Not for beginners - rubbish
Help is a standard set of diagrams - no interactive support. The two help videos lead to a black screen. So if anything goes wrong…too bad!
The best flowchart app I could find
I searched for a flowchart on the App Store and download six contenders. This was the fifth one I tried. I didn’t bother trying the last one. Before I got to DrawExpress I didn’t spend more than one minute on any of the other contenders because they were frustrating for many reasons.
Draw express was a comparative breath of fresh air. Intuitive, easy, and elegant. When I wanted to do more then was initially intuitive, I went to their website and the clear instructional diagrams there had me charting like a pro in almost no time at all. Less than a minute to pick up several new tricks.
I doubt I will need the features of the full app but I bought it anyhow to support the developer. Eight dollars is a small price to pay to encourage people who make the world better to keep doing it.
Hey developer, thank you! also, I ran into a bug several times but of course when I tried to record it to report it to you it no longer happened.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It wasn’t work-stopping, but I figured you’d want to know. i’ll try to capture it if it happens again.
Draw express was a comparative breath of fresh air. Intuitive, easy, and elegant. When I wanted to do more then was initially intuitive, I went to their website and the clear instructional diagrams there had me charting like a pro in almost no time at all. Less than a minute to pick up several new tricks.
I doubt I will need the features of the full app but I bought it anyhow to support the developer. Eight dollars is a small price to pay to encourage people who make the world better to keep doing it.
Hey developer, thank you! also, I ran into a bug several times but of course when I tried to record it to report it to you it no longer happened.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It wasn’t work-stopping, but I figured you’d want to know. i’ll try to capture it if it happens again.
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DO NOT PAY FOR THIS
Class dividers don’t work. I tried and tried. Searched online, but to no avail. Looks like they screwed this app up and left it up. DO NOT PAY FOR THIS.
Excellent app
I can create simple or complex flowcharts and mind maps for my job. The export options are great: PDF, PNG, and SVG.
A++ app especially since it does not require a subscription! I hate subscription software and refuse to buy apps that are subscription based.
A++ app especially since it does not require a subscription! I hate subscription software and refuse to buy apps that are subscription based.
My replacement for Instaviz
Instaviz had been my go-to app when I need to hash out a few ideas so I was devastated when it stopped working when I upgraded to iOS 15.3
Took me a while to try out various diagrammers and I am so glad I found Draw Express. More stable & features & shapes. Am glad with my purchase.
Note to developer: if you can put in that self-organizing feature like in Instaviz, I am willing to shell out another $8 (at least).
Took me a while to try out various diagrammers and I am so glad I found Draw Express. More stable & features & shapes. Am glad with my purchase.
Note to developer: if you can put in that self-organizing feature like in Instaviz, I am willing to shell out another $8 (at least).
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Best diagramming tool
Perfect with my Apple Pencil. Hope you can add “rename” function
Good but tedious
Arrows are attached to the edge rather than pointing to the centre of shape nodes. It is tedious to adjust arrows after moving shapes around.
Amazing! (but)
I am so happy to have discovered this app. It makes the task of creating diagrams so easy. Drag shapes. Label them. Draw connections. Drag stuff around.
This is so much better at the core task than other apps.
But I do have suggestions.
The interface is not very iOS compliant. iCloud sync seems absent. The file browser is crude. Keyboard support is poor, (CMD-Z) does not undo etc. Can’t figure out how to put a caption at top of box. And the symbol picker is just a random pile of symbols with no search and no hierarchy.
I hope the developer continues to improve. I would pay more!
But I am going to carry on using!
This is so much better at the core task than other apps.
But I do have suggestions.
The interface is not very iOS compliant. iCloud sync seems absent. The file browser is crude. Keyboard support is poor, (CMD-Z) does not undo etc. Can’t figure out how to put a caption at top of box. And the symbol picker is just a random pile of symbols with no search and no hierarchy.
I hope the developer continues to improve. I would pay more!
But I am going to carry on using!
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Easy and quick
Very useful app, I use mind map apps as well, but here I get added flexibility when I need more detailed or complex flows, and drawing shapes is very intuitive. Being able to export to multiple formats including pdf’s is a plus.
Poor Class Diagram Support
It took forever to understand that Class diagrams are not supported. What you get is a text box. You then enter text into a large text box where you enter “.class.” At the top to tell it what it is. Hit enter and type a class name, enter then add a series of periods to indicate a separator. Now enter you properties one per line. Another set of periods, then your methods one per line.
Select done and receive a poorly represented class. The class name is overlapping the line that should start the properties. The areas not cleanly delineated. The interface to create the class is not intuitive, and bears no representation of task purposed interface that helps the user.
It is a pretty app, though.
Select done and receive a poorly represented class. The class name is overlapping the line that should start the properties. The areas not cleanly delineated. The interface to create the class is not intuitive, and bears no representation of task purposed interface that helps the user.
It is a pretty app, though.
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