Deko - AI Home Design Reviews

by Erynnsheakelly

The ad I saw for this on Twitter gives the impression that the user can choose what they want changed and what they want it changed to. It shows the walls being highlighted (presumably by the user—it looks like a finger is tracing the area) then choosing a new paint color, the floor being highlight and changed to different flooring, etc. But that’s not actually what happens at all in Deko. Instead, after you upload an image of a room, Deko generates a whole new room, without any input from the user except what budget the user has and whether or not they want to DIY build any furniture. I picked $500 (the lowest option) and no DIY furniture. I never got the opportunity to tell Deko if I wanted the walls changed another color, the flooring replaced… Nothing like that. Instead it generated an entirely different room with a whole new fireplace, new flooring, all new furniture…. Nobody is going to be able to do all that for $500! Not only did I have no desire for an entirely new room with every single element from paint color to fireplace to furniture completely replaced, it didn’t even ask me what style I wanted this new room to be in. I’m a home stager and I was hoping I could use Deko to show clients what their room would look like after making some minor cosmetic changes, like wall color. Maybe the pro version is different, but no way I’m paying for it without being able to try those features first (if they even exist).

by Bune Idk

Uses AI to generate a new design for the room, makes no sense it puts a bed in a kitchen next to a sink and toilet etc, is extremely limited. You can’t edit or change what you want, it’s a horrible software. Don’t waste your money you will be very disappointed. Only good for changing color of your furniture

by Yellow:)

I bought Deko before closing on my and my husbands forever home. I very much wanted to love Deko and have given it two weeks to “grow on me”. It hasn’t. The “Pro” version is a waste of money. Deko in general is a waste of space. If you have a specific idea for a room and want a loose visual of that specific idea before actually committing it to, this is *not* Deko for that. If you have no specific idea and want a random AI generator to spit random ideas out, this *is* Deko for that.
Unfortunately, I am looking for the first case. To give an example: I asked for the AI to “Paint the lower kitchen cabinets black. Make the upper kitchen cabinets stained wood.” The AI generated all black kitchen cabinets. I went through almost all the styles and not a single one yielded what I asked for. So then I asked the AI to “Paint the lower kitchen cabinets a dark color. Paint the upper kitchen cabinets a light color.” I still didn’t get the image I wanted. The closest I got was dark uppers and light lowers. Save your money and get a different app.

by PickySnicky

First, let me say I bought the pro version. Accidentally purchasing a year instead of a week. I tried to receive my money back from Apple, but they declined it. I canceled my purchase with an hours of accidentally purchasing. I canceled my subscription before I was even charged by Apple. I explained to Apple that I did not want a year subscription. They refused to refund my money and now I’m stuck with an app that I don’t like that has no real features for a year.
Second, as I mentioned, Deko is useless. All you do is add a picture of your house and it generates a picture. There’s no option to add anything or subtract anything or any kind of suggestions. Half the time it doesn’t even recognize certain portions of a wall. In one of the pictures I have an ombre wall because of the sunlight. Be careful if you have any kind of vaulted ceiling because it won’t recognize that either. Don’t bother using this if you have an angled wall or anything outside of a normal square room with 8 foot ceilings. and I hope all of your furniture is put in exact place that you like it because there won’t be any suggestions of how it could look better and it will just generate slightly different furniture in the exact same space. Save your $40 and look for a different app.

by Gavb2

The rooms don’t look like my living room at all . They are just pictures

by PinknSassy#1

You can’t change colors as shown in ad.

by Iapplvr

The room had no windows and Deko showed a picture of an image of a diff room.

by Nikita NY

Deko simply tricks you to buy a subscription
so called AI maybe works if you have square room with no furniture otherwise it hallucinates like crazy

by Amberdem

Poor advertising, don’t pay for Deko! It did not help me even a little with my home design.

by Blubber Said

Can’t plug in color choices . I don’t know how to use it. Spent 39$ for a very useless app. And no help whatsoever! And now I can’t review because you won’t accept my nickname!!!! Yeah right!!!!

by Ma Gazzoni

It will not give you any decoration ideas! I will just paint/edit the picture you uploaded. What a waste of money :(
Do not buy it. It will not design anything.

by Shylee237

I paid for the pro version in hopes to add different counter tops into a kitchen or see different bedroom set ups and I could do any of that! My only option was to add different floors or wall colors to rooms! EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY LIKE I DID!

by $$?$$ Chime

I have entered more than 50 times for "area renovation" and asked it to add furniture to my pic of an empty room and it had added furniture ZERO times. Yes, I add the PROMPT each time with no furniture added at all!

by Ktaghavi

I wanted to play with color schemes for the outside of my Victorian. The only option is to pick an inspiration home. The generation is not even my property, but another house that uses the inspiration colors. I want my money back.

by TwkeegN

Deko is not good in any way. It won’t let you customize our work with certain furniture in the room. It’s AI is poor and will often times miss place items or create false overlaps or dimensions. It doesn’t help you craft a room at all. It can’t seem to figure out how to fit a table into any space for a dining room, this is a bad app and waste of money

by Sspotter

If you want to move specific structures in your home to consider a remodel, Deko can’t do that. I tried different wording to move cabinets, with specific instructions not to change the finishes or colors, and all it would do was suggest different cabinets entirely. Also almost nothing is included in the free version so you can’t try much.

by Worst Evwr

Deko’s “redesign” is plucking things from an AI generated search of the internet. You can literally do this on Pinterest by looking up ideas. Deko uploaded a photo and didn’t even use the photo. The only application for Deko are cookie cutter designs from apartments and condos where AI generated photos already exist to generalize the owners space. The nicknames for this review such as wasted money and terrible were already taken. Not surprised.

by Bloopybro11

You get just a taste before you hit the pay wall

by Kmarion001

As other reviewers mentioned, Deko is worthless for redesigning a space. I requested a refund within 24 hours and was denied. I wanted to see what different furniture or paint would look like in my living room, not trying to imagine “what if this empty room in my house was actually a completely different room structurally, almost as if it weren’t my room at all but instead just a totally random room?” Issue refunds if you stand behind your product!

by I Have People To Pay

I bought this because I needed to play with exterior colors that I’m considering. The advertisement demos that you can do that but you can’t. It’s just an AI without any input. The AI is cool if you have no direction but Deko is useless if you intend to modify selected elements. Buy the week long version only.

by Franchise1450

Very misleading. I specially received an add on instagram showing that you can add a pool to your backyard, click where you want it and choose style of pool. Deko offers literally nothing just generic exteriors and even the ones with pools refuse to show a pool in my backyard. All the exterior stuff is totally useless. This is fraudulent and completely unacceptable.

by 55Nic55

Deko garbage! The choices of inspiration are limited, the results take a few minutes every time. The actual results after waiting do not resemble the inspiration at all! They just look like painted over versions of the original image. There’s no editing at all, it just shows you a horrible version of your house or room and that’s it. Total waist of money! Does not do what it says in the description at all!

by Nursenatz

Bought the PRO membership and it still wasn’t worth it! It’s also not very user friendly and very limited in options.

by Emily A G

You can get the same inspiration for free from Google. Deko is supposed to be decorating MY room but it will take a wall with two windows and generate a room with no windows, so it is not helpful in determining what to do with your specific space.

by Boat Company

Don’t spend a single cent on Deko. I want my money back. Worst app I have ever used. I want one photo to have black kitchen cabinets in my kitchen and I have tried and tried and tried again and Deko cannot mirror black cabinets. Something so simple failed miserably.

by Mercadord

DO NOT PURCHASE!!! Overpriced for what it doesn’t create. I purchased the Pro for $40 and it is extremely limited and takes forever to generate the designs. Plus the designs styles are very limited. Also it doesn’t capture the feature of the room. For example, just the color of a wall or flooring. Also the flooring options are very limited as well. No ceramic tile options. The concept of Deko is good, but needs much improvement to justify the price of $40 for utilizing Deko. Not worth it!

by Photographer530

Deko lets you upload a picture of a room and AI will generate a new room with the input and ideas from the user. It then completes a rendered image. No customization is available. I’m disappointed since I paid $39.99 for a pro version (today) that is absolutely the same as the free trial. You can look at different items but are unable to add them to your room…the bubble pops up that says “use pro version for this” basically, so I fell for it. There is no difference in choice, selective changes or customization. Don’t get Deko unless you want to see what AI can generate as a room image only with no alternative. I want my money back.

by Grahameras

I did not want this $39.99 app. Canceled it as soon as I realized it charged me, within five minutes.

by Paloha

Lack of flexibility. Staging need to be more realistic. Age and style of remodel need to be more consistent with reality. Not nice to change a closet into a window or garden.

by KCL789

I purchased Deko to see possibilities for the exterior of our home. It is a nice app to have to see general updates that can be made to the exterior façade, but it did not change the style of the windows as the ad suggested, which is a major part of changing the look of a structure. I purchased thinking that $40 was worth seeing what the house could look like, but am disappointed in the results. I was not expecting features that would change the structure of the exterior facade, but thought I would, at least, be able to see what it would look like with different windows and a different façade.

by Les1ieB

I’d like to be able to upload my photo and tweak and play with the colors in photoshop on top of inspo styles to make my own exact changes.

by Mariat06

Really good app I wish I could keep the furniture I already have and design around it

by Samoanmama1

Deko is great if u just need a vision but it’s not great if u want to know what an island would
Look
Like in your kitchen or that you only want white cabinets. Or use standard Lowe’s materials. Maybe I am expecting too much but I feel
Like a few tweaks and Deko would be so valuable and could be free if they used sponsors like Lowe’s or build.com

What ever u do if u add features keep it simple so that people can use right away. Or pay for advanced features

by Bacon Is 2 Yummy

I bought this to see different ideas of adding a second story onto our house and Deko doesn’t do that.

Not super helpful for my needs

by IssaaMe

Homey and warm

by Foxrill

Can you add more room types such as Entry, Bar, Basement, etc. ?

by Mohamad Khadzrie

Given photos are for DS inter, but suggested design bit differ front given picture

by Nankama11777

I love Deko! It is so easy to use and it helps me where I am truly challenged in the art of decorating and design! I REALLY DO LOVE Deko! THANK YOU! YES, I AM YELLING!!!!😃😃😃

by Selisht

I have been looking for Deko for ages. Highly recommend

by Dhaani01

Amazing application to have an insight on how to decorate your home.

by Nina Wan

good app