Home Designer vs Homestyler

Home Designer is 3D home, interior, and remodeling software for DIY users, based on Chief Architect’s professional architectural software. Drawing walls creates a 3D model, and edits to walls, doors, or windows update framing, roofs, and foundations. Items added to a design appear in a materials list for cost estimating and budgeting. Cabinets snap and adapt to walls, while Material Painter lets users visualize different colors and styles. The 3D Library offers manufacturer-specific and generic catalogs; users can also import third-party 3D objects, materials, and colors. Designs are compatible with Chief Architect’s professional product line and can be shared through the Chief Architect 3D Viewer app. Home Designer is listed for Windows, macOS, web, iOS, and Android. The maker identifies version 2027 as available for PC and Mac, with one license that works natively on both. Monthly pricing is $79 a month, and annual pricing is $495 a year. There is no free plan, but a trial does not expire; it excludes saving, printing, exporting, and virtual tours. The one-person license can be installed on multiple computers for personal use, but only one can be active at a time.

Homestyler is an AI-powered 3D interior design platform for designers, homeowners and home furnishing businesses. Its workflow covers floor plan creation, modeling, decoration, material exploration, rendering and construction drawing export. Users can upload a 2D floor plan or sketch and convert it into an editable 3D house model; the homepage advertises more than 10 million branded 3D furniture models for room decoration. The pricing page lists AI tools for planning, staging, moodboards, modeling, texturing, painting, planting, rendering and animation. Basic is free and includes unlimited 1K rendering, while 4K renders are purchased separately. Pro+ starts at $6.80 a month; Master+ starts at $11.80 a month and includes unlimited 4K image rendering. Team starts at $19.90 per seat per month and includes shared design space and a shared model library. Homestyler supports Android, iOS, web and API, and lists real-time scenes, 360° tours, VR/AR support and video export. It also supports multi-floor DWG import and several model upload formats.