Comparison

Rooms vs Box’d Inventory

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

Head to head
About

Rooms

Design and visualize your ideal living spaces with an intuitive room layout tool. Easily input room and furniture dimensions, then drag, rotate, and resize elements with precision. Perfect for planning moves, renovations, or simply dreaming up your perfect home.

Highlights
  • Create rooms of any shape
  • Drag, rotate, and resize furniture
  • Precise arrangement with Control Pad
  • Organize layouts in folders
  • Share and print room designs
  • Syncs across iOS devices via iCloud
Features
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Plan your perfect space before you move a single piece of furniture. Moving? Redecorating? Buying new furniture? Stop guessing if it will fit. With Rooms, visualize your space in minutes—drag, arrange, and perfect your layout before lifting anything heavy. WHY PEOPLE LOVE ROOMS • See if that new sofa actually fits before you buy it • Plan entire room makeovers without the backache • Share layouts with family, roommates, or movers • Make confident decisions about new homes or apartments POWERFUL YET SIMPLE Just enter your room dimensions, add your furniture, and start arranging. Our intuitive controls make it feel natural, while precision tools let you get measurements perfect down to the inch. EVERYTHING YOU NEED • Create any room shape (L-shape, T-shape, custom layouts) • Measure in feet/inches or meters • Lock items in place, connect furniture together • Organize unlimited rooms in folders • Print and share your designs • Syncs across all your devices via iCloud PERFECT FOR Homeowners, renters, movers, furniture shoppers, real estate agents, or anyone planning a space and tired of second-guessing if things will fit. Terms of Use - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Easy tutorials included. Outstanding customer support at support@roomlayouts.app

About

Box’d Inventory

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Box’d is a smart home inventory app that helps you catalog, organize, and instantly find items stored in boxes, garages, sheds, and storage spaces. Stop forgetting where things are. Box’d lets you store photos, labels, and locations so you can search and find any item in seconds. KEY FEATURES • Take a photo and let AI identify your item • Organize items into boxes and locations • Powerful search across your entire inventory • Tag, label, and manage stored belongings • Household sharing (if enabled) • Clean, fast, and private design HOW IT WORKS 1. Take a photo of an item 2. Assign it to a box or location 3. Instantly find it later using search SUBSCRIPTION Box’d offers optional subscriptions that increase the number of items you can store. The app remains functional without a subscription, in a read only capacity. If a subscription expires: • All existing items remain visible and accessible • No user data is deleted • Users can view, search, move, and manage existing items • New item creation is restricted. Box’d is designed for home storage, emergency kits, tools, collectibles, and everyday organization. Terms of Use (EULA): https://box-d.app/eula Privacy Policy: https://box-d.app/privacy

Screenshots

Rooms4 screens
Box’d Inventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rooms at fortnightly against Box’d Inventory's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rooms sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Box’d Inventory sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rooms ships an update fortnightly, Box’d Inventory every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Rooms versus Box’d Inventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoomsBox’d Inventory
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (534 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings534 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElijah RappaportPaul Amies

Bugs and requests

Rooms

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Rooms disappearing or getting corrupted after updates
  • Difficulty moving or resizing objects accurately
  • Walls not connecting properly or disappearing
  • App crashing when trying to perform certain actions

Requested features

5 requests
  • More furniture and object options
  • Ability to save multiple room designs
  • Improved wall editing and placement tools
  • Option to use custom measurements (e.g., meters)
  • Ability to add notes or annotations to room designs

Box’d Inventory

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Rooms

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time5
  • Lifetime for Rooms Pro UsersFree
  • One Room Limit$0.99
  • Unlimited Rooms$5.99
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  • Unlimited Rooms$6.99
  • Lifetime$34.99
6 purchases

Box’d Inventory

Subscriptions6
  • Home Plan - Renews Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Box’d Home+ - Renews Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Plan - Renews Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
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  • Home Plan - Renews Yearly14 Days trial$26.901 Year
  • Home+ Plan - Renews Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Pro Plan - Renews Yearly14 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Rooms free?
Rooms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box’d Inventory free?
Box’d Inventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rooms or Box’d Inventory have ads?
Neither Rooms nor Box’d Inventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rooms or Box’d Inventory?
Rooms ships an update fortnightly, and Box’d Inventory every 2 months. Most recently, Rooms was updated on October 23, 2026 and Box’d Inventory on October 24, 2026.

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