Landscape AI vs iScape (and other drag-and-drop apps)
Apps like iScape, PRO Landscape Home and Home Outside put a library of plant and material cut-outs on top of a photo of your yard, and you arrange them yourself. That gives you control down to the individual shrub. Landscape AI takes the opposite approach: you pick a style, and the AI redraws the entire landscaping in one pass while keeping your house, fences and camera angle. One is a drafting tool; the other is a visualizer.
| Feature | Landscape AI | IScape and drag-and-drop landscape apps |
|---|---|---|
| How it works | Upload one photo, pick a style, get a photorealistic redesign in about a minute. | Drag individual plants, pavers and objects onto your photo and arrange them by hand. |
| Time to first result | About a minute, including the upload. | Twenty minutes to a few hours, depending on how careful you are. |
| Realism | Photorealistic — light, shadow and perspective are rendered, not pasted. | Cut-outs; convincing at a glance, obviously layered up close. |
| Control over specifics | Style, notes ('keep the oak, add a pond'), and how much you'll do yourself. Not individual plant placement. | Total — every plant, its size and exact position. |
| Plant lists and quotes | A design you can hand to a landscaper; the style pages list signature plants and materials. | Itemised plant lists, sometimes with pricing. |
| Cost | First redesign free with no account, then 3 a day free; token packs from $5. | Free tiers with limits; Pro subscriptions typically $30–$60 a year or more. |
When to choose iScape and drag-and-drop landscape apps
Choose a drag-and-drop app when you already know exactly what you want and need to place specific plants precisely — for a planting plan you will follow to the letter, or to show a contractor an exact layout.
When to choose Landscape AI
Choose Landscape AI when you are still deciding what you want. Seeing your actual yard in three or four styles in a few minutes settles the direction faster than hours of dragging shrubs — and the result is realistic enough to share with a partner or a landscaper.
Decide with your yard, not ours
Upload one photo and see it redesigned in about a minute. First one free, no sign-up — then judge for yourself.
First redesign free, no sign-up · keeps your house and layout