Comparison

House Design vs Room Arranger

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

Head to head
About

House Design

Design your dream home with this intuitive interior design app. Create detailed 2D floor plans, furnish rooms with over 300 items, and automatically calculate room sizes. Export your designs to photos and enjoy efficient operation on your iOS device.

Highlights
  • Create detailed 2D floor plans
  • Over 300 items and materials
  • Export designs to photos
  • Automatic room size computation
  • Intelligent room recognition
  • Efficient iOS operation
Features
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House Design is an intuitive interior design app that lets you build the house you've always wanted, right on your iOS. Key Features: • Create detailed 2D floor plans • More than 300 items and materials • Export image to photos • Easiest and efficient operation ever in iOS • Auto compute room size • Intelligent room recognition

About

Room Arranger

Easily design and visualize your living spaces, from single rooms to entire houses. Create detailed floor plans, add furniture from a vast library, and view your designs in 3D. Ideal for planning renovations or redecorating.

Highlights
  • Scan rooms with LiDAR for accurate blueprints
  • 3D project visualization
  • Extensive object library with custom object creation
  • Multi-floor project support
  • Build on existing floor plan images
  • Print designs to scale
  • Cloud sync for project transfer
Features
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Design your room, office, apartment, or entire house. The app has simple user interface, once you get the basics, you can draw whatever you imagine. Features: - Create projects by scanning your rooms with LiDAR camera on iPhone Pro or iPad Pro, then send to other device - View the project in 3D - Wide object library, you can create your own objects inside - Projects can have multiple floors - Build on floor plan image - Print in scale (e.g. 1:50) - Lots of advanced functions - Organize and transfer your project files between devices via Dropbox and iCloud Drive - Translated to 48 languages The app is free, only saving of projects is disabled to let you test and evaluate the application. Saving functionality can be unlocked as in-app purchase.

Screenshots

House Design4 screens
Room Arranger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Room Arranger at Free against House Design's $2.99. House Design's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (69% vs 54%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Room Arranger is free to download; House Design costs $2.99 up front. Room Arranger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. House Design asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for House Design against 4.3 for Room Arranger. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 258 and 379 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of House Design's written reviews are positive against 54% of Room Arranger's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

House Design ships an update every 2 months, Room Arranger every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
House Design versus Room Arranger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHouse DesignRoom Arranger
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (258 ratings) — better4.3 (379 ratings)
Positive reviews69.3% of reviews — better54.3% of reviews
Number of ratings258379 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott MeyersJan Adamec

Customer experience

House Design

All ratings257 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral6.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive69.3%
Neutral14.8%
Negative15.9%

Room Arranger

All ratings379 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews127 reviews
Positive54.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative37.0%

Bugs and requests

House Design

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Saved plans get mixed up or deleted
  • Walls and objects randomly change size
  • App crashes when trying to access certain features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add metric measurement support
  • Implement copy/paste functionality
  • Improve wall resizing and editing
  • Provide more furniture and decor options
  • Include a tutorial or in-app instructions

Room Arranger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

House Design

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Room Arranger

One-time1
  • Ability to Save Projects$9.99

Questions

Is House Design free?
House Design costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Room Arranger free?
Room Arranger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, House Design or Room Arranger?
House Design is rated higher. House Design averages 4.3 out of 5 from 258 ratings, while Room Arranger averages 4.3 from 379 ratings.
Do House Design or Room Arranger have ads?
Neither House Design nor Room Arranger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, House Design or Room Arranger?
House Design ships an update every 2 months, and Room Arranger every 5 weeks. Most recently, House Design was updated on November 1, 2026 and Room Arranger on October 23, 2026.

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