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Free vs Paid Home Design Games of 2022
We tested free and paid home design games to see which are the most fun and let you live out your HGTV Dreams! Here’s what we found.

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HGTV Dream Come True
This fun home makeover game is based on the Property Brothers TV show on HGTV.
Why we chose Property Brothers Home Design:
- The app is free to use with no real need to purchase anything in the app to get ahead.
- Work with the Property Brothers themselves to design someone’s home.
- Play a matching game in order to get more coins to spend on paint and furniture.
- Visuals look more realistic than some of the other apps, making it feel like you’re really decorating someone’s home.
Be warned, this game is super addicting, so we just had to put it at the top of our list.
Read Property Brothers Home Design's Full ReviewDesign app without the story
This app is great for those who don’t want a story element to their design app.
Why we chose Redecor:
- The app is free to play, and we did not see any need for in-app purchases, which makes it a great choice to try out.
- Decorate rooms and submit them to be rated by other users.
- Once they’re rated, receive coins and items to use in future decorating.
- This app has many more options for colors than some of the other apps. You can really get creative with this one!
You'll really feel better about your interior design skills after a few hours with this app.
Quirky characters help you design homes.
This app is the same format as The Property Brothers app, but with some different twists.
Why we chose Home Design Makeover:
- This app is free to use, and you don't have to pay to get ahead.
- Work with many different professionals, including a client, an interior designer, and a contractor to put together the perfect room.
- Play a matching game in order to get more coins to use on furniture and paint.
- The characters are quirky and have funny lines making this a fun app.
Pick from options within a blueprint to create the perfect room. Easy to play and makes you feel like a real designer.
For new designers
This is a story app about a designer who just graduated college.
Why we chose My Home:
- Follow the main character's story as she finds her first apartment and starts decorating it.
- Easy decisions! Choose between three options at a time for each piece of furniture or wallpaper.
- This app is free to use.
- Play a matching game to get more coins to use on furniture and wallpaper.
This is fun for people who want a stronger story element in their games and for younger players who like more of a step-by-step experience.
Read My Home's Full ReviewEverything We Recommend
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Our Pick
Property Brothers Home Design
4.4 Ratings 635K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsDrew and Jonathan Scott, famously known as the Property Brothers, need you to help clients achieve their home design dreams! With the brothers at your side, you’ll demo, renovate, customize, and design spaces with the same charm and style the twins have become known for. Play along to go behind the scenes with the brothers, learn their design tips and tricks, and discover fun facts about TV’s favorite design duo. Relaxing, fun puzzles let you earn coins to spend on décor. Exclusive voice-overs from the twins will give you all the encouragement you need to become a design star yourself!
Features
- Makeover shabby spaces into beautiful places with bold accents, pops of color, and stylish fixtures and finishes.
- Discover all you’ve ever wanted to know about the twins with everything from tried-and-true design tips, funny childhood stories, and good, old-fashioned brother vs. brother antics.
- Renovate a variety of fixer uppers that need your design eye: kitchens, bathrooms, exteriors—and yes, you can add that open floor plan!
- Re-create your favorite Property Brothers moments!
- Relax playing puzzles that features hundreds of levels and a variety of game modes.
- Design and play on the run with offline mode.CostFreeFreeIn-App Purchases$0.99 - $99.99 per item$0.99 - $31.99 per item -
Runner Up
Redecor - Home Design Game
4.6 Ratings 471K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsStart a new creative hobby! Play with home decor styles, express your creativity and improve your design skills. Have fun while gaining inspiration from a vibrant creative community and apply your new ideas in your real life. If You like home decor, you will love Redecor!
Features:
* Daily Design Challenges let you style photo-realistic spaces with various design styles
* Express yourself with an incredible variety of high-end choices
* Relax and learn about different interior design styles.
* Vote on the designs and be part of inspiring community
Make your selection from over a thousand of high-quality choices. Customize decorations and express your style, from the most classical to the trendiest! Redecor offers unique 3D design possibilities that let you show your style in full.
Redecor is intended for those 18 and older. Redecor does not require payment to download and play, but it also allows you to purchase virtual items with real money inside the game. You can disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings. Redecor may also contain advertising. You may require an internet connection to play Redecor and access its social features. You can also find more information about the functionality, compatibility and interoperability of Redecor in the above description and additional app store information.
By downloading this game, you agree to future game updates as released on your app store or social network. You may choose to update this game, but if you do not update, your game experience and functionalities may be reduced.
Terms of Service: https://redecor.com/terms
Privacy Notice: https://redecor.com/privacyCostFreeFreeIn-App Purchases$0.99 - $119.99 per item$1.99 - $26.99 per item -
Also Groovy
Home Design Makeover
4.1 Ratings 283K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsWelcome to Home Design Makeover! Be the best designer by helping lucky families transform dreams into reality with amazing home makeovers! Solve fun match 3 puzzles to help design, customize and decorate the perfect dream home with beautiful decor. Your clients are counting on you to remodel their down-and-out fixer uppers!
Features:
- Remodel homes with a Farmhouse style or go Modern? You decide, you design!
- Design and renovate different rooms styles, including family-friendly living rooms, rustic kitchens, stylish bathrooms and chic bedrooms
- Help clients ranging from the newlyweds to Hollywood celebrities, and travel the world to Tokyo, Paris and Morocco
- Express yourself with an incredible variety of high-end designer furniture, lighting, flooring and other decor
- Experience addicting gameplay with offline mode so you can take the game from your home to the sky!
- Be challenged with over 1000 match 3 puzzles and dozens of game modes for endless relaxing fun
- Frequent, fresh and free content updates with new interior and exterior design challenges, floor plans, outdoor gardens, landscaping, seasonal items and more!
🏠Let's get matching and transform outdated homes into fabulous family hangouts!CostFreeFreeIn-App Purchases$0.99 - $99.99 per item$0.99 - $31.99 per itemMy Home - Design Dreams
4.5 Ratings 3M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsHave you ever dreamt of designing and decorating your very own home exactly how you want? Now you can with My Home! Show us your gift for decorating houses! Come design and decorate your dream houses in My Home along with millions of other decorators FOR FREE!
Become a home makeover and interior designing master! Uncover the in-game heartfelt story and meet lots of lifelike characters! From a quaint living room to a grandiose bedroom, a tiny condo to a luxurious mansion and even a small home shop to your very own fashion showroom, start your home decorating journey and make your home designing dreams come true!
In the meantime, enjoy beating fun and addictive match-3 puzzle game to win coins! Complete the matching levels to renovate all kinds of rooms and houses including a backyard, a balcony, and even pools! What are you waiting for? Download to decorate your home for free now!
What makes My Home so special?
Addictive and enjoyable gameplay:
● A combination of match-3 puzzles plus home decorating gameplay brings you an overwhelming fun gaming experience!
● Simply tap to decorate your room! Design houses or rooms to make it just like in your dreams!
● Tons of exciting match-3 levels await! Thousands of challenging matching levels with awesome blast boosters. More matching challenging means more fun!
Warm-hearted stories with vivid characters:
● Touching storyline: Follow along with the adventure while designing your dream homes! You also can visit different cities and festivals with in-game characters!
● Fun and unique characters! Your best friend, your sweet landlord and many more surprises! They will help you decorate along the way!
Delicate graphic with real designing experience:
● Place loads of awesome 3D furniture in the room! You will be in charge of decorating and designing your own room!
● Not satisfied with designing and decorating only one house? We have plenty of houses for you to design and decorate! Various rooms for you like a cozy bedroom, a relaxing living room or a quiet study! More houses are coming!
And there are more features:
● Remember to join the weekday and weekend event to enjoy the special homes!
● Competing with friends: Top the in-game leaderboard and compete with your friends! Also, don't forget to visit your friends' houses from time to time!
Take the reins and bring your dream house to life now for free! Design and decorate everything on your device right at your fingertips!
Want to stay tuned to the latest information? Join our worldwide community on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyHomeMyDreams
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyHomeMyDreams
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myhome.mydreamCostFreeFreeIn-App Purchases$0.99 - $99.99 per item$0.99 - $9.99 per item
The 411 from our Appventurer
How we tested?
I started my testing by downloading all of the apps and playing them for a little bit to see how the games worked. I also looked to see how much each app cost to decide whether or not it was worth spending the money or choosing the free app.
I focused on apps that were mainly about design and less about a story, because I was interested in ones where the object of the game was to focus on the design. Some apps that included both design and story made it on the list. I also paid attention to how user-friendly each app was, and how the design looked. All of the apps on our list are free, but many offer in-app purchases. The free apps made it to the list, because they offered as much quality as any paid app. Any money spent in the apps offers extra fun, but is not necessary for a good experience.
Why get the app?
These apps are a fun way to pass the time and work toward creating something beautiful without much time investment. They’re easy to use and not too addicting, unlike other popular phone games. These games are easy to pick up while waiting for a doctor’s appointment or a train and easy to put down when it’s time to move on with your day. For people who are interested in design, it can be a fun way to practice and see what colors work well together. By using them regularly, users get better at design over time. With these apps, you only choose one piece of furniture at a time, so you get locked into one look early on. Part of the fun is making sure everything matches and makes sense once you get to the end of the design!
More About Property Brothers Home Design: Our Pick
Property Brothers Home Design is free and works the same way as Home Design Makeover, but the visuals feel more realistic.
In the app, you help The Property Brothers design a home for one of their clients. Each furniture selection gives you different style options rather than one style in different colors like some of the other apps.
Play matching games to get more coins in order to buy the furniture and paint you need. Start with a blueprint that you can revisit while decorating a previously empty room.
For those who are interested in skipping the matching game and designing homes as quickly as possible, there are options to buy gems as well as a piggy bank to keep them in, but by no means do you have to spend any real money to play. The matching game is fun and quick, but sometimes people want to skip to the good part!
Snags but not drags:
This game is super fun and easy to progress closer and closer to the fully finished and decorated room. It's easy to earn coins throughout the process by playing the matching game to get more coins. One weird thing about the app was the coin system. On the bar at the top of the screen that shows users coins, there are also gems and some other kind of coin. These aren't used to buy furniture and aren't earned during matching games, so it's unclear what they're used for and how they are earned during the game. This is no big deal and doesn't change the way the game is played! If users want coins to use on furniture faster, they can buy them. Otherwise, the matching game will get you all the coins you need!
More About Redecor: Runner Up
In this app, you select a room to decorate.
Each one provides a backstory of who the room is for and what their tastes are. Then you work with a blueprint to select the best colors and textiles to use for the client. After you submit your room, other users give you a rating and you get more coins to use and decor items to use in future rooms.
Like Property Brothers, this app does offer optional in-app purchases. These may be worth it for those who want more decor options. In the shopping section of the app, users can buy coins, gold, and cash to use on textiles, art, throws and more in the shop. There are more options in the shop than when you're decorating a room without buying excess items. The app is plenty fun without this, but design lovers may want to splurge!
More About Home Design Makeover: Also Groovy
This app is similar to the Property Brothers app where you work with a blueprint and continue adding to an empty room over time by earning more coins through a matching game.
Each time you add a new piece of furniture, you get to choose between three colors. This is fun and relaxing as you work toward the ultimate and satisfying goal of completing the room for the client.
The character dialogue is quirky and funny and can make this app a first choice for people who enjoy banter between game characters. Just like the Property Brothers game, this app offers the option to buy coins and gems so that users can bypass the matching game. This can allow you to design rooms much faster and move on to the next quickly.
More About My Home: Also Groovy
This app is a fun app for people looking to pass some time.
Help a new college grad decorate her apartment, and start her career in the big city. Play matching games in order to get more coins to use on furniture and wallpaper. The app is colorful and has different options to choose from for colors and style. The storyline element of this app can make it more enticing for users than some of the other apps.
The story opens with the main character newly graduating college for interior design and moving into her first apartment. The landlord tells her the apartment is her canvas and she can decorate it any way she wants. Users get to help her decorate her apartment. Like other apps, users can buy coins and gems instead of playing matching games to get them.
Other Apps Considered
This app was not chosen, because it was not so much a game about home design as it was about makeovers with makeup and fashion. It’s still a fun game if that is what you are looking for, but it wasn't really what we were looking for with this article.
This app was not chosen, because it is not as much about home design as we thought it would be. Its focus is on designing an area for a wedding of two of the characters. Like most of these games, you match colors to get more coins to use. This is still a great game, but it isn’t about designing homes so we didn’t choose it.
Really there were just better home design apps in the mix than this one. This is a story game about someone who quits her job and then inherits a mansion, redecorates it, and brings it back to life. We were more interested in the focus being on designing a home for a client or main character who is choosing to move in rather than a story app about redecorating a family member’s mansion.
Homescapes is a story game about a butler who visits his old childhood home and redecorates it. You play games in order to get more coins to use. This app was not chosen, because we were more interested in apps that focused on interior design rather than story apps about inheriting or revisiting a family mansion.
Matchington is a story game about where you are given a mansion and your interior designer friend helps you decorate it. This one also has a matching game to get more coins. This app was not chosen, because we were more interested in apps that focused one designing homes rather than story apps about inheriting a mansion.
This app was not chosen, because it was very hard to use. We were not able to figure out how to start designing and it was not user friendly. The app had a free version, but required you to buy the paid version in order to save. If this app was not so hard to use, we likely would have picked since it is a true home design game.
Lou Barrett
Lou Barrett is a queer writer who fears they're too Midwest for the big city. When they're not writing about queer culture, they're writing about books, work, and apps. They love reading, and relish any day they can camp out on their couch with a good book for eight hours. Sweet potatoes are their favorite food, any style. They love the way apps help simplify life, and make it so that we don't have to rely on our memory to get us through life and the workday.
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Sick of how your apartment looks, but don’t have the time or money to do anything about it right now? We tested a variety of design games for you to get your design fantasies out of your system and have a fun game to play while you’re on the bus or waiting in the doctor’s office. Read on to see the best free and paid home design games.