See the redesign
Compare the planting direction with the yard photo you started with.
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Gardenful vs Neighborbrite: which garden design app fits?
See beautiful, realistic planting in your own yard with Gardenful, shaped around your taste and the area you want to change. Neighborbrite offers photo designs and editing across web and mobile. Here's how they compare.
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Choose Gardenful
Picture it in my own yard
Visualize beautiful, believable planting in your own yard. Mark what can change and shape the design around your taste and site details.
- Starts with
- Your photo + taste
- Planning depth
- Plant roles and quantities
- Platform
- iPhone app
Choose Neighborbrite
Design in a browser
Explore photo concepts and targeted edits across web and mobile, with plant and professional tools depending on your plan.
- Starts with
- Your photo + style
- Planning depth
- Plant tools vary by plan
- Platform
- Web and mobile
The alternative shown is Neighborbrite.
Gardenful and Neighborbrite, side by side
Both offer photo designs and plant information. Gardenful focuses on realistic planting shaped around your yard and taste; Neighborbrite adds browser access and tools for professional projects.
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What it is
Gardenful
An iPhone app that designs planting from your photo and shapes it around your taste and the exact area you mark.
Neighborbrite
A web and mobile landscape design tool with photo redesign, targeted editing, and plant information. Features vary by plan.
Price
Gardenful
Free to download and try with limited usage. Optional Garden Pass subscription unlocks more designs.
Neighborbrite
Limited free access, with paid consumer and professional plans. Check the plan for editing, plant-list, export, and usage limits.
Platform
Gardenful
iPhone, on iOS 18 or later.
Neighborbrite
Web browser, iPhone, and Android.
How it personalizes
Gardenful
Onboarding taste profile, plant swiping, and saved-plant inspiration, plus area selection so the design fits you and the exact spot.
Neighborbrite
Upload a photo and choose a style; paid features include written prompts and targeted edits.
Working with the original photo
Gardenful
Mark the area to redesign. Gardenful is designed to keep the house, camera view, and unselected areas recognizable while developing the garden concept.
Neighborbrite
Magic Edit targets an area of the image; Add Elements and Erase Elements offer further control on paid plans. Compare either tool’s result with your original photo to check what changed.
Plant-list depth
Gardenful
Named plants with roles, suggested quantities, and design notes, framed as a nursery-ready shopping list.
Neighborbrite
Paid plant tools include climate- and sunlight-based lists; the homepage demonstrates plant names and quantities. Landscaper tools add estimating and supplier inventory.
Workflow
Gardenful
Go from your yard photo to a realistic planting idea and a list of suggested plants, without choosing every plant yourself.
Neighborbrite
Start with a photo and style, then refine the result with the editing and plant tools available on your plan.
Best for
Gardenful
Someone who wants a design shaped by their taste and a clear plan for what to actually plant.
Neighborbrite
Someone who needs browser or Android access, or professional estimating tools on a business plan.
Gardenful
Neighborbrite
What it is
An iPhone app that designs planting from your photo and shapes it around your taste and the exact area you mark.
A web and mobile landscape design tool with photo redesign, targeted editing, and plant information. Features vary by plan.
Price
Free to download and try with limited usage. Optional Garden Pass subscription unlocks more designs.
Limited free access, with paid consumer and professional plans. Check the plan for editing, plant-list, export, and usage limits.
Platform
iPhone, on iOS 18 or later.
Web browser, iPhone, and Android.
How it personalizes
Onboarding taste profile, plant swiping, and saved-plant inspiration, plus area selection so the design fits you and the exact spot.
Upload a photo and choose a style; paid features include written prompts and targeted edits.
Working with the original photo
Mark the area to redesign. Gardenful is designed to keep the house, camera view, and unselected areas recognizable while developing the garden concept.
Magic Edit targets an area of the image; Add Elements and Erase Elements offer further control on paid plans. Compare either tool’s result with your original photo to check what changed.
Plant-list depth
Named plants with roles, suggested quantities, and design notes, framed as a nursery-ready shopping list.
Paid plant tools include climate- and sunlight-based lists; the homepage demonstrates plant names and quantities. Landscaper tools add estimating and supplier inventory.
Workflow
Go from your yard photo to a realistic planting idea and a list of suggested plants, without choosing every plant yourself.
Start with a photo and style, then refine the result with the editing and plant tools available on your plan.
Best for
Someone who wants a design shaped by their taste and a clear plan for what to actually plant.
Someone who needs browser or Android access, or professional estimating tools on a business plan.
Gardenful publishes this comparison.
Checked September 25, 2026; photo and plant tools rechecked October 3 against Neighborbrite consumer product, Neighborbrite professional pricing, Neighborbrite Google Play listing.
When Neighborbrite is the better choice
Neighborbrite does a few things Gardenful does not, and for some people those decide it.
You want to edit a concept in your browser
Neighborbrite brings photo concepts and targeted editing to a browser. If you prefer a larger screen, compare its paid editing controls and export limits before choosing a plan.
You want to work on a desktop or Android
Neighborbrite runs in a web browser and on Android as well as iPhone. Gardenful is iPhone-only, so if you are not on an iPhone, Neighborbrite is the more practical pick.
You need tools for client projects
Neighborbrite's professional software adds estimating and presentation tools, with supplier inventory at the landscaper tier. Gardenful is a homeowner design app; it does not create client estimates or check live inventory.
See Gardenful's design and plant list
Gardenful turns your taste and yard photo into a visualization, design rationale, and nursery-ready plant list.
Review the design rationale
See why the plants, layers, and palette work together.
Plan the nursery trip
Use named plants, roles, and suggested quantities to plan what to buy.
Gardenful vs Neighborbrite questions
Is Neighborbrite free, and is Gardenful?
Yes—both let you start free, with limits. Gardenful is free to download and try on iPhone; Garden Pass adds more designs. Neighborbrite offers free access plus paid consumer and professional plans. Compare the editing and export features included before subscribing.
What is the difference between Gardenful and Neighborbrite?
Image quality is our strongest reason to choose Gardenful: beautiful, realistic planting shaped around your own yard, preferences, and selected area, with suggested plant roles and quantities. Neighborbrite also designs from photos and provides plant information, with browser and Android access plus professional estimating tools on relevant plans.
Does Gardenful have a web or Android version?
Not currently. Gardenful is an iPhone app that requires iOS 18 or later. If you need to work in a desktop browser or on Android, Neighborbrite covers those platforms and Gardenful does not.
Which one gives a more detailed plant list?
Both offer plant information. Gardenful connects its design to plant roles, suggested quantities and design notes. Neighborbrite's paid consumer tools include climate- and sunlight-based lists, and its homepage demonstrates quantities. Compare the plants, detail and usefulness of the output at the tier you would actually use.
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Tell Gardenful what you like, photograph your yard, and get a visual design with a nursery-ready plant list. It is free to download and try.
