Garden Sketchbook vs Home Outside Yard Planner
Garden Sketchbook
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| Figure | Garden Sketchbook | Home Outside Yard Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3.25/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · Landscape Software | 8.9 (#3) | 8.5 (#5) |
| API and SDKs | The Garden Sketchbook pages opened publish no public API, SDK, webhook or developer documentation. | The public product pages reviewed describe app features and sharing but provide no public API or SDK documentation. |
| Company headquarters | Fablehenge says its team lives in New Brunswick, Canada. | LinkedIn gives Brattleboro, Vermont as headquarters and lists 768 Putney Road, Unit 1023. |
| Company size | Fablehenge describes the Garden Sketchbook roadmap as maintained by a one-person development team. | LinkedIn lists Home Outside as a privately held design company with 2–10 employees. |
| What it does | Garden Sketchbook is a browser garden-design app combining a 2D planting canvas with 3D seasonal visualization. | Yard Planner is a drag-and-drop 2D tool for making property and garden layouts. |
Plans
Garden Sketchbook
- DemoFree
- FreeFree
- Demo export add-on$9, paid once
- Gardener$39 a year
- StudioPriced on request
Home Outside Yard Planner
- Events Palettes$2.99, paid once
- Yard Planner$3.99, paid once
- Palette Plus Tools$9.99, paid once
- Home Outside 3DPriced on request
In their own words
Garden Sketchbook
Garden Sketchbook is a browser-based tool for designing gardens to scale and previewing them in 3D across the seasons. Its 2D drag-and-drop editor lets users arrange plants, while the seasonal view shows how the garden and its colors change through the year. Filters cover hardiness zone, sun, soil, bloom season, color, deer resistance, and drought resistance. Plants are sized automatically, and users can trace a floor plan or aerial photo while drawing beds, paths, and structures. The library contains hundreds of plants with growing information and specific varieties; custom varieties can be made by changing size, color, and bloom time. The software runs in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge without installation. The 2D planner works on any device, but the 3D seasonal view requires WebGL. The free demo needs no account, though gardens expire after 24 hours. Gardener costs $39 a year after a 14-day free trial and saves up to 10 gardens. A one-time $9 add-on provides PDF export in the free demo.
Home Outside Yard Planner
Home Outside Yard Planner has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.