Backyard-Blueprints
Shed Designer, Builder & Plans
Free
Design and visualize your perfect shed with Backyard Blueprints — the fastest way to go from idea to plan.
KEY FEATURES:
- 3D Real-Time Preview: See your shed from every angle. Rotate, zoom, and explore your design in full 3D.
- Instant Templates: Start from popular designs — garden shed, workshop, lean-to, saltbox — or build from scratch.
- Smart Framing View: Toggle between finished envelope and exposed framing to see every stud, rafter, and header.
- Layer Controls: Isolate floor, walls, roof, doors & windows to inspect each system independently.
- Accurate Materials List: Know exactly what lumber, sheathing, and roofing you need before you buy.
- Customize Everything: Adjust width, depth, wall height, roof pitch, stud spacing, siding type, and add doors and windows wherever you want.
- Gable & Shed Roofs: Support for the two most popular shed roof styles with accurate rafter geometry.
- Size Color Coding: View framing colored by lumber size (2x4, 2x6, 2x8) so you can identify every member at a glance.
- Works Offline: Your designs are saved locally on your device. No account required, no internet needed after first load.
- Free to Use: No ads, no subscriptions, no paywalls.
Perfect for DIY builders, homeowners planning a backyard project, or anyone who wants to visualize a shed before breaking ground.
Backyard Blueprints — from idea to shed plan in 30 seconds.
- New: Front Side toggle rotates which wall faces the camera
- New: Reset View button to quickly recover the camera framing
- New: Help popover with platform-aware controls
- Customize panel: click-to-place tip, clearer pills, slider nudge arrows, 0.5 ft sizing
- Build plan PDF: master materials list, per-wall framing + siding elevations, step-by-step build sequence with 3D snapshots
- Engine: joists and rafters now align to plywood sheet boundaries
- Fixed top action row hidden under the iPhone Dynamic Island
- Branded splash screen and polished UI throughout
The developer, Joe Bienkowski, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Joe Bienkowski
- Size
- 4.1 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 10.15 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Joe Bienkowski