Best Room Planner Apps for iPhone (2026): 9 Compared
There is no single best room planner, because people want different things from one. Some want to see a room in 3D, some need to scan it for work, some just need to know whether the sofa fits. Here are 9 iPhone room planners, what each does best, and where each falls short. One question runs through all of them, and we tested it in each app we could open: when a piece does not fit, does the app tell you?*
| Feature |  1. Scooch |  2. Home Design 3D |  3. Keyplan 3D Lite |  4. Home Planner AI |  5. Planner 5D |  6. magicplan |  7. Live Home 3D |  8. Draft Paper |  9. DrawPlan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Checking that furniture fits a room before you buy or move it | Designing a whole house over several floors, in 3D | Building a home's shape and decorating it in 2D and 3D | 3D room design with a scanner, measure tools and renders | 3D interior design with a large furniture catalogue | Professionals capturing existing rooms for reports and estimates | Detailed 3D house and interior design with realistic renders | Quick, precise 2D drawings and DXF export | To-scale 2D plans for trades and real estate, with tracing |
| US rating (average) | Yes 5.0★ | No 4.3★ | Yes 4.5★ | Yes 4.6★ | No 4.4★ | Yes 4.7★ | Yes 4.6★ | No 4.4★ | No 3.5★ |
| Plan without paying† | No A guided first room; planning needs the $9.99 unlock | Limited With ads, most items locked and saving limited, per recent reviews | Limited The Lite version: demo plans locked, and a room limit per reviews | Limited After a paywall you can close; up to 45 items per category | Limited An account first; about half the sofas locked | Limited A free sign-up; up to 2 projects | Limited One project; Save greyed out | Limited Pages 3 to 6 locked | Not tested It closed at every launch on iOS 27 |
| Pay once, no subscription** | Yes $9.99 | No Subscription only | Yes $5.99 0.6× ours | Not stated on the listing | No Subscription only | No Subscription only | Yes $59.99 lifetime 6× ours | Yes $9.99 1× ours | No Subscription only |
| Cost for one year if subscribed** | No subscription | $44.99 to $79.99 4.5× ours | No subscription | $59.98, two 6-month plans 6× ours | $29.99 to $119.99 3× ours | $129.99 to $899.99 13× ours | $24.99 to $49.99 2.5× ours | No subscription | $29.99 to $99.99 3× ours |
| Warns when furniture does not fit† | Yes Overlaps and pieces outside the room turn red | No A table on the sofa went unflagged in our test | Not tested; its listing does not describe it | No A table on the sofa went unflagged in our test | No A table on the sofa went unflagged in our test | No A table on the sofa went unflagged in our test | No The sofa over the coffee table went unflagged in our test | No It has no furniture to check | Not tested; it closed at every launch |
| Furniture at sizes you type*** | Yes To the centimetre, plus pieces you draw | Yes Per its listing | Not described on the listing | Not described on the listing | Yes With premium (its free version has no furniture customization) | Not described on the listing | Not described on the listing | No You draw shapes to scale | Not described on the listing |
| 3D view*** | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not described on the listing | Yes | No | Not described on the listing |
| Scans the room with the camera*** | No You measure and type | Not described on the listing | Not described on the listing | Yes With premium, per its listing | Yes With the camera; reviews describe an extra charge | Yes With the camera | Yes With LiDAR | No | Not described on the listing |
| No account needed† | Yes No account | Yes Its sign-in page can be skipped | Yes No account | Yes No account | No An account before the first room | No A free sign-up before anything is saved | Yes No account | Yes No account | Not tested |
| No ads† | Yes No ads | Not tested; recent reviews describe ads | Yes None seen | Yes None seen | Yes None seen | Yes None seen | Yes None seen | Yes None seen | Not tested |
| No tracking (App Store privacy label) | Yes No data linked to you | No Declares data used to track you | Yes But collects data linked to you | Yes No data linked to you | No Declares data used to track you | Yes But collects data linked to you | Yes No data linked to you | Yes No data linked to you | Yes No data linked to you |
| Languages | Yes 10 or more | Yes 10 or more | Yes 10 or more | Yes 10 or more | Yes 10 or more | No Fewer than 10 | Yes 10 or more | No Fewer than 10 | Yes 10 or more |
| Last update | Q4 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 |
| Get it | Download | App Store | App Store | App Store | App Store | App Store | App Store | App Store | App Store |
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Quick picks
- Checks that furniture fits: Scooch. In the five other apps we could test, none flagged a coffee table moved onto the sofa
- Lowest one-time price: Keyplan 3D Lite, $5.99 for its Standard version; Scooch and Draft Paper are $9.99
- For 3D design and renders: Planner 5D or Live Home 3D
- For scanning a room with the camera: magicplan, Home Planner AI, or Live Home 3D with LiDAR
- For drafting anything in 2D: Draft Paper
- For whole houses over several floors: Home Design 3D
1. Scooch
A 2D room planner built around one question: will it fit? You type or drag your rooms to their real measurements, place furniture at real sizes, and anything that overlaps another piece or sticks out of the room is outlined in red before you lift it. It also draws the space each wardrobe door, drawer and sofa bed needs to open.
Pros
- Turns furniture red when it does not fit
- Shows door swings and drawer pull-outs
- Everyday pieces, or draw your own
- $9.99 once, no account, no ads
Cons
- Rectangular rooms only
- 2D only, no 3D view
- Needs iOS 26 or later
2. Home Design 3D
A house designer: draw floor plans in 2D and walk through them in 3D, over unlimited floors, with thousands of items, photorealistic rendering, VR export and blueprint import. It is capable and long established, and it shows its age. Premium features are a subscription.
Pros
- Multi-storey houses with adjustable walls
- Thousands of items with sizes you can change
- 3D walkthrough, renders and VR export
- Import a blueprint and trace it
Cons
- Premium is a subscription
- No warning when furniture overlaps
- Reviews describe ads in the free version
Weekly premium $4.99, monthly plans $12.99 to $22.99, yearly plans $44.99 to $79.99**
3. Keyplan 3D Lite
A home builder and interior designer: draw walls in any shape, place furniture, windows and doors in 2D or 3D, and paint and decorate any surface. On iPhone it runs in landscape only. Its listing counts 350+ free objects, though recent reviews say some of them, paints included, now need a purchase; the Standard version and object packs are one-time purchases.
Pros
- Walls in any shape, in 2D or 3D
- 350+ objects, paints and materials
- A one-time $5.99 Standard upgrade
- iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad
Cons
- Runs in landscape only on iPhone
- More rooms cost extra, per reviews
- Object packs are sold separately
Standard version $5.99 once; object packs $1.99 to $2.99**
4. Home Planner AI
A 2D and 3D design app with AI design and, with premium, a built-in 3D scanner, a digital tape measure and realistic renders. Its first screen promises real furniture that actually fits, from 564,000+ products; its paywall comes before the first room, and in our test it did not flag a coffee table moved onto the sofa.
Pros
- 3D scanner and measure tools, with premium
- 2D and 3D, with realistic renders
- Brand-name products at their real sizes
- 30 languages, the most here
Cons
- Paywall before the first room
- No warning when furniture overlaps
- Ten purchases make the price hard to read
Purchases from $5.99 to $74.99, 6-month plans at $29.99 and $34.99, Weekly Business $17.99**
5. Planner 5D
A 2D and 3D home design app with over 8,400 furniture and decor items with premium, photo-like renders, AI design and 3D capture with the phone's camera. It asks for an account before the first room, then offers a free trial of a yearly plan; the free tier locks about half the sofas.
Pros
- 2D and 3D, with photo-like renders
- Over 8,400 items with premium
- Camera capture and AI design
- Apple Pencil and Vision Pro support
Cons
- Account required before the first room
- Free tier locks half the sofas we saw
- No warning when furniture overlaps
Subscriptions from $7.99 a week, $19.99 a month, $29.99 to $119.99 a year; full catalogue $6.99 for 30 days or $15.99 a year**
6. magicplan
A floor plan tool for remodelers, restoration and insurance claims work. You capture a room with the phone's camera, then add photos, notes, checklists, 360° panoramas, reports and estimates to the plan. Its free Starter plan needs a sign-up and holds 2 projects; its listing names Xactimate and CoreLogic integrations.
Pros
- Builds the plan from the phone's camera
- Photos, notes, forms and estimates on the plan
- Every wall measured on the plan
- Xactimate and CoreLogic integrations
Cons
- Priced for business: from $129.99 a year
- Sign-up needed; free holds 2 projects
- No warning when furniture overlaps
Sketch Plan $12.99 a month or $129.99 a year, Report Plan $39.99 or $399.99, Estimate Plan $89.99 or $899.99**
7. Live Home 3D
A full home, interior and landscape design app: 2D plans, 3D walkthroughs, 5,000+ items and 3,000+ materials, a LiDAR room scanner, AR, renders and video. Projects move between iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro, Mac and Windows.
Pros
- 5,000+ items and 3,000+ materials
- LiDAR room scan and AR
- Renders, flyover videos and panoramas
- Lifetime upgrades; Mac and Windows apps
Cons
- Free version: one project at a time
- No warning when furniture overlaps
- Lifetime Standard costs $59.99
Standard $6.99 a month, $24.99 a year or $59.99 lifetime; Pro $14.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $129.99 lifetime**
8. Draft Paper
A simple 2D drafting app: lines, rectangles, ellipses, text and measurements on up to 10 layers, exported as PDF, JPEG or DXF. Made by one developer, and $9.99 once, the same as Scooch.
Pros
- $9.99 once, no subscription
- Exports PDF, JPEG and DXF
- Layers and Apple Pencil support
- Runs on iOS 15 or later
Cons
- No furniture: you draw every shape yourself
- English only
All Features $9.99 once**
9. DrawPlan
A 2D floor plan app for quick sketches or to-scale drawings with automatic dimensions. You can import an image or plan and trace it, save your own objects, and ask its AI to help draw. Premium is a subscription. In our tests on iOS 27, it closed itself at every launch.
Pros
- Free sketching or to-scale drawing
- Trace over an imported plan or photo
- AI-assisted drawing
- Runs on iOS 15 or later
Cons
- Closed at every launch on iOS 27 in our test
- Sync and clean exports need a subscription
- Reviews describe paying to reopen saved plans
$2.99 a month or $29.99 a year; Plus $4.99 or $49.99; Pro $9.99 or $99.99; AI credits $4.99 to $19.99**
Questions
Which room planner app for iPhone is best?
It depends on the job. To check that furniture fits, Scooch (our app). For 3D design and renders, Planner 5D or Live Home 3D. To scan a room for work, magicplan. For whole houses over several floors, Home Design 3D.
Which room planner apps have no subscription?
From this list: Scooch and Draft Paper ($9.99 once) and Keyplan 3D Lite ($5.99 once for its Standard version). Live Home 3D sells lifetime upgrades as well as subscriptions.
Which app tells me if my furniture will fit?
Scooch outlines in red any piece that overlaps another or sticks out of the room. On 23 October 2026 we took a furnished room in five of the others (Home Design 3D, Planner 5D, magicplan, Live Home 3D and Home Planner AI), moved the coffee table onto the sofa, and none of them flagged it; none of the other listings describe a check like that.
How were these apps chosen?
From the top results for room and floor planner searches on the US App Store, keeping apps that plan rooms on iPhone and have an active listing. Facts come from each listing, purchase list, privacy label and recent public reviews, checked on 23 October 2026, and from using each app ourselves on an iPhone.
Check what fits before you buy
Rooms at their real size, furniture at real sizes, and a red outline when something does not fit. $9.99 once.
* We make Scooch, so weigh our view accordingly. Facts about the other apps come from their US App Store listings, purchase lists, privacy labels and public US reviews, checked on 23 October 2026, and from using each app ourselves. Scooch is listed first because it is ours; the rest are in order of their number of US ratings. Versions compared: Scooch 1.0.2, Home Design 3D 5.10, Keyplan 3D Lite 1.9.9, Home Planner AI 26.50, Planner 5D 5.13.1, magicplan 2026.41.0, Live Home 3D 5.1, Draft Paper 1.19.6, DrawPlan 6.0.1.
** US App Store prices. The US list does not name plan lengths, so a plan's length comes from the app's own upgrade screen, and a US price is used only where it clearly matches that plan. “Cost for one year if subscribed” is the cheapest listed plan that covers 12 months. A mark on “Pay once” only says whether a one-time unlock exists; “6× ours” compares a price with Scooch's $9.99 once.
*** As each listing describes it. A dash means the listing does not say, not that the app cannot do it.
† What we saw using each app ourselves, on 23 October 2026, on an iPhone 11 Pro Max with iOS 27.0.1, on an EU App Store account; screens from that account show euro prices, the prices on this page are the US ones. Offers can differ by country and change over time. On “Plan without paying”, a tick means free with no ads, amber means free with ads, an account or locked parts, a cross means a payment or a trial comes first, and a dash that we could not open the app. “Warns when furniture does not fit” is what happened when we took a furnished room from each app's own samples or templates and moved the coffee table onto the sofa.