vPlan AR vs Simply Sketchy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vPlan AR
Transform your iPhone into a powerful floor plan scanner using its LiDAR sensor. Capture room dimensions, generate detailed 2D and 3D floor plans instantly, and export them in professional formats like PDF, DXF, and OBJ. Edit and share your plans easily online.
- LiDAR-powered room scanning
- Instant 2D and 3D floor plan generation
- Professional export formats (PDF, DXF, OBJ)
- Cloud sync with web editor
- Offline scanning capability
- Team collaboration features
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Scan a room with your iPhone or iPad and get a true-scale floor plan in minutes. vPlan AR uses LiDAR and Apple's RoomPlan to measure walls, doors and windows as you walk, typically within 1–2 cm (under an inch) per room dimension. Square footage, ceiling heights, a 3D model and professional exports come from the same scan. Built for insurance adjusters, home inspectors, contractors, realtors, architects and designers who need accurate measurements on site, fast. SCAN ROOMS AND WHOLE HOUSES • Walk each room and watch walls, doors, windows and openings appear on a live 3D model. • Scan every floor in one session and the levels line up for multi-level plans and 3D. • Plans open square to the page, with north from the iPhone compass. • Cabinets, appliances, fixtures, furniture and stairs found in the scan go on the plan. • Room photos while you scan (Pro and Business), pinned where you stood, facing the way you looked. Faces in automatic photos are blurred. ACCURATE FLOOR PLANS AND SQUARE FOOTAGE • Room-by-room area, perimeter and ceiling height, and the total square footage. • ANSI Z765-style square-footage (GLA) report for appraisals and listings (Pro and Business). • Door and window sizes, room names and dimensions on the plan. EDIT ON IPHONE AND IPAD • Move and resize walls, add doors (swing, double, sliding, pocket, bifold and garage), windows and openings. • Place furniture and fixtures that snap to walls, stairs sized for the level above, and floor openings. • Floor, wall, ceiling and baseboard finishes, shown in 3D. • Pin photos on the plan and view 360° photos. 3D MODEL AND AR • Every plan in 3D, with furniture and finishes. • View in AR puts the 3D model around you at full size. EXPORT FOR WORK • True-scale PDF floor plans: Letter or A4 on Free, multi-level plan sets on Pro with a 3D cover, room schedules and large sheet sizes. • DXF for AutoCAD and other CAD software, at real size with editable dimensions (Pro). • 3D models as GLB, USDZ and OBJ (Pro). • Excel and CSV schedules and room-by-room measurement sheets for estimating (Pro). • IFC (BIM) for Revit and ArchiCAD, and XML floor plan data (Business). INSURANCE, INSPECTION AND REPAIR ESTIMATES • Tag damage by room: water, fire, smoke, mold and more, with severity and affected materials (Pro and Business). • Damage and scope reports with photos and a signature block. • Repair cost estimates from your own price list. AI ON YOUR PLAN • Ask the AI assistant about your measurements: areas, materials and quantities. • Draft a scope of work, suggest damage from room photos and name rooms (Pro and Business). SHARE AND WORK TOGETHER • Share links that open in any browser. Client review links and version history on the web (Pro). • Projects sync to the cloud and open in the web editor at vplan.ai for detailed drafting, sheets and design work. • Business teams see each other's projects. PLANS • Free: 2 projects a month, a watermarked PDF of one level, the 3D viewer, 20 AI messages a month and cloud sync. • Pro: unlimited projects, multi-level PDF plan sets, DXF, 3D, Excel and measurement sheets, damage reports, estimates, finishes and AI tools. • Business: everything in Pro plus IFC and XML export, team projects, your logo on plan sets, and the API. Pro and Business are auto-renewing subscriptions, billed monthly or yearly through your Apple ID. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. LiDAR scanning needs an iPhone or iPad with LiDAR (iPhone 12 Pro or newer Pro models, iPad Pro 2020 or newer). Terms of Use: https://vplan.ai/terms Privacy Policy: https://vplan.ai/privacy
Simply Sketchy
Effortlessly sketch building layouts without complex technology. This app calculates square footage from your drawings and allows easy PDF export via various sharing methods.
- Simple building sketching
- Automatic square footage calculation
- PDF export
- Multiple sharing options
- No advanced hardware required
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Finally, a building sketching app that doesn’t require lasers, lidar, your phone’s camera, or a degree in engineering. You simply sketch the building and let the app calculate the square footage. You can then export a PDF of the sketch via email, text, or other sharing methods. It’s that simple.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simply Sketchy at none against vPlan AR's 4. Simply Sketchy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). vPlan AR's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. vPlan AR sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.00 per month. Simply Sketchy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for vPlan AR against 5.0 for Simply Sketchy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
vPlan AR ships an update every 6 weeks, Simply Sketchy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vPlan AR | Simply Sketchy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ValidPixel LLC | Ariston Tyler |
In-app purchases
vPlan AR
- vPlan Pro Monthly$19.001 Month
- vPlan Business Monthly$39.001 Month
- vPlan Pro Annual$182.991 Year
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- vPlan Business Annual$374.991 Year
Simply Sketchy
No in-app purchases









