From planning floor layouts, organising home décor to 3D design blueprints, these apps provide an excellent option for families to visualise, customise and bring their dream homes to life.

Andrew John

Planner 5D

Platform: Web, Android, iOS

This home design app enables users to create detailed house floor plans and design every room according to their preference. It offers an extensive catalogue of furniture, fixtures, décor items, and landscaping designs, allowing users to custom-design interiors and exteriors.

A standout feature is the capability to convert 2D floor plans into immersive 3D models, helping homeowners visualise spaces prior to undertaking renovation. High-resolution 4K renders, along with adjustable lighting, colours, textures, and shadows, provide a realistic representation of how rooms will look after modifications. Planner 5D also incorporates AI-powered design tools that generate room layouts and furnishing suggestions, making it particularly useful for users with limited design experience.

Homestyler

Platform: Web, Android, iOS

Designed for beginners as well as experienced home styling enthusiasts, this app features an intuitive drag-and-drop interface that makes decorating and furnishing spaces easy. It allows users to create floor plans in 2D and seamlessly transform them into realistic 3D models. It also offers a list of branded furniture, lighting fixtures, décor accessories, and community-created design models. Moreover, it provides a rich library of materials and finishes, including wood, marble, tiles, fabrics, and wall treatments, helping homeowners visualise every design detail accurately. For those planning specific spaces, Homestyler includes readymade room templates and kitchen presets featuring popular aesthetics such as minimalist, modern, contemporary, and industrial designs.

A key highlight of Homestyler is its high-quality 3D visualisation and rendering capabilities, which allow users to generate life-like images and take virtual walkthroughs of their proposed interiors. For newcomers to home design, the app offers step-by-step tutorials and learning resources through its website and app.

Houzz

Platform: Web, Android, iOS

This home design and renovation app helps users discover ideas for decorating, remodelling, and furnishing their homes. It features an extensive collection of interior design photos of bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms, and outdoor spaces, showcasing inspiration from real homes and professional designers.

The app also functions as a home improvement marketplace, connecting users with furniture brands, retailers, contractors, and design professionals. Its augmented reality (AR) feature allows users to preview how selected furniture and décor items will look in their own spaces before making a purchase. Users can save favourite designs and products into personalised Ideabooks, making it easier to organise ideas and plan renovations or room makeovers.

Magicplan

Platform: Web, Android, iOS

This app enables users/homeowners to consult design professionals through photos and videos while planning their homes. It is also widely used by architects, interior designers, and real estate professionals for creating accurate floor plans and visualising layouts.

Additionally, Magicplan helps users plan electrical systems, plumbing, and the placement of doors and windows to scale. Its augmented reality (AR) technology can scan rooms using a smartphone camera to generate precise measurements and estimate wall, floor, and tile surface areas, making home planning faster and more accurate.