant care instructions. • Personalized Garden Customization: Modify our inspirational garden layouts to suit your needs. Move, add, or remove plants as you see fit, allowing you to create a garden that’s truly yours. • Guided Design Experience: Choose your garden’s exposure, water requirements, and soil composition to ensure your design is tailored to your environment and preferences. Flourish Garden is your partner in creating sustainable, beautiful garden spaces. Join us and make a positive impact, one garden at a time. Explore our website http://www.flourish.garden to stay updated on upcoming app features and insightful articles aimed at empowering you to cultivate the garden you've always envisioned.insightful articles aimed at empowering you to cultivate the garden you've always envisioned. *Listed features are available with paid subscription only. Free trial is available to new users.

Screenshots

Yard Planner4 screens
Flourish Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flourish Garden at Free against Yard Planner's $3.99. Yard Planner's advantage is rating (3.4 vs 2.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment, update cadence 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

Flourish Garden is free to download; Yard Planner costs $3.99 up front. Flourish Garden sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Yard Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yard Planner holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yard Planner has 381 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 40% and 40% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Yard Planner versus Flourish Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYard PlannerFlourish Garden
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (381 ratings) — better2.6 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews39.9% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings381 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#26 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size762 MB238 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHome Outside, Inc.PlanningMyGarden Inc.

Customer experience

Yard Planner

All ratings381 ratings
Positive58.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative36.7%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive39.9%
Neutral10.4%
Negative49.7%

Flourish Garden

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Bugs and requests

Yard Planner

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Layers and objects disappearing
  • Inability to undo actions
  • Inaccurate grid and scale
  • Mapping and photo import issues
  • Unexpected crashes and freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to change object dimensions independently
  • More plant, structure, and hardscape options
  • Metric measurement support
  • Landscape mode support for iPad
  • Export options for high-quality images

Flourish Garden

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Yard Planner

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Flourish Garden

Subscriptions2
  • Flourish Garden (1 Month)3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Flourish Garden (1 Year)3 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Yard Planner free?
Yard Planner costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flourish Garden free?
Flourish Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Yard Planner or Flourish Garden?
Yard Planner is rated higher. Yard Planner averages 3.4 out of 5 from 381 ratings, while Flourish Garden averages 2.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Yard Planner or Flourish Garden have ads?
Flourish Garden shows ads; Yard Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Yard Planner or Flourish Garden?
Yard Planner ships an update every 2 months, and Flourish Garden every 2 months. Most recently, Yard Planner was updated on September 23, 2026 and Flourish Garden on June 4, 2026.

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