iScape: Landscape Design for iPhone

Time from app download to having a landscape plan for my 6’x53’ plot, was 28 minutes. This was very easy to use, it has a wide variety of plants organized very well. I entered estimated plant costs, printed my shopping list, and am heading to the nursery today. Very functional.

You need to show, up front, that this is 1 week trial and $29 per month after the trial.

I downloaded and subscribed to this app hoping to use it to landscape my house or at least conceptualize a plan. It was basically unusable. On my current generation iphone 17 pro the AR feature would use the camera for about a second before freezing so I could not scan an area. Then I tried taking a picture to make a project. That worked but as soon as I added a tree the app crashed. I was able to eventually add a mulch bed but the features are way behind the times. It doesn’t help smooth lines I draw and it doesn’t make it look 3-d. I can get better results using ms paint.

This app is terrible. I have watched 3 tutorials and can't get any of the "layers" to move. I'm finding it impossible to move anything to the location where I want it. Will definitely be canceling after the trial.

The app won’t even let you see what a basic pine tree or evergreen looks like in your yard…. Useless! How about home owners get a one time unlock of 5$ and maybe even make each plant a dollar in app purchase. With so many options you could make money doing that. 300$ a year you are cutting off the main customer base. With AI and stuff nowadays this app will be obsolete soon if changes aren’t made.

The app kinda works, but it goes off of your finger drawing lines and if it’s not perfect, it does not look good at all. Then you have to run it through Gemini or ChatGPT to actually make the design look good. My biggest pet peeve with this company is, I already paid for a subscription and every time I click into the app it won’t let me do something and it says to pay for the subscription which I already paid $30 a month for. Won’t even let me login through my Apple account, which is what it should be doing this entire time and I can’t use the service that I pay for. Probably only use it once every couple months but they’re getting $400 a year off of me just to not even work.

Generally speaking, the app is great. Easy to use and a lot of features. What is lacking is a top down view, with a landscape map and key. Also ability to change shape of walkways, ie, multi-point adjustment of shape, instead of just side to side or top to bottom. It can make the element awkward and 2 dimensional.

I've used this app for years to help my landscape clients visualize during our design meets. I appreciate that it has a way to upload your own images. As someone who's worked with plants for a long time, It would be even better (for its industry) if-- it can categorize plants by zone and/or general area (like high alpine for mountainous regions, tundra for the plains, sea level, very dry or generally moist. Even create a few 'suggested lists' by micro-climate-- such as a basic selection of native-plants for each region. The hardscape examples are good. Would like more individual elements to be able to adjust perspective on. Well done so far, and excellent opportunity to keep growing. Thank you!

While you can download the app for free, you can’t do anything in the app without purchasing a subscription of $30 a month. Just be honest about it. Probably worthwhile for professional landscapers but not for homeowners.

I found only one free option for hard scape and I couldn’t even adjust it properly to curve around. I found this a total waste.