House Designer vs Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
House Designer
Design your dream home with this intuitive interior design application. Create detailed 2D floor plans and visualize them in real-time 3D. Access a vast library of items and materials to bring your vision to life.
- Real-time 3D view
- Detailed 2D floor plans
- 300+ items and materials
- Export image to photos
- Auto compute room size
- Intelligent room recognition
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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 iPad/iPhone. Key Features: • Real time 3D view • Create detailed 2D floor plans • More than 300 items and materials • Export image to photos • Easiest and efficient operation ever in iPad • Auto compute room size • Intelligent room recognition Lite version restrictions • Design can't be saved
Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner
Easily create and furnish 3D floor plans for your home or construction projects. Generate high-resolution images to visualize your designs and impress clients. Upload existing floor plans as templates to get started quickly.
- Create 3D floor plans
- Furnish rooms with extensive libraries
- Generate high-resolution 3D images
- Use floor plans as image templates
- 3D Viewer
- Photo function
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Welcome to smart3Dplanner! smart3Dplanner offers you the possibility to create 3D floor plans quickly and easily and to furnish your rooms according to your taste. Create high-resolution images of your project with smart3Dplanner. Convince your customers and business partners with 3D images. Plan your construction project or set up your own home. Particularities: * Floor plans can be uploaded as an image file and used as a template * Extensive furniture libraries for interior decoration * 3D Viewer * Photo function for creating high-resolution images For a quick introduction, watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTHJwfY3MPc Feel free to contact me, if you need support or to give me feedback: contact@smart3dplanner.de Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: House Designer at none against Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner's shown. House Designer also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (7.2K vs 129). Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. House Designer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for House Designer against 4.3 for Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: House Designer has 7.2K ratings behind it against 129, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of House Designer's written reviews are positive against 66% of Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner's.
House Designer ships an update every 3 weeks, Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | House Designer | Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7.2K ratings) — better | 4.3 (129 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | 66.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.2K — better | 129 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Meyers | Sebastian Kemper |
Customer experience
House Designer
Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner
Bugs and requests
House Designer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Walls and rooms disappearing or resizing unexpectedly
- Doors and windows moving or vanishing after saving
- Crashes when trying to edit or add certain elements
- Dimensions and measurements not displaying properly
Requested features
4 requests- More free furniture and decor options
- Ability to save and resume projects
- More customization options for walls, floors, etc.
- Improved 3D rendering and camera controls
Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
House Designer
- Premium for iOS$5.99
- Premium for macOS$14.99
Floor Plan 3D | smart3Dplanner
- Pro Version$4.997 Days
- Pro Version$5.99
Questions
Is House Designer free?
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