Floor Plan & Room Scanners
We tested and ranked the only Floor Plan & Room Scanners app for Mac — updated August 2026.
Every app here was run on our own Apple-silicon Macs and scored on the published rubric — capability, craft, privacy, value. We watch the network while we test. How we rank →
You need to capture the layout of a room — for a renovation quote, a furniture-shopping spree, or a real-estate listing — and typing wall measurements into a drawing tool is painfully slow. Floor plan and room scanner apps solve this by letting you walk a space with your iPhone or iPad while LiDAR or AR builds an accurate 2D or 3D plan showing walls, doors, windows, and furniture. We evaluated Mac-compatible apps in this category, scoring each on Capability, Craft, Privacy, and Value. This is a narrow niche on Apple platforms: only one app met our inclusion criteria for meaningful on-device intelligence in the scanning workflow. Here is the result.
The ranking
Floor Plan+ 3D Room Scanner
JI YAO WENGA workmanlike LiDAR scanner built on Apple's RoomPlan framework that auto-detects walls, furniture, doors, and windows as you walk a room, then exports clean 2D/3D plans to DXF, PDF, or SVG for CAD and real-estate use.
” Apple's advanced LiDAR technology and RoomPlan framework; Automatically detect and place furniture, doors, and objects; high-precision AR mode to tap corners — test note
How to choose Floor Plan & Room Scanners for Mac
The first question is hardware. LiDAR-equipped iPhones and iPads deliver the fastest, most accurate scans because the sensor measures depth directly rather than inferring it from camera frames. If your device lacks LiDAR, look for an AR fallback that lets you manually tap corners and edges — Floor Plan+ 3D Room Scanner offers both paths, so you can try the app regardless of hardware. Export format matters for whatever comes after the scan. If your plans feed into AutoCAD or another CAD package, DXF export is essential. For sharing with contractors or listing agents, PDF and SVG give you portable, print-ready output. Verify that the app supports the exact formats your downstream workflow requires before scanning an entire property. Privacy is straightforward here: LiDAR capture and the RoomPlan processing pipeline run entirely on-device through Apple's own frameworks, so your room geometry stays on the hardware doing the scanning — no cloud round-trip involved. Finally, price: Floor Plan+ is free to download, which removes the cost barrier to testing it on a real room before building a workflow around it.
Questions people ask
Can I scan a room into a floor plan using just my phone?
Yes — that is the core job here. Floor Plan+ 3D Room Scanner uses Apple's RoomPlan framework and LiDAR to generate a 2D or 3D floor plan as you walk through a space, automatically detecting furniture, doors, and windows. On devices without LiDAR, a high-precision AR mode lets you tap corners to outline walls manually instead.
What file formats can I export a scanned floor plan to?
Floor Plan+ 3D Room Scanner exports to DXF for AutoCAD compatibility, PDF for easy sharing and printing, and SVG for scalable vector graphics. DXF is the critical format if plans feed into professional CAD software; PDF works well for emailing to contractors or attaching to property listings.