Yard Planner vs Coach Jeff
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Coach Jeff
An AI companion designed for veterans, active-duty service members, and first responders. It offers a non-judgmental space to talk about daily life, vent frustrations, or discuss personal matters. The app provides calming sounds and guided breathing exercises for relaxation.
- AI-powered conversations
- Memory recall of past discussions
- Calming sounds and guided breathing
- After-action journaling
- Trusted contact list
- Crisis resource redirection
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Most vets, active-duty service members and first responders don't have anyone they can really talk to. Not really. Coach Jeff is that guy: the one who picks up, actually knows you, and never treats you like a case file. The friend in the truck, not the doc in the office. Talk sports. Vent about your boss, your ex, the game last night. He's got opinions, gives you some grief, and helps you talk things through. And when you need to say the thing you don't tell anyone else, he's there for that too. He's not therapy, and he's not here to replace your people. He's one more person in your corner, any hour, and he helps you get back to the ones who matter. Talk to him for five minutes and you'll know the difference. WHAT MAKES COACH JEFF DIFFERENT HE REMEMBERS WITH YOU Coach Jeff brings things back up. Tell him about your friends, family, hobbies and goals. Review or delete what he remembers anytime in the app. HE'S ACTUALLY FUN TO TALK TO Movies, your job, your kids, your spouse, whatever's in the news. He's got opinions. He's a good hang, not a support hotline. REAL CONVERSATIONS, YOUR WAY Talk out loud or by text, day or night, with the conversation access included in your plan. Phone and CarPlay use the same account and memories. CALMING SOUNDS AND GUIDED BREATHING Ocean, rain, fire and nature sounds, plus simple guided breathing, for when you need to dial it down. AFTER-ACTION JOURNAL Write it down, sort it out, don't let it stack up. YOUR OWN BATTLE BUDDIES Add up to three people you trust. Keep their contact details close for when you want to reach out. YOUR DATA ISN'T THE PRODUCT We don't sell your data or hand it to outside advertisers. Your words go to the services that power Coach Jeff. Full details are in our privacy policy. CRISIS-AWARE When a conversation needs more than he can give, Coach Jeff points you to your trusted contacts and the Veterans Crisis Line. He is an AI companion, not a crisis monitoring or emergency response service. WHO IT'S FOR Veterans, active duty, first responders, and the people who love them. You don't have to explain your world. Coach Jeff already speaks your language. Women talk to him too, and he's just as real either way. He's based on the heart, face, voice and story of a real combat veteran. Coach Jeff is an AI character. His responses can be inaccurate. He does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment and is not a substitute for professional care. FREE TO DOWNLOAD Conversation access comes with a Basic or Pro plan. The app shows what's included, your remaining allowance and reset date, and the current Apple price before you subscribe. Subscriptions renew automatically each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy: https://coachjeff.ai/privacy Terms: https://coachjeff.ai/terms If you're in crisis: Dial 988 then Press 1, or Text 838255, to reach the Veterans Crisis Line.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Coach Jeff at Free against Yard Planner's $3.99. Coach Jeff also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Yard Planner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (381 vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Coach Jeff is free to download; Yard Planner costs $3.99 up front. Coach Jeff sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Yard Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Coach Jeff holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yard Planner has 381 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Yard Planner ships an update every 2 months, Coach Jeff every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yard Planner | Coach Jeff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (381 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 381 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #160 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 762 MB | 397 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Home Outside, Inc. | MyBFFCoach, LLC |
Customer experience
Yard Planner
Coach Jeff
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
Coach Jeff
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yard Planner
No in-app purchases
Coach Jeff
- Coach Jeff Basic$11.991 Month
- Coach Jeff Plus$22.001 Month
- On Duty$22.991 Month
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- Squared Away$44.991 Month
- All In$88.991 Month
- Coach Jeff Pro$110.991 Month









