HOQI Alternative — Mobile Staging App vs. a Browser Render Platform
HOQI is a phone-camera-first app: shoot a room, stage or restyle it on an iPhone or Android in the field. Archome AI is a browser platform built around the floor plan and the sketch, not just the phone photo, with a 3D export the app does not publish.
Last updated: 5 October 2026
What HOQI is
HOQI (hoqi.app, by Intella) is a mobile app for real estate professionals — agents, stagers, property managers — with companion iOS and Android apps plus a web dashboard. Its published feature set covers virtual staging of vacant rooms, furniture removal and decluttering of occupied rooms, interior restyling across 15+ looks, exterior and curb-appeal enhancement, sky replacement and a simple video-tour generator that animates a set of stills into a walkthrough clip.
Pricing is tiered and mixes a mobile in-app model with a separate web plan: a free tier covers a handful of images a month, a one-time HOQI Premium unlock is listed at $4.99 on mobile, monthly plans run roughly $18-23 (annual roughly $180-230), and a photos-plus-video tier is listed near $24.99; the web plan is listed from about $19.99/month. These figures come mainly from the App Store and Google Play billing pages and HOQI's own site rather than two independent third-party sources, so check the current app store listing before relying on an exact number.
The workflow is shoot-and-stage on site: take the photo on the phone, pick a style, get a staged or restyled result back in the app — built for an agent walking a vacant listing rather than someone working from a floor plan or a hand sketch at a desk.
Where Archome AI differs
Archome AI starts from whatever the job actually has on hand — a floor plan image, a hand sketch, or a room photo — and keeps the geometry locked across all of them: walls, windows and doors stay where they were drawn or photographed. HOQI's published scope is photo-in, photo-out from the phone camera; no floor plan or sketch input is listed.
The same Archome credit pool also does 2D-to-3D conversion with a downloadable GLB export, floor plan to a furnished 3D dollhouse view, and 4K upscaling — none of which appear in HOQI's feature pages, which stay within staging, restyling, enhancement and a basic stitched video-tour.
HOQI's edge is the opposite direction: a native mobile app built for shooting and staging in the field on the spot, which Archome does not offer — Archome is a browser-only workflow today.
What Archome AI produces
A sketch, rendered with Archome. Demonstration image \u2014 drag the handle to compare.
Side by side
| HOQI | Archome AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Core job | Mobile-first: shoot, stage, restyle and enhance real estate photos in an iOS/Android app | Staging, restyle, floor plan to 3D, sketch to render, 2D-to-3D GLB export, 4K upscale, video |
| Input types | Room photo from the phone camera — no published floor plan or sketch input | Floor plan image, hand sketch, or room photo — structure lock on all three |
| 3D / file export | Not published — image and simple video output only | GLB export from 2D-to-3D, plus floor-plan-to-3D dollhouse rendering |
| Platform | Native iOS and Android apps plus a web dashboard | Browser only, no native mobile app |
| Cost shape | Free tier (~5 images/mo) plus mobile and web plans roughly $5-25 — check the app store listing for current pricing | Credits: under ~$1 per staged photo on packs from $15 |
| Free trial | Free tier with a limited monthly image allowance | 100 free credits at signup, no card |
Pricing and features change — check HOQI's own site for their current plans. This page compares how the two approaches work, not this week's price list.
Choose HOQI if
- —You stage and restyle on site, straight from the phone, and want the shoot-to-staged-image loop inside one app without ever opening a laptop.
- —A quick stitched video tour from the same stills you just shot is the main deliverable, not a separately produced walkthrough.
- —Your workflow is photo-only — you never start from a floor plan or a hand sketch.
Choose Archome AI if
- —The job starts from a floor plan or a hand sketch, not just a phone photo — that input is outside HOQI's published scope.
- —You need an actual 3D file (GLB) out of a 2D image, not just a staged JPEG or a stitched video.
- —You want one credit pool across staging, restyle, exterior, floor plan and 2D-to-3D instead of separate mobile and web tiers.
- —You want to test it honestly: run the same room photo through both free tiers and compare the staged result on your own property.
Compare them on your own project
Upload one photo, sketch or viewport capture and see what comes back. 100 free credits once at signup, no credit card.
Frequently asked
Is Archome AI a good HOQI alternative?+
For staging and restyling a room photo, both cover similar ground and return a result in roughly the same time. The real difference is input and output: HOQI is a mobile app that only takes a phone photo and returns a staged image or a simple stitched video; Archome also takes a floor plan or a hand sketch and can export an actual 3D model (GLB) from a 2D image, none of which HOQI publishes as a feature.
Does HOQI do floor plans or 3D export like Archome?+
Not based on its published app store and website feature pages — HOQI is photo-in, photo-out (staging, restyle, enhancement) plus a basic video-tour generator from stills. Turning a floor plan into a 3D view or exporting a GLB model from a 2D image is an Archome feature, not a listed HOQI one.
How does HOQI pricing compare with Archome AI?+
HOQI mixes a free tier (a handful of images a month) with mobile and web plans that app-store and site listings put roughly between $5 and $25 depending on the tier — confirm the current figure on the app store listing, since in-app pricing changes. Archome uses one credit pool instead of plan tiers; most staged or restyled renders cost 10-30 credits, typically under a dollar on a starter pack.
Is Archome AI free to try against HOQI?+
There is a trial, not a free tier. A new account gets 100 credits once, with no card. Every free render costs 30 credits and runs on the Fast engine (Ultra is for paid plans), so the trial is three renders in total and it does not renew — enough to judge output on your own project rather than on marketing samples. Anything you publish — an MLS listing, a portal, a client presentation, marketing — needs a paid plan, which carries the commercial licence.
Can I use the renders commercially?+
On any paid plan, yes — files carry a full commercial licence. Free-plan renders are intended for evaluation and personal use.
What should I actually compare?+
Run the same input through both tools and zoom in on the parts that matter: did the window count change, is the wall line still straight, are the proportions still yours? Marketing pages do not settle this — a side-by-side on your own photo does.
Keep reading
Looking for a profession-specific breakdown? See Archome for architects, interior designers, architecture firms and visualization studios — or the plain-english guide to choosing AI rendering software.