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Design your pool online — free, to scale, no signup

Start from an aerial photo of your actual yard, drag in pools, spas, patios and furniture at real-world size, and walk away with a site plan a builder can price. It all runs right here in your browser.

US addresses · public aerial imagery · or skip it and start on a blank yard

  • 130+ items, all to scale
  • Autosaves in your browser
  • Phone, tablet & desktop
STREET SIDE SPA 7′ POOL 20′ × 10′ 10′-0″ 7′-0″ 7′-0″ 10′-0″ 40′-0″ 24′-0″ FREE POOL DESIGN — SITE PLAN SCALE 1″ = 8′ · DIMS FT-IN

A real, working sample — drag the pool and watch the setbacks re-measure. The full designer works exactly like this.

How it works

Empty lawn to a real plan,
in three moves

No CAD degree required. If you can drag a rectangle, you can plan a backyard.

Start from your address

Type your address and the planner pulls a to-scale aerial photo of your lot from public imagery, spins it backyard-up, and traces your roofline right into the plan. No address handy? Set your yard size by hand and go.

Powered by public-domain aerial imagery — up to 15 cm resolution where available.

Drag your backyard together

Pools, spas, sun shelves, pergolas, outdoor kitchens, fire pits — 130+ items, every one at real-world size. Snap to a one-foot grid, rotate, resize, and measure clearances to the fence as you go.

Everything is measured in feet and inches, exactly like the drawings your builder makes.

Walk away with a real plan

Download a labeled site plan with dimensions and water area, print it, email it to yourself — or send it straight to pool builders near you for real quotes. Your design autosaves in your browser the whole time.

PNG for sharing, print for the fridge, JSON if you want the raw design file.

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Why it feels different

A drafting table, not a doodle pad

Most “pool visualizers” are mood boards. This one is a measured drawing — the kind of plan you can actually hand to a builder.

Measured like it matters

Every item is drawn in real feet and inches. Snapping, dimension lines, live distance-to-fence measurements — so “will it fit?” gets a real answer, not a vibe.

Your actual yard

Type your address and design on a to-scale aerial photo of your lot — roofline traced, backyard facing you.

A deep item library

131 items across 11 categories — from lap pools and swim-up bars to louvered pergolas and cold plunges.

Setbacks, sorted

Measure pool-to-fence gaps in one drag and sketch your city’s setback lines before the builder does.

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Phone-first touch

Pinch to zoom, drag with a thumb, fine-tune with one-foot steppers. The whole planner works on the couch.

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Get builder quotes

From sketch to real numbers

When the plan feels right, send it to pool builders near you for quotes — the plan rides along, so the first call starts with “here’s exactly what I want,” not a blank page. Free, no obligation, and your info is only shared when you ask.

Straight off the drafting table

Three backyards, three pools

All drawn in the planner and exported from the Download menu — this is exactly what your plan will look like.

Questions, answered

The short version: it’s free, and it’s real

Free pool design software with nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.

Is Free Pool Design really free?

Yes. The pool layout planner is free to use, with every shape and item included. No trial, no watermark on your exports, no account.

Do I need to sign up or install anything?

No signup to design — open it and start dragging, and your work autosaves in your browser. We ask for your email only when you download your plan, and an optional free account (your email plus a one-time code, no password) saves designs across devices.

Can I plan my whole backyard, not just the pool?

Yes. Alongside pools and spas you get hardscape, pergolas and pavilions, outdoor kitchens, saunas, fire pits, furniture, trees and fencing — so the pool is planned in the context of the yard it lives in.

How accurate are the plans?

Everything is drawn to scale in feet — item sizes, snapping, dimension lines and distance-to-fence measurements. It's a planning tool for layout and feasibility; your pool builder will produce the engineering drawings for permits and construction.

Can I save or share my design?

Yes — export a labeled PNG site plan to share or print (we ask for your email at download), grab the design file (.json) any time, or create a free account with a one-time email code to save designs and open them on any device.

Does it work on a phone or tablet?

Yes — touch dragging and pinch-to-zoom are built in. For big yards a laptop screen is the comfortable way to design your pool online, but phones work fine for tweaks.

Free forever · No account · No watermark

Your backyard is waiting.

Five minutes from empty lawn to a plan you can hold. The fastest way to find out what actually fits.

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