Comparison

Drawboard Projects vs Site Diary

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Drawboard Projects

Streamline design review workflows with a real-time, collaborative workspace. This app allows teams to mark up drawings instantly, discuss changes directly on the design, and sync updates in seconds. It integrates with existing tools to enhance project efficiency.

Highlights
  • Real-time markups on the go
  • Cloud-based team collaboration
  • Pressure-sensitive ink with Apple Pencil
  • Instant issue management
  • Workflow integrations
  • Contextual discussion threads
Features
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Your collaborative and real-time workspace for design review. Drawboard Projects helps architecture, engineering and construction teams globally save valuable project time by streamlining workflows in the design review lifecycle. - Mark up on the move: Forget pen and paper with fast and accurate markups - Cloud collaboration: Collaborate with your team in one location and from any location, with markups synced within seconds. - Best-in-class ink: With Apple Pencil compatibility, write your notes and feel the tactility of a pen pressed to paper with pressure-sensitive ink - Instant co-ordination: Manage and mitigate issues with real-time drawing coordination - Fits your flow: App integrations to connect and improve your existing design workflow. - Discuss changes: Keep all discussions right on the drawing so that everyone can see the context behind the decisions that were made. A Projects account is required to use this application.

About

Site Diary

Streamline construction daily reporting with this app. It replaces paper logs with digital entries, integrates task management, and automatically includes weather data and photos. Supports offline use and various export formats for seamless project tracking.

Highlights
  • Digital daily reports
  • Integrated task management
  • Real-time progress monitoring
  • Automatic local weather reports
  • Image attachments
  • Offline support
  • PDF, Excel, CSV export
Features
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Site Diary app replaces the existing paper construction daily reports, site journal or daily logs, where field workers make a report of things that occurred on their projects. With Site Diary app, we make the whole process quick, fun and simple so you both have a detailed daily report and time left to focus on building more. We developed Site Diary to address the needs of site engineers, foremen and site managers working in construction organizations, contractors and installation teams both large and small. "Site Diary allowed me to keep track of construction progress and emerging issues in real time” - Christopher Pletcher, Municipal Engineering Manager, Ayres Associates Task management/allocations feature The first product to integrate daily reports and task management. Users can create a task, add information about the task (manpower, equipment & materials to be used) and the persons it assigned to. Report progress on a task by creating a work log. The diary form will be automatically filled with all the task info which will make it a lot quicker for users to fill their daily reports. Site Diary Features include - Real-time site progress and monitoring, whereby users have visibility of work being done by site staff. Submitted reports are immediately available for review and approval by off-site personnel. - Share information. The app will allow field workers to send an email after they create an event. (This is optional) - Local weather report automatically included - every report entry is automatically linked with the prevailing weather conditions for that site at the time, which is important information to include in a daily construction report app. - Added images - photos and other images can be attached to reports. - Offline support - Sites with limited connectivity are not a problem as the app continues to perform seamlessly off-line. Data captured is saved on the device and synchronized to the cloud as soon as a connection becomes available. - User management - Add and remove users in your team - Set up site resources (labour, equipment, materials, contractors, tags) that you will use on your construction site. Tags are used to determine the type of event that is recorded, example: Safety. - Export Reports - This can be used as shift updates or project summaries and shared with staff, contractors and clients. These are done in either PDF, Excel or CSV format.

Screenshots

Drawboard Projects4 screens
Site Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Site Diary at 4.4 against Drawboard Projects's 3.3. Site Diary also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Drawboard Projects's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Site Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Drawboard Projects's written reviews are positive against 88% of Site Diary's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Drawboard Projects versus Site Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrawboard ProjectsSite Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (18 ratings)4.4 (45 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1845 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDrawboard Pty LtdScript&Go

Customer experience

Drawboard Projects

All ratings18 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative38.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%

Site Diary

All ratings45 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Drawboard Projects

No in-app purchases

None

Site Diary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drawboard Projects free?
Drawboard Projects is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Site Diary free?
Site Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drawboard Projects or Site Diary?
Site Diary is rated higher. Drawboard Projects averages 3.3 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Site Diary averages 4.4 from 45 ratings.
Do Drawboard Projects or Site Diary have ads?
Neither Drawboard Projects nor Site Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drawboard Projects or Site Diary?
Drawboard Projects ships an update weekly, and Site Diary weekly. Most recently, Drawboard Projects was updated on October 29, 2026 and Site Diary on October 26, 2026.

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