Home Outside Yard Planner

Spec sheet

What it does

Yard Planner is a drag-and-drop 2D tool for making property and garden layouts.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Headquarters

Brattleboro, Vermont, United StatesRead 4 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

3D and AR product

Home Outside 3D places lifelike plants in a yard, supports AR viewing and offers curated collections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Android requirements

Google Play states Android 12 or later, at least 4 GB RAM, landscape orientation, internet access and Google sign-in.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

API and SDKs

The public product pages reviewed describe app features and sharing but provide no public API or SDK documentation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Availability limitation

The maker says Yard Planner Android and desktop versions are temporarily unavailable while being improved.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Company founding

LinkedIn states the company was founded in 2017.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company headquarters

LinkedIn gives Brattleboro, Vermont as headquarters and lists 768 Putney Road, Unit 1023.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company size

LinkedIn lists Home Outside as a privately held design company with 2–10 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Current business direction

The maker’s current homepage promotes a garden-center product that creates designer-curated planting plans and pick lists from store inventory.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Data collection

Apple lists Yard Planner as collecting no data, while Google Play reports no data collected or shared for Home Outside 3D.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Editing tools

The app lists resize, rotate, undo, redo, duplicate, flip, group, grid snap and rulers.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Element library

The iOS listing provides more than 800 hand-drawn landscape elements across 34 palettes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Founder

The maker’s current site identifies Julie Moir Messervy as Home Outside founder.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Geographic coverage

The 3D app currently targets U.S. USDA hardiness zones 5 through 9.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Layers

Designs support multiple reorderable layers that can be shown, hidden, locked or renamed.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Limit: app crashes and loading

Google Play reviewers report address failures, crashes, zoom problems and lost work after leaving a screen.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Limit: fence sizing

An Apple reviewer says fences require many separate sections because width and length cannot be adjusted independently.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Limit: limited plant information

An independent review found the plant library limited and lacking specific planting or availability details in the free version.Read 15 Oct 2026 · draftscapes.com

Limit: manual construction

Reviewers note that every element must be positioned manually and output is hand-drawn rather than photorealistic.Read 15 Oct 2026 · outdoorbrite.com

Limit: no 3D in Yard Planner

Independent testing criticized Yard Planner for lacking three-dimensional perspectives.Read 15 Oct 2026 · draftscapes.com

Limit: support availability

Prefab Review reported that Home Outside was not accepting new design clients while developing a technology-based solution in 2023.Read 15 Oct 2026 · prefabreview.com

Map tool

A Google Maps-based tool can plot property corners and import a measured map image.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Photo backgrounds

Users can import a property photo as the design background.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Plant ordering

The 3D app advertises plant lists and direct ordering from the app.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Praise: ease and usefulness

Apple reviewers describe the planner as stable, easy to learn and useful for communicating landscape ideas to clients.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Praise: professional guidance

Trustpilot reviewers praise Home Outside’s responsiveness, creativity, expertise and practical garden advice.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Rating on Apple App Store

3.4 out of 5 from 381 ratingsRead 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Rating on Google Play

1.5 out of 5 from 11 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Rating on Trustpilot

3.8 out of 5 from 2 reviewsRead 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Sharing

Designs can be shared socially or emailed in an editable form for collaborative changes.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Sketching

Palette Plus adds free-form drawing with brushes, colors, opacity and an eraser.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com

Terms and ownership

Home Outside identifies itself as a Vermont corporation and grants no rights beyond permitted service use; its content is proprietary.Read 15 Oct 2026 · homeoutside.com

Plans and prices

Every Home Outside Yard Planner plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Landscape Software#5 of 188.5
• Landscape Design Software#5 of 158.4