# Updraw - create 2D CAD drawings with dimensions — user reviews > 108 indexed App Store user reviews of Updraw by Ben Blevins, rated 3.70/5 from 356 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/updraw-create-2d-cad-drawings-with-dimensions/id1111676719/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/updraw-create-2d-cad-drawings-with-dimensions/id1111676719.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 178 · 4★ 52 · 3★ 31 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 76 ## What do users think of Updraw? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Parametric CAD on the go - 👍 User-friendly interface - 🚀 Simple and works - 👍 Great user-friendly interface - 🚀 Powerful sketching tool - 👍 Great for quick sketches and layouts **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes when setting scale - 🐛 Crashes when opening - 🐛 Deforms drawing when moving shapes - 🐛 Buggy and glitchy - 👎 No instructions or tutorials - 👎 Difficult to use without instructions - 👎 Unusable UI with menus in inconvenient locations - 👎 Lacks basic features like deleting lines **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when setting scale - Crashes when opening - Deforms drawing when moving shapes - Menus overlap with other UI elements - Unable to delete lines **Most requested features** - Add freehand drawing tool - Implement DXF/SVG export - Add ability to change line color and thickness - Improve Apple Pencil support - Provide detailed instructions and tutorials - Add ability to input precise measurements - Implement undo/redo functionality - Add polygon fill options ## Newest reviews (18 of 108) ### 2/5 — May be a hidden Gem - Needs Completion *2026-05-20, version 2.1.1* TONS of potential BUT ZERO INSTRUCTIONS! Figuring out a few things along with some idiosyncrasies, but far from figuring this out for simple 2D drawing. It is clearly parametric but long way to go trying to understand how to use it and export results. It is too bad the author apparently abandoned the app quite some time ago. EDIT: Extremely difficult/almost impossible to pull down constraints menu on ipad. BADLY needs someone somewhere somehow to put up a tutorial or step by step example of use. Bottom line: Dump it ### 2/5 — Little control *2026-01-20, version 2.1.1* It is beyond basic. No contol over what your drawing, also no scale ### 3/5 — No Instructions *2025-11-30, version 2.1.1* This would be a nice app and could provide exactly what I need, but there are no instructions on how to use for even the simplest thing. That’s the problem with a lot of these apps. Developers assume you just know what the cacophony of tiny symbols means with no explanation of how to even set up the drawing scale or parameters. ### 3/5 — App not opening *2025-10-30, version 2.1.1* Downloaded app today on my Apple 6thgen newest version 17.7.10 cant open app to create a drawing for a jig to create in my locomotive industry ,, this is putting me in a bad spot cause I need to submit this drawing to the cnc machinist to mill aluminum plates for welding ### 2/5 — May be a hidden Gem - Needs Completion *2025-10-23, version 2.1.1* TONS of potential BUT ZERO INSTRUCTIONS! Figuring out a few things along with some idiosyncrasies, but far from figuring this out for simple 2D drawing. It is clearly parametric but long way to go trying to understand how to use it and export results. It is too bad the author apparently abandoned the app quite some time ago. EDIT: Extremely difficult/almost impossible to pull down constraints menu on ipad. BADLY needs someone somewhere somehow to put up a tutorial or step by step example of use. ### 2/5 — May be a hidden Gem - Needs Completion *2025-10-12* TONS of potential BUT ZERO INSTRUCTIONS! Figuring out a few things along with some idiosyncrasies, but far from figuring this out for simple 2D drawing. It is clearly parametric but long way to go trying to understand how to use it and export results. It is too bad the author apparently abandoned the app quite some time ago. ### 2/5 — Eh *2025-09-04, version 2.1.1* Would be okay if my entire drawing wouldn’t deform just by me moving a single shape over to it or tapping the wrong button. Also no place to select units of measurement. ### 3/5 — Promising, but still is a work in progress *2025-09-02, version 2.1.1* Looking forward to seeing more features to complete this app ### 4/5 — Needs update *2025-01-25, version 2.1.1* Pretty good simple 2-D CAD. Has almost everything needed, fairly intuitive interface. But I noticed that hasn't been updated in seven years. ### 3/5 — Almost awesome *2024-12-19, version 2.1.1* It’s a shame this does not seem to be updated anymore as it is super handy but the lack of accurate scale output makes it hard to make use of in practice ### 4/5 — Needs updating *2024-11-19, version 2.1.1* I love this program. The app has been so useful in my line of work. Sadly, it doesn’t seem to work with my iPhone 16. Developers please try and update???!!! ### 2/5 — No measurements displayed, worthless for measured drawing *2024-11-03, version 2.1.1* Has potential but not there yet. Unable to draw by scale no tutorials to use. ### 2/5 — Doesn’t work on newer OS versions. *2024-07-27, version 2.1.1* This app looks wonderful and I was really exited about it, but it doesn’t work on my iPad Pro or iPad (both iOS 17.4.1) even though it says it is compatible. It immediately crashes when trying to open. I’m giving it 2 stars though because it did work for my mom in her 4th Gen iPad with iOS 10 or 12, can’t remember what she has. So if you have an older model iPad, I guess it could work for you. ### 4/5 — Meraviglioso *2024-07-02, version 2.1.1* Cad 2d unico ### 4/5 — Updraw *2024-05-08, version 2.1.1* Nice, fun but would be easier to set up a scale grid ### 2/5 — Inutile ! *2024-05-02, version 2.1.1* Manca un tutorial, e non si può certo essere veggenti per capire come si usa. Non possiamo essere nella mente dell’autore per utilizzare questa app! Così è una app che non serve a niente. ### 3/5 — 拡大縮小はどこ？ *2024-04-26, version 2.1.1* シンプルで使いやすそうな気がする。拡大縮小の場所がわからないな。 ### 4/5 — EIGENTLICH gut aber… *2024-04-17, version 2.1.1* Ich habe mir die App herunterladen und habe einfach los gezeichnet. Am Anfang war es etwas schwierig sich mit den Bedienungen vertraut zu machen aber als ich es herausgefunden hatte war es eigentlich total einfach bis zu dem Zeitpunkt wo ich eine Linie zeichnen wollte die etwas !! Schräg ist ich tippte sie nur an und dann war mei gesamtes Projekt verzogen (irgendwelche Linie kreuz und quer.) Fazit: ich finde die App gut aber es gibt noch viele bugs und glitches:) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Вышибает *2025-11-08, version 2.1.1* Не работает. Вылетает не открывается. ### 1/5 — Crashing from the start *2024-05-29, version 2.1.1* This app keeps on crashing from the time. I have downloaded it whenever I click it, it just crashes in two seconds ### 1/5 — No instructions *2024-03-24, version 2.1.1* Looks like the developer has lost interest or life got in the way .. looks promising but no instructions or tutorials. ### 1/5 — Need instructions *2024-02-09, version 2.1.1* OK at best. I’m used to much more powerful programs. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2023-12-04, version 2.1.1* Not working! Crashes while opening. ### 1/5 — USELESS *2023-11-17, version 2.1.1* No instructions…..can not input lines to exact measurement ### 1/5 — バグだらけ。 *2023-08-12, version 2.1.1* 修正しても、変更されてない。ただ表示が変わるだけ。 ### 1/5 — 全然全然使えない！！ *2023-06-23, version 2.1.1* 不具合だらけ！！不具合だらけ！！ ### 1/5 — Crashes when setting scale *2023-05-21, version 2.1.1* Sounded promising but first tried and as soon as scale set it crashed… I see this is a problem from 2yrs ago too, so obviously never sorted…. Oh well keep looking for decent 2d app…. ### 1/5 — Not intuitive…zero documentation *2023-03-21, version 2.1.1* Congrats to all you smug users that have been able to figure out this app and feel the need to put down those of us that just aren’t as smart as you. I’m busy, and I’m sorry I don’t have unlimited time to try and slog through a poorly designed app that provides absolutely no help or documentation. Not worth the time to download. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect parametric CAD on the go *2025-12-17, version 2.1.1* Many of the previous reviews dinged this app for being difficult to use, but once I figured it out it was so intuitive and easy. There are basically two tabs, draw and measure. The first step is to draw the rough shape. Then move over to the measure/constrain tab. The key here is to have selected what points or lines you want to measure/constrain and then press the appropriate button. Then make sure to deselect! ### 5/5 — Спасибо *2025-10-08, version 2.1.1* Программа супер!!! ### 5/5 — Needs tutorial or explanation of functions. *2025-08-12, version 2.1.1* This tool has a LOT of potential! It looks like exactly the sketching tool that I need, but I am having trouble learning how to use it or getting features to select that I want to constrain or drive parametrically. Keep going, it’s going to be very useful! Keep it as simple as possible. Not looking for an AutoCRAP knock off or bloatwear… looks good so far! THANKS! ### 5/5 — I wish I could pay you *2024-05-17, version 2.1.1* This is a brilliant app. Works flawlessly. I used this to map out my house for placing furnitures. I’m not an architect or a designer. I was able to learn how the app works in just 10 mins. I wholeheartedly recommend this app. Thank you to the person who made this. ### 5/5 — Trevor Nunes *2024-04-26, version 2.1.1* Great Cad drawing app, considering it is free. Well done From Trevor ### 5/5 — Updraw *2024-01-02, version 2.1.1* Красивая программа, спасибо Ben! ### 5/5 — 工图、平面几何 *2024-01-02, version 2.1.1* 肯定比不上电脑上的专业软件，但是很简洁易懂，下在手机上能随时拿出来用 ### 5/5 — Great little widget for Solidworks (Onshape) users! *2023-06-07, version 2.1.1* If you know how to “sketch” in Solidworks (or Onshape), and always wanted to have a quick little “sketch”-widget at hand you will LOVE this one - and it’s free. I hated having to pull out my MacBook and fire up SW in bootcamp (or Parallels) just to do some quick dimension-based 2D drafts, just, ugh. But then I stumbled across this App, and it’s awesome. No more paper notes that miss measurements, or are drafted out off proportions, what a little gem! Too bad this does not support dxf export or at least pdf, I’d pay good money to get that. Seriously, call me on it! You have a patreon or something? I’ll be there, and happy to advance. ### 5/5 — Updraw *2023-05-04, version 2.1.1* Great user-friendly interface ### 5/5 — Great 2D CAD *2023-01-22, version 2.1.1* Good starting point to draw CAD designs on your mobile! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-16.*