House Designer vs Project Preview
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
Project Preview
Visualize your custom Iron Works projects before they're built. This app lets you preview gates, fences, and doors on your own project site photos, offering over 50 designs and the ability to submit your own. Save and share your design ideas with ease.
- Real-time project previews
- Variety of gate, fence, and door designs
- Upload your own project site photos
- Stretch designs to fit
- Save and share design previews
- Submit custom designs
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Project Preview enables you to preview your finished Iron Works Project in real time! Choose from a variety of different designs of gates, fence, doors, and breezeways in order to assemble your dream project. You also have the ability to submit your own designs! Put in your own picture of your project site and assemble your project with ease. Features include: - Use multiple designs placed on one picture to create a full Fence and Gate set. - Stretch designs to fit the height of the gate/fence area. - Save a copy of the preview to share your design ideas. - More than 50+ Designs available!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: House Designer at 63% against Project Preview's 0%. House Designer also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (7.2K vs 2). Project Preview's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Project Preview sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
House Designer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: House Designer has 7.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of House Designer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Project Preview's.
House Designer ships an update every 3 weeks, Project Preview every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | House Designer | Project Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7.2K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Meyers | omar garcia |
Customer experience
House Designer
Project Preview
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
Project Preview
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
House Designer
- Premium for iOS$5.99
- Premium for macOS$14.99
Project Preview
- All Features - One Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- All Features - Six Months$49.996 Months
- All Features - One Year$79.991 Year
Questions
Is House Designer free?
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