Planner 5D is the best all-round Android app for interior design in 2026, with Houzz the strongest for inspiration and shopping, and MagicPlan the most reliable for measured floor plans. Free tools CubiCasa and CamToPlan handle room scanning and measuring; Reimagine Home AI covers AI restyling.
One app never really did everything. In practice you need a chain: measure, plan, test the look, then buy or build. So we re-tested the 2024 list, dropped what died or left Android, and added what earned a spot since.
In Short
Top 3 picks:
– Planner 5D — best overall: 2D/3D planning, AI features, real free tier
– Houzz — best for ideas, saving photos, and buying from the app
– MagicPlan — best measured floor plans plus renovation estimates
Also worth a look: CubiCasa, CamToPlan, Reimagine Home AI, and IKEA Kreativ.
Why This List Looks Different in 2026
Three things changed since this list was written. First, AI redesign tools went mainstream — upload a photo of your room and see it restyled in a dozen looks; great for ideas, useless for measurements. Second, AR got more honest: Android ARCore apps work well in decent light, but the best room scanning still lives on LiDAR iPhones. Third, several apps quietly abandoned Android.
That’s why these entries are gone: SketchUp (Android Viewer discontinued August 2025), RoomScan Pro (iOS/LiDAR-only now), Foyr Neo (web subscription for pros, no real Android app), Roomstyler 3D (stale app, dead community), Artfully Walls (no Android app), and UrbanClap (now Urban Company — a services marketplace, not a design tool). We also cut thin filler apps (Color Reference, Interior Design Ideas, DIY Interior Design, Roomtodo, Clarity).
The Best Android Apps for Interior Design in 2026
1. Planner 5D — Best for: full home planning from scratch
Price: Free (usable free plan); subscriptions unlock full catalog and HD exports. Verdict: The most capable app here, but the catalog gets expensive if you want everything. Best for: People planning a room or a full home from an empty floor plan.
Planner 5D is still the benchmark. You draw a floor plan in 2D, furnish it from a huge catalog, and switch to 3D to walk around. AI now drives furniture suggestions and design generation, and the free tier genuinely covers one-room projects.
2. Houzz — Best for: inspiration, saving ideas, and shopping
Price: Free. Verdict: Ads and shopping push can get annoying, but nothing else matches its breadth. Best for: People who want inspiration, saved ideas, and shopping in one app.
Houzz is the biggest design photo library on Android — search millions of interiors by room, style, or colour, save ideabooks, and buy directly. Newer versions add AI search and AR product preview.
3. Home Design 3D — Best for: quick 3D room makeovers
Price: Free with ads + in-app purchases (one-time unlock). Verdict: Shallow next to Planner 5D, but friendlier for casual users. Best for: Anyone who wants a fast 3D answer to a room-layout question.
A long-standing favourite that’s still actively updated. Draw or import a room, drag in furniture, and render it in 3D — the learning curve is nearly flat. The free version is ad-supported and limited; one unlock opens the full catalog. It won’t replace pro software, but for “should the sofa go here?” it’s perfect.
4. MagicPlan — Best for: accurate measured floor plans and estimates
Price: Freemium — free tier is limited; paid plans add unlimited projects and exports. Verdict: Powerful and still the pro pick, but the free tier got stingier. Best for: Homeowners and contractors who need measured plans and renovation estimates.
MagicPlan measures rooms from photos or LiDAR scans and outputs clean 2D/3D plans, with renovation estimates and 360° tours. It has drifted toward contractors and property pros — a feature when renovating, a downside when you just want a room sketch.
5. CubiCasa — Best for: free automatic floor plans (new to this list)
Price: Free app + first plan free; then pay-as-you-go. Verdict: Accuracy depends on how carefully you walk; still a genuine time-saver. Best for: Homeowners and agents who want a to-scale plan without measuring.
Point your camera at the wall, walk through each room, and CubiCasa stitches your video into a to-scale 2D floor plan in minutes — no measuring or drawing. Built for real-estate listings, it’s just as handy for homeowners. Your first floor plan is free and there are no subscriptions — you pay per plan after that.
6. CamToPlan — Best for: measuring rooms with your camera (new to this list)
Price: Free to measure; one-time Pro unlock for exports and multi-wall tracing. Verdict: Older, occasionally fiddly UI, but it does one job reliably: measuring. Best for: Anyone who needs real room dimensions without a LiDAR phone.
Point your phone at a floor or wall, tap two points, and ARCore returns a real distance. You can trace whole rooms and export plans as PNG or DXF — no LiDAR needed, so almost any modern phone works.
7. Sweet Home 3D — Best for: free, serious planning on a budget
Price: Desktop free; Android app is a small one-time fee. Verdict: Dated interface, no AI, but nothing else at this price is this accurate. Best for: Budget planners who want precision over looks and offline work.
The open-source classic has an official Android port (the desktop version is free and imports into it). You draw walls precisely, furnish from a large model library, and render photorealistic views. It’s less pretty than commercial rivals but far more precise, and it works offline.
8. Homestyler — Best for: AI-converting a photo into an editable plan
Price: Free; premium catalog and rendering cost extra. Verdict: Very useful AI step; watch out for upsell walls on premium items. Best for: People who want a sketch or photo turned into an editable 3D model.
Homestyler (once Autodesk Homestyler, now independent) pairs a browser floor planner with a solid Android app. Its standout trick: photograph or upload a floor plan sketch and AI converts it into an editable 3D model, then you furnish it from a million-plus product library with AR preview.
9. Reimagine Home AI — Best for: AI room restyling from a photo (new to this list)
Price: Freemium — free starter credits; then credit packs per render. Verdict: Outputs can idealize (magically bigger rooms, softer light) and it can’t measure. Use it for ideas, not specifications. Best for: People testing several room looks before committing to one.
One of the best-known AI redesign tools, Reimagine Home AI landed properly on Android in the last couple of years. Photograph any room and it restyles it realistically — furniture, flooring, wall colour — in dozens of styles. It’s the fastest way to test ten looks before committing to one.
10. DecorMatters — Best for: AI designs plus a community that votes
Price: Free with in-app purchases. Verdict: Engagement-heavy social layer; solid AI core underneath. Best for: Design hobbyists who like feedback and a little competition.
DecorMatters pairs an AI designer with a social feed where users rate your rooms, plus AR preview of real furniture. The AI tool is genuinely good for quick style tests; the social layer adds a competitive edge most design apps lack.
11. ColorSnap Visualizer — Best for: choosing paint colours (Sherwin-Williams)
Price: Free. Verdict: Locks you into Sherwin-Williams shades, but the matching is excellent. Best for: DIY painters who want the right colour before buying paint.
Point your camera at a wall and ColorSnap paints Sherwin-Williams colours onto it in real time, or matches any colour in a photo to the nearest SW formula. It’s the definitive paint-decision tool — free, and it saves palettes.
12. IKEA Kreativ (inside the IKEA app) — Best for: seeing IKEA furniture in your space
Price: Free. Verdict: Only useful if you shop IKEA; then it genuinely saves returns. Best for: IKEA shoppers who want to check a product fits before buying.
IKEA Place’s successor, Kreativ, now lives inside the main IKEA app: scan or photograph a room, erase what’s there, and place real IKEA products to scale. One honest caveat: the one-shot whole-room LiDAR scan is iPhone-Pro territory. On Android you still get solid AR product placement and the same catalog — good enough to answer “does that sofa fit?”
13. The Home Depot — Best for: US-based shoppers planning projects
Price: Free. Verdict: US-only and salesy; use it as a buying layer, nothing more. Best for: US shoppers who buy materials at Home Depot and plan in the same app.
Home Depot’s app is a shopping companion first, but its project tools earn the slot: an AR colour visualizer and room-by-room project checklists. If you’re US-based and buying materials there anyway, planning in the same app you order from removes friction.
14. Design Home — Best for: styling practice that’s actually fun
Price: Free with aggressive in-app purchases. Verdict: Energy timers and pay-to-win pressure are real. Play it as a game, not a design tool. Best for: People who want to train their eye for style without real purchases.
Design Home is a game: style rooms in daily challenges and unlock real-world furniture brands. You’ll learn what goes with what faster than any tutorial — but nothing you make is measurable or buildable. It’s the best way we know to train your eye while killing time.
15. Pinterest — Best for: mood boards before you commit
Price: Free (ad-supported). Verdict: Infinite scroll eats afternoons; set a pin limit per board, then move to a planner. Best for: Anyone collecting what they like before starting a room.
Pinterest isn’t a design app, but it’s still the fastest way to collect what you actually like: search “small living room,” pin what resonates, and your taste patterns emerge fast. Lens search finds similar pins quickly.
How to Choose
Decide what you’re actually doing first. Browsing for ideas? Houzz or Pinterest. Laying out a real room? Planner 5D, Sweet Home 3D, or Home Design 3D. Need the room’s true dimensions? Start with CamToPlan or CubiCasa before you open a planner. Testing a bold style gamble cheaply? Reimagine Home AI. Buying furniture? IKEA Kreativ or Houzz.
Check your hardware. Older phones without ARCore support will underwhelm on AR picks (Kreativ, DecorMatters); measurement and planner apps won’t care.
Watch the paywall curve. Most apps here are free to start; check what’s locked. One-time unlocks (Home Design 3D, Sweet Home 3D, CamToPlan) beat subscriptions (Planner 5D premium, MagicPlan) long-term.
FAQ
What is the best free interior design app for Android?
Planner 5D has the best true free tier for planning. Houzz and Pinterest are fully free for inspiration. For measuring, CubiCasa’s first floor plan is free and CamToPlan measures for free. Expect limits on exports and premium catalogs elsewhere.
Can AI interior design apps replace a real designer?
No — and anyone who says yes is selling something. AI apps (Reimagine Home AI, DecorMatters AI) are excellent for generating looks and testing styles in minutes. They can’t reliably measure, consider structural constraints, or manage budgets and trades. Use them to shortlist looks, then bring in a professional for anything load-bearing or expensive.
Do these apps work on any Android phone?
Most do. AR-based apps (IKEA Kreativ, ColorSnap, DecorMatters, CamToPlan) need ARCore support — virtually anything from the last five years qualifies. Whole-room LiDAR scanning currently needs an iPhone Pro or iPad Pro, so on Android expect photo-based or manual measurement instead.
I want to renovate, not just redecorate. What should I use?
Start with MagicPlan or CubiCasa for an accurate measured plan, then import or recreate it in Planner 5D or Sweet Home 3D to test layouts before committing. For paint decisions, ColorSnap is the fastest sanity check.
Final Verdict
No single app wins because design work is a pipeline. Start with CubiCasa or CamToPlan to measure, plan properly in Planner 5D, shortlist looks with Reimagine Home AI or DecorMatters, and buy through Houzz or IKEA Kreativ. Used together, they take you from empty room to placed furniture without guessing a measurement.
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Frequently asked questions
Are these design apps free?
Many offer a solid free tier; we flag the paid-only standouts.
Do they work on tablets?
Yes, most are optimised for tablets and stylus input.
Which is the best design app?
Our overall winner balances power and ease of use for beginners and pros.
Last reviewed: September 6, 2026
